Bench & Bar September/October 2026

KENTUCKY BAR FOUNDATION

Miami University and Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2007 and is also a member of the Tennessee Bar. Mr.

Metropolitan Parks Foundation. A graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College and North ern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1977. Mr. Wilkey is a Life Fellow.

Peter H. Wayne IV of Louisville serves as Chief Revenue Officer for The Forge Com panies (TFC). He previously served as General Counsel of TFC from 2017 to 2024 and

Wayne is a Life Fellow. Russ Wilkey of Owensboro practices law with the law firm of Wilkey & Wilson P.S.C. Mr. Wilkey is an active participant in community affairs and is either serv ing or has served as

James M. Yoder , formerly of Madison ville, practices law at Yoder Law, PLLC in Lexington where he focuses primarily on personal injury. He has served the Ken

as a Settlement Planner for Forge Consult ing, the national insurance agency branch of TFC, from 2009 to 2011. He returned to TFC after gaining experience as an estate planning attorney at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP and as an administrative and business development officer at Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, both in Louisville. He is a past President of the Louisville Bar Association and is an active member of the Kentucky Justice Association. A graduate of

tucky Justice Association on its Board of Governors since 2023. A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Kentucky College of Law, he was admit ted to the Kentucky Bar in 2018. Mr. Yoder is a Life Fellow.

President of the Alumni Board of Sigma Phi Epsilon's chapter at Kentucky Wes leyan College, Vice-Chair for legal affairs of Audubon Area Community Services, and Board of Directors of the Owensboro

John E. Selent VICE PRESIDENT ALBEN WILLIAM BARKLEY CIRCLE JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN CIRCLE IC onmv ems t umneint yt CTo mu spta&n y Margo L. Grubbs Thank You FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE KENTUCKY BAR FOUNDATION AND ITS MISSION AS THE CHARITABLE ARM OF KENTUCKY’S LEGAL COMMUNITY! Justice Society NEW PARTNERS FOR Dinsmore & Shohl LLP SENATOR HENRY CLAY CIRCLE George E. Meng James & RandaKllaPthaerrikne Wilbert L. Ziegler CENTURY CIRCLE

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