Bench & Bar May/June 2026

WHO, WHAT, WHEN & WHERE

Stites & Harbison, PLLC , welcomes attor ney David L. Kinsella to the firm’s Lexington, Ky., office. He joins the firm as counsel in the construction service group. Kinsella focuses his practice on construction law and research. With more than three decades of legal expe rience spanning private practice, corporate and research organizations, and the university environment, he brings a seasoned, multidisci

also been a member of both the firm’s Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee and Business Development Committee. He maintains an active trial and dispute resolution practice focusing on business and commercial litigation, products liability litigation, toxic tort litigation, copyright and intellectual property litigation, trucking and transportation litigation, and insurance coverage litigation. Vance served as chair of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, the second ranking officer in the ABA, from 2022-24. He has been a member of the House of Delegates since 2001 in a variety of capacities including as the Kentucky State Delegate. From 2010-12, he served as chair of the House Committee on Rules & Calendar. He has chaired or co-chaired three ABA Presidential Appointments Committees. In 2018-19, he chaired the ABA Section of Litigation. From 2012-15, he served as chair of the Council of the ABA’s charitable arm, the Fund for Justice and Education. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of ABA Retirement Funds. From 2012-23, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bar Endowment including as treasurer and chair of the Finance Committee.

plinary perspective to advising clients. He represents owners and developers of large-scale data centers nationwide on technologically complex construction and procurement projects. His work includes negotiating and managing construction and vendor agreements for a variety of business sectors. Before joining Stites & Harbison, Kinsella was senior associate general counsel at the University of Kentucky. He previously held several senior legal roles, including chief legal officer of Mapi Group (now ICON), a global contract research organization. Kinsella earned his J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law and his B.B.A. in finance, with distinction, from the University of Kentucky.

Hicks & Funfsinn, PLLC , is pleased to announce that Stefan J. Bing has joined the firm as a trial attorney. Bing is a graduate of Case Western

Reserve University and the University of Ken tucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief

of the Kentucky Law Journal. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to Justice Mary C. Noble of the Supreme Court of Kentucky and practiced with Gess Mattingly & Atchison, P.S.C., in Lexington from 2013 until joining Hicks & Funfsinn. His practice focuses on representing landowners in eminent domain actions throughout Kentucky. He will be based in the firm’s Lexington and London offices.

Palmer Gene Vance II announced his can didacy for the office of president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) for the 2027-28 term. He is currently unopposed in the race.

Vance, a member in Stoll Keenon Ogden ’s Lexington office, has been with the firm since 1995. He is a member of the business litigation practice group, as well as the tort, trial and insurance services practice group, and the intellectual property practice group. He served on the board of directors at Stoll Keenon Ogden from 2019 to 2025 and has

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