Board of Governors Nomination

Requirements for being nominated to run for the Board of Governors are contained in Section 4 of the KBA By-Laws (PDF) and the requirements include filing a written petition (PDF) signed by not less than twenty (20) KBA members in good standing who are residents of the candidate’s Supreme Court District. Board policy provides that “No member of the Board of Governors or Inquiry Commission shall represent an attorney in a discipline matter.” In addition, any member of the Bar who is considering seeking or plans to seek election to the Board of Governors or to a position as an Officer of the KBA will, if elected, be required to sign a limited waiver of confidentiality regarding any private discipline he or she may have received.

Any such petition must be received by the KBA Executive Director at the Kentucky Bar Center in Frankfort prior to the close of business on the last business day in October.

KBA Nominating Petition for Bar Governor (PDF)

Officers

Todd V. McMurtury

President
HEMMER WESSELS MCMURTRY, PLLC
250 Grandview Drive, Ste. 500
Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017
Phone: (859) 344-1188
Fax: (859) 578-3869
Website

Matthew P. Cook

President-Elect
Kerrick Bachert PSC
1411 Scottsville Road
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: (270) 782-8160
Fax: (270) 782-5856
Website

J. Tanner Watkins

Vice President
Dinsmore
101 S. 5^th Street, Suite 2500
Louisville, KY 40202-3115
Phone: (502) 581-8000
Fax: (502) 581-8111
Website

Kyle R. Bunnell

Young Lawyers Division Chair
Dinsmore
100 W Main St., Ste. 900
Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: (859) 425-1045
Website

Bar Governors

District 1

James A. Sigler

Keuler, Kelly, Hutchins, Blankenship & Sigler, LLP
100 South 4th Street, Suite 400
Paducah, KY 42001
Phone: (270) 448-8888
Fax: (270) 448-0998
Website
Term ends June 30, 2026

Matthew C. Tierney

Stevenson & Tierney
PO Box 1731
Owensboro, KY 423021731
Phone: (270) 688-8500
Website
Term ends June 30, 2027

District 2

Ryan C. Reed

Reed Law Group, PLLC
941 Lehman Ave, Suite 105
Bowling Green, KY 42101-4929
Phone: (270) 745-1933
Fax: (270) 721-6100
Website
Term ends June 30, 2026

Stephanie McGehee-Shacklette

Berry & McGehee PLLC
996 Wilkinson Trace
Bowling Green, KY 42103-3409
Phone: (270) 793-9300
Website
Term ends June 30, 2027

District 3

Douglas G. Benge

203 S. Main Street
London, KY 40741-1827
Phone: (606) 878-2500
Fax: (606) 864-5291
Term ends June 30, 2026

Sarah Hay Knight

Hay & Knight, PLLC
PO Box 1124
Somerset, KY 42502-1124
Phone: (606) 679-2214
Website
Term ends June 30, 2027

District 4

Susan D. Phillips

Phillips Parker Orberson & Arnett PLC
716 W. Main Street, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40202-2677
Phone: (502) 583-9900
Fax: (502) 587-1927
Website
Term ends June 30, 2026

Sheila P. Hiestand

McCoy & Hiestand, PLC
108 Browns Lane
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: (502) 233-8403
Website
Term ends June 30, 2027

District 5

Amelia M. Adams

Lexington, KY
Term ends June 30, 2026

LaToi D. Mayo

333 West Vine Street, Suite 1720
Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: (859) 317-7970
Website
Term ends June 30, 2027

District 6

Jennifer M. Gatherwright

Gatherwright Freeman & Associates
541 Buttermilk Pike, Suite 103
Crescent Springs, KY 41017
Phone: (859) 578-3000
Fax: (859) 578-1001
Website
Term ends June 30, 2026

Catherine D. Stavros

Dunham Law PLLC
The Chamber Center
300 Buttermilk Pike, Suite 100
Fort Mitchell, KY 41017
Phone: (859) 479-3960
Website
Term ends June 30, 2027

District 7

William M. "Mitch" Hall, Jr.

VanAntwerp Attorneys LLP
P.O. Box 1111
Ashland, KY 41105-1111
Phone: (606) 329-2929
Fax: (606) 329-0490
Website
Term ends June 30, 2026

Miranda D. Click

Pikeville Medical Center
P.O. Box 2145
Pikeville, KY 41502-2145
Phone: (606) 634-4901
Fax: (606) 218-4968
Term ends June 30, 2027