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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 60 Dressman Benzinger LaVelle announces two new attorneys: associate Justin Knappick and partner Michael Schmidt. Knappick practices primarily in the area of commercial and collections litigation in the Crestview Hills office. He obtained his law degree in 2011 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he graduated cum laude, and his bachelor's degree in finance, with a minor in political science, in 2008 from the University of Dayton, where he graduated magna cum laude. While in law school, Knappick was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board and was named to the Dean's Honor List. He also served as an Extern for the Hon. Thomas M. Rose at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Knappick received the Henry Otterman Real Property Prize and the Ohio State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Achievement Award. Schmidt concentrates his practice on complex commercial real estate transactions and corporate law, drawing on 12 years legal experience and his engineering background. His representation includes commercial real estate acquisitions, development, leasing and financing. Schmidt also assists corporate clients with mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance, shareholder relations, and dispute resolution. Schmidt obtained his law degree in 2001 from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, and a bachelor's degree in 1995 from B&B; • 11.13 the University of Kentucky. Schmidt received a CALI Award for Legal Research and has presented to a number of professional groups in Greater Cincinnati on pertinent commercial real estate issues. The Louisville office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. (QPWB), welcome our newest lawyer, Francisco D. Saviñon, Jr. Saviñon recently relocated to Kentucky, his wife's home state. He will focus his practice on insurance defense and personal injury litigation, handling various types of claims including longterm care and medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability, and general negligence. Prior to joining QPWB, Saviñon practiced in the areas of civil litigation at a mid-size New York City law firm. He gained extensive experience handling a multi-faceted practice that included acting as both plaintiff's and defense counsel in a broad range of matters. He received his J.D. in 2006 from Syracuse University College of Law, New York, and a bachelor of arts degree in 2003 from Binghamton University, New York. While attending law school, he was associate editor of the Syracuse Law Review and a member of the Dean's List. Saviñon is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and New York, and is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association and Louisville Bar Association. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. John S. Wathen has joined the law firm of Sullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller PSC, as an associate attorney. Wathen, an Owensboro native and Owensboro Catholic High School alumnus, graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in history. He is a 2013 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. Johnson Newcomb, LLP, announces that Nathan H. Goins has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Goins' practice will focus primarily on family law, criminal law, civil law, estates (probate and planning) and real estate transactions. Goins graduated in 2011 from the University of Kentucky College of Law. In 2004, he received a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Kentucky. Goins is a member of the American, Kentucky, and Franklin County Bar associations. Law firm Frost Brown Todd continues to expand its Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) practice by welcoming Tanner Nichols, Meghan Tyson, Shawn Spalding and Doug Walter to the Louisville office. Frost Brown Todd's CMBS group is led by partners Barry Hines and John Gragg. Nichols is joining as a member, having previously worked with Hines and Gragg at Stites & Harbison and as in-house counsel at Farm Credit Services. Tyson, Spaulding and Walter, all recent law school graduates, are joining the firm as staff attorneys. The Law and Mediation Offices of Micah Guilfoil have expanded to serve Southcentral Kentucky with the opening of the Glasgow office at 113 West Public Square, Suite #304, Glasgow, KY 42141. (Phone 270-629-5050). The Louisville office has moved to 4965 US Highway 42, Suite #1000, Louisville, KY 40222. (Phone 502-897-6133). O'Brien Law Group is pleased to announce that Blake Gilbert has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Gilbert joins O'Brien Law Group after previously practicing in the area of immigration law in Lexington. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, and he holds undergraduate degrees in Spanish and English literature. In addition to his undergraduate studies, Gilbert also lived and studied comparative literature in Seville and Madrid, Spain for his graduate studies. As a result, he is also fluent in Spanish. Gilbert is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, and he practices primarily in the areas of immigration law and criminal defense. The law firm of Bradley, Freed & Grumley, P.S.C., announces David Riley as a new attorney. Prior to joining the firm, Riley served as a two-year law clerk for the Hon. Thomas B. Russell, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky. Riley completed his graduate education at the University of Kentucky in 2010, receiving a J.D. from the College of Law and a mas-