Board of Directors
Executive Committee

Samuel W. Wardle
President

Jennifer Kleier
President-Elect

Sean Deskins
Vice-President / Treasurer

William Brammell
Secretary

Maria A. Fernandez
Immediate Past President
Presidential Appointments

Brian Bennett

Philip M. Longmeyer

Megan Cleveland

Bruce Paul

Kristen Fowler

Heend Sheth

Elisabeth Gray

Jason Vaughn

Tricia Lister
Ex Officio Members

Ben Barberie
UofL School of Law

Kate Dittmeier Holm
Women Lawyers Association

Michelle Duncan
Charles W. Anderson Bar Association

Gregory T. Dutton
LBF President

Hon. Eric J. Haner
Jefferson Circuit Court

Amy I. Hannah
DPA Louisville Trial Office

Shelia Hiestand
KBA Governor

Katherine Ison
LBA Young Lawyers Section

Melanie B. Jacobs
Dean, UofL School of Law

Hon. Rebecca Jennings
U.S. District Court

Megan P. Keane
ABA House of Delegates

Hon. Megan McDonald
Jefferson District Court

Michael J. O'Connell
Jefferson County Attorney

Susan D. Phillips
KBA Board of Governors

J. Tanner Watkins
KBA Board of Governors

Hon. Derwin Webb
Jefferson Family Court

Gerina D. Whethers
Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney
Non-Voting Members

Kent Wicker
Counsel

James B. Martin Jr.
Tax Counsel

Kristen L. Miller
LBA Executive Director