Bench & Bar November/December 2025

COLUMNS

CHASE RECOGNIZES ALUMNI WHO CARRY ON A LEGACY

W hen Salmon P. Chase College of Law alumni gather each autumn for their annual alumni luncheon, there are always four among them who standout. This October, Chase recognized with Distinguished Alumnus and Distinguished Alumna awards: JUDGE SUSANNE MOWERY CETRULO, Class of 1984, of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. GLENDA J. HARRISON, Class of 1982, executive direc tor of the Kentucky Access to Justice Commission. LAWRENCE D. HILTON, Class of 2011, associate with Fisher Phillips, Charlotte, N.C. MATTHEW J. SMITH, Class of 1983, executive director of Global Insurance Fraud Summit and president of Insurance Law Services. Woven through the careers and accomplishments of each are the legacy and ideals of Chase College of Law. These are their stories:

SUSANNE MOWERY CETRULO Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals HER CAREER PATH: Judge Cetrulo was a staff attorney for the Kentucky Court of Appeals prior to entering private practice. In 2000, she and her husband, Robert Cetrulo, also a Chase graduate, formed their own firm and later joined with Chase classmate Larry Hicks to form Cetrulo, Mowery & Hicks in Northern Kentucky. She was appointed to the court in 2021 by Gov. Andy Beshear and elected in 2022. AT CHASE: She is a member of the Board of Visitors, a panel of lawyers that assists the dean in aligning educational offerings with practice needs. BEYOND CHASE: She has taught appellate advocacy and mediation skills, authored articles and presented regularly for the Kentucky Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association. She has been involved with the Northern Kentucky Bar Association Women Lawyers Section MATCH program and the Salmon P. Chase Inn of Court.

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