Bench & Bar January/February 2026

vol. 90 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 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

CONTENTS 2 President’s Page BY TODD V. MCMURTRY

6 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants BY SHANNON “A.J.” SINGLETON 10 Advice to the Young Lawyers Division from the “Old Folks Practice Group” BY “OLD GUYS” RICK ROBINSON AND JOHN C. "JACK" GREINER 14 Wisdom from the Well: What Old Lawyers Know That Young Lawyers Should Hear BY MARK A. OGLE FEATURE: SENIOR LAWYER ADVICE

KATHRYN D. WILLIAMS louisville MARK A. WINSOR lawrenceburg

COLUMNS

20 Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law 23 University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

18 Young Lawyers Division BY KYLE R. BUNNELL Effective Legal Writing BY CASSIE CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG 22 University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law 24

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

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

26 Law Practice Management BY STEPHEN EMBRY

28 Lawyer Wellbeing BY DR. ERIC Y. DROGIN

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BAR NEWS

40 Kentucky Bar Foundation 42 Kentucky Lawyer Assistance Program 44 Continuing Legal Education DEPARTMENTS

50 Who, What, When and Where 30 BOG Minutes 32 Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert Honored with the National Goss Award

2025-2026 Board of Governors Front row seated left to right: Stephanie McGehee-Shacklette, Kyle R. Bunnell, J. Tanner Watkins, KBA President Todd V. McMurtry, Matthew P. Cook, Amelia M. Adams, and Dr. Michael Knight. Second row standing left to right: LaToi D. Mayo, W. Mitchell Hall, Jr., Sarah H. Knight, James A. Sigler, Douglas G. Benge, Catherine D. Stavros, Mary Pettus-Rowland, Matthew C. Tierney, Ryan C. Reed, Miranda D. Click, Steven D. Ray, and John D. Meyers

Cover Photo: Tim Webb Photography

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