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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)

On June 30 of each year, terms expire for seven (7) of the fourteen (14) Bar Governors on the KBA Board of Governors. SCR 3.080 provides that a Board member may serve three consecutive two-year terms.

The current terms of the following Board Members will expire on June 30, 2027:

1st District – Matthew C. Tierney, Owensboro
2nd District – Stephanie McGehee-Shacklette, Bowling Green
3rd District – Sarah Hay Knight, Somerset
4th District – Sheila P. Hiestand, Louisville
5th District – LaToi D. Mayo, Lexington
6th District – Catherine D. Stavros, Ft. Mitchell
7th District – Miranda D. Click, Pikeville

July 16 - 18, 2026: West Baden Springs, IN

September 18, 2026: Kentucky Bar Center

November 20, 2026: Kentucky Bar Center

January 15, 2027: Virtual Meeting

March 19, 2027: Kentucky Bar Center

May 21, 2027: Kentucky Bar Center

June 2, 2027: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Lexington


Officers

Matthew P. Cook

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

J. Tanner Watkins

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

Amelia M. Adams

Vice President
UK Federal Credit Union (UKFCU)
1739 Alysheba Way
Lexington, KY 40509
Phone: (859) 264-4200

Todd V. McMurtry

Immediate Past President
The McMurtry Law Firm, PLLC
405 Garrard Street, Suite 204
Covington, KY  41011
Phone: (859) 999-1074
 

Christine L. Stanley

Young Lawyers Division Chair
Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, PLLC
333 W. Vine Street, Suite 1500
Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: (917) 697-9165
Website


Bar Governors

District 1

James R. (Jason) Coltharp, Jr.

Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Straub, PLLC
300 Broadway
Paducah, KY 42001
(270) 443-4516
Website
Term ends June 30, 2028

Matthew C. Tierney

Stevenson & Tierney
PO Box 1731
Owensboro, KY 42302
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
Phone: (270) 745-1933
Fax: (270) 721-6100
Website
Term ends June 30, 2028

Stephanie McGehee-Shacklette

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


District 3

Hailey Scoville Bonham

Scoville-Bonham & Riley, PLLC
222 W. 5th Street
London, KY 40741
Phone: (606) 862-6000
Website
Term ends June 30, 2028

Sarah Hay Knight

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


District 4

Ronald E. Johnson, Jr.

Hendy, Johnson, Vaughn, Emery PSC
600 West Main Street, Ste. 100
Louisville, KY 40202 
Phone: 502-649-5226
Website
Term ends June 30, 2028

Sheila P. Hiestand

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


District 5

Erritt H. Griggs

Kentucky Personnel Board
1025 Capital Center Drive, Suite 105
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-7830
Term ends June 30, 2028

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 L. Lawrence

Lawrence, Beirne & Lewis
535 Madison Avenue, Suite #500
Covington, KY 41011
Phone: (859) 898-2472
Website
Term ends June 30, 2028

Catherine D. Stavros

Attorney at Law
TERRY MONNIE TITLE COMPANY
211 Grandview Drive, Suite 101
Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017
Phone: (513) 794-2844
Fax: (859) 426-7700
Term ends June 30, 2027


District 7

R. Stephen McGinnis

McGinnis Leslie, PLLC
PO Box 280
Greenup, KY 41144
Phone: (606) 833-8400
Website
Term ends June 30, 2028

Miranda D. Click

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