Bench & Bar September/October 2026

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CELEBRATION RECOGNIZES HALL OF FA INDUCTEES AND ALUMNI AWA

T he University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law held the 2026 Law Alumni Association Hall of Fame and Alumni Awards reception on June 10 in Covington, Kentucky. The 2026 Hall of Fame inductees were Mark G. Arnzen, Glen S. Bagby, Rutheford B. Campbell Jr. and Judge Phil lip Patton. The Hall of Fame was established to acknowledge graduates and former faculty of the college whose extraordinary professional suc cess and contributions, profound positive influence on the college, and high degree of character and integrity are recognized by their peers. Inclusion in the Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by the college. Arnzen, a principal in the law firm of Arnzen, Storm & Turner P.S.C. .in Covington, Kentucky, graduated from the college in 1972. He has served as Juvenile Judge Pro Tem for Kenton County and as former president of the Kenton County Bar Association. A 1969 graduate of the law school at UK, Bagby has practiced law in Kentucky for more than 56 years. The law firm Brock, Brock &

Bagby transitioned into the Lexington office of Woodward, Hobson & Fulton in 1999. In 2009, the firm transitioned into Dinsmore & Shohl where Bagby now serves as Of Counsel. He has co-chaired and moderated the annual Midwest-Midsouth Estate Planning Institute at the UK Rosenberg College of Law since 1987. The institute was renamed the Midwest-Midsouth Bondurant/Bagby Estate Planning Institute in 2023. Campbell, a professor at the college, returned to full-time teaching after serving as dean from 1988 to 1993. He received his LL.M. from Harvard in 1971. Campbell has published work and taught in the area of securities, economics and corporate law and has published numerous articles in journals such as Duke Law Journal, North Carolina Law Review and Washington University Law Quarterly. Patton graduated from the law school at UK in 1973. After serving as staff attorney with the Legislative Research Commission for two years, he engaged in private practice in Glasgow, Kentucky, until he became Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 43rd Circuit in 1993. In 2001, Patton became Circuit Judge and was elected three times without opposition. He has served for six years on the UK Board of Trustees.

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