Bench & Bar September/October 2026

vol. 90 no. 5 THIS ISSUE OF THE KENTUCKY BAR

CONTENTS 2 President’s Page BY MATTHEW P. COOK

ASSOCIATION’S B&B-BENCH & BAR WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE EILEEN M. O’BRIEN chair , lexington PAUL ALLEY florence ELIZABETH M. BASS hendersonville , tenn . JENN L. BRINKLEY dayton , ohio KYLE R. BUNNELL lexington FRANCES E. CATRON CADLE lexington ALLISON I. CONNELLY lexington JAMES P. DADY bellevue JOHN M. GHAELIAN lexington P. FRANKLIN HEABERLIN prestonsburg JESSICA R. C. MALLOY louisville SANDRA J. REEVES corbin JOHN SCHAAF georgetown GERALD R. TONER louisville ZACHARY M. VAN VACTOR louisville SAMUEL W. WARDLE louisville LITANY L. WEBSTER cincinnati , ohio MICHELE M. WHITTINGTON lexington

FEATURE: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

6 SB 50 – Big changes to the Estate and Trust laws of the Commonwealth BY WAYNE F. WILSON AND EASTON B. DEPP 10 Care to Predict? Kentucky’s New Prediction Markets Tax BY MARK F. SOMMER, TAYLOR E. ECLEBERRY, AND JASMINE M. COWEN 14 Strengthening Consumer Protection: The Kentucky Attorney General and the 2026 Legislative Session BY CHRIS LEWIS, JOHN GHAELIAN, AND JORDAN HASENBALG

COLUMNS

KATHRYN D. WILLIAMS louisville MARK A. WINSOR lawrenceburg

18 Young Lawyers Division BY CHRISTINE L. STANLEY 22 University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law 24 University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law 20 Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

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Effective Legal Writing BY MARCIA M. ZIEGLER

PUBLISHER JOHN D. MEYERS EDITOR EILEEN M. O’BRIEN

28 Law Practice Management BY STEPHEN EMBRY 30 Lawyer Wellbeing BY DR. ERIC Y. DROGIN 32 Ethics Corner BY SHELDON G. GILMAN 44 Kentucky Bar Foundation 50 KYLAP 52 Continuing Legal Education DEPARTMENTS

MANAGING EDITOR SHANNON H. ROBERTS DESIGN & LAYOUT JESI L. EBELHAR

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BAR NEWS

36 Portrait of a Justice: William “Bill” Graves

Shares History, Discusses Court Unification BY JAMIE NEAL, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS

40 KBA Welcomes New Chief Bar Counsel 42 Lawyer Wellbeing Study 60 Who, What, When and Where

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