Bench & Bar

JAN 2014

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WHO... WHAT... WHEN... W. Keith Noel has joined the law firm of Sutton Law & Associates, PLLC, as a partner. Noel was previously a partner at the law firms of Keating Muething & Klekamp and Sutton Rankin Law. He has 25 years of experience as a trial lawyer in Kentucky and Ohio courts and is a member of Best Lawyers in America. Noel will continue to concentrate his practice in the areas of personal injury and business litigation. He may be reached at 859-9165882 or knoel@suttonattorneys.com. IN THE NEWS Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP is pleased to announce that Dayo Seton has been selected from a record number of applicants for the Leadership Louisville Center's Ignite Class of 2014. The award-winning program provides unmatched training and exposure for emerging leaders in our community. Seton concentrates his law practice in commercial litigation, including labor and employment, commercial and individual tort law and intellectual property.H 48 Frost Brown Todd Member Philip J. Schworer has been elected to serve as chairman of the Kentucky Bar Association's energy and environmental law section. Schworer represents business and industry in all aspects of environmental, health and safety, and toxic tort issues. His practice includes: environmental litigation (defense of governmental enforcement actions, citizens suit defense; Superfund and toxic tort claim defense); environmental due diligence and negotiations associated with corporate acquisitions and divestitures; and compliance counseling (confidential health and safety auditing and research regarding compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations). Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP is proud to announce that attorney Michelle Browning Coughlin has been named to Business First of Louisville's 2013 Forty Under 40 list. The award recognizes outstanding B&B; • 1.14 WHERE... young professionals in the Louisville area. For the 2013 honors, Coughlin was selected from more than 480 nominees. Coughlin focuses her practice in the areas of intellectual property, privacy and data security. In addition to her professional leadership within the firm and through organizations such as the International Trademark Association and the American Health Lawyers Association, she is also passionate about serving the community. Coughlin has also been named a member of the Leadership Louisville Center's Ignite Louisville Class of 2014. She graduated with a law degree from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2009. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, announces that Allen C. Platt III has been appointed to the Indiana Arts Commission by Gov. Mike Pence through June 30, 2017. Platt is a member of the firm's real estate & lending service team and concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, business law, and real estate. He is a member of the grants committee of the Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County, as well as the former president of the New Albany Rotary Club, Carnegie Center for Art & History, and Floyd County Bar Association. Platt also received the Arts Council of Southern Indiana's Heartbeat Award in 2004. Dinsmore & Shohl's Jeremy S. Rogers has been appointed to serve on the State Archives and Records Commission by Gov. Steve Beshear.H The State Archives and Records Commission oversees the records retention schedules of public agencies and helps to determine the importance and potential uses for records.H Rogers has been appointed to fill one of the four positions that represent citizens of Kentucky.H The commission is made up of members from government agencies and the public to ensure that all groups are fairly represented.H At Dinsmore, Rogers is a partner in the litigation department.HHis trial and litigation experience is in a wide range of matters, including business disputes, constitutional law, personal injury, employment, insurance, and criminal defense.H Rogers will serve on the commission through September 2017.H At its Oct. 30, 2013 meeting, the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance unanimously re-elected Craig C. Dilger to serve as its chairman, marking an unprecedented seventh consecutive term for the Louisville attorney. His service as chairman marks the longest continuous period of service as chairman in the registry's history. Dilger, a Republican, was first appointed to the registry by then-Gov. Fletcher from names submitted by organizations demonstrating a nonpartisan interest in fair elections and informed voting. He was re-appointed to the registry by Gov. Beshear on Oct. 29, 2008, and again on Nov. 21, 2012. He previously served two consecutive terms as vice-chairman of the registry. Dilger is a Louisville native, and a graduate of Bellarmine University and the Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He is a member of the business litigation practice with the law firm of Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC. The registry is charged with administering Kentucky's campaign finance laws, including those relating to all candidates who run for election in 2014. Kentucky law requires the disclosure by a candidate of contributions to and expenditures by the campaign. Mary Burns has been promoted to vice president of trust services and trust counsel at Johnson Trust Company. Leslie Rudloff, senior counsel for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C., was a panelist at Barry University School of Law's The Interconnectivity of Human, Earth and Animal Rights seminar on Oct. 18, 2013.H She addressed legal efforts to end the use of live animals in medical education.H Bardenwerper Talbott & Roberts, PLLC, partner and member, John C. Talbott, who focuses his practice in commercial real estate lending and development, was chosen and recently participated in theHLeadership Kentucky Class of 2013. HLeadership Kentucky, a non-profit educational organization, brings together a select group of professionals possessing a broad variety of leadership abilities, career accomplishments, and volunteer activities to gain insight into complex issues facing all areas of the state. ByHforging new relationships among community and regional leaders in this process, graduates bring a fresh and informed perspective to their communities, companies, and firms, serving as important participants in the unified effort to shape and direct Kentucky's future. Middleton Reutlinger is pleased to announce that Elisabeth S. Gray ("Libby") has been selected for the inaugural LEAD GLI class, a new business leadership program. This program is designed for participants to enhance business leadership skills and their awareness of Greater Louisville's business community. HGray is a director and member of Middleton Reutlinger's business litigation practice group. The 2013 supplement to the "Kentucky Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts Library: Forms and Practice Manual," coauthored by Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP attorneys Mark H. Oppenheimer and Jeremy P. Gerch, has been released. The manual provides estate planning professionals with resources that identify effective strategies for optimum planning and serves as a guide to implementing streamlined and efficient client engagement through the use of integrated, systemized forms. The first edition of the manual, written by Oppenheimer, was published in 2008, with updated editions published annually. In addition to his work in the original edition, Oppenheimer contributed to the updates published in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Gerch is a more recent contributor, having contributed to the 2012 and 2013 manual updates. The 2013 supplement and update to the "Kentucky Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts Library: Forms and Practice Manual" is available now through Data Trace Publishing Company. Data Trace specializes in producing professional

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