Bench & Bar January/February 2026

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

2025 Kentucky Law Update The CLE Commission and Staff are proud to report the success of the KBA’s 2025 Kentucky Law Update programs. Between the In-Person and On-Demand programs offered this year, over 7,000 KBA members were able to meet their annual CLE requirements. We would like to thank everyone who volunteered their time and expertise to either produce written materials or present. We appreciate your continued dedication in helping to produce a successful Kentucky Law Update each year.

Written Material Authors

Program Presenters Justice Pamela R. Goodwine Tressa Hamilton Eric Harris Sarah Hayes Robert A. Jenkins

Judge Glenn E. Acree Justice Angela McCormick Bisig Jared Burke Judge Jacqueline M. Caldwell Judge Susanne M. Cetrulo Robbie Clements Judge Sara Walter Combs Deputy Chief Justice Robert B. Conley Rebekah Cotton Judge Kelly Mark Easton Judge Audra Jean Eckerle Angela Logan Edwards Marisa J. Ford Jennifer Gaytan

Judge Will Moynahan Justice Shea Nickell Jason Cosmo Reynolds Jeffery Sallee Sarah-James Sendor Madison Sewell Nichole Shelton Judge Jeff S. Taylor Justice Kelly Thompson Chief Judge Larry E. Thompson Misty Clark Vantrease B. Scott West

Jared Burke Robbie O. Clements Rebekah Cotton Marisa J. Ford Jennifer Gaytan Tressa Hamilton Eric Harris Sarah Hayes Robert A. Jenkins

Nima Kulkarni Lori J. Reed Jeffery L. Sallee Sarah-James Sendor Madison Sewell Nichole Shelton Supreme Court of Kentucky Misty Clark Vantrease B. Scott West

Judge Lisa P. Jones Judge Allison Jones Emily L. Jones Justice Michelle M. Keller Nima Kulkarni Chief Justice of Kentucky Debra Hembree Lambert

Emily L. Jones Kentucky Court of Appeals

Judge Gregory Lay Todd V. McMurtry Deputy Chief Judge J. Christopher McNeill

cle staff

Cassie H. Cooper, Director Caroline J. Carter Laura Cole Coleen Kilgore

Terri Marksbury Lori J. Reed

CLE Commission

Shannon Robinson Clifford Timberlake

Jennifer S. Nelson First Supreme Court District Colton W. Givens Second Supreme Court District Kelly K. Ridings Third Supreme Court District

Megan P. Keane Fourth Supreme Court District Nealy R. Wiliams Fifth Supreme Court District Frank K. Tremper Sixth Supreme Court District

Robert Stephen McGinnis, Chair Seventh Supreme Court District Justice Robert B. Conley Supreme Court Liaison Cassie H. Cooper Director for CLE

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