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Oppenheimer, managing partner of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP's Louisville office, is a member of the firm's estate planning practice group and corporate and transactional practice group. He concentrates his practice on business succession, estate planning and estate administration for individuals, families and businesses. Gerch is a partner in Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP's Louisville office and is a member of the firm's Estate Planning Practice Group. He has extensive experience working in trusts and estates. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, announces that Lisa E. Underwood, a partner in theHfirm's Lexington office, has beenHelected to a three-year term on the Commerce Lexington Board of Directors. Prior to rejoining Wyatt, where she began her legal career in Kentucky, UnderwoodHserved as theHexecutive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission from 2006-2012. Underwood is aHmember of the firm's corporate and securities service team. She also leads the firm's equine and gaming team.HH Commerce Lexington Inc. seeks to promote economic development, job creation, and overall business growth in Lexington and its neighboring communities, while strengthening its existing businesses through the many programs and services that the organization offers. Dinsmore & Shohl's David T. Schaefer has accepted an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). The IADC is a prestigious invitation-only group that is made up of attorneys who stand out in the corporate and insurance defense practice area.H Schaefer was nominated and sponsored by current members and the submission was approved by the membership committee and board of directors.H Schaefer is a partner in the firm's litigation department and focuses his practice in the area of product liability. He has extensive experience defending a wide variety of clients, including automotive, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, in product liability cases. Schaefer also handles insurance coverage and general litigation matters, including asbestos and premises liability cases. He is the chair of the firm's product liability subgroup.H Schaefer joins other Dinsmore attorneys who are also IADC members.H Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is pleased to announce that Taft partner Robert E. Rich was inducted into the University of Kentucky, College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame on Oct. 11, 2013. Rich received this honor having demonstrated distinguished professional accomplishments, outstanding character and commitment to community service. Rich, along with the Honorable Albert B. Chandler, Dr. Marcus T. McEllistrem, Dr. Paul G. Sears and Dr. Jane Vance, will join the ranks of the current 32 alumni and eight emeritus faculty A&S; Hall of Fame Members. Rich is a partner in Taft's private client and health and life sciences groups. He practices in tax, health care law and estate planning. Rich received his B.A. from the University of Kentucky and his J.D. from Harvard University. Rich currently resides in Wyoming, Ohio. Carolyn Taggart, a partner in Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP's Cincinnati office and an alumna of both Miami University (1973) and University of Cincinnati College of Law (1978), has been named to the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees. Founded in 1986, the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation operates exclusively to steward philanthropic gifts for Good Samaritan Hospital and the health care needs of theHGreater Cincinnati community. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, is pleased to announce that Jefferey Yussman has been named Treasurer of the Special Needs Alliance (SNA). The national nonprofit association of attorneys serves individuals with disabilities and their families. Among the criteria of SNA membership is relevant legal experience in the fields of disability and elder law, and active participation with national, state, and local disability advocacy organizations. Yussman concentrates his law practice in the areas of estate planning and administration, business succession planning and charitable planning.H He has a passion for planning for individuals with special needs and has extensive experience in the preparation and administration of special needs trusts for people with physical and mental illness.H In addition to serving as chair to Wyatt's government benefits and special needs practice division, he is a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a member of the elder law committee of the American Bar Association, and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Gov. Steven L. Beshear appointed Rebekkah Bravo Rechter to the Workers' Compensation Board in June 2013 to fill the unexpired term of Lawrence Smith.H She previously worked as a staff attorney to Justice Bill Cunningham ofHthe Kentucky Supreme Court.H Rechter earned her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.H She is a member of the Florida and Kentucky Bar associations, and is a former chair of the KBA Young Lawyers Division.H Gary M. Weiss Mediation When it's a question of persuasion... Gary Weiss has a passion to come to the right result. One of few mediators Listed in Best Lawyers who maintains an in America; Personal Injury active practice Legal Malpractice so he knows the And now one of only eight present value of cases Kentucky lawyers named Principal Address Louisville for mediation/arbitration Tele: (502) 493-1394 E-mail: trialweiss1@yahoo.com Trialweiss@aol.com B&B; • 1.14 49 publications for the legal, medical and chemistry fields, as well as risk management programs, continuing education and association management.