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WHO, WHAT, WHEN & WHERE her J.D. in 2012 from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Caslin & Cecil Law Office proudly announces the addition of a new associate. Cher Eaves has left the Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims to Cher Eaves join our firm in securing the rights of injured workers in Western Kentucky. An attorney for 20 years, she graduated ninth in her class from John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She speaks Spanish, French and German and studies Hindi, Arabic and Urdu. Eaves has been volunteering as a patient caregiver with Hospice of Western Kentucky for six years. Eaves was published in the Bench & Bar and was sworn into practice before the United States Supreme Court. LG&E; and KU Energy LLC (LKE) is pleased to announce that Greg Cornett has been promoted to the new position of associate general counsel. Cornett left private practice as a member of Stoll Keenon Ogden in 2007 to join LKE as a senior corporate attorney. In this new role, Cornett will assist with strategic planning and daily management of the company's legal department, while continuing to oversee the company's most significant litigation and natural gas regulatory matters. Jennifer Nordstrom and Michelle Burden joined Garvey Shearer, PSC, as shareholders in September 2012. Nordstrom and Burden join the firm Jennifer from Freund, Freeze Nordstrom & Arnold where they were also shareholders. They add a combined 28 years of experience handling civil trial work and insurance coverage matters throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana to Garvey Shearer. Garvey Shearer provides legal expertise, value, and high quality serv42 Bench & Bar January 2013 ices to insurance companies, individuals, and businesses in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. In addition to the firm's Northern Kentucky office, Nordstrom opened a Michelle Burden new office in Cincinnati. Kinkead & Stilz, PLLC, is pleased to announce that Robert C. "Coley" Stilz, III, has been elected to the membership of the firm and that Melissa H. P. Palmer and Erin Fulkerson Hall have joined the firm as associates. Stilz focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation, commercial and business litigation, products liability law, and arbitration. Robert C. "Coley" He received his B.A. Stilz, III from Emory University in 2000 and an M.B.A. from the University of Kentucky in 2004. He also earned his J.D. with honors in 2004 from University of Kentucky College of Law. Palmer focuses her practice in the areas of taxation, estate planning, business planning, and probate. She received her B.B.A. in 1990 and her J. D. in 1999 both from the Melissa H.P. University of Palmer Kentucky. In addition, she received her CLU and ChFC in 1996 from American College and a L.L.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida in 2000. Hall focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, and corporate transactions. She received her B.S. in accounting from Western Kentucky University Erin Fulkerson in 2009 and her J. D. Hall in 2012 from the University of Kentucky College of Law. Rhoads & Rhoads, P.S.C., is pleased to announce that Leigh Rhoads Doyal has joined the firm's Owensboro office. A native of Madisonville, Doyal Leigh Rhoads graduated, magna cum Doyal laude, from Furman University in 2000 and received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2005. She was previously an associate in the Atlanta office of Alston & Bird, where she was a member of the Litigation & Trial Practice Group. Doyal is a member of the Georgia and Kentucky Bar associations and will focus her practice in the areas of trial practice, personal injury litigation, and social security disability law. Thompson Miller & Simpson is pleased to announce that Blake Nolan has joined the firm as an associate. Nolan received his B.A. from the University of Blake Nolan Kentucky and his J.D., cum laude, in 2011 from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. He served on the Moot Court Board, was on the University of Louisville Law Review staff, and was a student bar association senator. Nolan will be practicing in the fields of nursing home and product liability defense litigation. Littler Mendelson, P.C., (Littler), the world's largest employment and labor law firm representing management, is pleased to welcome J. Andrew (Jay) Inman as an associate to its Lexington office. Inman's employment and labor law practice areas include appellate practice, class actions, healthcare, and workplace privacy and data security. He is a member of the Kentucky and Fayette County Bar associations and is a frequent speaker on legal matters. Inman received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Tennessee (2009), his Ph.D. from the University of