Bench & Bar September/October 2025

ew Fellows Justice Pamela R. Good wine of Lexington was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court in November 2024 and serves the Fifth Supreme Court District. Upon taking office on January 6, 2025, she became the first woman and fifth Justice to serve at all four levels of the judi ciary in Kentucky. Prior to being elected to

Emily Hord of Louisville is a graduate of the University of the South and North ern Kentucky University Chase College of Law. She was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2009. Ms. Hord was enrolled as a Life Fellow by Charles E. English, Jr. and Lisa English Hinkle at the Inaugural Chief Jus tice Minton Award Dinner.

the Supreme Court, Justice Goodwine served six years as a Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Prior to that, she was the Chief Regional Circuit Judge for Fayette County. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law and earned her Master of Laws degree from Duke University. Justice Goodwine was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1994.

R. Christion Hutson of Paducah practices law with the law firm of Whit low, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC. A graduate of Murray State University and Vanderbilt Law School, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1987. Mr. Hutson was enrolled as a Life Fellow by Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC at the 8 th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner.

Judge M. Brent Hall of Eliza bethtown currently serves as Hardin Circuit Family Court Judge. He took the bench on May 31, 2007 and is admitted to Eastern and Western District Courts and the 6 th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Hall currently serves as an ex-officio member of the Ken tucky Bar Foundation Board of Directors

Whitney Schroeder Ladd of Paducah has served as Assistant Counsel for the Cabinet for Health and Family Ser vices since January 2019 after having been in private practice 2011-2019. A graduate of Mid-Continent University and Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in

representing the Circuit Judges Association. A graduate of Baylor University and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1992. Judge Hall is a Life Fellow. W. Mitchell Hall, Jr. of Ashland practices law at VanAntwerp Attorneys, LLP. He also currently serves as a member of the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors representing the 7 th Supreme Court District. A graduate of Davidson College and the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1991 and is also a member of the Ohio Bar. Mr. Hall is a Life Fellow.

2010 and is also a member of the Illinois Bar. Ms. Ladd was enrolled as a Life Fellow by Triple I Properties, Inc. at the 8 th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner.

LaToi D. Mayo of Lexington practices law with the law firm Littler Men delson PSC. She also currently serves as a member of the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors representing the 5 th Supreme Court District. A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2001.

Holly M. Homra of Paducah prac tices law at the Denton Law Firm, PLLC. A graduate of the University of Missouri and Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2016. Ms. Homra was enrolled as a Life Fellow by the Denton Law Firm, PLLC at the 8 th Annual Judge Edward H. John stone Award Dinner.

Our list of Fellows continues on the next page.

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