LBA ANNOUNCES 2009 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CLASS

The Louisville Bar Association (LBA) is pleased to announce the 2009 Leadership Academy class.

The LBA Leadership Academy focuses on practical, professional and ethical issues facing lawyers in Greater Louisville.

The following attorneys have been accepted to participate:

Jeffrey A. Calabrese, Stoll Keenon Ogden

Stephanie L. Caldwell, Jefferson Circuit Court

Benjamin W. Carter, Legal Aid Society

Allison B. Grant, Sheffer Law Firm

Tanisha A. Hickerson, Boehl Stopher & Graves

Sarah Osborn Hill, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs

Dana C. Hulbert, Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance

Julie A. Johnson, Hibberd Johnson Kang & Cook

Lauren L. Knopf, Louisville Metro Public Defender’s Office

Amanda G. Main, Brown Forman Corporation

John M. Matter, Middleton Reutlinger

Jessica A. Moore, Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney

Jesse A. Mudd, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

Loren T. Prizant, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton

Krsna I. Tibbs, Louisville Metro Public Defender’s Office

Michael F. Tigue, Middleton Reutlinger

John J. VanderToll, VanderToll Law Office

Holly C. Wallace, Dinsmore & Shohl

Jennifer B. Wilcox, Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

The mission of the academy is to:

· Develop the leadership skills of attorneys in their early years of practice

· Empower those attorneys to use their leadership skills to make greater contributions to the Louisville community and the legal profession

· Encourage diversity in the practice of law and building of relationships among attorneys of diverse backgrounds

· Model and practice the highest standards of the legal profession.

The program will begin with a full-day retreat on July 24, 2009 at which leadership concepts will be introduced and participants will get to know one another. Following the retreat, three monthly full-day sessions and a half-day session will cover various leadership concepts. The Academy concludes with a graduation ceremony and induction as an Academy Partner on December 3, 2009.

For additional information about the Leadership Academy, please contact the LBA at (502)583-5314.

About the Louisville Bar Association

The Louisville Bar Association is Kentucky’s oldest continuously operating bar association and is among the 40 largest local bars in the country with over 3,400 members and subscribers. The association’s mission is to promote justice, professional excellence and respect for the law, improve public access to the judicial system, provide law-related services to the community, and to serve its members.