Bench & Bar November/December 2025

WHO, WHAT, WHEN & WHERE

The Kentucky Court of Appeals held an inves titure ceremony on July 22, 2025, at the Fayette Circuit Courthouse, to formally welcome its newest member, Judge Will Moynahan . Moynahan was appointed by Governor Andy Beshear to fill the vacancy in the 5th Appellate District created by Justice Pamela Goodwine’s election to the Kentucky Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment, Judge Moynahan served as a

federal prosecutor for the Department of Justice (DOJ) from Octo ber 2014 to March 2025. He was initially hired at DOJ through the Attorney General’s Honors Program into the Antitrust Division, where he prosecuted bid-rigging and price-fixing cases. In 2018, Moynahan joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Lexington, where he primarily prosecuted financial crimes. Judge Moynahan earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard, magna cum laude . He graduated from George Washington University Law School, with high honors, in 2013. From 2013 to 2014, Moynahan clerked for Judge Eugene Siler on the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Prior to law school, Judge Moynahan spent 10 years on active duty in the U.S. Navy as a fighter pilot, flying the F-18 Hornet. He completed two aircraft carrier deployments – flying 40 combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006. Since 2009, Moynahan has served in the Navy Reserve, achieving the rank of Captain, and he currently serves as the Commanding Officer of the reserve component of Carrier Strike Group Five. Moynahan is the grandson of the late Judge Bernard T. Moynahan, Jr., who served as a U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1963 to 1984.

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The University of Kentucky (UK) Alumni Asso ciation recently inducted Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney David B. Ratterman into the 2025 Hall of Distinguished Alumni. He is one of 20 inductees this year. The UK Alumni Asso ciation recognizes a select group of outstanding alumni and honors them by induction into the prestigious Hall of Distinguished Alumni every five years. The Hall pays tribute to those UK

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alumni who have distinguished themselves and their alma mater through their contribution to the welfare of the commonwealth and nation in arts, sciences, business, industry, engineering, journalism, politics, military science, religion, agriculture, labor or other fields of endeavor. A total of 353 alumni have been inducted since 1963. Ratterman is a senior member (partner) and consultant to the firm’s construction service group on matters involving the fabricated struc tural steel industry in the U.S. and internationally. He has earned numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He is a Fellow and former Governor of the American College of Construction Lawyers. In 2014, Ratterman was presented the American College’s Past Presidents’ Award for exemplary service to the College over a period spanning nearly the entire 25-year history of its existence. He also was the co-founder and first chair of the Kentucky Bar Associa tion Section on Construction and Public Contract Law. Ratterman has been an officer or advisor to 12 industry trade organizations and professional societies involved in the international fabricated

structural steel industry. He served as secretary and general coun sel of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and as counsel to its National Steel Bridge Alliance for 30 years. In 2012, AISC named an annual college scholarship for him focused on help ing children of the steel industry’s blue- and white-collar families. AISC also awarded Ratterman the Lifetime Achievement Award honoring those who have provided outstanding service to AISC and the structural steel design/construction/academic community. Lastly, he is a longtime supporter of the University of Kentucky. He is a past president of the UK Alumni Association. He received the Distinguished Service Award from UK Alumni Association (2012), was inducted into the UK College of Engineering Hall of Distin guished Alumni (2016) and was awarded the Department of Civil Engineering’s Construction Management Founders Society Lifetime Achievement Award (2018).

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