Law Notes Online: Summer 2016 by University of Kentucky COL

UK LAW NOTES ONLINE SUMMER 2016

ANOTEFROM THEDEAN Another academic year has ended, and students have started returning to the building for bar review classes. In May, we awarded 146 graduates with Juris Doctor degrees at a commencement ceremony at the Singletary Center for the Arts. We hosted our sixth annual golf tournament at the world class Keene Trace Golf Club. This year’s tournament, a four-person team best ball scramble, resulted in $10,000 in profit to benefit students at the law school. Since its inception in 2011, the golf tournament has netted over $67,000 to support student scholarships and place students in public interest positions. The UK College of Law also continued one of its signature pro bono efforts – the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. This year, a total of 28 volunteers, including 14 law students and one law alumna, prepared and filed 593 tax returns, saving clients an estimated $88,950 in preparation fees. Clients received $707,821 in federal refunds and $93,898 in state refunds. I am pleased to announce that several faculty members will enter the new academic year in promoted roles: Beau Steenken to Librarian II with tenure in the Library Title Series; Brian Frye to Associate Professor with tenure in the Regular Title series; and Scott Bauries to Professor in the Regular Title series. I hope you will save the date for our reunion and homecoming weekend, taking place October 7-8. As always, I hope this newsletter finds you and your loved ones well. David A. Brennen Dean and Professor of Law

UK LAW STUDENTS MAKE A PROFOUND IMPACT, TEACH PRACTICAL LAW LESSONS AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS Over the last few months, UK Law students have lived and breathed StreetLaw – a brand-new student organization at the University of Kentucky College of Law dedicated to teaching high school students and members of the Lexington community about law and the legal system. Working under the supervision of faculty advisor Cortney Lollar, Assistant Professor of Law at UK College of Law, and local attorneys Carmen Ross and Lindsay Perdue, UK Law students utilized their legal education to teach real-life lessons in law and government to high school students. Goals include empowering the students to go forward and make positive changes in the community, while also inspiring them to consider a future legal career. Lessons taught include criminal and civil law, employment law, housing law and family law. UK Law students successfully taught 20 lessons this semester, 10 at each of the two participating high schools, with 10 to 12 students at each lesson. At the end of the 10-week period, each participating high school student was presented with a certificate at an awards celebration in recognition of their accomplishment. “It is very humbling to see the volunteer time committed by the law students, and especially Professor Lollar, and the attorneys Ms. Ross and Ms. Perdue,” said Ismaila Ceesay, president of StreetLaw and second-year law student. “The best part of this program was engaging with these talented and intelligent high school students. Amazing. I feel confident that our country’s future is bright when I envision these young people in future leadership roles.”

STUDENT IMPACT.

01 UK LAW HONORS CLASS OF 2016, AWARDS 146 GRADUATES WITH DEGREES

On Friday, May 6, the UK College of Law held its Commencement Ceremony to honor and celebrate the Class of 2016. 146 eager and remarkable law students walked across the stage in the Singletary Center for the Arts ready to claim their award for three years of hard work: A UK Law diploma. Congratulations Class of 2016! UK Law looks forward to the remarkable achievements of this class in years to come.

02 FEDERAL JUDGE RUSSELL ENGAGES IN CONVERSATION WITH LAW STUDENTS

The UK College of Law hosted Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell from the Western District of Kentucky on March 23 as part of UK Law’s 2015-2016 Judicial Conversation Series. After his brief introduction, Judge Russell jumped in with words of wisdom for those students wishing to pursue a career in the legal profession. “If you want to know the law, you have to study it,” said Judge Russell. “And if you want to practice the law, you have to know it!” He continued by encouraging those interested in clerking to strive to be in the top percentage of their class, to obtain journal experience, and to apply for positions in the state in which they reside. He emphasized the importance of securing a summer job or internship in the legal field, enlightening students that it not only provides great experience, but they can walk away with some outstanding recommendations. Judge Russell wrapped up the conversation by answering intriguing questions on various topics from students in attendance.

03 A SPRING BREAK RECAP: UK LAW STUDENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE Under the supervision of Eastern Kentucky lawyer Ned Pillersdorf, a partner in the law firm Pillersdorf, DeRossett & Lane, UK Law students Nick Modarressi, Ryan Mosley and Mark Roth assisted with pro bono legal services to low-income residents who could not afford attorneys in Prestonsburg, Kentucky over spring break.

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ALUMNI IMPACT.

CLASS NOTES MARK BRYANT (’73) was interviewed by Dateline NBC about serving as the defense in a death penalty murder trial. The case aired in April. BRAD CLARK (’09), Lexington criminal defense attorney and software developer, launched a new app to aide individuals in expunging criminal records under a new Kentucky law. TERESA T. COMBS (’83) has joined the firm of Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A. (MRR) as a partner in its Lexington, Kentucky, office. MANDY WILSON DECKER (’02), Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney, was recognized on the 2016 “Top 250 Women in IP” list.

KAREN J. GREENWELL (’85) was honored with the 2016 John L. McClaugherty Award for distinguished service at the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation’s 37th Annual Institute. DAVID W. HARPER, JR. (’15) joined the law firm of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.

JAMES C. NICHOLSON (’08) released a new book entitled “The Notorious John Morrissey: How a Bare-Knuckle Brawler Became a Congressman and Founded Saratoga Race Course.”

J. DAVID PORTER (’72) received the Fayette County Bar Association’s Henry T. Duncan Award.

UK COLLEGE OF LAW ALUMNI RANKED AS LEADERS BY CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS USA J. MARK BURTON (’80) Real Estate

EMILY ROARK (’00) was interviewed by Dateline NBC about serving as the defense in a death penalty murder trial. The case aired in April. WILLIAM T. ROBINSON (’71) was featured as a lead story in The National Law Journal’s piece, Former ABA Leader Takes Aim at ‘Persuader’ Rule in House Hearing. He is also the new chairman of the National Judicial College Board of Trustees. CASSIDY ROSENTHAL (’02), Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney, has been named Office Executive Member of the Lexington, Ky., office.

CHRISTINA L. VESSELS (’04) joined Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A. as a partner who focuses her practice on insurance defense and coverage, professional liability defense, bad faith and extra-contractual litigation, governmental liability, employment matters, and appellate law. She has also been admitted as a member of the invitation-only Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel.

CORNELIUS E. CORYELL, II (’87) Litigation: General Commercial DEBRA H. DAWAHARE (’83) Labor & Employment KAREN J. GREENWELL (’85) Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Natural Resources K. GREGORY HAYNES (’70) Litigation: General Commercial FRANKLIN K. JELSMA (’91) Corporate/M&A GEORGE J. MILLER (’84) Labor & Employment DAVID W. SEEWER (’81) Real Estate

Denton Law Firm, PLLC, is the 2016 Paducah Sun’s “Readers’ Choice Best Attorney.” Pictured: W. David Denton (’69) and UK Law student Brittany Crouch

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FACULTY IMPACT.

FACULTY NOTES ALBERTINA ANTOGNINI’s paper, Defining Nonmarriage, was selected for presentation at the Yale/Stanford/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum of 2016.

RICHARD C. AUSNESS’ article, NonCharitable Purpose Trusts: Past, Present and Future, has been accepted for publication by the Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal. A three-page review of Richard’s article on irrevocable trusts was posted recently by Professor Lynda Wray Black on the online website, Jotwell. His review of Alexander Bove’s book, Trust Protectors: A Practice Manual with Forms, was also featured in Professor Gerry Beyer’s Trusts & Estates blog and in a recent issue of the Wealth Strategies Journal. Richard’s work has been cited in 64 Drake L. Rev. 111 (2016); 50 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 463 (2016); and 47 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 369 (2015). JENNIFER BIRD-POLLAN’s article, Utilitarianism and Wealth Transfer Taxation, has been accepted for publication by the Arkansas Law Review. She has been selected to rewrite a judicial opinion as part of the “Feminist Tax Judgments” project. Jennifer has also been chosen to participate in the 2016-2017 Women’s Executive Leadership Development Program. In addition, she attended the Association of Mid-Career Tax Professors Conference in Davis, California in May and she will be teaching a short course on U.S. Income Tax Law at the Vienna University of Business and Economics as a visiting professor this summer. Finally, she has been invited to join a group of excellent tax law professors from across the country as part of a new blog on matters related to tax law and policy: https://surlysubgroup.com. DAVID A. BRENNEN will contribute to Chapter 13: Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983), in Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions, as part of the “Feminist Tax Judgments” project.

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RUTHEFORD B CAMPBELL participated in the Institute for Law & Economic Policy’s 22nd Annual Symposium, Vindicating Virtuous Claims, co-sponsored by the Duke Law Journal. His paper, What Is the Role of Blue Sky Laws After NSMIA, will be published later this year in the Duke Law Journal. ALLISON CONNELLY was the recipient of this year’s William E. Lyons Outstanding Service Award Award given by the Martin School of Public Policy and the UK Department of Political Science. In addition, Allison received, from UK’s Department of Education, a Teacher Who Made a Difference designation. JAMES M. DONOVAN’s article, Diversity: So How is AALL Doing?, won the Open Division of the 2016 AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers.

JOSHUA A. DOUGLAS’ book, Election Law Stories, came out in April. He co-edited the entire book, wrote the Foreword, and wrote the chapter on the history of voter ID laws. He also wrote several op-eds for Reuters and USA Today. In addition, he made the following presentations: The Cost of Inaction: the Legal and Political Consequences of a Supreme Court Vacancy at University Of Cincinnati College Of Law American Constitution Society; The Right to Vote Under Local Law at University Of Cincinnati College Of Law Faculty Workshop; Election Law: Today and Beyond at Washburn Law Review Symposium (panelist). Douglas also spoke on Texas Voter ID Law, on Texas Public Radio and was quoted in an article about Donald Trump, entitled Donald Trump Wrongly Says Noncitizens Can Vote When There is Same-Day Voter Registration. BRIAN L. FRYE presented a paper titled “The Law of the Jungle: Hobo Justice 1865-1939” at the Law & Society conference in New Orleans. He was a panelist at the NAMAC: National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture conference in Oakland, CA and presented a program of Kentucky amateur films at the Cinema Ephemera festival in Baltimore, MD. In September, Frye will deliver a paper on copyright reform at the International Symposium of Foreign Law and Comparative Law, at the Beijing International Studies University International School of Law.

ROBERTA M. HARDING spoke at the Daviess County Bar Association on April 28 on the legacy of Miranda v. Arizona on its fiftieth anniversary.

KRISTIN J. HAZELWOOD was named a CoChair of the Legal Writing Institute Pro Bono and Bar Outreach Committee. In addition, she and Melissa Henke presented “Legal Ethics and Legal Writing” at the UK Law CLE 15th Biennial Employment Law Institute in June.

FRANKLIN L. RUNGE was chosen by the graduating class to speak on behalf of the faculty at the 2016 commencement ceremony. He also made three presentations at the SEAALL/SWALL 2016 conference in Dallas, Texas: Isn’t this Class Just Dicta?: Making Legal Research Relevant & Things You Wish You’d Have Known; Increasing Value: Reaching Out to your Law School; and The Copyright Practices of American Law Journals: A Collection of WTF Moments. This project was the result of a collaboration with Prof. Brian Frye and C.J. Ryan (’13). ANDREW KEANE WOODS has a new article out, Against Data Exceptionalism, 68 Stan. L. Rev. 729.

MELISSA N. HENKE presented “Legal Ethics and Legal Writing” at the UK Law CLE 15th Biennial Employment Law Institute in June with Kristin Hazelwood.

NICOLE HUBERFELD presented a talk, Health Care Federalism after Gobeille, at the University of Connecticut School of Law Fifth Annual Benefits and Social Insurance Conference in April. She was also a panelist after a showing of the documentary TRAPPED at the Kentucky Theater, where she discussed Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt. She was quoted in a WUKY article, Supreme Court Case Could Chart New Course For Ky. Abortion Laws, and reports that her forthcoming book, The Law of American Health Care, is in production edits. CORTNEY E. LOLLAR’s article, Criminalizing Pregnancy, has been accepted for publication by the Indiana Law Journal.

KATHRYN L. MOORE’s article, Closing the Retirement Savings Gap: Are State Automatic Enrollment IRAs the Answer?, was accepted for publication in the George Mason Law Review. In addition, she presented Closing the Retirement Savings Gap: Are State Automatic Enrollment IRAs the Answer? at the Fifth Annual National Benefits & Social Insurance Conference and The Future of the Cadillac Tax at the John Marshall Law School’s 13th Annual Employee Benefits Symposium in April.

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On May 11 in Louisville, KY, the University of Kentucky College of Law and the Law Alumni Association inducted three new members into the 2016 Hall of Fame at an alumni reception held annually in conjunction with the Kentucky Bar Association Convention. The University of Kentucky Law Alumni Association Hall of Fame was established to acknowledge graduates and long-serving faculty of the College whose extraordinary professional success and contributions, profound positive influence on the College of Law, 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 UK Law Alumni Association. The 2016 Hall of Fame inductees are former Gov. Steve Beshear, John G. McNeill, and Marcia Milby Ridings.

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Other honorees included Shelley D. Chatfield, 1993 (Professional Achievement), Roula Allouch, 2006 and Stephen M. Ruschell, 1974 (Community Service), J. Morgan McGarvey, 2007 (Young Professional), Judge David L. Bunning, 1991 (Distinguished Jurist), and Foster Ockerman, 1947 (Legacy).

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