Bench & Bar

SEP 2014

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Award from the University of Kentucky College of Law Alumni Association . Edwards received the award at the June 18 th alumni recep- t ion held in association with the KBA's Annual Convention for her commit- ment to giving back to the community. In 2013, Edwards was appointed to the University of Kentucky Board of T rustees by Gov. Steve Beshear. She has just completed a term as a trustee for St. Catharine College and is a former board of trustee member for Transylvania University. In 2008, Gov. Beshear appointed Edwards to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. She is president-elect of the Louisville Bar Association (LBA) and serves on the LBA's Summer Internship and Diversity committees. Edwards is a partner in Dinsmore's litigation department. She practices in the areas of ERISA litigation and commercial litigation. Edwards counsels clients with business disputes and represents employee benefit plans, claims administrators and employers with benefits issues. Edwards earned her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law and her B.A. from Transylvania University. Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC, announces that Kevin W. Weaver was appointed by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto to serve a four- year term on the UK College of Law Visiting Committee . The visiting com- mittee brings together some of its most distinguished graduates to meet regu- larly with the dean, faculty and students of the college, and to consult with the president, provost and other top admin- istrators of the University. Weaver has served as the managing member of Sturgill Turner since 2010. He is an experienced civil litigator in the areas of premises liability, insurance defense, contract disputes and estate contests. He also practices extensively in the area of workers' compensation. He was selected by the Best Lawyers in America as the 2014 Lexington "Lawyer of the Year" in the area of "Workers' Compensation Law – Employers," and has been listed as a Best Lawyer in that category since 2012. He has been named a Kentucky Super Lawyer in the category of workers' com- pensation defense since 2012, and was named a Kentucky Super Lawyer in the civil litigation defense category in 2007. I n 2008, Kevin was elected a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an honorary society limited to 3,500 trial lawyers nationwide, representing less than one-half of one percent of A merican lawyers. Weaver has also been selected to join the Leadership Kentucky Class of 2014. Leslie Rudloff , senior counsel for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, D.C., was elected Steering Committee Director of the Kentucky Bar Association's Animal Law Section .H Stites & Harbison, PLLC , attor- ney Nicole Maddox was selected to deliver the keynote address for the Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity (KLEO) Program's 2014 Awards Dinner held July 22 at the University of Kentucky's Boone Center. The dinner marks the final event for the KLEO Summer Institute held at the University of Kentucky College of Law each year for new KLEO scholars. The KLEO Program was adopted by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2002. The goal of the program is to increase the number of historically under-represented stu- dents in Kentucky's public law schools. The KLEO Program accepts five enter- ing first-year law students from each of Kentucky's three public law schools: the University of Kentucky College of Law, the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law. These 15 KLEO scholars are each awarded a scholarship which requires them to attend a two-week pre-law program held at the University of Kentucky College of Law. The KLEO Summer Institute is especially designed to prepare students from low- income, minority and disadvantaged backgrounds for the rigors of law school. A former KLEO scholar, Nicole Maddox is a transactional attorney in Stites & Harbison's Real Estate & Banking Service Group and is based in the firm's Louisville office. Her practice concentrates on commercial real estate acquisitions and development, com- mercial leasing, and commercial lend- ing. Maddox keeps active in a variety of c ommunity groups, including Metropolitan Housing Coalition (board of directors, Affordable Housing Committee and Annual Meeting Planning Committee), Friends of the F arnsley-Kaufman House (board of directors, chair of Strategic Planning Committee and Annual Dinner & Auction Fundraiser Committee), Jefferson County Public Law Library (chair of the board of trustees) and International Conference of Shopping Centers (Kentucky Next Generation chair). Brittany C. MacGregor , real estate attorney with McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC , has been selected to the 2014- 2015 Leadership Lexington pro- gram , a leadership development pro- gram sponsored by Commerce Lexington and directed toward individ- uals who demonstrate leadership qual- ities. Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Buck Hinkle, Jr. , recently received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from Morehead State University (MSU) at the university's 2014 spring com- mencement ceremony. This degree rec- ognizes Hinkle's long and sustained support of MSU and his professional and business accomplishments. Hinkle has been dedicated to MSU for more than 20 years. He served two terms as a member of MSU's Board of Regents (1991-2004), including board chair from 2001-04. He currently serves on the advisory board of MSU's Kentucky Center for Traditional Music and the Board of Directors for the MSU Foundation Inc. Hinkle is a member (partner) of Stites & Harbison based in the Lexington office. He currently chairs the firm's construction service group and is a member of the sustainability & emerging technologies practice group and the business litigation service group. Additionally, Hinkle has served a s chair of the governing committee of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, one of the top positions affecting construction law policy nationally. He has been a fellow o f the American College of Construction Lawyers since 1996. The Associated General Contractors of Kentucky honored him with the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2009 Distinguished Service Award and named him the 2007 Legislative Advocate of the Year. Dinsmore & Shohl's Robert Croft, Jr. , has been named to Louisville's 2014 "40 Under 40" list by "Business First." Croft was selected from a pool of almost 500 nominees by a panel of four judges. The 40 Young Professionals that make up the 2014 class share the goal of making a difference in Louisville through their community service efforts and in their work.H"Business First's 40 Under 40" list will be featured in the September 26 edition. Croft has also taken part in the Louisville Bar Association Leadership Program and was honored as a 2013 YMCA Adult Black Achiever.H He was named a 2014 Kentucky Rising Star by "Super Lawyers" magazine. Croft is a member of the product liability and toxic tort practice groups. He concentrates his practice in the areas of product and premises liability, insurance coverage issues and commercial litigation. The Leadership Louisville Center has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC's Louisville Office Executive Member Marjorie Farris to participate in the Leadership Louisville Class of 2015 . The 60-member Class of 2015 will spend 10 months of training and hands-on experiences with local lead- 55 B&B; • 9.14

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