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WHO, WHAT, WHEN & WHERE ON THE MOVE Former Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert and his son, Joseph P. Lambert, have established a law practice at Ten Church Street, Mt. Vernon, Ky. Former Chief Justice Lambert recently ended his 26-year judicial career with the completion of his service as Chief Senior Status Judge, serving primarily on the Court of Appeals. Joseph P. Lambert was recently admitted to the Kentucky Bar after graduating from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2012. Weber & Rose, P.S.C., is pleased to announce that Coy Travis is an associate with the firm. Travis received his J.D. from the University of Louisville Louis D. Coy Travis Brandeis School of Law in 2011 and his B.S.B.A. from the University of Louisville in 2005. Travis concentrates his law practice in the areas of health insurance defense, health care law, insurance defense, premises liability defense, professional negligence defense, products liability defense and civil litigation. Travis is a member of the American, Kentucky and Louisville Bar associations. He is also a member of the Young Lawyers Section or Division for each of these associations. He was appointed as a member of the 2013 Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention Planning Committee. Frost Brown Todd is pleased to announce the arrival of Ellen Cochran Kuendig to the firm's Business Litigation Practice. Kuendig joins the firm with experience in the areas of premises liability, products liability, coal-related disputes, insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, and other complex personal injury claims. Kuendig will be based in Frost Brown Todd's Lexington office where she will focus her practice on contract-related and business tort litigation. She graduated with her J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2005. The law firm of Goldberg Simpson LLC is pleased to announce that Megan P. Keane has joined the firm as an associate. Keane will practice in the areas of Megan P. Keane bankruptcy, foreclosures, real estate and business and commercial litigation. Keane is a 2011 graduate of the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and a 2007 graduate of the University of Louisville. Whitlow, Roberts, Houston and Straub, PLLC, is proud to announce the addition of Whitney Englert as an associate attorney with the firm. Englert is a graduate Whitney Englert of Centre College and received her J.D. from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of law, where she graduated cum laude. William E. Johnson, S. Ryan Newcomb and Nicole S. Bearse are pleased to announce the formation of their law firm, Johnson Newcomb, LLP. Johnson is a 1957 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. Newcomb is a 2005 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law and a 2001 graduate of the University of Louisville. Bearse is a 2003 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law and a 2000 graduate of Lesley University. Johnson Newcomb, LLP, will be located at 326 West Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601. The firm will engage in all areas of trial practice and administrative law. P. Stewart Abney and Jennifer L. McCarty are pleased to announce the opening of Abney & McCarty, PLLC. The firm's practice will focus on plaintiffs' employment law, including wrongful termination, workplace discrimination and harassment, and wage claims. Abney & McCarty, PLLC, is located at 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 13, Louisville, KY 40220. For more information see www.kywrongfultermination.com. The law firm of Goldberg Simpson LLC is pleased to announce that Jarad N. Key has joined the firm as an associate. Key will practice in the areas of insurance Jarad N. Key defense and business and commercial litigation. Key is originally from Paducah and graduated, magna cum laude, from Murray State University. Key earned his J.D. and graduated,cum laude, from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Thomas C. Gleason recently joined Frost Brown Todd as an associate in the Business Litigation Practice Group. He was a summer associate with the firm in 2010. Gleason received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame in 2011. He served as the managing submissions editor of the Notre Dame Law Review. In 2008, he received his undergraduate degree in philosophy and economics from the University of Notre Dame. Weber & Rose, P.S.C., is pleased to announce that Bert Greenwell is of counsel with the firm. Greenwell received his J.D. from the University of Bert Greenwell Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1998 and his B.A. in history from the University of Louisville in 1995. His practice is concentrated in areas of commercial real estate law and includes: capital market and real estate financing, low income and historic tax credit projects, redevelopment and brown field projects, construction projects, LEED certification, land use development and mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. January 2013 Bench & Bar 39