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WHO, WHAT, WHEN & WHERE Vanderbilt Law School has elected Stites & Harbison attorney Bob Beck, Jr., to the Board of Advisors for 20122013. Beck is one of 29 new board members elected this year. Bob Beck, Jr. His term will last three years. Beck is a member of Stites & Harbison, PLLC, based in the Lexington office. He leads the firm's equine team and has represented both domestic and foreign clients in the purchase, sale or syndication of bloodstock valued at more than $700 million. Beck also represents companies with general corporate law, commercial lending, and mergers and acquisitions matters. The Board of Advisors serves a critical advisory role to the Dean of the Law School and other senior administrators on issues important to Vanderbilt Law School. Robert A. Kohn, a 1963 graduate of the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, has been inducted into the Louisville Male High School Hall of Fame. Kohn has practiced law in Louisville since 1964 and is a member of the Kentucky, Louisville, and American Bar associations and is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Jonathan Mark Bruce, J.D., Ph.D, just released his first philosophical thriller, The Deerslayer Spiral: A Law Firm. A Philosopher. Seven Murders. Bruce owns his own law firm in Ohio that specializes in criminal and immigration law. The author handles asylum and convention against torture cases. As a prosecutor and attorney in private practice, he has litigated numerous jury trials and worked on homicide and death penalty cases. The author represents former soldiers injured and traumatized by war and military service. For more information, visit his website at http://goindiebooks.com/ OB_WD/389414/. State Rep. John C. Tilley of Hopkinsville was one of 10 members of the Kentucky General Assembly recently honored by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce with its State Rep. John C. first annual "Chamber Tilley MVP Award" in recognition of his legislative efforts to support Kentucky's business community. Rep. Tilley also received the Kentucky League of Cities' "Big Hitter Award" for his legislative efforts to address Kentucky's synthetic drug problem, prescription drug abuse, methamphetamine production, and problems with abandoned properties in foreclosure. Additionally, Rep. Tilley served as a panelist during two presentations at the 2012 KBA Annual Meeting in Louisville — "Criminal Law Reform: The First year of HB 463," and "The Report of the ABA Assessment Team on the Administration of the Death Penalty of Kentucky." He is also a recipient of the Ky. Department of Public Advocacy's Public Advocate Award and the KBA Real Property Section's Legislator of the Year Award. Rep. Tilley is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Salmon P. Chase School of Law at Northern Kentucky University. Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP Partner W. Plumer Wiseman Jr. has been named a "Top Rated Lawyer" in Construction Law by American Lawyer Media. American Lawyer Media publishes national and regional magazines, as well as newspapers. Wiseman was recognized in the November issue of The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel magazines. Wiseman serves as general counsel to Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP and is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. His practice emphasis is in commercial and real estate lending and secured transactions representing lenders and borrowers, as well as estate titles and development. RELOCATION Brenna Penrose is pleased to announce that Penrose Law PLLC has relocated to 7 East 5th Street, Covington, KY 41011. The phone and fax numbers have changed to (859) 581-7400 and (877) 650-4335, respectively. Before You Move... Over 16,000 attorneys are licensed to practice in the state of Kentucky. It is vitally important that you keep the Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) informed of your correct mailing address. Pursuant to rule SCR 3.175, all KBA members must maintain a current address at which he or she may be communicated, as well as a physical address if your mailing address is a Post Office address. If you move, you must notify the Executive Director of the KBA within 30 days. All roster changes must be in writing and must include your 5-digit KBA member identification number. There are several ways to do this for your convenience. VISIT our website at www.kybar.org to make ONLINE changes or to print an Address Change/Update Form EMAIL the Executive Director via the Membership Department at kcobb@kybar.org MAIL the Address Change/Update Form obtained from our website or other written notification to: FAX the Address Change/Update Form obtained from our website or other written notification to: Executive Director/Membership Department (502) 564-3225 Kentucky Bar Association Executive Director 514 W. Main St. Frankfort, KY 40601-1812 50 Bench & Bar January 2013 * Announcements sent to the Bench & Bar's Who, What, When & Where column or communication with other departments other than the Executive Director do not comply with the rule and do not constitute a formal roster change with the KBA.