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WW WW Have an item for WHO, WHAT, WHEN & WHERE? The Bench & Bar welcomes brief announcements about member placements, promotions, relocations and honors. Notices are printed at no cost and must be submitted in writing to: Managing Editor, Bench & Bar, 514 West Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601 or by email to sroberts@kybar.org. Digital photos must be a minimum of 300 dpi and two (2) inches tall from top of head to shoulders. There is a $10 fee per photograph appearing with announcements. Paid professional announcements are also available. Please make checks payable to the Kentucky Bar Association. ON THE MOVE Miller Wells is pleased to announce that Earl (Chip) Hamm has joined the firm. Hamm concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and corporate law, including property and business sale and acquisitions, development, start-up ventures, finance, and government relations. 70 Bubalo Goode Sales & Bliss PLC announced that Michael Cannon has joined the firm. He earned both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from the University of Louisville. Cannon has experience in a broad range of injury cases, having worked in a personal injury law firm as a full-time law clerk throughout the years he completed law school at night. He comes naturally to his interest in law, as his father is a lawyer from Grayson County who also represents clients with injury and disability issues. He earned an undergraduate degree in Spanish before going on to law school. And, since his wife is from Germany, he quickly picked up German as well. Having an affinity for languages, Cannon now speaks, writes or reads at least six languages. B&B; • 05.13 Daniel G. Mudd is the most recent addition to Frost Brown Todd's newly-created Regional State Tax and Incentives Team. Prior to joining the firm, Mudd was an attorney at a law firm in Louisville, where he began practicing and specializing in state and local tax controversy and planning. Mudd has quickly risen to obtain a prominent leadership role throughout the Bar and the community. He was the chairman of the Louisville Bar Association's (LBA) Tax section in 2012 and is currently the vice chairman and chair-elect of the Kentucky Bar Association's (KBA) Tax section. He also serves as the general counsel and secretary of the Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL), as well as the chair of YPAL's Legal Committee. Daniel graduated, summa cum laude, from the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business with a double major in Finance and Business Management in 2007; he later went on to earn his J.D., cum laudee, from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2010. Fox, Wood, Wood, & Estill in Maysville is pleased to announce that Blake Wright has joined the firm as an associate. Wright received his B.A. (2005) from Transylvania University and J.D. (2008) from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Wright has previously worked as an assistant Public Advocate. Wright will be working in several areas of law including real estate, family law, and personal injury. He will also be acting as the assistant county attorney in Mason County. Located in Bowling Green, Reynolds, Johnston, Hinton & Pepper, LLP, is proud to announce the addition of Katie Bennett as an associate attorney with the firm. Bennett is a 2009 graduate of Western Kentucky University and a 2012 graduate of the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Bennett will focus her practice in the areas of business and real estate law with an emphasis on residential and commercial transactions. The law firm of O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, PLLC, is pleased to announce that Andolyn Johnson and Holly S. Kent have joined their Louisville office as associate attorneys. Johnson graduated, summa cum laude, with a B.A. in Public Relations and Spanish from the University of Kentucky in 2009. Johnson studied abroad during the summer of 2007 in Granada, Spain. She received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2012. Her primary area of practice is insurance defense litigation with an emphasis in medical malpractice defense and tort law. Kent graduated, summa cum laude, with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kentucky in 2008. She received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2012. Her primary areas of practice include insurance defense litigation cases involving matters of medical malpractice, bad faith and tort claims. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, is pleased to welcome Sherry P. Porter to its highly regarded Employee Benefits team. Porter is the former associate dean of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. She concentrates her law practice in the areas of employee benefits, including employee stock ownership plans, and executive compensation arrangements. She also has extensive experience in handling and negotiating benefits issues in corporate and transactional matters. She earned her law degree from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law and her B.A. from the University of Kentucky. Darby and Gazak, P.S.C., is pleased to announce that Robert J. Shilts has been named a partner of the firm. Shilts practices in the area of medical malpractice defense and has been with Darby and Gazak, P.S.C., since 2006. He received his B.A. from Bellarmine University in 1998; his M.A. from University of Maryland in 2001 and his J.D. from University of Maryland School of Law in 2005.