Bench & Bar January/February 2025

vol. 89 no. 1 THIS ISSUE OF THE KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION’S B&B-BENCH & BAR WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY. COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE EILEEN M. O’BRIEN chair , lexington PAUL ALLEY florence ELIZABETH M. BASS hendersonville , tenn . JENN L. BRINKLEY pensacola , fla . KYLE R. BUNNELL lexington FRANCES E. CATRON CADLE lexington ALLISON I. CONNELLY lexington JAMES P. DADY bellevue KATHRYN D. DUKE louisville JOHN M. GHAELIAN lexington P. FRANKLIN HEABERLIN prestonsburg JESSICA R. C. MALLOY louisville SANDRA J. REEVES corbin JOHN SCHAAF georgetown GERALD R. TONER louisville ZACHARY M. VAN VACTOR louisville SAMUEL W. WARDLE louisville LITANY L. WEBSTER cincinnati , ohio MICHELE M. WHITTINGTON lexington MARK A. WINSOR lawrenceburg

10 The Kentucky Bench & Bar- A Service to the Profession BY EILEEN M. O’BRIEN 12 Kentucky Lawyer Assistance Program a Vital Resource for Legal Professionals BY YVETTE HOURIGAN FEATURE: KBA MEMBER BENEFITS 16 Continuing Legal 18 KBA Member Benefits Overview CONTENTS 2 President’s Page BY RHONDA JENNINGS BLACKBURN 4 Q & A with Chief Justice Laurance B. VanMeter BY JAMES P. DADY AND JOHN GHAELIAN

Education: Enhancing Your KBA Membership BY CASSIE H. COOPER

22 Benefits of the Tyler

Technologies Transition for KBA Members BY CHARLES BYERS

20 Can You Afford Not to Use the KBA Ethics Hotline? BY SHELDON G. GILMAN

PUBLISHER JOHN D. MEYERS EDITOR EILEEN M. O’BRIEN

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26 Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law 30 Effective Legal Writing BY PROFESSOR SUSAN TANNER

32 Law Practice Management BY STEPHEN EMBRY 28 University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law 24 Young Lawyers Division BY DONALD H. COMBS III

MANAGING EDITOR SHANNON H. ROBERTS DESIGN & LAYOUT JESI L. EBELHAR

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Lawyer Wellbeing BY DR. ERIC Y. DROGIN

45 Judicial Conduct Commission 58 Who, What, When and Where 38 KBA Board of Governors Minutes 42 Judicial Nominating Commission BAR NEWS

50 Kentucky Bar Foundation 48 Kentucky Lawyer 52 Continuing Legal Education DEPARTMENTS Assistance Program

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