Bench & Bar September/October 2025

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Daniel P. Murphy, Jr. of Lex ington currently serves as Senior Assistant Dean of Community Engagement & Operations at the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law. Prior to joining the law school in 2010, he was Counsel at the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP in its Lexington office, and was for

Charles Bronston McCord III practices law at Ennis Britton Co., LPA in Cincinnati. A graduate of the Univer sity of Maryland and Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1995 and is also a member of the Indiana and Ohio Bars. Mr. McCord enrolled as a Life Fellow in conjunction with the 8 th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner.

merly a member in the law firm of McMurry & Livingston, PLLC, in Paducah. A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Uni versity of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1998. Dean Murphy was enrolled as a Life Fellow by Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky at the 8 th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner. Ann Myre (retired) of Paducah practiced law at the Denton Law Firm, PLLC until December 2025. Prior to joining the Denton Law Firm in November 2016, she spent 29 years at the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as the Staff Attorney in District One, which is comprised of the twelve western-most counties in Kentucky. A graduate of Agnes Scott College and Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1985. Ms. Myre was enrolled as a Life Fellow by Triple I Properties, Inc. at the 8 th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner.

Todd V. McMurtry of Fort Mitch ell practices law with the law firm Hemmer Wessels McMurtry, PLLC. He also currently serves as President of the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors and as an ex-officio member of the Kentucky Bar Foundation Board of Directors in that same capacity. A graduate of Centre College of

Kentucky and Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1987 and is also a member of the Ohio Bar. Mr. McMurtry is a Life Fellow. Dustin E. Meek of Louisville prac tices law at Tachau Meek PLC. She also serves as Chair, Kentucky Board of Bar Examiners and is a member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky. A graduate of Tran sylvania University and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1991. Ms. Meek is a Life Fellow.

A. Nicholas Naiser of Louisville practices law at the Naiser Law Office. A graduate of the University of Louisville and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2009 and is also a member of the Indiana Bar. Mr. Naiser is a Life Fellow.

Sam Boyd Neely, Jr. (retired) of Kuttawa was a former partner of The Law Offices of Neely, Brien, Wilson & Toombs in Mayfield. A graduate of Murray State University and Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1979. Mr. Neely was enrolled as a Life Fellow by his family at the 8 th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner. John “Jack” C. Phillips of Louisville practices law with the law firm of Phillips Parker Orberson Arnett, PLC. Prior to joining the firm in 2016, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michelle M. Keller on the Supreme Court of Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2015.

R. Kenyon Meyer of Louisville practices law at Dinsmore & Shohl. A grad uate of the University of Notre Dame and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1995. Mr. Meyer is a Life Fellow.

S. Beth Moore of Brooksville cur rently serves as Bracken County Attorney. She is also a member of the Kentucky Bar Foundation Board of Directors. A graduate of Morehead State University and Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2010. Ms. Moore is a Life Fellow.

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