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Maurer School of Law in Bloomington. Nelson was a member of the Phi Alpha D elta Law Fraternity, the Inmate Legal Assistance Program and the Sports and Entertainment Law Society. He joined S tites & Harbison after serving as a summer associate for the firm in 2013. Zachary M. V anVactor joins the busi- ness litigation s ervice group. In 2012, he earned his J .D., magna cum laude, along with a Certificate in International and Comparative Law from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. While in law school, VanVactor served as the senior managing editor of Tulane Maritime Law Journal and was the senior writing fellow of the International LL.M. program. Before joining Stites & Harbison, VanVactor served for two years as a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas B. Russell, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky. Prior to his clerkship, he served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Jennifer B. Coffman, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern & Western Districts of Kentucky. Taylor J. Stuckey joins the trusts & estate plan- ning service group. In 2013, he grad- uated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of Kentucky College of Law. During law school, he was online editor of Kentucky Law Journal. Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Stuckey was a judicial clerk for the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C. Stuckey is also a certified public accountant. Ricketts Law Offices, PLLC , is pleased to announce that John F. Bennett has joined the firm as of counsel. Bennett received his J.D. in May 2014 from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, where he obtained his lim- ited license and volunteered at the Divorce Clinic for the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati and the common- wealth attorney's office for the 54th Circuit of Kentucky. Bennett will focus on the areas of family law and criminal law. Regional law firm Bowles Rice LLP today announced the relocation and expansion of its Southpointe, Pa., office to the new Southpointe Town Center. The Southpointe Business Park is located in Washington County, Pa., in the heart of the Marcellus Shale and less than 20 minutes from the Pittsburgh International Airport. Bowles Rice is a full-service law firm with 150 attorneys serving clients from eight regional offices located in Southpointe, Pa.; Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville and Parkersburg, West Va.; Lexington; and Winchester, Va. Frost Brown Todd (FBT) welcomes three new associates to its Louisville office: C. Drew Eckman focuses his law practice in the areas of corporate law, entrepreneurial law, and mergers and acquisitions. He graduated from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, where he served as employment law editor for the Journal of Law and Education. He received his B.A. in business adminis- tration, also from the University of Louisville, and was the recipient of the Wall Street Journal Award and recog- nized as "Most Outstanding Senior in Finance." Eckman is a member of the Young Professionals Association of Louisville. Lacey A. Napper focuses her law practice in labor and employ- ment law. She received the Kentucky District Judges' Association Award for demonstrating excellent trial advocacy skills as a student in trial practice and as a competitor at the American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition (2013 and 2014). She received her J.D. from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Transylvania University. Christopher C. Tieke focuses his law practice in business litigation. He grad- uated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was an associ- ate member of the UC Law Review. Prior to law school, he taught social studies at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, where he also served as assistant basketball coach. The law firm of Henry Watz Raine & Marino, PLLC , announces that M eredith K. Schuh h as joined the firm as an associate. Her primary areas of practice are civil litigation, employ- m ent and family law. Schuh is a gradu- ate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. Cordell & Cordell , the nation's largest domestic litigation firm focus- ing on representing men in family law cases, has announced the opening of its first office in Florence. Cordell & Cordell has more than 170 attorneys working in 100-plus offices across the United States and has established itself as a leader in family law devoted to equal rights for men facing divorce. The new Florence office (7310 Turfway Road, Suite 550, Florence, Ky. 41042) will broaden the opportunities for divorcing dads to gain information and counsel. Morgan & Pottinger, P.S.C . announced that that the firm will open a new office in Bowling Green to serve existing clients and to expand the firm's presence in Southcentral Kentucky. The new office will initially focus on banking and finance law, bankruptcy, real estate law and com- mercial litigation. Founded in Louisville in 1974, the firm has long served the banking and finance indus- try, and its practice areas have grown to include real estate law, commercial liti- gation, equine law and white-collar criminal defense. Bradley Salyer will lead the new office, located at 2501 Crossings Blvd., Suite 209, in Bowling Green. Salyer was recently named a "Kentucky Rising Star" by Super Lawyers® for 2013-2014 and 2014- 2015, and is licensed to practice in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. Morgan & Pottinger also has offices in Louisville, Lexington and New Albany, Ind. Frost Brown Todd has added two new associates to its Lexington office: Rachael High Chamberlain and Laraclay Parker . Chamberlain prac- tices in the tax law practice group and also does general business transac- tional work. She graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law where she participated in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program and was on the editorial staff of the Kentucky Law Journal. She was also a member of the Moot Court Board, serv- ing as treasurer and as a member of the competitive team. She received her b achelor's degree from Transylvania University in 2011. Parker practices in Frost Brown Todd's Business Litigation P ractice Group. She received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law, graduating Order of the Coif. D uring law school, she served as the online content editor of the Kentucky Law Journal as part of its editorial b oard. In 2009, she graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, receiving her B.A. in Asian Studies. P rior to law school she interned for the honorable Karen K. Caldwell of the Eastern District of Kentucky. Kerrick Bachert Stivers PSC wel- comes two new associates, Rebekah McKinney and Ena Viteskic . McKinney completed her undergradu- ate studies in 2009 at Centre College where she earned a B.S. in psy- chology, grad- uating cum laude. McKinney went on to earn an M.A. in clinical psychology from Western Kentucky University in 2011, and earned her law degree in 2014 from the University of Kentucky College of Law, graduating magna cum laude. While attending the UK College of Law, she received CALI Awards in law and economics, and securities regulation and served as a staff member of the Journal of Equine, Agriculture & Natural Resource Law. McKinney is a native of Scottsville, where she is a member of an ad hoc group of canoe- ing and kayaking enthusiasts. Viteskic is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law and has served a two-year clerkship with the United States District Court of the Western District of Kentucky. She is a native of Bosnia and a member of the Bowling Green com- munity since 1998 where she gradu- ated from Warren Central High School and Western Kentucky University (WKU). At WKU, she was an active member of the WKU Spirit Masters and 41 B&B; • 1.15 Zachary M. VanVactor Taylor J. Stuckey Rebekah McKinney Ena Viteskic