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Michael Ryan Brodarick of Boca Raton, Fla., joined PuroSystems, Inc., as its in-house general counsel. Founded in 1990, PuroSystems, Inc., is a leader in the franchise restoration industry, having launched PuroClean, which has become one of the fastest growing property damage remediation franchise organizations in North America. Hannah Hodges has joined the marketing department of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC. Hodges will be working with the McBrayer attorneys to gather information, edit, write and produce hardcopy and electronic materials. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and Communication from the University of Louisville in 2007 and her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2010. Prior to joining the firm she worked as an associate at the Peter Perlman Law Office. Aguiar Injury Lawyers is pleased to announce the addition of four new attorneys. The new members are: Randy L. Bayers, Bradley A. Sears, Philip R. Price and Mary E. Schaffner. Bayers graduated from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, cum laude, in 2011. Bayers' focus is in pre-litigation case management where he works for and with clients to resolve personal injury matters amicably with insurance companies. Sears graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2005. Sears' focus area is personal injury litigation and he is currently heading up the firm's litigation department. Price is a 2004 graduate of the Loyola University, College of Law in New Orleans. Price's focus is that of personal injury plaintiff's work, both pre-litigation as well as litigation. Schaffner graduated from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1992. Although Schaffner's practice has been focused on the defense of Workers' Compensation claims for 20 years, she will now be changing the focus of her practice to the representation of the injured worker. Jennifer Barber, has joined Frost Brown Todd's newly-created Regional State Tax and Incentives Team as a managing associate. Prior to joining the firm, Barber was a senior associate at a major law firm in Louisville. Born and raised in Kentucky's capital city, Barber is considered an insider in state politics and governmental affairs. Barber graduated from the University of Kentucky with her Juris Doctor in 2008, where she also earned her B.S. in Communications in 2005. While at the University of Kentucky, she served as a UK Ambassador and a four-year member of the University's Strategic Planning Committee. A. Pete Pullen is an associate in the Louisville office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. His practice focuses in the areas of complex civil litigation, nursing home defense litigation, construction litigation, auto and trucking litigation, insurance defense and coverage claims, premises liability, and products liability. Pullen received his J.D. in 2006 from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Kentucky in 2001. He is a member of the Kentucky, Louisville and American Bar associations. Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP has named partner Mark A. Loyd as chair of the Tax and Finance Practice Group. The Tax and Finance Practice Group provides full service representation, counsel and advice regarding federal and state tax planning, transactions, and controversy resolution, including litigation, to for-profit and non-profit clients. Loyd's areas of practice concentration are state, local and federal tax controversy resolution, litigation and planning. He has counseled and advocated for clients with issues involving state and local income, gross receipts, sales and use, property, franchise/license and various excise taxes, as well as federal income and excise taxes, for over 20 years. He is licensed to practice in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee. Ohio Northern University (ONU) President Daniel A. DiBiasio announced today that Richard Bales, director of the Chase Center for Excellence in Advocacy at Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, has been named dean of ONU's Pettit College of Law. Bales, who joined Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law in 1998, has authored or co-authored five books and more than 80 scholarly articles. Bales is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is actively involved in several sections of the American Bar Association, and chairs the ABA committee in charge of the national Negotiation Competition. He received several university-wide teaching and scholarship awards at NKU Chase. He earned his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1993. Kyle Roby recently joined English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP, in Bowling Green. He is an associate with the firm. A native of Owensboro, Roby earned a B.A. in English from Centre College and his J.D. from The Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. He practiced at Broderick & Davenport, PLLC, in Bowling Green from 2008 to February 2013, primarily as a civil litigator. He is a member of the American, Kentucky and Bowling Green-Warren County Bar associations. Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP is pleased to announce that attorneys Melissa Norman Bork, Jeremy P. Gerch and Ben W. Johnson II have been elected by the firm's partnership to join their ranks. 4XLQWDLURV3ULHWR:RRG%R\HU3$ $WWRUQH\VDW/DZ $ PXOWLRI¿FH ODZ ¿UP LV VHHNLQJ $77251(<6IRULWV/RXLVYLOOHDQG /H[LQJWRQRI¿FH0XVWKDYHH[SHUL HQFH LQ FLYLO WULDO DQGRU LQVXUDQFH GHIHQVHOLWLJDWLRQ3RUWDEOHERRNRI EXVLQHVVLVDSOXV (PDLOUHVXPHWRUHVXPH#TSZEODZFRP B&B; • 05.13 71 Fogle Keller Purdy PLLC is proud to announce Marcel Smith, Colin Thomas and Aida Babahmetovic have recently joined the firm. Congratulations to the firm's newest members, Michael DeFilippo, Daniel Urbon and Matthew Zanetti. Please note that our Florence, Ky., office is expanding to a new location on April 1st. The new location will be 1655 Burling Pike, Suite 50, Florence, KY 41042.