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WHO... WHAT... WHEN... Bork concentrates her practice on commercial and tort litigation, including contract and commercial disputes, product liability, asbestos and mass product liability and toxic tort litigation. Her practice also includes appellate practice and litigation matters involving the First and Fourteenth Amendment, state employment, civil rights and college and university law. Gerch, who is a member of the Estate Planning Practice Group, practices out of the firm's Louisville office. Gerch has over four years of experience working in trusts and estates. He is a graduate from the University of Nebraska College of Law and Bellarmine University. Johnson practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, advertising and promotions, general business transactions and securities. He is a member of the firm's Corporate and Transactional Practice Group and has experience representing clients in a wide variety of industries. Johnson is a graduate from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. WHERE... Middleton Reutlinger is pleased to announce that Jennifer M. Barbour has joined the firm. Barbour is a member of the health care practice group. Her health care litigation practice includes long term care and nursing home malpractice defense, including claims of negligence, abuse and neglect, violation of residents' rights, breach of contract, and wrongful death. She received her law degree from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and a B.A in Political Science/Comparative History from the University of Virginia. Gwin Steinmetz & Baird PLLC (GSB) is pleased to announce that W. Douglas Kemper has been named member of the firm. Kemper was of counsel with GSB after serving as a judge in Jefferson Circuit Court where he presided over felony criminal cases and a wide variety of civil litigation. He is a graduate of University of Louisville, Indiana University and University of Kentucky College of Law.I Kemper's practice focuses primarily on insurance defense issues, including defense of tort liability and insurance bad faith, investigation of insurance fraud, and analysis of contractual and coverage issues in liability, casualty, commercial and property policies. Miller, Griffin & Marks, P.S.C., is pleased to announce the addition of four shareholders and directors: Carl Devine, Anna Dominick, Michelle Hurley, and Elliott Miller. 72 Devine's primary practice area is family law.I He received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1997 and graduated, magna cum laude, from Georgetown College in 1994 with a B.A. in Political Science.I B&B; • 05.13 Dominick concentrates her practice in family law. She received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2008 and graduated, cum laude, from Berry College in 2005 with a B.S. in Government. Dominick has also served as the co-chair of the Fayette County Bar Association's Domestic Relations Section. Hurley practices primarily in equine law and civil litigation. She received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2006 and graduated, summa cum laude, from Georgetown College in 2003 with a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science. While in law school, Hurley served on the Kentucky Law Journal. Miller practices in civil litigation, including construction, contract, employment, insurance defense, and personal injury, as well as criminal law. He received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2009 and his B.A. in History from Rhodes College in Memphis, in 2004. While attending law school, Miller clerked for Virginia Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Kinser.I Wolnitzek & Rowekamp, P.S.C., is pleased to announce Matthew B. DeMarcus has been named a partner of the firm along with partners Stephen D. Wolnitzek and Leonard G. Rowekamp. The firm will now operate as Wolnitzek, Rowekamp & DeMarcus, P.S.C. DeMarcus is an active member of the Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) as a member of the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee, the co-chairperson of the KBA Disaster Legal Services Committee and a member of the KBA Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. He is also a Board Member of the Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers. DeMarcus focuses his practice on civil litigation including insurance law, personal injury, family law, business law and school law. He earned his J.D. from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law (2003) and his B.A. from the University of Kentucky (1999). Law Offices of Maurice A. Byrne, Jr. is pleased to announce the expansion of his law practice to 1009 South Fourth Street Louisville, KY 40203-3207. This practice is more accessible for clients with more convenient parking to continue to focus his law practice on estate & financial planning and employment law, fire departments,Ilitigation, and how to avoid probate, in Kentucky and Indiana. SAME Telephone: 502-583-8376; Cell: 502-291-5066; email: mbyrne@MauriceByrne.com; Home: 502-409-7871. Please stop by when you are in the area! The law firm of Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd & Kinney, PSC, is happy to welcome Chris Haden to its personal injury firm. Haden brings a solid litigation background in the area of personal injury, including medical malpractice, hospital negligence and products liability. Haden has experience as both defense and plaintiff's counsel. IHe began his career with one of Kentucky's largest law firms defending insurance companies, doctors and hospitals. For the past several years, his practice has been focused on helping individual patient-victims and their families. Reminger Co., LPA, is pleased to announce the addition of Matthew Swafford to our Louisville office. Swafford focuses his legal practice on professional liability, general casualty, nursing home and medical malpractice defense, premises liability, and retail and hospitality defense. Before joining Reminger, he clerked for Justice Will T. Scott of the Kentucky Supreme Court and was a staff attorney for Circuit Judge Barry Willett in Louisville. Swafford is currently a member of various professional bar associations, including the Kentucky Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association. He can be contacted by emailing mswafford@reminger.com or by calling 502-584-1310.