Bench & Bar September/October 2026

University Law Center, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1993 and is also a member of the Michigan and North Caro lina Bars. Mr. Hazlett is a Life Fellow.

Mark W. Dobbins of Louisville practices with the law firm of Tilford Dobbins & Schmidt PLLC. Mr. Dobbins has a long standing history with the Legal Aid Society

Judge David J. Hale of Louisville currently serves as Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Judge Hale is a member of the

Judge Deanna Wise Henschel of Paducah currently serves as McCracken County Family Court Judge after formerly being in the role of Assistant County Attorney. Prior to joining the County

and the Louisville Pro Bono Consortium, serving as past Chair. A graduate of Emory University and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1978. Mr. Dobbins is a Life Fellow.

Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States and is also Incoming Chair of the Sixth Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions Committee. A graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1992.

Attorney’s Office, Judge Henschel practiced family law. A graduate of Millsaps College and the University of Kentucky Rosen berg College of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2005. Judge Henschel was enrolled as a Life Fellow by Reynolds Johnston Hinton, LLP of Bowling Green in conjunction with the 9th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner.

Laurel S. Doheny of Louisville practices with the law firm of Straw-Boone Doheny Banks Mudd Catalano & McKinney, PLLC. Ms. Doheny is a past President of the Louis

Sarah C. Hayes currently serves as the Grants and Pro Bono Director at Kentucky Legal Aid in Bowling Green focusing on civil legal aid for low-income Kentuckians. She

ville Bar Association where she also served as a board member and leader of sections. A graduate of the University of Louisville and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1992. Ms. Doheny is a Life Fellow.

D’lorah L. Hughes , H. Wendell Cherry Associate Clinical Professor of Law, joined the UK Rosen berg College of Law in June 2022 and serves as the Director of

joined Kentucky Legal Aid in 2008 after clerking for Judge Thomas D. Wingate in Frankfort. A graduate of Western Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2007.

William F. English of Louisville prac tices with the law firm of Napier Gault Schupbach & Stevens PLC. While actively supporting the Lou isville and Southern Indiana communi

Legal Clinics and Externships. A native of Lexington, Professor Hughes returned to Kentucky from the University of Califor nia, Irvine School of Law where she was Director of Externships. Professor Hughes has also held academic positions at the University of Arkansas School of Law-Fay etteville, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and Wayne State University Law School. She previously practiced law as a deputy public defender for the Orange County Public Defender’s Office in Califor nia and as a staff attorney at the AIDS Legal Assistance Project at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley. A graduate of California State University, Long Beach and Duke Univer sity School of Law, she was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2022 and is also a member of the Arkansas and California Bars. Profes sor Hughes is a Life Fellow.

Kristen M. Hazlett of Lexington is a recent graduate of the Uni versity of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law. In honor of this achievement, Ms. Hazlett was enrolled

ties, Mr. English volunteers for La Casita Center and previously served on the Board of Directors for YouthBuild Louisville. A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Indiana University McKinney School of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2010 and is also a member of the Indiana and Virginia Bars. He was enrolled as a Life Fellow by the Judge Edward H. Johnstone Family in conjunction with the 9th Annual Judge Edward H. Johnstone Award Dinner, an annual event that honors Mr. English’s grandfather.

as a Kentucky Bar Foundation Life Fellow by her parents-in-law, Timothy & Leslie Hazlett.

Timothy J. Hazlett of Cary, North Car olina, is a retired director, officer, international and corporate counsel for various BAT compa nies, and a former

associate at Anderson, Mori & Rabinow itz in Tokyo, and Dickinson Wright in Detroit and Washington, DC. A graduate of Michigan State University, the Univer sity of Exeter, England, and Georgetown

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