Bench & Bar January/February 2025

WHO, WHAT, WHEN & WHERE

Stites & Harbison, PLLC , welcomes attorney Joshua G. Wolford to the firm based in the Louisville, office. He joins the creditors’ rights & bankruptcy service group. Wolford’s practice focuses on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and commercial finance matters. Before joining Stites & Harbison, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Danny J. Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2023-24). Prior to that he

was a law clerk for Judge Karen K. Caldwell, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2022-23). Wolford earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, valedictorian, summa cum laude , and Order of the Coif, in 2022. He is admitted to practice in Kentucky.

Kaufman & Stigger, PLLC , is pleased to announce Alex Kuebbing has joined its litiga tion team. Prior to joining Kaufman & Stigger, Kuebbing was a member of a Louisville-based defense firm where he became a trusted advisor to insurance clients on questions involving com plex damages claims and coverage disputes. In his prior work, he defended and tried to verdict a variety of injury claims across the state.

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Louisville attorney Rachel Dalton Dearmond , of the law firm O’Bryan, Brown & Toner, PLLC , has been selected as an associate fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Dearmond is a litigator focusing on insurance defense. Dear mond received her J.D. from the University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law, magna cum laude . Dearmond is a partner in the firm and

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has substantial experience defending professional liability, with a dedicated focus in medical and nursing defense, and motor vehi cle liability claims through trial, formal mediation, and settlement negotiations in both Kentucky and Indiana. She has represented professionals, medical facilities, and other clients in both state and federal courts and before regulatory boards and commissions. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Associate fellows are selected based upon excellence and early career accomplishments in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation.

Kerrick Bachert, PSC , is pleased to welcome Lucas H.C. Wetton and Hope Hickey to the firm. As an associate attorney, Wetton will join the litigation team, where his areas of focus will include business and commercial law, insurance litigation, and probate and estate planning. Wetton obtained his juris doctorate from Bel mont University College of Law in Nashville. He graduated from Centre College with a B.A. in philosophy. Wetton is admitted to practice law in Kentucky and Tennessee. Hickey joins the firm as an associate attorney, and will prac tice in the areas of banking, financial services, corporate law, real estate, and estate planning. Hickey received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in May of 2024, and she graduated from Western Kentucky University, summa cum laude , with a degree in finance.

Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard, & Smith, LLP , is excited to announce Bradley S. Fyffe has been promoted to partner in its Lexington and Cin cinnati Offices. Fyffe is a member of the firm’s labor and employment and general liability practice groups. He represents and counsels employers on employment-related issues across Kentucky, and handles a variety of liability

claims. Fyffe also counsels professionals facing state level disci plinary proceedings. He is a graduate of Morehead State University and the University of Kentucky College of Law.

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