Bench & Bar

NOV 2013

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WHO... WHAT... WHEN... for the Kentucky Law Journal. Following law school, she clerked for the Hon. Edward B. Atkins, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Prior to joining Fisher & Phillips, she practiced with a large regional law firm in its labor & employment department. She is a member of the Junior League of Louisville, serves on the board of ECHO, the Exploited Children's Help Organization, and is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian. Tom Van De Rostyne has joined the Office of Attorney General Jack Conway as an attorney in the criminal appeals division. Van De Rostyne practices in both state and federal courts. He received his J.D. from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, a B.S. in equine administration from the University of Louisville School of Business, and a B.A. in geography from the University of Oklahoma. He is an active member of the Louisville and Kentucky bar associations. 62 Appalachian Citizens' Law Center is pleased to announce that Evan Barret Smith has joined the nonprofit firm as a staff attorney. Smith received a 2013 Skadden Fellowship to build upon the firm's representation of coal miners and their families in mine safety and black lung cases and to specialize in appellate advocacy. SmithJattended law school at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated magna cum laude, served as an articles editorJon the Law Review, and received a master's degree in public administration. For his undergraduate studies, he attended Oberlin College. During the past year, Smith clerked for the Hon. John M. Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Smith is from Whitesburg, where Appalachian Citizens' Law Center is located. B&B; • 11.13 WHERE... The law firm of O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, PLLC, announces that Colleen Hartley has joined the firm's Louisville office as an associate attorney. In 2006, HartleyJgraduated, cum laude, with a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Auburn University. During her undergraduate studies, she studied abroad at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, as well as in Spain and Greece. She obtained her law degree, cum laude, from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2009, where she competed on the mock trial team and served as a constitutional law student-teacher for the Marshall Brennan program. Currently, Hartley serves as a board member for the Women Lawyers Association of Jefferson County. Her primary areas of practice include insurance defense litigation cases involving matters of medical malpractice, bad faith and tort claims. Kentucky ElderLaw, PLLC, in Louisville announces attorney John L. Dotson has joined the firm. Dotson will assist older citizens and family members on a wide range of issues, including those related to Medicaid, asset preservation, legal documents, nursing home issues, guardianship and probate. Prior to joining Kentucky ElderLaw, Dotson was a civil litigator for over 25 years. He holds finance and law degrees from the University of Kentucky. Gess Mattingly & Atchison, PSC, announces that Stefan J. Bing and Ross T. Ewing have joined the firm as associates. Bing received his B.A. from Case Western Reserve University, cum laude, in 2005 and his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2012, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Law Journal. After graduation, he clerked for Justice Mary C. Noble of the Supreme Court of Kentucky and was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2012. He currently serves on the board of directors of the University of Kentucky College of Law Alumni Association, as president of the Kentucky Law Journal Association, Inc., and is a member of the Kentucky and Fayette County Bar associations. Bing's practice focuses on commercial, probate and appellate litigation. Ewing primarily practices in the areas of domestic relations, estate planning, and estate administration. Prior to joining the firm he was a solo practitioner in Lexington. A 2008 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, Ewing is past chairman of the Fayette County Bar Association (FCBA) Domestic Relations Section and was named Attorney of the Year in 2010 by the FCBA Pro Bono Program, Inc. Brian Lowder and Matt McGill recently formed a new law firm in Bowling Green. Their contact information is Lowder & McGill, PLLC, 537 E. 10th St., Suite 200, P.O. Box 900, Bowling Green, KY 42102-0900. Office: (270) 842-3924; fax: (270) 282-2085; email: matt@lowdermcgill.com; brian@lowdermcgill.com. The firm will represent clients throughout Southcentral Kentucky, with a focus on handling serious injury and wrongful death cases for plaintiffs, including motor vehicle and tractor trailer accidents, products liability, nursing home negligence and medical malpractice, general civil litigation, criminal defense, family law, employment law and the representation of small businesses. Lowder and McGill both have extensive experience representing clients in these areas over the last eight years. Dressman Benzinger LaVelle announces a merger with Reed Wicker, one of Louisville's most experienced law firms. The combined firm adds white collar criminal defense and additional litigation experience to DBL's full service offerings. Kent Wicker and Jennifer Schultz will be joining DBL Law, which already has offices located in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Wicker has been a courtroom attorney for his entire career, prosecuting and defending in the most challenging, high-profile and complex commercial and white collar criminal cases in Kentucky and around the country. Before entering private practice, Wicker served as first assistant U.S. attorney and criminal division chief for the Western District of Kentucky, where he also tried criminal fraud and public corruption cases. Wicker, recognized as a Best Lawyer in America, in SuperLawyers, and in Louisville Magazine's "Top Lawyers in Louisville," teaches courses in corporate and white collar crime and trial practice at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.JAlso joining the firm from Reed Wicker is litigation attorney, Jennifer Schultz. Schultz's broad Department of Defense (DoD) and government background, along with her legal and consulting experience, provide valuable insights into complex administrative, commercial, and criminal cases. Prior to entering law school, Schultz had a distinguished civilian career with DoD that earned her the Office of the Secretary of Defense Civilian Career Service Award. Schultz also achieved the department's highest level of certification (Level III) in contracting in 2003 and completed the DoD Executive Leadership Development Program in 2002. During and after law school, Schultz served as an independent consultant to various defense contractors on acquisitionrelated matters, change management, and business development. In 2009, Schultz became a research staff member of the Institute for Defense Analyses' Studies and Analyses Center in Alexandria, Va., a federally funded research and development center sponsored by DoD, where she continues to consult on cyber- and information technology-related policies and acquisition issues (e.g., government contracts).

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