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WHO... WHAT... WHEN... Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, is pleased to announce that four of its lawyers have been named to Business First's Partners in Health Care List. The publication highlights achievements of leaders in the area's health care industry and named Theodore T. Myre, Carole D. Christian, and Kathie McDonald-McClure among those leaders. Wyatt's Rosalind D. Cordini was also recognized among the "People to Watch in the local health care industry." general business law. Myre concentrates his practice in the areas of health care, taxation, nonprofit organizations, and Christian represents health care clients in matters involving patient care, reimbursement, compliance with state and federal law, and relationships with other health care providers. WHERE... regulatory oversight. Cordini has extensive experience with matters dealing with hospital administration and Patrick Michael, a partner in Dinsmore's Louisville office, was recently recognized with the Distinguished Service Award at the Louisville Bar Association's Annual Bench & Bar Dinner. Michael, along with the Hon. A. C. McKay Chauvin, were recognized as outstanding members for their dedicated work and commitment to forming the Jefferson Courtroom Upgrade Project Inc. (JCUP). Formed in 2011, JCUP is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to equip Jefferson County's courtrooms with state-of-the art audiovisual systems. Michael, who serves as president of JCUP and chairman of the project's finance committee, was tasked with raising $800,000 to upgrade the 13 courtrooms in Jefferson Circuit Court's facilities in the downtown Louisville Hall of Justice. Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP partner Martin J. Cunningham has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Coal Association (KCA). Located in Lexington, KCA is the state's leading coal association and strives to provide effective leadership for the coal industry. Its mission is to ultimately enhance the ability of the Kentucky coal industry to compete in domestic and world coal markets. Cunningham, who is a member of the firm's Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group, focuses his practice on coal law matters including acquisitions and sales, regulatory litigation, contracts and property transactions for mineral producers. Cunningham represents businesses by advising clients on hazardous waste, solid waste and water liability, permitting and compliance matters. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP is pleased to announce that Mary L. Fullington, has been nominated as a Kentucky Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABA). Membership in The Fellows is limited to one-third of one percent of the lawyers admitted to practice in each jurisdiction of the United States. The foundation, created in 1952 by the ABA, is recognized as the nation's premier research institute on issues facing the legal system and the impact of the law on society. Fullington leads the firm's Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Service Team. She concentrates her practice in the areas of business bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation, and commercial litigation. Fullington was named Best Lawyers® 2013 Lexington Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law "Lawyer of the Year." She earned her law degree and B.A. from Louisiana State University. 76 McDonaldMcClure advises healthcare providers in the areas of fraud and abuse, antikickback, physician self-referral, Medicare reimbursement, compliance programs, clinical trial research, Medicare and Medicare licensing, Board of Pharmacy, HIPAA, and HITECH electronic health records stimulus law. The Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association recently elected new officers for 2013. From left to right are Dov Moore, Secretary; Lindsay Hinton, Vice President; Walter Hawkins, Immediate Past President and Aaron Smith, President. Not pictured: Deborah Wilkins, Treasurer. B&B; • 05.13