Bench & Bar September/October 2025

TURNER REYNOLDS is the 2025 winner of the Kentucky Bar Association's 2025 Student Writing Competition. She recently graduated magna cum laude from the Uni versity of Kentucky's J. David Rosenberg College of Law, where she served as the managing editor of Kentucky Law Journal , Volume 113. Reynolds earned her undergraduate degrees summa cum laude from Western Kentucky University, completing dual majors in broadcasting and communication studies with a minor in Spanish. During law school, she gained valuable experience clerking for Ward, Hocker & Thornton and Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs. This past August, Reynolds began a federal clerkship for the Honorable Matthew A. Stinnett in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. As a first-generation lawyer, Reynolds is especially grateful to the many attorneys who generously took her under their wings and to her family for their unwavering love and support. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 KBA STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION WINNER!

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