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CLASS NOTES 2020s
Dustyn Jones (2013) has been promoted to partner at Stites & Harbison PLLC. Jones devotes her practice to insurance product review and regulatory matters as well as healthcare transactions, contracts, reimbursement and regulatory compliance.
Caitlyn Barnes (2020) recently joined Stites & Harbison PLLC as an attorney in the Louisville, Kentucky, office. Barnes is a member of the Torts & Insurance Practice Service Group.
Rebecca M.W. Sherman (2013) was recently recognized by the Fayette County Bar Association with its Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. Sherman is a partner in the Stites & Harbison PLLC Lexington, Kentucky, office.
Megan Barker (2020) recently joined Stites & Harbison PLLC as an attorney in the Lexington, Kentucky, office. Barker is a member of the Health Care and Insurance Regulatory Service Group.
Ameena Khan (2020) recently joined Stites & Harbison PLLC as an attorney in the Louisville, Kentucky, office. Khan is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group.
2010s
Abigail E. Clark (2019) recently joined Stites & Harbison PLLC as an attorney. Clark is a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group in Louisville, Kentucky.
Katherine Moore Donnelly (2019) recently joined Stites & Harbison PLLC as an attorney in the Frankfort, Kentucky, office. Donnelly joins the Business Litigation Service Group and will also practice in the areas of Trust & Estate Planning and Administrative Law. Jordan Gilliam (2019) has been named to the OperaLex Board of Directors. Gilliam is an attorney based in Stites & Harbison’s Lexington, Kentucky, office. OperaLex is a not-forprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting opera in the Bluegrass. Bradley Strait (2019) joined Dentons Bingham Greenebaum in its Lexington, Kentucky, office as an associate in the Environment and Natural Resources practice.
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2000s
Sarah Cronan Spurlock (2009) of Stites & Harbison PLLC was appointed chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Technology Committee.
Ryan McLane (2008), a partner in DBL Law’s Civil Litigation practice group, has been named president of the 2021 Emerging Leaders Board created by People Working Cooperatively, the nonprofit that performs critical home repairs and services to help low-income homeowners live safely and independently in their homes. Steven Henderson (2007) has been named chair of the executive committee of Kentuckians for Better Transportation. Henderson, a Stites & Harbison attorney, previously served as vice-chair of KBT. Joshua T. Fain (2006) was named the new executive director of the Lexington Community Land Trust. Whitney Frazier Watt (2003) has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Governor’s Scholars Program. The Stites & Harbison attorney will serve a three-year term. Watt attended the program at Northern Kentucky University in 1995.
Timothy C. Feld (2001) has been appointed to the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission Board of Directors to serve for a term expiring Nov. 18, 2023. Feld is vice president and general counsel for Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance.
1990s
Wesley B. Tailor (1999), a judge on the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia, was elected president of the Council of State Court Judges of Georgia. In that role, Tailor also serves on the Judicial Council of Georgia. He celebrated his tenth year on the bench in December 2020.
1980s
Morgan Ward (1989) has been appointed chair of the Louisville Metro Government’s Historic Landmarks and Preservation Districts Commission. The Stites & Harbison attorney has served on the commission since 2019.
Vanessa Dickson (1982), district judge (ret.), has been named by the Kentucky District Judges Association as a 2021 recipient of the Judge Robert W. Heaton Award. The award is given to a sitting or retired district judge who has demonstrated enduring friendship and esprit among colleagues and judicial leadership. Class Notes Submission: UK Rosenberg Law encourages alumni to submit recent professional successes along with a headshot to law@uky.edu. Please include first name, middle initial, last name and married name (if applicable). Please specify the UK Rosenberg Law graduates when sending a list of multiples from a firm.
