Bench & Bar March/April 2025

ABOUT THE AUTHOR DR . T AMA R A REID-MCINTOSH is an attorney in Frankfort, Ky. She has been licensed to practice in the Com monwealth since 2004. She continues to serve the Com monwealth’s Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Reid-McIntosh also serves as adjunct associate professor, teaching law and policy courses for undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students at universities in Ohio and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prior to transitioning into the military and veteran legal sphere, Dr. Reid-McIntosh served as the director of the Paralegal Stud ies Program with the University of Louisville. Dr. Reid-McIntosh is a proud graduate of the University of Alaska-Anchorage and the University of Dayton, where she received her bachelor’s ( magna cum laude ) and master’s degrees in English. She is also a proud grad uate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D.), St. Mary’s University School of Law (LLM, International & Comparative Law), and the University of Birmingham (England) Law School (PhD, International & Comparative Law). Therefore, I invite veterans who are also licensed attorneys, attorneys who have experience providing legal services to vet erans and military families, and attorneys interested in gaining more experience providing legal services to veterans and military families, to please contact KBA’s Military and Veterans Law Committee via email at milvetlaw@kybar.org and honor Kentucky’s veterans with your pro-bono hours and legal acumen. all veterans and military families through out the Commonwealth. On a personal note, I have been over whelmingly blessed by my military service to this great nation, despite the service-con nected disabilities that I live with daily. My desire to do more for Kentucky’s veterans is borne out of the realization that when America’s veterans succeed, we all suc ceed. Veterans represent the one percent of Americans who have done their part to defend the freedoms of the remaining 99, so we are all on this journey together.

ENDNOTE 1 KRS 40.310(1) et seq. 2 Housing Assistance Counsel, Supporting Veterans in Kentucky. https://veterans.ky.gov/Documents/ KEN TUCKY%20Vets%20by%20County%20PDF-to%20link%20with%20image.pdf. 3 Bink, Abby. Map: How many veterans live in Kentucky? Nov 11, 2024, https://fox56news.com/news/ken tucky/ map-how-many-veterans-live-in-kentucky/. 4 10 U.S. Code § § 801 & 1044: Army, Navy, & Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security. When the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard operate as a service in the Navy, it is one armed force. 5 Kentucky Legal Aid, Legal Aid Society, Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, and AppalRed Legal Aid serve specific counties throughout Kentucky’s 120 counties. 6 I believe that the Program was my Esther 4:14—for such a time as this moment: “ For if you remain silent at this time, relief, and deliverance…will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” 7 The PLP submitted by Coast Guard retiree and business advisor for Veterans Programs with Sabre Fi nance, Kyle Norman, from Owensboro, Kentucky, was also selected. His PLP focused on providing finan cial support for veterans of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio, Mclean, and Henderson counties for the creation of veteran-owned businesses. For veteran-owned businesses to reach fruition, legal guidance from Kentucky attorneys who understand the processes will be essential. 8 Press Release, May 01, 2024. Bush Institute Announces 2024 Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program Class https://www.bushcenter.org /newsroom/bush-institute-announces-2024-stand-to-veteran-leadership-pro gram-class. 9 https://www.bushcenter.org/veteran-leadership-details 10 Id .

11 https://www.bushcenter.org/topics/veterans. 12 https://www.bushcenter.org/topics/veterans.

13 *SCR 3.130(6.1), Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct, a goal for each Kentucky lawyer to provide a minimum of 50 hours of donated legal services to Commonwealth citizens in need. Although 50 hours is the minimum, 96 hours is optimal to provide legal support to at least 5 veterans per annum.

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