Exploring the Ecology of Law and Informatics from the Dean

FALL 2011 volume 8, no.1

Chase Law & Informatics I n s t i t u t e

Exploring the ecology of law and informatics From the Dean

t is that time again. Although it seems as if we just held graduation yesterday with then ABA President-Elect Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III delivering the commencement address, the members of the new incoming class are already on campus. By the time you read this, they’ll already have begun classes. With Interim Editor theirI arrival and the return of the upper division students, there is a Megan McCarty definite buzz in the building. An exciting buzz at that! We are looking Managing Editor forward to a truly exciting year!

The members of the incoming class are an immensely talented and diverse group of students. Some are fresh out of undergraduate school; others are launching their second career. Among the Design many things they share in common, however, is their desire to join the legal profession as one of NKU Office of the many proud Chase alumni. Marketing & Communications The new students are joined by new faculty members. We are proud to add Professors Jon Garon, Photography Eric Alden, Amy Halbrook, Jack Harrison and David Singleton to our team. They will bring fresh John Petric ideas and energy to our school benefitting our students, our faculty and our alumni in many dif- Amber Potter ferent ways. You can find more about them in the pages that follow. We are also pleased to have Joe Ruh Professors Ursula Doyle and Larry Putt join us for the year as visiting professors. They too will add Timothy D. Sofranko to the diversity of ideas on campus. Sierra Williams This year we will be launching two new programs. First will be the opening of our Children’s Law Clinic in partnership with the Children’s Law Center. While we have enjoyed a long relationship with the Children’s Law Center, the new program which will be directed by Professor Halbrook, Contributors will enable us to have a full-time faculty member who will work hand in hand with Kim Brooks Emily Janoski-Haehlen Tandy (Chase ’89) and her extraordinary staff to ensure that our students can maximize the value Associate Director for Law Library of their time in the clinic. Services and Law & Informatics Librarian The second big addition this year is the launch of our new Law & Informatics Institute. The institute, which will be the first of its kind in the nation, will enable us to work closely with the College Jennifer Anglim Kreder of Informatics to ensure that Chase students have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and Associate Dean skills in perhaps the most rapidly growing fields of the law. We have recruited Professor Jon Garon, for Faculty Development one of the top scholars in the field, to direct the institute. We will be able to offer our students joint degrees in fields of Law & Health Informatics and Law & Business Informatics. The institute will offer certificate programs, seminars and other programs to our students and to our alumni. Even if Megan McCarty you are not quite sure what “informatics” is – it is a new term for most of us! – you will understand Managing Editor why we are so excited about this development!

Sierra Williams Add new students, new faculty and new programs to the many terrific things being done by our Communications Coordinator Center for Excellence in Advocacy, the Transactional Law Practice Center, the Pro Bono Program and the many other initiatives at the law school and it becomes quite clear why I am so proud to be part of the Chase family! Publisher David H. MacKnight None of this success would be possible without the continued support of our many alumni and Associate Dean friends. Thank you for your continued loyalty to Chase. With your help we will continue to move for Advancement towards our goal of becoming recognized as the top law school in the region!

Dennis R. Honabach Dennis R. Honabach Dean and Professor of Law Dean & Professor of Law

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GREGORY G. GARRE 16 2011 COMMENCEMENT 34 44TH U.S. SOLICITOR GENERAL RICHARD “RICK” ROBINSON ’83 36 THE HONORABLE DANNY J. BOGGS 17 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS DELORES “DEE” THOMPSON ’87 38

DANIEL P. MECKLENBORG ’81 18 ROBERT “CHIP” HARROD ’84 40 PRACTITIONER IN RESIDENCE D.C. ALUMNI ADVISE STUDENTS 42 WM. T. (BILL) ROBINSON III 19 THEN PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE ABA ALUMNI GATHERINGS 44

giving back 46 > Faculty News DEAN’S CIRCLE WINE PARTY 48 NEW AND RETIRING FACULTY 20 honor roll of donors 50 NKU CHASE CHILDREN’S LAW CLINIC 23 class notes 60 INAUGURAL FACULTY PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD 23 In memoriam 63 FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP 24

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EXPLORING THE ECOLOGY OF LAW AND INFORMATIcs Chase is bringing the emerging field of law and informatics to NKU. Fortunately, some Chase alumni are already leading the way.

One of the biggest challenges Professor Jon Garon faces when describing NKU Chase College of Law’s new Law and Informatics Institute is defining exactly what “informatics” means.

As director of the institute, he explains it like this: “At its heart, informatics is like an ecology of information, just like the study of organisms in their environment is an ecology. It is the interrelationship of information and data systems. Wherever data flows and information can be used, it has effects, and like any ecosystem, there are consequences triggered by the interactions of those systems.”

“The field of law and informatics looks beyond the science of information systems to embrace the information ecosystem regarding data within its environmental context,” Garon says, “particularly the potential use and abuse of the information.”

This applies to the legal environment in a number of ways, both in the practice of law itself and the legal needs of clients in nearly every industry. As Garon explains, “the role of lawyers in informatics is to understand how these systems will be used so that they can develop appropriate regulations to protect the public while encouraging innovation and growth.”

Law and informatics, then, involves anywhere that the law, data, and technology inter- sect – from data security in digital financial records or medical records to copyright and privacy issues on social media sites like Facebook and YouTube, from cloud storage of email to property rights in virtual worlds, and from data encryption to First Amendment protection for video games. It is the study of legal information systems as well as the study of the law governing information, information technology, and the effects of technology on legal doctrine.

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Hot topic in legal informatics: VIDEO GAMES

There has been debate recently in the courts and state legislatures regarding the nature of video games – whether they should be treated like film and theatre, as a protected form of speech or toys that can be regulated as commercial products. In June, the Supreme Court struck down a California law banning the sale of video games to children if the video games were deemed too violent. Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the law “abridges the First Amendment rights of young people whose parents (and aunts and uncles) think violent video games are a harmless pastime.” “Most government regulations pertaining to video games fail due to First Amendment issues, as courts have been more willing to recognize video games as a type of expression that is to be afforded the full protection of the First Amendment, and must survive a strict scrutiny constitutional analysis to be upheld,” says Garon. First Amendment protections affect not only the regulation of video games, but the practices. In 2008, a Los Angeles business owner sued the makers of the Grand Theft Auto video games for trademark infringement after a business with a similar name appeared in the virtual city of Los Santos, a city designed for Grand Theft Auto to be based on Los Angeles. The Ninth Circuit found in 2008 that the video game’s use of the similar business name was protected by the First Amendment. California state and federal courts have struggled to reconcile the First Amendment rights of video game producers with the publicity rights of individuals depicted in the games. Lawsuits by former college football players against EA Sports for the unauthorized depiction in video games are still pending.

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law firm is becoming digitized: websites society served by the equal administration of Informatics and THE like LexisNexis or the Casemaker online justice,” he says. “Casemaker may be a sig- PRACTICE OF LAW legal library provide many services that at nificant factor in meeting that goal.” Information such as medical records, finan- one time were only available through law cial records, copyrighted music, personal libraries, and the way attorneys bill for In the courtroom, using the latest technol- and professional correspondence, metadata time can be done automatically on phones, ogy is also important. Presenting compli- in emails and tweets, scientific research with hours being automatically generated. cated data to a jury, for example, may re- findings, and more will be at the core of Technology is also changing law office quire the data to be presented in a way that many legal issues that new attorneys will management, litigation support, docu- is equally as sophisticated but still under- face when they enter the legal profession. Be- ment management, imaging and anima- standable, without being oversimplified. cause these issues transcend specific types tions, case management, and electronic The informatics field of data visualization of law and encompass torts, property, con- court filings. becomes a vital tool, as it involves analyzing tracts, and many other areas of law, today’s information and rendering and presenting law students – and practicing attorneys – Joseph W. Shea III ’74, creator of Casemak- it in a way that is comprehensible. need to be prepared with knowledge of how er, recognized the way technology was changing the industry when he first devel- “An individual cannot fathom artificial intel- oped the service back in 1981. ligence or bioinformatics to understand what they’re looking at, so many law firms work “My first ambition was to level the playing with firms that specialize in data visualiza- field between the large firms who had access tion,” says Douglas Perry, former and found- to expensive databases and materials and the ing dean of NKU’s College of Informatics, small firms and solo practitioners who did which is partnering with Chase in the devel- not,” says Shea, who is principal with the opment of the institute. “It goes way beyond Cincinnati firm Shea and Associates. a PowerPoint slide.” “The notion of digital technology disrupts everything in human Having established a relationship with the life,” Perry says. Ohio State Bar Association, Shea first allowed the online version of the service to be made available as a benefit to bar association Informatics in “The more productive a members. Casemaker now partners with 28 Intellectual Property lawyer can be, the state bar associations through the “Case- Law maker Consortium” to provide a cost-effec- Perry uses patent law as an example of how more productive he or tive legal research option for more than clients’ needs are also becoming more digital. she must be in this new 450,000 lawyers and judges nationwide. order of skills and In the United States, where patents had “When I graduated from Chase in 1974, no been awarded based on “first to invent,” a productivity.” lawyer had keyboard skills beyond a high pharmaceutical company may spend 10 school typing class,” Shea says. “But let’s years and $2 billion to develop a new drug laws regarding the digital technology apply flash forward to today. Lawyers now create only to have the license to the drug challenged and often conflict. their own documents using multiple moni- by a smaller company, resulting in millions tors on their desk to block and copy research of dollars in litigation. In the past, these Within the field of informatics, one disci- materials into their briefs from one screen to were defended physically by experiments pline is legal informatics, which focuses on the other. The more productive a lawyer can with lab notebooks, which were signed and the study of legal systems, including public be, the more productive he or she must be in countersigned by a supervisor, sealed, and access to legislation, the tracking of court ac- this new order of skills and productivity.” taken to a records area, which became a tivities, implications of sentencing guide- large warehouse for these notebooks. When lines, and the use of technology in the Shea hopes that the increase in productivity a company sued, the notebooks would have practice of law. Law itself has been revolu- and availability of services like Casemaker to be found and presented. tionized by digital information. will lower the cost of the administration of justice in America. “Laboratory informatics has circumvented In addition, when it comes to the practice that,” Perry says. “Electronic lab notebooks of law itself, the business side of running a “In the end, we go to law school to make our are both secure and defensible.”

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Not only that, but experimental data from machines in laboratories around the world are integrated, automatically analyzed, and stored to be retrieved anywhere on the globe. “Legal firms with these companies as clients have to be just as sophisticated,” Perry says.

Technology and Electronic Medical Records As partner-in-charge of the Cincinnati office of the law firm Dressman, Benzinger and LaVelle and as head of the firm’s technology law practice group, Alan J. Hartman ’78 says that the bulk of his practice since 1983 has been focused on meeting the legal needs of technology companies. Introducing the NKU Chase Law & Informatics Institute “Technology and the fast pace at which it changes create unique issues that must be appreciated by lawyers to enable them to Bringing the cutting edge of law, information and technology to the competently serve the technology client or next generation of lawyers to competently handle technology-related transactions for the non-technology client,” The Law & Informatics Institute was Chase is the first law school to begin the Hartman says. formed by Chase Law School to address systematic analysis of these new digital the fundamental shifts digital transactions tools as they apply to existing legal norms. That technology, he says, has sparked two and communications are having on society. major evolutions that require technology Dennis Honabach, dean of the law school, “The Law & Informatics Institute will lawyers to continually develop new approach- envisioned the Institute as a natural provide a critical interdisciplinary es to protecting information technology and progression for NKU following the launch approach to the study, research, to constructing the contractual vehicles that of the College of Informatics in 2005. scholarship, and practical application of deliver the technology to users. One is the Through the law school’s partnership with informatics, focusing on the regulation miniaturization of computer equipment that, the College of Informatics, the Institute and utilization of information – including despite its size, has ever-increasing power. will explore key issues facing business and its creation, acquisition, aggregation, develop original research – a partnership security, manipulation and exploitation “It is amazing that what could not be done by that is the first of its kind in the nation. – in the fields of intellectual property law, a room-sized computer years ago can now be privacy law, evidence (regulating done from a phone in the palm of your hand,” The Institute provides education to graduate government and the police), business law, Hartman says. and law students, as well as lawyers and and international law,” says Garon. business leaders, on the best practices The second evolution is the creation and ex- involving these evolving digital technologies. “Through courses, symposia, publications pansion of the Internet. In business, for example, mobile apps are and workshops, the Law & Informatics changing the ways customers interact with Institute encourages thoughtful public “The objective of the Internet was to create companies; cloud computing is affecting discourse on the regulation and use of a communications network that would sur- the way businesses engage with their information systems, business innovation, vive a nuclear attack,” Hartman says. “Now vendors; and evolving federal regulations and the development of best business we have instantaneous worldwide dissemi- are revising business practices developed practices regarding the exploitation and nation of news, social networking, and only a few years earlier. effectiveness of the information and data cloud computing. This fast-paced environ- systems in business, health care, media, ment makes for an exciting and challeng- While a number of universities like NKU have and entertainment, and the public sector,” ing legal practice.” developed degree programs in informatics, he says.

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These two evolutions have had a powerful ef- The creation of the Institute is joined by the The Institute will eventually also publish its fect on how health records are stored. Medi- creation of two new degree programs: the research and communicate with the public cal records are becoming more digital. Even joint J.D./M.B.I. (Master of Business via a print newsletter and an online legal the federal government is encouraging hos- Informatics) and J.D./M.H.I. (Master of blog, which is available and linked to the pitals and physicians to adopt electronic Health Informatics), as well as the Institute webpage (http://chaselaw.nku.edu/ health records systems. As part of the Amer- development of related specialty programs centers/law-informatics/). ican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, for law students. Curriculum within the the government offered to provide financial J.D./M.B.A. will also be expanded. The One of the services Garon envisions the incentives under the Medicare and Medicaid possibility for the creation of advanced Institute will provide for the public is helping programs for digitizing records. degrees, certificate programs and additional individuals create do-it-yourself estate plans partnerships are also on the horizon. for digital assets and companies revise their Because of concerns about the security of terms-of-use to better reflect the increasing the information being stored electronically, Led by its director, Professor Jon Garon, importance of digital estates. As increasingly regulations have been put in place to help and through partnerships within Chase and more important documents and mementos KNU, the Institute will stay on the cutting are stored only online, the need for edge of law and technology through its comprehensive digital estate plans has “Now we have instan- three components: research, curriculum grown substantially. For example, a family taneous worldwide and externships. wanted to turn the Facebook profile page of a relative who had recently passed away into dissemination of news, a memorial page. Through wall postings, social networking, and Cutting-Edge Research status updates and photos, the family had an cloud computing. This With the help of research assistants and online record of their relative’s thoughts and fast-paced environment student editors, the Institute will conduct emotions that they may want to keep in cutting-edge research and perform public remembrance. In the early years of Facebook makes for an exciting policy advocacy by serving as a neutral and Myspace, this was not possible. and challenging legal organization that looks at best practices practice.” and policies. Working closely with the Finally, in 2009 Facebook amended its College of Informatics, the Institute will policies in response to public demand for apply legal analysis and policy analysis to this memorial function. It also addressed abate those concerns, such as through the the work that is going on in information certain privacy concerns for the memorial Health Information Technology for Econom- systems, new forms of media and sites, but left other questions unanswered. ic and Clinical Health Act, which became everything ranging from privacy issues to For example, could an estate plan trump the law in 2009. cyber security and international regulation terms-of-service contract, and could those of cyber-attacks. digital assets be labeled as property “The Health Insurance Portability and Ac- interests? If so, who has the legal right to countability Act of 1996 and its implement- Scholarship will include a broad array of control the memorial page? In this particular ing regulations include provisions govern- topics, including reviews of existing situation, Facebook established its own rules ing the protection of the confidentiality of regulatory regimes; assessment of new regarding memorial pages, but these health information, whether on paper, in technologies that affect business practices accommodations provide only partial electronic format, or some other medium,” and the rights of the public; issues related to solutions. Through publications and practice Hartman says. “The HITECH Act includes data ownership; privacy concerns; and the U.S. guides, the Institute plans to help people additional provisions, which supplement the response to data integrity policies, including avoid these kinds of situations ahead of time. HIPAA obligations, to beef up the confiden- the proposal of laws to foster improved tiality obligations in light of the additional data reliability, integrity and accuracy. “Through the Institute, we will create a concerns raised by electronic records.” model estate plan for individuals to provide “What I particularly like about the field is greater protection, control and One of the ways the HITECH Act addresses that it integrates very practical issues with predictability,” Garon says. “Working with the security issue is by increasing civil penal- very theoretical research,” Garon says. students and practitioners, the Institute ties for willful neglect. It also provides require- “Students will partner with industry, with plans to draft a proposed state law that, ments for who should be notified in the event lawyers and with academics from other where enacted, would ensure that a trustee of a breach of data and how quickly the infor- areas to develop solutions for people and or executor can properly control digital mation about the breach needs to be shared. companies.” assets and assure the appropriate

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disposition of these important parts of decedents’ lives, despite end user agreements.”

Hi-Tech Curriculum The Institute will supplement the existing curriculum for law students by working with faculty to incorporate informatics education into current classes, bringing in guest technology for managing growth and Garon, because “the stronger the externship lecturers and creating new courses to meet increasing efficiency. The program is program is, the stronger the program will be the needs of the changing legal environment. primarily focused for small business owners, globally.” Garon notes that the same is true Because informatics touches every area of but will also be of benefit to the lawyers who locally. “Clients for the Chase Small Business the law, there are many ways the subject can serve them. & Nonprofit Law Clinic bring a wealth of be incorporated into existing classes: a class intellectual property, e-contracting and data on contracts could spend time on electronic Another topic Garon sees as an opportunity for security issues to our door. These issues signatures, a litigation class could talk about educating attorneys is cloud storage of data. have become central to every business the explosion of e-discovery, and an entirely operation and the partnership between the new “electronic papers” course could be “Some systems now offer secure storage, Institute and Clinic enhances student created regarding banking. the idea of storing files in the cloud” Garon learning, client satisfaction, and the centrality says, “so cloud storage is no longer of both programs to the Chase curriculum.” “For example,” Garon says, “a short portion necessarily prohibited under HIPAA, GLBA of the curriculum of Labor and Employment and the attorney-client privilege. The Garon sees a number of areas where classes could revolve around informatics, question is whether the contractual and Institute students could prove valuable discussing subjects like the NLRB’s series of practical steps taken by the specific service assets to employers beyond traditional decisions involving employment discipline providers meet the obligation to secure the intellectual property departments. for Twitter use.” information. And those standards may differ for lawyers, health care providers, and “In the banking sector, there are data In addition to augmenting a variety of financial service companies.” security and privacy issues,” Garon says. “In classes, the institute would also provide a litigation, there are intellectual property and framework for designing an Intellectual Garon is already working with the Northern e-discovery issues. In employment and labor Property curriculum that encompasses Kentucky Law Review on a legal informatics law, there are significant issues involving privacy, computer security, HIPAA/HITECH symposium to be held March 1-2, 2012. The disgruntled employees and trade secrets.” Act and other aspects of health law, cyber two day program will present an international security, licensing, internet law and symposium featuring speakers from around In addition to its curriculum and research electronic media, and cybercrime and digital the world who will present on legal topics components, by providing clinical and law enforcement. Because of the inherently surrounding technology, such as net neutrality externship opportunities that prepare Chase interdisciplinary nature of these courses, the regulation, radio-frequency identification students for the pervasive and growing Institute will work closely with the College of utilization, cyber security in the U.S., E.U. digital side of the law, the Law and Informatics to develop them. and Russia, social media, the impact on Informatics Institute positions Chase media in criminal justice, global privacy laws students well for employment in the modern To reach out to the legal community, the and an array of additional topics. practice of law. In this, the Institute sits at Institute will be offering symposia, the heart of the Chase mission to prepare its conferences, programs and CLEs. For students and improve the practice of law. example, on October 26, 2011, the institute Global Externships and will be partnering with the NKU Small Business Development Center for a day-long Local Clinics program on innovation in small and The third of the Institute’s roles will be its emerging businesses. Entitled Social, partnership with the Chase externship Mobile, Local - Technology Trends, Tools and program, which will provide domestic and Strategies for Small Business Success, the global opportunities to rising 3Ls to work in program will feature notable speakers from law firms and partner with companies. This around the region on how best to integrate is an important piece to the Institute, says

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Professor Jon Garon, director of the Law & Informatics Institue, talks with Chase students about the intricacies of intellectual property law.

Garon joins the Chase faculty as professor Garon also has extensive practice experience About the Director and director of the new Law and Informatics in the areas of entertainment law, business Jon M. Garon is a nationally recognized Institute . He comes to Chase from Hamline planning, copyright, software licensing, data authority on intellectual property, University School of Law, where he had privacy and security, and trademark law. particularly copyright law, entertainment served as professor since 2003 and as the Working in solo practice and for a number of practice, cyberspace, and entrepreneurship law school’s ninth dean 2003-08. In addition, firms in California, he has specialized in film in the creative industries. His passion for he was appointed interim dean of the financing, recording agreements, business informatics and how the law intersects with Graduate School of Management for formation, and copyright and trademark technology makes him an ideal choice for 2005-06. He traveled extensively on his licensing as well as negotiating and drafting serving as director of the institute. post-deanship sabbatical, lecturing in Israel software development, multimedia, and and China at schools including Hebrew music agreements. He remains an of After NKU Chase dean Dennis Honabach University, Haifa University, University of counsel member of the law firm of Gallagher, described the development of informatics at Hong Kong, University of International Callahan, and Gartrell in New Hampshire. NKU a few years ago, Garon became Business and Economics, Beijing, and East interested in the university and came to NKU China University of Political Science and Garon received his B.A. from the University to give a series of presentations for Chase Law, Shanghai. Garon returned to the of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and his J.D. from and the Haile/U.S. Bank College of Business. classroom in 2009 to teach intellectual Columbia University School of Law. He Garon describes the new set of challenges in property, copyright, entertainment law, began teaching full time in 1993 at Western the industry and exploring them through the unincorporated business entities and a State University College of Law in Orange institute “incredibly exciting.” seminar on informatics policy. County, Calif. He served as chairperson of

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Through his firm’s blog, Hartman advises “For example, it’s easy for a user to drop mu- healthcare providers that they need to be sic into a video they’ve made, but if they sub- aware of the new regulations that have been mit it to an advertiser and the advertiser put in place to protect these medical records. wants to use it, they may have no rights to the song,” Meyer says. Informatics in Media Law Another area of the law that has been pro- “The existing laws were foundly impacted by technology is media law. developed long before the Internet; the Jill P. Meyer ’96, who is member-in-charge of Copyright Act never the Cincinnati office of Frost Brown Todd and oversees the firm’s advertising practice, has contemplated that people extensive experience in the areas of advertis- would be able to replicate ing law, intellectual property law, media and content the way you First Amendment law, and interactive media and Internet law. She describes a time before can do it online.” the Internet when the practice was divided into two distinct areas: media practice, which represented media companies, publishers, Meyer says that advertisers can be legally television stations, authors, or anyone pub- protected, but because they have lost control lishing content, and advertising practice, of the process, they have to make sure that which focused on issues like truth in advertis- the proper legal parameters and frameworks ing, claim substantiation, and copyright and are put into place. trademark issues. The media publishing side had strong First Amendment rights and ad- Over the past several years, new laws have vertisers had lesser First Amendment rights been developed to address these issues be- as commercial speech. cause, Meyer says, “The existing laws were developed long before the Internet; the Copy- “Here’s where technology came into play,” right Act never contemplated that people Meyer says. “Everyone is online now.” would be able to replicate content the way the curriculum committee and as founding you can do it online.” president of the Western State Law Because of the Internet, the adoption of user- Foundation. From 1996 to 1998, he served as generated content has become ubiquitous. One of the new laws is the Communications associate dean of academic affairs. He also On the media side, media clients have “i-re- Decency Act. While much of the CDA has served on the dean’s advisory board and as a porters,” members of the public who report since been declared unconstitutional, one member of the Entrepreneurial Law Center on news going on where they live, collecting section – Section 230 – has become a strong advisory board. In 2000, he joined the news and uploading it to established media legal right for publishers of online content. It Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, N.H., websites. In advertising, advertisers are now covers a website that provides a forum for and while teaching in New Hampshire also asking people in the public to create adver- unfettered third-party discussion, saying served as chairperson of the New Hampshire tisements for them. that online service providers are not liable Film Commission. for any defamatory comments that a third “Advertisers will ask people to upload a video party may publish on the provider’s forum. Coming to informatics originally with a theatre telling them why they love their product,” A local news website, for example, that pro- background, Garon’s interests then progressed Meyer says. “That gets into publishing issues; vides a section for comments after every ar- to film, then to the Internet and then to data they’re still doing commercial speech, but ticle would not need to be called into court security and privacy in the financial and they’ve lost control of the content. They have every time a reader posted a defamatory healthcare fields. In addition to leading the to be aware of defamation, privacy, and pub- comment. institute, Garon will continue to work in the licity rights. Prior to the Internet, advertisers entertainment industry, primarily assisting could control these nicely, but now regular “In traditional publishing, if you’re a news- independent media producers and artists. people are creating their content for them.” paper and someone sends a letter to the edi-

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tor and you publish it, and the subject wants vertising laws to address the use of blogs as a Ready for the Future to sue for defamation, the publisher is a source of advertising. NKU’s College of Informatics, which will rightful defendant to that lawsuit, even prove a valuable partner in the future of the though it was written by a third party,” Mey- “Advertisers were reaching out to popular institute, describes the study of informatics er says. “Take the exact same scenario on- bloggers, especially moms, and saying, ‘We’ll as becoming part of the “innovation age.” line, or via Twitter feeds, when an article is send you our products to let you try it, and The college offers bachelor’s degrees in written and, instead of writing a letter to the then you can blog about it,’” Meyer explains. business informatics, computer science, editor, I jump online and fire off my thoughts “The FTC said that’s not fair because people electronic media and broadcasting, about the person who is the subject. Now the reading the blog don’t know that the blogger journalism, library informatics, and public medium is not a defendant.” is incented to write about that particular relations. In addition to graduate certificates, brand. It’s human nature that people like to five master’s degrees are offered, including a take their friends’ opinions higher than a master’s in health informatics, which “Because of the Internet, paid endorsement.” provides working professionals in the the adoption of user- generated content has The FTC’s research found that there were become ubiquitous. On more people than not who failed to recognize that the blogs they were reading were biased. Northern Kentucky University’s Griffin Hall, the media side, media To protect consumers, the FTC created rules home of the College of Informatics. clients have “i-reporters,” saying that if a person is blogging or sending members of the public out tweets or reaching out in any electronic capacity, and if an advertiser is sending that who report on news person a product or they are materially con- going on where they nected to an advertiser in any way, the blog- live, collecting news ger has to disclose that connection. and uploading it to established media Technology in Labor websites. In advertising, and Employment Law advertisers are now When it comes to Labor and Employment Law, there are four main situations where asking people in the social media have workplace ramifications, public to create advertise- says Colleen P. Lewis ’89, partner in the La- ments for them.” bor and Employment Law Department at the Cincinnati firm Dinsmore & Shohl. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is another law that was created to address new is- These situations include innocuous time sues with online content. It provides protec- wasting by employees (known as “cyber- tion to those hosting an online site that slacking”); illegal use of the Internet; inap- allows people to upload content so that if propriate comments made on social net- some of that content violates a copyright, the working sites by employees toward their host will not be held liable, as long as they place of employment, supervisors, or cowork- have taken certain steps outlined in the law. ers; and the “ill-advised employee” situa- YouTube, which has more than 24 hours of tion. video uploaded by users every minute, is able to thrive because of this law. Copyright own- Lewis explains that the problems with an ill- ers can file a copyright infringement notifi- advised employee revolve around the fact cation with YouTube regarding specific user- that employers have unprecedented informa- generated videos, and YouTube will quickly tion about applicants and employees. remove those videos. “There are Fair Credit Reporting Act impli- In advertising, another major development cations,” she says. “An employer needs to get is changes to Federal Trade Commission ad- consent and maintain a record of informa-

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healthcare industry with the knowledge of space designed for interaction with Hot topic in legal informatics: information. technological innovations in their field. CLOUD STORAGE NKU is one of only a few universities in the With the resources provided by Griffin Hall country with a College of Informatics, and and the College of Informatics, the support A significant trend that has been taking the university has recently completed a and expertise of generous alumni, the place recently is the movement of data state-of-the-art facility, Griffin Hall, that is dedication of Chase faculty and storage to “the cloud.” Garon says that devoted to the study of informatics. Griffin administration, and the passion and the cloud “is actually the storage on giant Hall is situated directly across the lawn from leadership of Garon, the Law and Informatics server farms managed by companies such the Chase College of Law, and it offers Institute will propel NKU Chase College of as Amazon or Google that sell storage and resources such as a “genius bar” technology Law into the future as a leader and an processing on an as-needed basis.” Anyone help desk and a two-story digitorium, which innovator in preparing its students for the who has ever posted pictures to Facebook, is a technologically equipped, reconfigurable contemporary practice of law. composed a tweet on Twitter or sent an email through their Gmail account has put data out into the cloud. The problem with the cloud is the potential security issue that could arise with that data being accessed or modified by a third party.

“The protection of data in the shared server farms or cloud represents the hardest challenge and opportunity for the growth of informatics,” Garon says. “If clouds become ubiquitous, their management will shape everything in the ecology. If they become unstable or insecure, the entirety of the system could be at risk.”

Metadata created by activity in the cloud have been used by Google and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to predict the pattern of the spread of the flu through Google Flu Trends, which exemplifies a positive way this aggregate data can be used for the good of society. However, seemingly less noble uses of cloud data are also becoming more prevalent, as companies track potential customers online and use “behavioral advertising” to serve up an advertisement customized for and targeted to each individual.

“The ability of machines to correlate among the myriad of sources has only just begun,” Garon says. “The time for a new regulatory regime, therefore, is now – before the use of such metadata becomes commonplace.” PHOTO BY TIM SOFRANCO

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Hot topic in legal informatics: tion before taking adverse action if the FCRA Social networking sites like Facebook come THE PRESENT STATE OF is implicated.” into play in harassment cases, as well. HUMAN TRACKING The Stored Communications Act also for- “In litigation, upon receipt of an employee- bids obtaining passwords to access private filed complaint of discrimination,” Lewis In stories that seem to appear out of social networking sites without consent. says, “as corporate defense lawyers, our team science fiction magazines, news stories will immediately check MySpace, Facebook, have reported the use of RFID chips In some cases, comments employees make LinkedIn and other social networking sites on their social networking sites can get them to see what information is publicly available being planted into the arms of Mexican into trouble with their employers, sometimes about the plaintiff that we may be able to use businessmen in response to fears of leading to an employee’s termination. in defending a complaint.” kidnapping risks. These subdural chips are tiny glass capsules containing an RFID Recently, the National Labor Relations Board Posts like online profiles, messages, photo- antenna. Without a power source, however, has filed unfair labor practice complaints graphs, videos, and online communications each tag can be read from only a few when employees are seemingly fired because that could relate to the employee’s emotional or feet away. of what they say on sites like Facebook. mental state come into focus now, thanks to a 2010 order on discovery issues in a sexual ha- The companies who sell these devices Under the National Labor Relations Act, rassment case against a supervisor in the U.S. do not disclose the rest of their tracking what employees say on these sites or in a blog District Court for the Southern District of In- systems. To work, such a system may may be a protected activity if, Lewis says, diana. At issue was whether claimants needed other employees participate and discuss to produce information from their Facebook require the person’s home, vehicle and terms and conditions of employment. and MySpace accounts. The court determined office each contain networked reading the appropriate scope of relevance to include devices which are set to alert security if In addition to the four main situations where status updates, wall comments, groups or the person has left the field without pre- social media affect the workplace, trade se- causes joined, blog entries, and more that re- authorizing the movement. In Mexico, such crets have also become an issue. With more lated to any emotion or mental state. systems can sell for over $2,000, plus than 100 million members on professional monthly fees. social networking site LinkedIn alone, professional contacts are established and main- Disruptive INNOVATION For more mundane concerns, a variety of tained online, making it difficult for compa- Major technological change, such as in med- devices are already on the market. To assist nies to establish their customer lists as trade icine, media, and employment, is called “disruptive innovation” and is a primary interest seniors who live alone, there are a number secrets. Without policies in place, disgruntled employees can walk off with a list of the of Garon’s. of tracking and security devices. Some are company’s clients because they are connect- little more than pre-programmed phone ed to them online. Even without an estab- “We’re starting to see all these technologies handsets designed to be worn on pendants lished list, someone could easily recreate or affect the way business operates internally, in the home. The more sophisticated build their own through information they and that has the potential to undermine old devices include cellular phone wrist- find on sites like LinkedIn or Facebook. business models, creating opportunity for bands equipped with GPS and Cell phone new businesses to emerge, based on how services. The equipment knows when it “Employers need to protect their trade se- the start-ups manage the chaos of disrup- has been removed from the user’s wrist, crets, which by definition means things not tive change,” Garon says. can detect falls, and can be programed to accessible to the public, so they need to build recognize pre-defined safety zones. protocols to protect information,” Lewis says. As an example, Garon describes the case of “They can’t just lock stuff up in the safe any- IBM, which had invented the floppy disk in more, because everyone puts everything in the 1970s and was poised to create a new Whether the development of these devices some type of electronic format.” layer of technology with the personal com- is positive or negative depends on the risks puter in 1980. However, when the IBM group being managed. But the field is changing In order to preserve the argument that a piece charged with the project of creating the PC and fear is a powerful motivator. of information is a “trade secret,” Lewis rec- could not get support anywhere within the ommends making sure information is securi- company because, Garon says, “the idea of ty-password protected and limited access is reducing sales of mainframe computers put given only to individuals who need to know. IBM at risk,” IBM staff created the first IBM

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PC with outside technology. Within a short period, a number of competitors were dupli- cating the PC and eroding IBM’s advantage.

“Today, IBM is primarily a service company because it wasn’t able to embrace the disrup- tion,” Garon says. “This is continuing to happen everywhere, including broadcast companies and film and television companies that don’t know how to distribute content on the Internet.”

“We’re starting to see all these technologies affect the way business operates internally, and that has the potential to The Social Media Side of Legal Informatics undermine old business models, creating egal informatics is the study of legal information systems as opportunity for new well as the study of the law governing information, businesses to emerge, information technology, and the effects of technology on based on how start-ups legal doctrine. In relation to informatics, social media are all about manage the chaos of connection and communication. “Social media” is an umbrella disruptive change.” term that includes the activities that integrate technology and social interaction. As more and more businesses and individuals NKU Chase’s newly created institute will be looking at the effects of technology on busi- begin to utilize social media, this information technology will nesses like this as well as the law, and in do- continue to affect the legal system and the law of technology. ing so, it will prepare Chase students for the realities of the legal profession as it is today BY EMILY JANOSKI-HAEHLEN and the challenges and opportunities it will face in the future. Because of advancements in technology LinkedIn, and various blogs take place and the Internet, how individuals in real time on the Internet. “Studying how informatics applies within communicate or wish to communicate the entity setting,” Garon says, “is not going has drastically changed in the past few It is unclear whether social media will on anywhere else.” years. The days of picking up a have a positive or negative impact on telephone or walking down the office the legal community. The courts argue Lawyers need to prepare for the future by learn- hall to catch up with friends or that social media interfere with the trial ing about what informatics is doing in the uni- colleagues are over. Phone calls and process, even though they have created verse, like learning about intellectual property in-person communication have been their own social networking sites, while law and the new digital technologies designed replaced by social media, instant lawyers argue it is pivotal to jury to authenticate, substantiate, and corroborate. messaging, and text messaging. These selection and evidence. If Even attorneys who don’t want to get any more types of communication are instant and communication in this technology- technical than Microsoft Word, Perry says, will easy and do not even require the user to driven world is moving toward being all need to use digital technology. leave the comfort of home or office. electronic, then what better way is there Discussions on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, CONTINUED ON PAGE 30 CONTINUED ON PAGE 30

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Gregory G. Garre 44TH U.S. Solicitor General Inspires the Next Generation of Advocates

s a student-centered law school guests who attended with “a tremendous passionate about preparing students opportunity to learn about practicing law A to be practice-ready attorneys, before the U.S. Supreme Court.” Chase has a tradition of attracting successful Garre is a partner in the Washington, and influential members of the profession D.C., office of Latham & Watkins and global to come to the college and share their chair of the firm’s Supreme Court and experiences. Appellate Practice Group. He served as In this tradition, Chase welcomed the 44th solicitor general of the U.S. from 2008-09, Solicitor General of the United States, Gregory and prior to that he served as principal deputy G. Garre, in April. The presentation was given solicitor general from 2005-08 and then as at a luncheon sponsored by Chase’s Center acting solicitor general. He has argued more for Excellence in Advocacy, the Chase Student than 30 cases before the Supreme Court and Advocacy Society, and the Chase Federalist has served as counsel of record in hundreds Judge Amul Thapar, Gregory Garre, Professor Rick Society. of cases before the Court. Garre received his Bales, and students Alan Henderson and Lisa Gentry “Mr. Garre, one of this country’s foremost J.D. with highest honors from the George advocates, has argued some of the most Washington University Law School, where he encouraged students to see the full breadth of important cases of the last decade to the served as editor-in-chief of the law review and opportunities in the profession that lie in the U.S. Supreme Court,” says Regents Professor was selected to Order of the Coif. world for them. Richard Bales, director of the Center for During Garre’s luncheon presentation, “Having a former solicitor general speak Excellence in Advocacy. Bales says that he talked about cases before the Supreme to students about the most important legal Garre’s visit provided students, faculty, and Court in the most recent term as well as issues of the day, how they are litigated, their implications. That same morning, Garre and their repercussions in a socio-historical served as the guest lecturer in the Supreme sense was probably a once-in-a-lifetime Court seminar course at Chase taught by U.S. opportunity,” says Gregory Ingalsbe ’11. District Court Judge Amul Thapar. Garre Sarah Smith ’11 was struck by how took student questions and spoke to them approachable Garre was. “Not only is Mr. on appellate advocacy, discussing how the Garre a brilliant appellate advocate, he is also Office of the Solicitor General works and a down-to-earth person who was willing to how he began working there as well as how candidly answer questions from students,” he prepares for oral arguments in front of Smith says. the Court. He also talked about clerking for As a law student, she says, it is easy to Chief Justice William Rehnquist and working be intimidated by “truly great attorneys,” for Chief Justice John Roberts when he was in and students or young attorneys may let private practice. the opportunity to ask a question or have a Thapar, who invited Garre to Chase, conversation pass them by. Because Chase wanted to give the nine students in his class invited Garre to campus, however, that anxiety the opportunity to visit with one of the great dissipated as Garre carefully considered the Supreme Court advocates in the country in questions of each student. a more intimate environment. In the course “I wanted to show my students what a of the semester, students in Thapar’s class great and humble person he is,” Thapar says, had been studying cases pending before the “and that you can accomplish so much so Supreme Court, reading the briefs for each quickly and still be humble and have those side, and listening to oral arguments online core American values. He’s a great lawyer and before discussing and voting on the cases also a great person.” themselves in class. One of the cases the students analyzed was a case that Garre had argued in front of the Supreme Court last fall. Gregory Garre delivers remarks at a luncheon One of the most important influences attended by students, faculty and practitioners. of Garre’s visit, though, was the way it

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Judge Danny J. Boggs U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Delivers Keynote at Chase Advocacy Awards Celebration

or its annual awards celebration in April, the Chase Center for Excellence in F Advocacy wanted to feature a keynote speaker who could provide a unique perspective that students may not typically hear in the classroom. The center invited Judge Danny J. Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and in doing so, it introduced attendees to a judge who brought perspective from every side of the law. “Judge Boggs has an extraordinary record of public service, having held leadership positions in all three branches of our federal government,” says Regents Professor Richard Bales, director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy. “He is an inspiration to all of us.” Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, Boggs served as Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2003-09. Prior to joining the Court of Appeals, he served as deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy; senior policy advisor, assistant to the president and assistant director for energy, agriculture and natural resources for the Office Judge Danny Boggs delivers keynote address at the Advocacy Awards Celebration. of Policy Development in the executive office of the President; deputy minority counsel for the building Chase College of Law calls home. University of Chicago Law School and is a Joe Mooney, who served as student member of the Philadelphia Society, Mont director of the Chase Student Advocacy Pelerin Society, and Brandeis American Inn of Society, says that despite Boggs’ “amazing Court. background,” he was extremely humble as he Having the opportunity to meet and learn shared how Chase students can achieve similar from someone with such an impressive success. Lisa Gentry, who is the current background and multifaceted experiences, as student director for the center, called his well as receiving the kind of practice-ready presentation “inspiring.” education Chase is known for, is invaluable to “Judge Boggs has seen many facets of the its students. Especially, Gentry says, “in our legal process,” Gentry says. “His shared present economic climate.” experiences about serving for so many levels of “When Chase brings in speakers like Judge Judge Danny Boggs talks with students at the our federal judicial system bring a continuity to Boggs it demonstrates how committed it is to reception. how the law changes and the attorney’s role in exposing students to how the practice of law that process.” really works,” Mooney says. “How the law Senate Committee on Energy and Natural In addition to his experience in the works in the classroom is very different from Resources; assistant to the solicitor general in courtroom, Boggs is also a member of the how the law works in a courtroom, and Chase the U.S. Department of Justice; and attorney- Judicial Conference of the U.S., serves on its works hard to demonstrate these differences advisor for the U.S. Department of Commerce. executive committee and committee on and prepare us for future legal practice.” Toward the beginning of his career, Boggs automation and technology, and is chair of the served as legal counsel to Kentucky governor Sixth Circuit Judicial Council. He previously

Louie Nunn, who is the namesake of the served as a Bigelow fellow and instructor at the PHOTOS BY JOHN PETRIC

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Daniel P. Mecklenborg ’81 Transactional Law Practice Center’s Distinguished Practitioner in Residence

hen Chase alumnus Daniel from Katrina by convincing the federal district Mecklenborg ’81 delivered a court that it was not responsible for causing W presentation to Chase faculty the floodwall to break. and students on “Wearing Multiple Hats in Mecklenborg talked about this experience, Today’s Business Environment,” he had more as well as other issues that have arisen than a little experience to share. As senior over the course of his career, through vice president of human resources, chief the Transactional Law Practice Center’s legal officer and secretary of marine transport Distinguished Practitioner in Residence company Ingram Barge, he found his company program, held in April at Chase. The program at the center of a well-publicized legal battle annually invites accomplished practitioners to over whether one of Ingram’s barges had share with students, faculty, and alumni their caused the flooding of New Orleans’ Lower experiences and insights about the realities of 9th Ward during Hurricane Katrina. transactional law practice. In the midst of the 2005 hurricane, the In addition to speaking about Katrina and barge got loose from its moorings at the its aftermath, Mecklenborg shared more of facility where it was being kept in New his legal experiences through a presentation Nate Arnett, president of the Transactional Law Orleans. When it ended up among the homes for students on “Exploring the Role of CLO Practice Group, presents Dan Mecklenborg with a in the Lower 9th Ward, some residents in a Privately Held Company” and a student commemorative plaque. accused it of having caused the break in the workshop titled “Ask the Chief Legal Officer.” floodwall. Forbes called the 200-foot barge “a Mecklenborg’s presentations to students on powerful symbol of Katrina’s destruction.” “Critical Skills for Effective Transactional Law “I was honored to be asked to come back to “It became a significant focal point,” Practice” and as the guest lecturer in a contract Chase,” Mecklenborg said. “The Transactional Mecklenborg said. “The barge was drafting class on “Transaction Overview: Buying Law Practice Center and the other centers photographed, and it appeared on the cover of or Selling a Business” related directly to his certainly seem to be great initiatives that a number of books.” years of experience in corporate law, including are consistent with the Chase heritage as With Mecklenborg in charge of the legal governance and compliance, mergers and providing a very practical, results-driven legal and claims department, Ingram was able to acquisitions, employment and labor law, and education,” he said. defend itself against the claims that arose negotiating and drafting business agreements.

Daniel P. Mecklenborg ’81 is senior vice president, human resources, chief legal officer and secretary of Ingram Barge Company in Nashville, Tenn. Ingram is the largest barge transportation company in the country with more than 140 towboats, 4,000 barges, and 2,300 employees. Mecklenborg joined Ingram in 1996 as vice president, general counsel, and secretary. He was promoted to senior vice president, human resources, chief legal officer, and secretary in 2002. Prior to joining Ingram, he served as associate general counsel of The Ohio River Company, a Cincinnati-based barge transportation company that he joined as staff counsel in 1981. He has been actively involved in civic and professional organizations throughout his career. In 2003 he completed a four-year term as a member and then chairman of the Inland Waterways Users Board. He currently serves as immediate past chairman of Waterways Council, Inc., and as a member of the board of the Tennessee Infrastructure Alliance, through which he is active in working to maintain and modernize the nation’s inland navigation system and other facets of our transportation infrastructure. In 2010, Mecklenborg was named a trustee of the Great Rivers Partnership, which since 2005 has worked to promote the sustainable development of great rivers on four continents. A native of Cincinnati, he received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Dayton in 1977 and his Juris Doctor from Chase College of Law in 1981. He is licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Ohio.

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Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III Then President-Elect of the American Bar Association

m. T. (Bill) Robinson III received the honorary degree of Doctor W of Laws and delivered the keynote address at the Chase College of Law’s commencement ceremony on May 8th. An accomplished lawyer and leader in the legal, business, civic and nonprofit fields, Robinson is Member-in-Charge of the Northern Kentucky office of Frost Brown Todd LLC. For almost forty years, the primary focus of his law practice has been civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels, with extensive experience in commercial litigation, class actions, product liability defense, environmental litigation, and medical malpractice defense. At the time of the commencement, Robinson was serving as President-Elect of the American Bar Association. In August, he became the 135th President of the ABA, only the third person from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to serve in that office. A member of the ABA since 1972, he has served for seven years on the ABA Board of Governors and twenty-five years in the ABA House of President James Votruba, Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III and Dean Dennis Honabach. Delegates. Robinson has been extraordinarily Committee; the Continuing Legal Education Bar Association; President of the National supportive of Chase College of Law and Advisory Board; and as a charter member Caucus of State Bar Associations; President Northern Kentucky University for more than and first Chair of the Visiting Committee. of the Kentucky Bar Foundation; founding thirty years. He has served on the Adjunct Robinson was Chair of the 1982 Dedication Chair of the IOLTA Fund of Kentucky; and Faculty (teaching at Chase College of Law for of Nunn Hall after its renovation to house Charter Board Member of the Lawyers Mutual nine years); the 1986 and 1993 Dean Search the College of Law. He was also co-founder Insurance Company of Kentucky. He has also Committees; the Placement Advisory Board; and first President of the Salmon P. Chase served on the boards of dozens of civic and the Benefactors Club; the Law School Fund American Inn of Court. In the mid-1980s, charitable organizations and has received Robinson testified in support of Chase College many honors and awards for his community of Law before the Blue Ribbon Committee of service. the Kentucky Council on Higher Education. “Mr. Robinson is an excellent role model for He worked diligently to assure that Chase Chase College of Law graduates – a successful College of Law would continue to serve practicing attorney and a bar and community the legal profession, the university and the leader who has applied his legal expertise community. He received Chase College of both to the practice of law and to other Law’s Distinguished Service Award in 1987 endeavors,” said Dean Dennis Honabach. and its inaugural Honorary Alumnus Award “His successes in leadership at the local, in 2010. state and national level exemplify our vision of In addition to serving on more than enhancing our skill-based legal education at fifty ABA, state and local bar association Chase,” Honabach said. boards and committees, Robinson has held numerous leadership positions in the legal profession including President of the Kentucky

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Chase Welcomes Talented New Faculty Members

ERIC ALDEN joins the Chase faculty as JON M. GARON joins the Chase faculty as assistant professor of law, having come from professor of law and director of the NKU Chase Palo Alto, Calif., where he was a corporate and Law & Informatics Institute. He is an attorney securities partner at Mayer Brown LLP. He has and professor of informatics, entertainment, broad securities regulatory and transactional intellectual property and business law. (See experience, including public company page 10 for additional information about his disclosure counseling; corporate governance; role as founding director of the Law & public and private offerings of equity, debt, and hybrid securities; Informatics Institute.) Garon emphasizes the importance of an mergers and acquisitions; the formation of private investment funds; interdisciplinary approach to informatics, combining practical and the representation of banks and hedge funds in their solutions with in-depth theoretical inquiry. Through the Institute he interactions with the public markets, with an overall emphasis on researches in the fields of intellectual property law, privacy law, technical securities law and SEC compliance matters. He has also business law, and international law, exploring the regulation and taught corporate governance at the University of California Berkeley utilization of information – including its creation, acquisition, School of Law, and in fall 2010, Alden joined the Berkeley Center for aggregation, security, manipulation and exploitation. Law, Business and the Economy as a research fellow in securities Garon has written numerous books and articles, including The regulation and corporate governance. Independent Filmmaker’s Law & Business Guide to Financing, Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Alden spent a year as an attorney Shooting, and Distributing Independent and Digital Films (A Cappella fellow at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, Books, 2d Ed. 2009); Own It – The Law & Business Guide to D.C., in the Division of Corporation Finance, Office of Chief Launching a New Business Through Innovation, Exclusivity and Counsel. In that capacity, he oversaw and administered for the 2006 Relevance (Carolina Academic Press 2007); and Entertainment Law & proxy season the agency’s shareholder proposal program, the central Practice (Carolina Academic Press 2005) (supplement 2010). His battleground of recent corporate governance disputes between recent book chapters include “Copyright, Trademark, Trade Secret institutional shareholders and public company boards of directors. and Publicity Rights Concerns in Emerging Legal Issues in RFID Alden has a B.A. in economics from Harvard College, a and Other Contactless Data Exchange Systems: What Lawyers Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Should Know,” “Google, Fairness and the Battle of the Books in The de Paris (Sciences Po), a Magister Artium (M.A.) from the Freie 2010 IP Book,” and “Localism as a Production Imperative: An Universität Berlin, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Alternative Framework to For Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage in Bits without Borders.” His article, “Content, Control and the Socially Networked Film” has been republished as a book URSULA TRACY DOYLE joins Chase as a visiting chapter in the 2011 Entertainment Media Handbook. assistant professor of law. This fall she is In addition to service on national committees for various ABA teaching Torts I and International Law. Next sections, Garon has recently been appointed as director of the spring she will teach Torts II and Mass Torts/ Minnesota Film and Television Board. He is licensed to practice law Complex Litigation. As a member of the Howard in California, New Hampshire and Minnesota. University School of Law faculty, she taught Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing and Legal Writing. Prior to joining Howard University, she practiced law AMY HALBROOK is joining the Chase faculty in the areas of mass tort, individual personal injury, and commercial as assistant professor of law and director of the litigation. She was a law clerk to the Honorable Theodore McKee of NKU Chase Children’s Law Clinic. She received the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, Pa. her J.D. from Northwestern University School Doyle has significant prior teaching experience as an English of Law and her B.A. from the University of instructor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., University of California at Berkeley. She has practiced in Alabama in Huntsville, Ala., University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, many areas of child and family law and is Ala., and Samford University, in Birmingham, Ala. She also has committed to helping students become practice-ready attorneys who experience as an adjunct professor of legal writing at Birmingham are confident in their litigation abilities. School of Law in Birmingham, Ala. Prior to law school, Halbrook was the director of youth She is a graduate of Cornell University (A.B., English) in development for the Donald P. McCullum Youth Court, a juvenile Ithaca, N.Y., Columbia University (M.A., English) in New York diversion program in Oakland, Calif. As a clinic student at City, N.Y., and Indiana University-Bloomington School of Law in Northwestern, she represented clients in delinquency matters and Bloomington, Ind. advocated against the juvenile death penalty. Upon graduation, she She is a member of the bars of Alabama, Mississippi, and was a litigation associate in a large Chicago law firm where she did New Jersey. extensive pro bono work on family, school, and civil rights matters.

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In 2008, she was hired as a clinical teaching fellow in the Loyola Birmingham, Alabama law firm. He has also taught economic University Chicago Civitas ChildLaw Clinic where she co-taught the policy on the doctoral level. In addition to teaching, he has served ChildLaw Clinic course and supervised students in child protection, as the dean and associate dean at three different law schools – two high-conflict custody, delinquency, and school matters. Upon of which he was instrumental in leading to ABA and AALS completion of her Loyola fellowship, she joined the Northwestern approval. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and University School of Law Bluhm Legal Clinic where she, together political science from Mississippi State University and J.D. and with senior law students, did post-dispositional work on behalf of LL.M degrees from the University of Mississippi. He is a prolific clients who were adjudicated delinquent for sex offenses as juveniles. author on water right issues and has been the recipient of two Halbrook’s interests include positive youth development, major U.S. government research grants funded through the balanced and restorative justice, community-based alternatives to National Water Resources Research Institute and has helped write incarceration of children, improving conditions of confinement for Alabama’s conservation and natural resource laws. Putt has two children, and challenging the disproportionate presence of children works in progress directly related to water resources policy and of color in juvenile courts. legislation. He is also the recipient of five different awards for teaching excellence, service, and scholarship. Putt teaches Remedies Corporations, Will and Trusts and Family Law. JACK B. HARRISON joins the Chase faculty as assistant professor of law. Prior to beginning his academic career, Harrison spent almost DAVID A. SINGLETON joins the Chase faculty twenty years as a practicing litigator and trial as assistant professor after serving as a visiting attorney, repeatedly being identified in Best professor since 2007. Lawyers in America. Throughout his practice, He has served as executive director of the Harrison represented clients in the areas of Ohio Justice and Policy Center, a nonpartisan, product liability defense, employment defense in class actions and nonprofit, public-interest law office in collective actions alleging violations of Title VII and the Equal Pay Cincinnati, since 2002. The center advocates Act, administrative and regulatory proceedings, and appellate for productive, statewide reform of the criminal justice system. litigation. Harrison was a partner at Frost Brown Todd through During his time with Chase, he has also supervised the 2009, where he was the first openly gay person elected partner at a Constitutional Litigation Clinic, which he founded to allow law large Cincinnati law firm. He then moved his active litigation students to represent the OJPC’S clients in federal and state court practice to Cors & Bassett. litigation. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year he will teach Harrison has always been active in bar organizations throughout complex problem solving; contemporary issues in criminal justice; his career, including service on the Board of Trustees, the and facts, and storytelling and persuasion, in addition to running Admissions Committee, and the Fee Dispute Committee for the the clinic. Cincinnati Bar Association. He was appointed by Chief Judge Susan Singleton received his A.B. in public policy and economics from Dlott to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Duke University and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Ohio Admissions Committee. Beyond the legal community, he has Upon graduation from law school, Singleton received a Skadden served on Boards of Directors for The Point Foundation, the Fellowship to work as staff attorney at the Legal Action Center for Cincinnati Opera, Caracole, and the National Gay and Lesbian Law the Homeless in New York. Association. Singleton has served as a public defender with the Neighborhood Harrison currently teaches Civil Procedure and Trial Advocacy. Defender Service of Harlem and with the public defender service for He also serves as the coordinator for the Trial Competition teams at the District of Columbia. He also practiced at Thompson Hine in Chase. He has previously taught at the University of Dayton and the Cincinnati. University of Cincinnati, teaching litigation related courses, Civil He was selected by Harvard Law School as a Wasserstein Public Procedure, Complex Litigation, and Sexual Orientation and the Law. Interest Fellow, and he has received many other awards, including the McCrackin Emerging Leader Award and the Canary Award, which was presented by U.S. senator Sherrod Brown in recognition LARRY PUTT joined Chase as a visiting of cutting-edge social or economic justice work. professor of law in 2010, and has agreed to stay for the 2011-2012 academic year. Putt brings to Chase a distinguished career of tenured faculty experience, law school administration, and private practice experience as the managing partner of a

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Professors David Elder and Lowell Schechter Retire

David A. Elder For 31 years, Professor David Elder has been inspiring classes of future attorneys at Chase College of Law. In that time he has published multiple books and articles and has been extensively cited by courts and scholars alike. He is widely held as an expert in tort law, and he has been involved in groundbreaking litigation on media liability issues. But despite all of the recognition he has received and publications he has written, Elder’s most lasting legacy at Chase is the long history of students who owe the success of their legal careers to the guidance and engaging classes Elder provided – classes that proved to be most Chase students’ introduction to law school. There is a reason Elder is beloved by his students – so much so that students selected him to be the subject of the first in a series of Chase professor bobblehead figures, in addition to presenting him with the Robert O. Lukowski Outstanding Professor Award at the 2011 commencement. His passion for the subjects he taught and his concern for the students’ understanding of them were clear, and his presence in Nunn Hall will surely be missed. Elder was named regents professor of law in 1997. He taught torts and a constitutional law/media liability seminar in addition to serving as co-advisor to the Northern Kentucky Law Review. His seven books and numerous articles focus primarily on the law of defamation and privacy, with particular emphasis on their intersection with First Amendment freedom of expression. He has written two treatises published by Thompson/West/Reuters and supplemented annually: Defamation: A Lawyer’s Guide (2003) and Privacy Torts (2002), and a leading torts casebook has 12 citations to his work. Some of his major litigation work includes plaintiff victories in media tortious newsgathering and “hidden camera” cases before the California Supreme Court, Sanders v. American Broadcasting Company and Shulman v. Group W Productions. He was also quoted by The Wall Street Journal in an article dealing with electronic surveillance of vacation homes. Before coming to Chase, Elder taught at Oklahoma City University School of Law and the U.S. Naval Academy (while on active duty in the Navy J.A.G. Corps). He received his B.A. from Bellarmine College, his J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law, and his LLM from Columbia University. He has three daughters – Ellen, Maeve, and Claire – and is married to Monica R. Bohlen, who practices law in Ohio and Kentucky.

Lowell Schechter It was the incredibly positive impression Professor Lowell Schechter made on the faculty and students at Chase during his one-year visiting professor appointment in 1981 that resulted in his position at Chase as professor of law, which he held until his retirement. In his time at the College of Law, he has transformed the school by increasing its connections to organizations that serve some of the neediest members of society. In addition to securing funding for the Chase Public Interest Group and helping create the Children’s Law Center, he collaborated with the center and with NKU’s Department of Social Work to create a program to aid homeless children in the Northern Kentucky area. He has also served on the board of directors for the Children’s Law Center. Schechter taught family law, juvenile law, constitutional law, international law and conflict of laws at Chase, and he has written a number of articles in the areas of family and international law. He served as associate dean for student affairs from 1985-92 and 1995-2001. Prior to coming to Chase, Schechter spent three years teaching law at the University of Sheffield in England, one year serving as a visiting professor at Duquesne University School of Law, and seven years teaching at Vermont Law School. He received his B.A. from New York University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and he did postgraduate work at the University of Oxford. He and his wife, Judy, have two children, Rhonda ’09 and Stuart.

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NKU Chase Establishes Children’s Law Clinic

The College of Law has established the Clinic students will receive specialized NKU Chase Children’s Law Clinic, a instruction and training in child and family law partnership between the law school and the and advocacy, with a focus on abuse and Children’s Law Center in Covington, Kentucky. neglect, family law, juvenile justice, education, The Clinic is the brainchild of alumna Kim professional responsibility and advocacy Brooks Tandy ’89, Director of the Children’s techniques. Under close supervision, students Law Center, and Professor Emeritus Lowell will then provide high-quality legal Schechter. The Clinic will be housed in the representation to child clients in child Lowell Schechter Student Learning Center, a protection, high-conflict custody, school, and newly-renovated and fully-equipped 3000+ other matters. In addition to their litigation Professor Amy Halbrook and Director Kim Brooks feet clinic space on the third floor of the duties, students may participate in research, Tandy ’89 at the Childrens Law Center Children’s Law Center. policy development and community education Professor Amy Halbrook will direct the related to children’s issues. focus on the unique practical and ethical Clinic. Professor Halbrook joins the law “The intensive level of instruction and challenges related to representing children. In school after completing clinical teaching experiential learning these students will addition, it will respond to unmet legal needs fellowships in the Children and Family Justice receive is a welcome addition to our student and improve the quality of legal representation Center at Northwestern University School of opportunities here, “ Kim Tandy noted. “We’re to children and teens. Law and the Loyola University Chicago Civitas thrilled that Amy will be joining our team and This fall, Professor Halbrook and three Child Law Clinic. “I hope to empower Chase look forward to how the Clinic will enhance Chase students are working together to plan students to become compassionate, our work.” The Clinic will equip the students and develop every aspect of the Clinic. The dedicated lawyers for children and youth,” with the knowledge and skills they will use Clinic will enroll eight students per semester says Halbrook. throughout their professional careers, with a and will begin accepting clients in January.

Schechter Receives Inaugural Faculty Public Service Award

Just as Chase College of Law believes “Professor Schechter did more than just in instilling in students a commitment to champion public interest law values at the providing pro bono legal services, the College law school. He also inspired those around also values its professors who serve as him, whether colleagues or students, to get role models in volunteering their time and similarly involved.” services to make the community a better Schechter was instrumental in place. To recognize law-related public service administering IOLTA funding for the law to the community, the Chase faculty created school’s public interest projects, creating the the NKU Chase Public Service Award last year Chase Public Interest Group, and helping to to be given annually at commencement. The establish and administer the Children’s Law inaugural award was presented to Professor Center. Throughout its years of operation, he Lowell Schechter. served as a member of the Center’s Board, “When anyone at Chase College of Law secured grants and guided many fundraising thinks of public interest law and public initiatives for the Center. In the past year, his interest service and outreach, the name that leadership resulted in the Chase faculty’s Professor Lowell Schechter receives the Public immediately comes to mind is that of Lowell approval of a hybrid legal clinic to be operated Service Award from Dean Dennis Honabach. Schechter,” says Professor Ljubomir Nacev. jointly by the Children’s Law Center and Chase.

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Recent Faculty Scholarship

Ri c h a r d Ba l e s Animalfeeds International, 11 PEPPERDINE DISP. RESOL. J. 275 The U.S. Employment Law Perspective on Protecting (2011) (with Diana Link). Research and Development, chapter in MARILYN PITARD ET AL., PROTECTING RESEARCH AND Interpreting NLRB v. Burns Int’l Sec. Servs., Inc.: The Not So DEVELOPMENT (Edward Elgar Pty Ltd, forthcoming “Perfectly Clear Successor” Exception, 7 SETON HALL CIRCUIT 2012). REV. 1 (2010) (with Andrew Willis).

How Congress Can Make a More Equitable Education for Americans with Disabilities: Reconciling IDEA with the Federal Arbitration Act, chapter in THOMAS E. 2008 ADA Amendments, 37 N. KY. L. REV. 389 (2010) (with Kathryn CARBONNEAU & ANGELICA M. SINOPOLE, M. Smith). BUILDING THE CIVILIZATION OF ARBITRATION (co-authored) (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill 2010). The Federal Arbitration Act Needs a Due Process Protocol, 29 BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES POLICY REPORT 9 (July ARBITRATION LAW (co-authored) (Foundation Press 2010) (with Michelle Eviston). 2009). Narrowing Successorship: The Alter Ego Doctrine and the Role of Intent, LABOR LAW: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN A 8 DEPAUL BUS. & COM. L.J. 151 (2010) (with Andrew Willis). FREE SOCIETY (co-authored) (West 2009). The Validity of the Two-Member NLRB, 6 SETON HALL CIRCUIT A Data-Driven Snapshot of Labor and Employment Law REV. 261 (2010) (with Kelli Kleisinger). Professors, 56 ST. LOUIS U. L. J. ___ (forthcoming 2011). The Positive Impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study on the South Pacific and Lessons from the Defining Independent Contractor Protection Under U.S. Experience, 37 N. Ky. L. Rev. 363 (2010) (with Paul Harper). the Rehabilitation Act, __ HAMLINE L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2011) (with Lindsay Mongenas). Plus at Pretext: Resolving the Split Regarding the Sufficiency of Temporal Proximity Evidence in Title VII Retaliation Cases, 44 GONZ. L. REV. Elections, Neutrality Agreements, and Card Checks: The 493 (2009) (with Troy B. Daniels). Failure of the Political Model of Industrial Democracy, __ INDIANA L.J. ___ (forthcoming spring 2011) (with Commentary on Proposed ALR Restatement on Employment Law, James Moore). Chapter 4 - The Tort of Wrongful Discipline in Violation of Public Policy, 13 EMP. RTS. & EMP. POL’Y J. 159 (2009) (co-authored). An Analysis of an Order to Compel Arbitration: To Dismiss or Stay?, __ PENN ST. L. REV. ___ (2011) (with Melanie How Congress Can Make a More Equitable Federal Arbitration Act, 113 Goff). PENN. ST. L. REV. 1081 (2009) (with Sue Irion).

A “Plausible” Defense: Applying Twombly and Iqbal to Disability Claims for Alcohol-Related Misconduct, 82 ST. JOHN’S L. Affirmative Defenses,34 AM. J. TRIAL ADVOC. ___ REV. 699 (2008) (with L. Dustin Riddle). (2011) (with Melanie Goff). Federal Question Jurisdiction and the Federal Arbitration Act, 80 Capping the Costs of Consumer and Employment COLO. L. REV 89 (2009) (with Jamie Ireland). Arbitration, __ TOLEDO L. REV. ___ (forthcoming 2011) (with Michelle Eviston). Naming a Defendant in an ERISA Action, 9 TRANSACTIONS: TENN. J. BUS. L. 317 (2008) (with Candace Budy). Much Ado About Nothing: The Future of Manifest Disregard After Hall Street, 62 S. CAROLINA L. REV. Explaining the Spread of At-Will Employment as an Inter-Jurisdictional 407 (2010) (with MyLinda Sims). Race-to-the-Bottom in Employment Standards, 75 TENN. L. REV. 3 (2008). Waiving Rights Goodbye: Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements After Stolt-Nielsen v. Transgender Employment Discrimination, 17 UCLA WOMEN’S L.J. 243 (2008) (with Katie Koch).

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Ri c h a r d Ba l e s c o n t i n u e d Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Its FLOOR PLANNING, RETAIL FINANCING & Prohibition of Employment Discrimination, 28 N. ILL. U. LEASING IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY L. REV. 183 (2008) (with Jamie Ireland). (Thompson West 2004) (2009-2011 pocket parts).

Employment Discrimination Under Title II of the Secession and the Civil War, ABA J. Apr. 2011. at 42. Americans with Disabilities Act, 33 ADMINISTRATIVE & REGULATORY L. NEWS 12 (2008) (with Jamie Abraham Lincoln and the Panics, For the People Ireland). (published by Abraham Lincoln Association), Spring, 2011. Disability Claims for Alcohol-Related Misconduct, 82 ST. JOHN’S L. REV. 699 (2008) (with L. Dustin Riddle). Eloquence in One Draft [on Abraham Lincoln], A.B.A.J., Feb. 2009, at 40. Naming a Defendant in an ERISA Action, 9 TRANSACTIONS: TENNESSEE J. BUS. L. 317 (2008) Lincoln’s Ethics, 36 N. KY. L. REV. 211 (2009). CIRCUIT (with Candace Budy). REV.

Compulsory Arbitration as Part of a Broader Employment More Than a Politician, Lincoln was [a] Fascinating Dispute Resolution Process: The Anheuser-Busch Example, Lawyer, CBA REP., Feb. 2009, at 5. 26 HOFSTRA LAB. & EMP. L.J. 1 (2008) (with Jason N.W. Plowman). An t h o n y Ch a v e z The Red and Blue Golden State: Why California’s An EFCA Primer, LEX LOCI, June 2009, at 5. Proposition 11 Will Not Produce More Competitive Elections, 14 CHAP. L. REV. 311 (2011). Do n n a Be n n e t t Condominium Homeownership: A Selected Annotated Prop. 11 Won’t Solve California’s Problem of Partisanship, Bibliography of Legal Sources, 103 LAW LIB. J. 249 SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS (Oct. 21, 2008). (2011). Da v i d El d e r Jo h n Bi c k e r s PRIVACY TORTS (Thompson West 2002) (2008 Too Little, Too Late? Why President Obama’s Well- Supplement & 2009 Supplement). Intentioned Reforms of the Military Commissions May Not Be Enough to Save Them, 31 WHITTIER L. REV. 381 DEFAMATION: A LAWYER’S GUIDE (Thompson (2010). West 2003) (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Supplements).

Of Non-Horses, Quantum Mechanics, and the A LAWYER’S GUIDE AND PRIVACY, TORTS Establishment Clause, 57 U. KANSAS L. REV. 371 SUPPLEMENT (Thompson West 2009). (2009). “Hostile Environment” Charges and the ABA/AALS Ro g e r Bi l l i n g s Accreditation Membership Imbroglio, Post-Modernism’s LAWYER LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS AND “No Country for Old Men”: Why Defamed Law Professors WASHINGTON (co-edited) (University Press of Should “Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” 6 Kentucky 2010 publication). Three of the twelve RUTGERS J. L. & PUB. POL’Y 434-622 (2009). chapters are by Billings: “A.Lincoln, Debtor-Creditor Lawyer”, “Lincoln and Mortgage Law”, and “Lincoln’s A Libel Law Analysis of Media Abuses in Reporting on the Legal Ethics: The Client Correspondence”. Duke Lacrosse Fabricated Rape Charges, 11 VAND. J. ENT. & TECH. L.J. 99-180 (2008). HANDLING AUTOMOBILE WARRANTY AND REPOSSESSION CASES, Second Edition (Thompson West 2003) (2009-2011 pocket parts). Updates 2009 & 2010.

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Recent Faculty Scholarship

Ca r o l Fu r n i s h Follow the Money! What Are You Spending on Research Carol Furnish & Issac Burkhart, Steps in Developing a Sources? Part III: Teaching Old Resources to do New Kentucky Legislative History, LEX LOCI, Oct. 2009, at Tricks, LEX LOCI Oct. 2010 (co-authored with Shannon 22. Kemen).

The Kentucky Building Code: A History and Research Kentucky Legal Research – Primary and Secondary Guide, LEX LOCI, Aug. 2009, at 4. Authority (CALI Lesson, Spring 2010)(co-authored with Michael Whiteman). Google Scholar in a Nutshell, LEX LOCI, Oct. 2008, at 16. Executive Summary & Kentucky Authentication Report, American Association of Law Libraries 2009-10 Can I See your License?, CBA REP., June 2008, at 11. Updates to State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources, available at http://www.aallnet. Career Development Services at Chase, LEX LOCI, June org/committee/ELIAC/Authenticationreportupdates/2 2008, at 15. 009AALLAuthenticationReportUpdates.pdf

Ch r i s t o p h e r Gu l i n e l l o Helpful Smartphone Applications for Legal Professionals, The Retail-Investor Vote: Mobilizing Rationally Apathetic CBA Rep. May 2010, at 12-13. Shareholders to Preserve or Challenge the Board’s Presumption of Authority, 2010 UTAH L. REV. 547 Helpful Resources for Handling a Domestic Relations Case, (2010). CBA REP. Jan. 2009, at 15.

The Mandatory Disclosure of State Corporate Law, 86 Administrative Law Assignment for Advanced Legal NEB. L. REV. 795 (2008). Research [with Answers], AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES: RIPS-SIS 17th National Legal De n n i s Ho n a b a c h Research TeachIn (2009). D & O LIABILITY HANDBOOK (co-authored) (West Group 2009). Should You Use it? Tips on Authenticating Online Legal Sources, CBA REP. July 2009, at 15. PROXY RULES HANDBOOK (co-authored) (West Group 2008-09). Why Re-invent the Wheel? Utilize Appellate Court Briefs Responding to “Educating Lawyers”: An Heretical Essay in Databases, LEX LOCI Jan./Feb. 2008, at 6. Support of Abolishing Teaching Evaluations, 39 U. TOL. L. REV. 311 (2008). Online Legal Collaboration: Using Ohio Blawgs, CBA REP. May 2008, at 19. Em i l y Ja n o s k i -Ha e h l e n The Courts are All A’Twitter’: The Implications of Going Beyond Google: Researching News Online, CBA Social Media Use in the Courts, 46 VAL. U. L. REV. REP. Aug. 2008, at 12. (forthcoming Fall 2011). Je n n i f e r Jo l l y -Ry a n Low Cost Alternatives for Legal Research: Using Casemaker The Last Taboo: Breaking Law Students with Mental and Loislaw, LEX LOCI Apr. 2011, at 4-5. Illnesses Out of the Stigma Straightjacket, 79 UMKC L. REV. 123 (2010). Cost of Legal Research (CALI Lesson, Spring 2011). Building a Rock Foundation: Using Cases to Support A Guide to ‘Real World’ Legal Research, Kentucky Bar Arguments, 73 KY. BENCH & BAR 30 (2009). Association, New Lawyers Training Handbook (Jan. 2011), at 71. Promoting Mental Health in Law School: What Law Schools Can Do For Law Students to Help Them Become Netbook on Your Wish List, CBA Rep. Dec. 2010, at 20. Happy, Mentally Healthy Lawyers, 48 U. LOUISVILLE L. REV. 95 (2009).

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Ke n n e t h Ka t k i n Tribute to The Honorable Barefoot Sanders: Wisdom and Love of Life, The Global Broadband Satellite Infrastructure Initiative, 60 SMU L. REV. 1705 (2009) (In Memoriam Issue). 48 U. LOUISVILLE L. REV. 977 (2010). Essay upon Reading War and Cultural Heritage: An Analysis of the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Je n n i f e r Kr e d e r Armed Conflict and Its Two Protocols by Kevin Chamberlain,14 MEDIA Chapter 1: Cultural Property, Law, and Ethics, AND ARTS LAW REVIEW 383 (2009) (University of Melbourne, YEARBOOK OF CULTURAL PROPERTY LAW (Sherry Australia). Hutt, ed., Left Coast Press 2009). E-Discovery: Navigating the Changing Ethical and Practical Executive Weapons to Combat Infection of the Art Market, Expectations: Introduction, 36 N. KY. L. REV. 445 (2009) 88 WASH. U. L. REV. 1353 (2011). (Symposium Issue) (with Bryce C. Rhoades).

How U.S. Executive Policy Fully Supports Restitution of The Holocaust, Museum Ethics, and Legalism, 18 SO. CAL. REV. L. & Nazi-looted Art, 105 NW. U. L. REV. COLLOQUY 315 SOC. JUST. 1 (2008), reprinted 13 ART ANTIQUITY AND LAW 243 (2011). (2008) (peer-reviewed, Institute of Art and Law, United Kingdom).

Guarding the Historical Record from the Nazi-looted Art Reconciling Individual and Group Justice with the Need for Repose in Litigation Tumbling Toward the Supreme Court, 159 U. Nazi-Looted Art Disputes: Creation of an International Tribunal, 13 PA. L. REV. PENNUMBRA 253 (2011). ART, ANTIQUITY AND LAW 243 (2008) (UK).

Protecting Property Rights and Unleashing Capital in Coast-to-Coast Developments in Nazi-looted Art Litigation, LEX LOCI Art, 2011 UTAH L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2011) (with Feb. 2011, at 10. Benjamin A. Bauer). Just the Facts Ma’am: SCOTUS Ups the Ante Fifty Years After Conley, Museums in the Crosshairs: Unintended Consequences of LEX LOCI Aug. 2009, at 14 (with Benjamin A. Bauer). the War on Terror, 10 WASH. U. GLOBAL STUDIES L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2011) (with Kimberly DeGraaf). U.S. Declaratory Judgment Actions Concerning Nazi-Looted Art, 4 KUNSTRECHTSSPIEGEL (Apr. 2008), at 181 (University of Understanding Guatemala’s Cultural Heritage: Extending Heidelberg, Germany). Protection to Colonial Art in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Guatemala, Legal and Ethical Problems in Art Restitution, ABA Section of 21 DUKE J. COMP. & INT’L L. 321 (2011) (with Xavier International Law Spring 2008 Meeting, New York, N.Y. (2008) Beteta). (CLE Materials co-authored).

An Evolution in Legal Ethics at the Crossroads of Litigation Nazi Looted Art in the Second Circuit: New Developments, ABA and Finance: Paying Interest on a Plaintiff’s Day in Court, SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, ART & CULTURAL 37 N. KY. L. REV. __ (forthcoming 2011). HERITAGE LAW COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER, Apr. 2009, at 16 (co-authored). The Revolution in U.S. Museums Concerning the Ethics of Acquiring Antiquities, 64 MIAMI L. REV. 997 (2009). Developments in Museum Acquisition Ethics, ABA SECTION OF The New Battleground of Museum Ethics and Holocaust INTERNATIONAL LAW, ART & CULTURAL HERITAGE LAW Era Claims: Technicalities Trumping Justice or Responsible COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER, Dec. 2008, at 19. Stewardship for the Public Trust?, 88 OR. L. REV. 37 (2009). Declaratory Judgment Actions in Nazi-Looted Art Disputes, ABA SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, ART & CULTURAL Review of Margaret M. Miles, Art as Plunder: The Ancient HERITAGE LAW COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER, Aug. 2008, at 14. Origins of Debate about Cultural Property (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 50 AM. J. LEGAL HIST. 227 Behind Italy’s Recent Successes in Cultural Patrimony Recovery, (2009). ABA SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, ART & CULTURAL HERITAGE LAW COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER, Jan. 2008, at 2.

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Recent Faculty Scholarship

Je n n i f e r Kr e d e r c o n t i n u e d La w r e n c e Ro s e n t h a l Court Battles Continue on Technical Defenses in Bakalar Title VII’s Unintended Beneficiaries: How Some White and Grosz, ASIL Cultural Heritage and the Arts Rev., Supremacist Groups Can Use Title VII to Protect Dec. 2010, at 38. Themselves from Religion-based Discrimination in the Workplace, __ TEMP. L. REV. __ (2012). Panel Report: Wrestling the Dead Hand of History: Perspectives on a Proposed State Department Commission Adding Insult to No Injury: The Denial of Attorney’s Fees on Nazi-looted Art, May 2010, at 6. to “Victorious” Employment Discrimination and Other Civil Rights Plaintiffs, 37 FLA. ST. L. REV. 49 (2009). Sh a r l e n e La s s i t e r CONTRACTS LAW IN A FLASH, Supplemental Reading Too Much Into What the Court Doesn’t Write: Materials for Instruction Aspen Publishers Complete How Some Federal Courts Have Limited Title VII’s update and revision, (Fall 2009). Participation Clause’s Protections After Clark County School District v. Breeden, 83 WASH. L. REV 345 (2008). Mi c h a e l Ma n n h e i m e r Not the Crime But the Cover-up: A Deterrence Based Ph i l l i p Sp a r k e s Rationale for the Premeditation-Deliberation Formula, 86 The Party Litigation Limitation in the Kentucky Open IND. L.J. 879 (2011). Records Act, LEX LOCI Oct. 2009, at 16.

Proportionality and Federalism: A Response to Professor Local Government Liability for Enforcing State Statutes, Stinneford, 97 VA. L. REV. IN BRIEF 51 (2011). LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW NEWS (NKU Chase Local Government Law Center, Highland Heights, Ky.), The Impact of Information Overload on the Capital Jury’s Spring 2009, at 1. Ability to Assess Aggravating and Mitigating Factors, 17 WM. & MARY BILL OF RIGHTS J. 1089 (2009) (co- Particularity in Open Records Requests: Commonwealth authored with Katie Morgan). v. Chestnut, LEX LOCI Apr. 2009, at 10.

Toward a Unified Theory of Testimonial Evidence Under ADA Amendments Act of 2008: Reinstating a Broad Scope the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, 80 TEMP. L. REV. 1135 of Protection, LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW NEWS (2007) (actually published 2009). (NKU Chase Local Government Law Center, Highland Heights, Ky.), Winter 2009, at 1. Ba rb a r a McFa r l a n d Techniques of Persuasion, 73 KY. BENCH & BAR 36 Duty of Local Government to Defend and Indemnify (Sept. 2009). Former Employees, LEX LOCI Dec. 2008, at 11.

Five Tips on Writing to a Judge, 72 KY. BENCH & BAR 31 Family and Medical Leave Act Amendments, LOCAL (Jan. 2008). GOVERNMENT LAW NEWS (NKU Chase Local Government Law Center, Highland Heights, Ky.), Ad r i e n n e No b l e Na c e v Winter 2008. at 1. A Collection of Epigrams – Some Mantras for Legal Writing, 72 KY. BENCH & BAR 16 (2008). He n r y L. St e p h e n s Todd S. Davis, BROWNFIELDS (3d ed. 2009). (Author Sh e rr y Po r t e r of Kentucky Chapter). NKU Chase Hosts First Business Boot Camp, 73 BENCH & BAR 42 (Sept. 2009) 42. Why Are Plaintiffs Taking So Long to Respond? A Quick Peek Into the Other Room, 1 OHIO ASSOCIATION OF Our Students Are Ready for Practice, LOUISVILLE BAR CIVIL TRIAL ATTORNEYS 17 (2008) (co-authored). BRIEFS (Sept. 2009), at 13. Jo h n Va l a u r i NKU Chase Transactional Law Practice Center is Up and Justice Rutledge’s Appendix, 47 CAL. W. L. REV. 91 Running! LEX LOCI Oct. 2008, at 14. (2010).

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Law Review Symposium to be presented October 22

As Time Goes By: Hermeneutics and Originalism, 10 NEV. L. J. 719 (2010) (Symposium Issue). The Legal Heritage of the

Mi c h a e l Wh i t e m a n Civil War Fortifying the Front Lines: Providing Legal Research Training to Public Librarians, AALL SPECTRUM Mar. BY PROFESSOR ROGER D. BILLINGS 2011, at 18. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the The Death of Twentieth-Century Authority, 58 UCLA L. Northern Kentucky Law Review will host its fall symposium REV DISC. 27 (2010) titled “The Legal Heritage of the Civil War” on October 22, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 in the NKU Student Union Ballroom. Kentucky Legal Research CALI Lesson, (2010) (co- The symposium is an opportunity to exchange ideas and explore authored with Emily Janoski-Haehlen). current legal issues that originate from the Civil War era. The Northern Kentucky Law Review invites you to attend this unique Law Library Management in the Twenty-First Century, symposium as the crossroads of history and modern law are chapter in HOW TO MANAGE A LAW SCHOOL explored. LIBRARY: LEADING LIBRARIANS ON UPDATING Many alumni many recall the Law Review’s fall 2008 RESOURCES, MANAGING BUDGETS, AND symposium on the legal career of Abraham Lincoln. See 36 N. MEETING EXPECTATIONS (Thomson/Aspatore KY. L. REV., 211-348 (2009). It was so successful that this second 2008). excursion into Civil War history is in order. The symposium only peripherally focuses on Lincoln. True, he signed the Pacific Law-Library-Palooza: Academics Connect with Their Railroad Act of 1862 (providing the legal basis for the first Colleagues in the High Rise World to Improve Legal transcontinental railroad); the Morrill Act of 1862 (Land-Grant Research Skills, AALL SPECTRUM, April 2008, at 7. Colleges); The Homestead Act of 1862 (after five years of cultivation a farmer could own a 160-acre farm); the 1862 act Ca r y l Yz e n b a a r d THE LAW OF TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES § 491-510 establishing the Department of Agriculture; the 1862 law by Bogert and Yzenbaard (West 2009) (Supplements creating a Commissioner of Internal Revenue; An 1861 Act of 2010, 2011). Congress ordering the issuance of currency (known as greenbacks, the first non-interest bearing U.S. notes); and the Annual Supplements, KENTUCKY INTESTACY, National Banking Act of 1863. Lincoln was occupied with the WILLS AND PROBATE (2010 Supplement war and left development of these acts to others, notably to our forthcoming). namesake, Salmon P. Chase, but he kept watch on their progress. Presidential scholar Dr. Roger Bridges and I will Annual Supplements, KENTUCKY INTESTACY, concentrate on these laws and their lingering influence on WILLS AND PROBATE (Thompson West 2004) American law. (2008 Supplement & 2009 Supplement). The Honorable Frank Williams, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court (ret.) will address the military trial of the conspirators who assassinated Lincoln and similarities to the trials conducted against Guantanamo internees. Professor Burrus Carnahan, The George Washington University Law School, will discuss Lincoln’s General Order No. 100, called the “Lieber Code,” the inspiration for the present-day Geneva Conventions. A special guest speaker will be Colonel Michael Bumgarner who, as Commander of the Joint Detention Group at Guantanamo Bay, attempted to implement parts of the Geneva Conventions. The symposium is free of charge and applications have been submitted for 3 hours of CLE credit in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.

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“EXPLORING THE ECOLOGY OF LAW AND INFORMATICS” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15

Hot topic in legal informatics: UNDERSTANDING STUDENT PRIVACY

In recent years, managing student privacy has become an increasingly difficult balance between the rights of the students and the needs of educational institutions to protect the community and manage the activities on campus. The law begins with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Since 1974, this federal law has protected the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under any applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

Since the regulations provide schools “Sixty years ago, six young women programmed the world’s first all-electronic computer, the ENIAC. Their the ability to disclose information “to ballistics program used hundreds of wires and 3000 switches. The ENIAC Programmers created the first protect the health or safety of the sort routine, software application and instruction set, and classes in programming. Their work dramatically student or other individuals” schools altered computing in the 1940s and 1950s, and paved the path to the modern software industry.” ENIAC Programmers Project. Photo courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Archives. have the ability to disclose information when necessary. But often this is not Perry acknowledges that, in a field like law, “The Law and Informatics Institute,” he says, done. FERPA was made infamous when the shift to a world where everything is digi- “will help foster that familiarity among the confusion regarding the law slowed tal will be a slow process. “But,” he says, “it students and will enable those students who much-needed behavioral intervention of will happen.” wish to practice in this area an opportunity a Virginia Tech student who later went to begin to develop the proficiency to do so.” on a shooting rampage. Informatics and Meyer believes the knowledge students will Tomorrow’s Chase acquire through the institute is critical be- A presidential report studying the Graduates cause, while there are some laws that work incident stated that “it was almost Technology is affecting every facet of the just fine with technology, there are other universally observed that these fears law, and Chase alumni who see its effects laws that either don’t work so well or are not and misunderstandings likely limit every day recognize the need for the next yet in place. the transfer of information in more generation of Chase students to prepare for it. significant ways than is required by “It’s important to know how to find out all the law.” Unfortunately, it took the Virginia “Technology is not just for technology com- laws that might be implicated by the new Tech attack to make administrations technology,” Meyer says. “Students need to be panies,” Hartman says. “Every business that realize that they need to use the wants to compete in today’s market must use familiar with not only technology but also ex- exceptions to the law more fully. technology. As a result, every business law- isting legal issues around intellectual proper- yer should have some familiarity with the ty, publication issues, and advertising laws to Since then, schools have developed legal issues affecting technology – at least understand how they might be changed or emergency responses. enough to know when to ask for help from come into play in a whole different way.” someone proficient in the area.”

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“THE SOCIAL SIDE OF MEDIA INFORMATICS” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 to communicate with the public than by unlawful use of their proprietary using social media? publications, videos, logos, and any other information. What are Social Media? Social Media in the Courts But privacy is equally important Social media allow for instant electronic communication to large or small audiences How do social media affect the courts? among students. Sometimes labeled and keep users connected with no regard for Social media create a big challenge for cyberbullying, students often learn location or time. Even though there is no courts since a simple “tweet” (a post on private information about each static scientific definition of social media, Twitter consisting of no more than 140 other, and less often (but still social media sites usually have three defining characters) or “comment” can be posted, too frequently) they publicize this characteristics. The first characteristic is that copied, and republished around the world information to embarrass, harass or the majority of the content is user generated. within seconds. If said tweet, post, or tease their classmates. Last year, a Second, there is a high degree of comment relates to an ongoing case or trial, secreted computer video camera in participation or interaction among users. the availability of such information can cause a dorm room led to the outing of a And third, it easily integrates with other sites. serious complications for the courts. With gay Rutger’s student. The live video By definition, then, social media sites include the creation of smart phones, access to streaming of his sexual encounters blogs, social networking (such as Facebook social media applications has become and MySpace), social bookmarking (such as rampant because most jurors, lawyers, resulted in his suicide a few days later. Delicious, Reddit and Digg), news sharing judges, and other court personnel have cell Tyler Clementi’s death gave witness (such as Google+ and Yahoo! Buzz), and phones, personal computers, or tablets with to the pain such invasions of privacy photo- and video-sharing sites (such as the ability to text, tweet, or post at any time. can cause, but less extreme acts and Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums, Moreover, the unregulated access to social less extreme reactions occur far too Vimeo and YouTube). media in the courts can cause ethical frequently. problems for judges as well as lawyers. This There are benefits and drawbacks to every unregulated access is why the judiciary and An even more bizarre invasion of new technology, and social media are no state bar associations have begun privacy occurred when a Pennsylvania exception. The biggest benefits of social scrutinizing how members of the legal school spied on students using media are speed and access. Today’s profession use social media tools. software delivered to the homes. Internet users want information quickly and A lawyer understands that communication often do not care how the information is dealing with a case made outside the Allegedly to control misconduct by obtained as long as they have access to it. courtroom is strictly prohibited under the students, the school secretly installed Social media sites allow users to access rules of professional conduct, but jurors are remote webcam software to monitor information fast and communicate about not held to the same standards. Whenever a student’s activity. The practice was that information instantly. The biggest juror tweets, posts, or blogs about case discontinued shortly after it came to drawback to social media is personal information on the Internet, there is no the public’s attention and lawsuits information overload. Social media users standard, other than perhaps the court rules were filed. post their daily activities, “check in” at or judicial guidelines, for monitoring or various locations, update their status punishing this conduct. If this juror Privacy is a human right and essential constantly and post personal photographs of misconduct begins to affect the trial process to human dignity, self-worth, and a vacations, new homes, new children, and a person’s right to trial by an impartial functioning society. While it may have weddings, etc. Once this information is jury, the possibilities of mistrials, motions to available on a social media site, if the user is dismiss, and motions for new trials could no economic value, it has a profound not careful with site privacy settings, the become endless. value to society. FERPA and other laws information could be accessed and protect these rights, but they can only redistributed by anyone with a computer and Take, for example, the added time the court manage broad uses and misuse. an Internet connection. Social media users in United States v. Fumo, 639 F.Supp.2d 544 also post proprietary information not (E.D. Pa. 2009) was required to use in otherwise available in electronic format with deciding whether or not a juror’s conduct on no regard for copyright laws. Businesses and Facebook and Twitter constituted grounds publishers must then closely monitor sites for removal of the juror and then whether like YouTube, Facebook and blogs for refusing to remove the juror constituted

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opinion or public reprimand. For example, in Florida, the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee and the Supreme Court have issued advisory opinions stating that a judge’s conduct on a social media site does affect the judicial system and is prohibited. Judges in Florida are not allowed to be “friends” with practicing attorneys in Florida. Citing Canon 2B of the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct, the Supreme Court emphasized the need to avoid giving the impression that certain lawyers were in a “special position to influence the judge.” This is an understandable outcome as judges often recuse themselves from proceedings due to personal relationships with the parties. Other states have decided to remain silent on the issue or are allowing judges to “friend” whoever as long as it does not grounds for a new trial. The court in Fumo “Google mistrial”). After eight weeks of trial, interfere with the integrity of the court. issued a separate order addressing the imagine the public and private resources In August 2010, the Conference of Court defendant’s request to remove a juror and wasted, not to mention the delays caused to Public Information Officers issued a report motion for a new trial after juror Eric Wuest other trials. It is not hard to conceive why addressing social media and their impact on posted comments about the case on judges have started banning the use of the courts. In this report, the CCPIO stressed Facebook and Twitter. Specifically, juror smart phones in the courtroom. However, a the importance of maintaining the public Wuest posted comments about the trial on juror on a break can easily search Google, trust and confidence in the courts. The his Facebook and Twitter accounts that were Facebook, Twitter or Wikipedia for CCPIO also recognized how social media use picked up by the local media. After reviewing information about the case or laws involved. could adversely impact the courts’ ability to the juror’s online comments, the court held Interestingly, no court has specifically maintain the high standard of integrity that the comments were innocuous and defined what comments on social media required by the performance standards provided no information about the trial, sites would be considered enough to warrant implemented by the NCSC and the Bureau of much less his thoughts on the trial, and the a mistrial or new trial. Courts have handled Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of juror’s statements about the fact of his these issues on a case-by-case basis, but Justice. The CCPIO examined the ideas that service on jury duty were not prohibited. with the increase in social media site usage, social media use by judges allows for Fortunately, the court in Fumo was able to a uniform standard for determining what collaboration and communication but also examine the juror’s conduct and decide what types of comments are prohibited is creates the risk that the public will view the to do about it before the trial ended. necessary. By amending court rules and jury judges’ conduct on the sites negatively. instructions, the judiciary can begin to Ultimately the CCPIO report recommended In some instances, however, juror regulate the use of social media in the forming a task force to continue to study the misconduct on the Internet that occurs courtroom. presence of social media in the courts. during a trial does lead to a mistrial. In a Florida federal drug case, after eight weeks Social media are also being utilized by The Judicial Conference of the United States of trial, a juror admitted to the judge that he members of the judiciary. Judges are using has also addressed the issue of judicial had been doing research on the case on the social media sites to connect with “friends” employees using social media sites, and some Internet. Perhaps what was most shocking and post comments. Whether they are federal courts have already implemented rules about this case was after questioning the allowed to do so in their personal or to safeguard against improper use of social rest of the jury, the federal judge presiding, professional capacity is still under scrutiny media sites by employees. In 2010, the Judicial Judge William J. Zloch, found that eight other by many states. Many states are amending Conference Committee on Codes of Conduct members of the jury had been doing the judicial canons to include rules on published the Resource Packet for Developing same thing. Judge Zloch decided that he had communicating on social media tools while Guidelines on Use of Social Media by Judicial no other choice than to declare a mistrial other states have remained silent on the Employees. This guide provides information (which has been popularly coined the issue until a situation calls for an advisory to help courts develop policies on the use of

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social media by judicial employees and who reach out to potential clients through for information on opposing parties, includes sample policy provisions and social media such as Facebook may see their witnesses, potential jurors, and clients might existing policy examples from United States comments regulated by the proposed give a lawyer the upper hand in a case district courts. Some of the examples provide amendments to professional ethics rules because people often speak more openly disciplinary actions to be taken, including from the Kentucky Bar Association. Similarly, and uncensored on social media sites. termination, if an employee of the judiciary lawyers in New York and Pennsylvania will Perhaps the best example of lawyers using violates the rules on social media use. face an ethical violation if they send a social media to monitor jurors is the widely “friend” request to a party opponent or reported case of juror Hadley Jons, who potential witness or if they ask a third party posted “gonna be fun to tell the defendant to do so. In these states, a person’s social they’re GUILTY” on her Facebook page. The “Judges in Florida are media site must be open to the public in truly shocking part of the story is that the not allowed to be order to view and use the content available. defense attorney’s son found the post before “friends” with Other states are regulating who a lawyer can the defense had even presented its case. associate with on social media sites. For Luckily, the defense presented the post to practicing attorneys in instance, Florida prohibits lawyers and the judge and the juror was removed, fined, Florida. Citing Canon 2B judges from being connected or “friends” on and ordered to write an essay on the Sixth of the Florida Code of sites like Facebook and MySpace. In some Amendment. This is just one of many instances lawyers are prohibited from examples of lawyers using social media to Judicial Conduct, the connecting with clients, witnesses, and find information that can be used in court. Supreme Court experts on social media sites as well. Lawyers can even use social media for emphasized the need to discovery and to prepare for trial. Because avoid giving the Lawyers have also been sued or fired due to social media have become so entrenched in comments made on social media sites. For our lives, lawyers must be prepared for its impression that certain example, in Florida, two lawyers were sued impact on the law and the profession. lawyers were in a over their blog posts, which criticized a “special position to referral hotline for personal injury cases, and influence the judge.” a 19-year assistant public defender lost her job after blogging about “Judge Clueless,” thinly disguised case facts, and client identities. And finally, another Florida It is obvious that social media are already attorney blogged about a judge, calling her entrenched in the courts and will continue to an “evil, unfair witch,” which the JUDGE (did affect court proceedings and employees of the judge or the attorney who blogged call it the courts. The judicial system must free speech?) later claimed was free speech. continue to explore ways to curtail juror use The Florida Supreme Court begged to differ. of social media and develop policies for In order to avoid ethical violations, judges and other court personnel. embarrassing reprimands, and loss of employment, it is important for lawyers to follow the advancements in social media and Lawyers Using Social Media how they affect the legal profession. Lawyers are facing new challenges in interpreting the law and professional ethics Aside from the ethical and professional guidelines because of the influence of social issues, there are definite benefits for the media. According to a 2010 ABA survey, 56 legal profession in the advancement of social percent of lawyers reported having a presence media sites. Social media present a great on social media sites. It is no wonder that opportunity for lawyers to have more access state bar associations have started to address to information about their clients, judges, the issues of lawyers using social media in jurors, and the witnesses and experts who their practices. Many states have issued new might be testifying at trial. Lawyers can now Emily Janoski-Haehlen ethical guidelines addressing whether lawyers “Facebook” the jury to decide who is and B.A., M.S.L.S., J.D. can advertise on social media sites such as who isn’t suitable to serve on a jury. Associate Director of Law Library Services and Facebook. For example, in Kentucky, lawyers Spending a little time scouring the Internet Law & Informatics Librarian

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Class of 2011 commencement ceremony

At Chase College of Law’s 2011 commencement Kentucky Center in celebration of the graduates. conferred 178 Juris Doctor degrees, the largest the American Bar Association, delivered the key

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ceremony May 8, family and friends joined Chase students, faculty, and staff at The Bank of Northern Kentucky University President James C. Votruba and Dean Dennis R. Honabach number in the history of the College of Law. Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, then President-Elect of note address.

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Rick Robinson ’83 Destiny of Robinson’s Novel Lies in Hollywood

“You know, this is actually pretty good!” When the wife of attorney Richard “Rick” Robinson ’83 recognized the potential of his first novel, a political thriller titled The Maximum Contribution, Robinson knew he had a chance at getting it published. A series of award-winning novels and a six-figure Hollywood film deal later, conversations have turned from kitchen table discussions of how to find a publisher without an agent to whether Tobey Maguire would be a good fit to play the main character when Robinson’s latest novel, Manifest Destiny, appears on the big screen. “When I wrote my first book, it was literally going to be one of those bucket list items,” Robinson says. “Pay a client to publish it; make my friends suffer through reading it as Christmas presents.”

ow, Robinson has published a series Paris Book Festival and at the New York “Sometimes that hour is a struggle,” he of three political thrillers with the Book Festival. All three books have been on admits, while sometimes that hour turns Nfourth, Writ of Mandamus, currently Amazon’s Top 100 Best Seller List for into Robinson’s staying up until three in progress. The subject of the series is a Political Fiction. o’clock in the morning. fictional U.S. Congressman from Ludlow, Despite the media attention and keeping These days he is staying up to write two Ky., where Robinson grew up. up with two careers, Robinson finds balance new books. One of these, a sports thriller, Robinson has been an attorney at the Ft. by keeping his life as an attorney separate involves the Cubs being in the World Series. Mitchell, Ky., firm of Graydon Head since from his life as an author. “So you know it’s fiction,” Robinson quips. 1993, and prior to that he worked on Capitol “I’m a lawyer by day and a writer by The other novel, Alligator Alley, is the book Hill as legislative director and ad hoc press night,” Robinson says. “I have the best of he has always wanted to write. secretary for former Senator Jim Bunning both worlds; I get to practice law with some “Being from Ludlow, I wanted to write (R-Ky.). He also ran for Congress in 1998. exceptional attorneys, and then on nights about coming of age in a small river town,” These experiences have given his novels an and weekends I get to dress up like an author Robinson says. “Every writer wants to write authenticity that is praised by critics and a and go to writer’s workshops and book fairs.” the great American novel; that’s the book level of detail that captured the eye of film At those book fairs, Robinson advises I’m writing now.” producer Peter R. J. Deyell. aspiring authors on how to get published. Robinson practices in the banking and “When I’m writing, I have a visualization He tells them that to be a writer, you have to financial services and commercial real in my head of what a scene looks like. discipline yourself to be a writer. estate industries. He has served as People tell me my books read like a movie, “Writers are just like lawyers,” Robinson chairman of the Northern Kentucky probably more so than a lot of thriller jokes. “They can try to do everything during Chamber of Commerce, and he writes a writers do,” Robinson says. “I put a lot of the day to keep from doing their job.” weekly column for 24-hour news website detail in the scenes. That’s the thing that But by keeping a notebook in his back The Daily Caller. He is a member of the grabbed the producer when he first read it.” pocket in case inspiration hits and by coming board of advisors of Chase’s Transactional Manifest Destiny has won a number of home and writing an hour each day, Robinson Law Practice Center. awards, including Best Fiction both at the has been able to find the success he has today.

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“Every writer wants to write the great American novel; that’s the book I’m writing now. -RICK ROBINSON

PHOTOS PROVIDED

Rick Robinson signs copies of his books for Congressman Geoff Davis and Pat Davis.

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Dee Thompson ’87 Thompson Devotes Herself to Service to the Planet and Its People

n remote beaches in Central America, plastic bottles from the United States and Europe rush in with the tide and wash up on Othe shore. Delores “Dee” Thompson (B.S. in accounting from NKU ’82 and J.D. from Chase ’87) knows because she has watched it happen. Representing the United States State Department, Thompson has traveled to countries like Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala in search of places where American grant money could make a difference through environmental protection or through programs designed to assist people in the poorest areas of the world. “There is a finite amount of air, water and land, and what we generate is just a ton of refuse,” Thompson says. “In some places, because there isn’t regulation that we have in the United States, you have manufacturers who are going overseas and developing plants, and rivers will catch on fire where indigenous people get their water and cleanse themselves. These resources need to be preserved not just here but on a worldwide scale.” PHOTO PROVIDED

Thompson is chief counsel for Region VI Senior Executive Service, but it was a partners Chile, Peru, Colombia and Panama. of the United States Department of Health seven-month detail with the Bureau of Thompson says the most powerful part of and Human Services where she manages an Western Hemisphere Affairs and Office of the experience was seeing firsthand office of 21 attorneys practicing primarily in Economic Policy and Summit Coordination American taxpayers’ money at work on the healthcare-related areas of law. Her office that took Thompson to South America. The ground. Standing on a dirt road in provides program advice, administrative EPSC is engaged in all upcoming free-trade Guatemala, surrounded by forests and litigation and judicial litigation for DHHS in agreements in the western hemisphere, and “houses” that were nothing more than a Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and through this detail Thompson chaired a stone wall with a rock outside serving as a New Mexico and serves clients such as the committee that allocated funds under the kitchen, Thompson met a group of women Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, NAFTA environmental agreements and who had previously been totally dependent the Food and Drug Administration, and the made recommendations on what to fund in on the men in the country or the Office for Civil Rights. She is part of the the following fiscal year. She participated in graciousness of others to get by. But thanks Senior Executive Service, which is the most science and technology consultations with senior nonpolitical position available in the Brazil and developed a contingency plan for federal government. an avian influenza outbreak, and she She had spent 18 years practicing law with developed environmental cooperation the federal government before going into the agreements with U.S. Free Trade Agreement

“The truth of the matter is the education I got there was the foundation of my success.” -DEE THOMPSON

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to grants from the United States, these women were now making food products out of grain that they were selling through international trade. “It was the most under- and undeveloped civilization I have ever seen, but these people were able to be self sufficient, able to have businesses and support themselves and feed themselves and to educate their children,” Thompson says. “They were developing or doing things to enhance the environment based on the money that was coming in through a grant program, like restoring swamp lands and cleaning them up. It was amazing.” It is her passion for public service that has driven Thompson’s professional life, and she has always looked for ways to have the biggest impact with the law. At Chase, she had dreams of doing government contract law, but after achieving that goal as an attorney with the Department of Defense’s Dee Thompson has watched plastic bottles from the United States and Europe wash up on shores in Defense Logistics Agency Office of Counsel Central and South America. She has helped further environmental protection programs designed to assist at the age of 30, she found herself people in the poorest areas of the world. increasingly involved with environmental contracts and law. She won an environmental law research fellowship with George microorganisms or big old humans, Harvard University Kennedy School of Washington University, and as her career mammals or reptiles – and if we don’t pay Government Senior Executive Fellows progressed she found herself briefing people attention to our environment, we won’t Program, she says that it was the lessons she in the Pentagon, senior officials in the continue on.” learned at NKU and at Chase that prepared Environmental Protection Agency and Thompson says it has been an honor to her well for the future. members of the White House Office of steward the country’s natural and human “I could never have imagined when I was Science and Technology on issues carrying a resources in service to the U.S. and its at Chase that this is where I would be,” major environmental impact. citizens over the years. Thompson says. “The neat thing about it as a “If somebody had asked me if I was an “It’s public services on the highest level – Chase alumna is how competitive I was with environmentalist 30 years ago, I would have something I truly believe in,” she says. the education I got at Chase. As a student, said ‘no,’ but it was an awakening and Thompson has had the chance to do a little you feel like you’re in your own little world, awareness that we have a limited amount of bit of everything from litigation to trade and you wonder how you compare with these clean air, water and fuel,” Thompson says. negotiations. She served as deputy general big schools, but the truth of the matter is the “The more I worked in the field, the more counsel to the inspector general of the education I got there was the foundation of appreciative I became of the natural Department of the Interior and has also my success.” resources that we have. I’m very passionate specialized in fiscal and procurement law, about all of us being able to live and breathe natural resource law, Indian law and land and continue as a species – whether little management issues. A graduate of the

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Chip Harrod ’84 Harrod Brings Peace and Tolerance to a City of Diversity

efore Robert “Chip” Harrod ’84 came up with the idea to create Cincinnati’s National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Bhe went to Chase to become the next Clarence Darrow. “I wanted to be him for the longest time, even back in my undergrad days,” Harrod says. “I was so impressed by his selfless commitment to the disenfranchised in society.” As an evening student at Chase, Harrod was working for Cincinnati’s Human Relations Commission, investigating cross burnings and other hate crimes in the community and preparing reports for city council during the day while attending classes at night. “In the aftermath of a police shooting, I would be asked to go into a neighborhood and mediate the feelings of animosity and resentment and help bridge some of the distance between the residents and police officers,” Harrod says. “My experiences during the day were reinforcing in the evenings my understanding of how the law applies.” PHOTO PROVIDED

“I was experiencing some pretty serious He came up with the idea for the National Though Harrod retired as president and social issues, but I was using a lot of the Underground Railroad Freedom Center, CEO of BRIDGES this year, he was able to sense of justice that I derived from Chase, which became a reality in downtown make great strides toward bringing peace like constitutional law or criminal defense,” Cincinnati in 2004, and served as its and harmony to the city during his time he says. “I wanted to go to law school not so founding president. The center’s dedication there. He directed efforts to improve much to be an attorney as to have those skills was attended by celebrities such as Oprah police-citizen relations after the 2001 riots in and try to do some good.” Winfrey, Angela Bassett, and Laura Bush, Cincinnati, led a coalition of religious and In this vein, Harrod dedicated his career to and it brought national attention to the area civic groups that repealed an anti-gay working toward justice and encouraging in a way that reminded the citizens of Cincinnati charter amendment and was dialog where there is diversity. He served as Cincinnati of their history of inclusion as a awarded a contract by Major League Baseball national president and CEO of the National major stopping point on the Underground to conduct cultural diversity training for the Conference for Community and Justice in Railroad. The $110 million museum, which Cincinnati Reds, which was the first of its New York City and spent 27 years directing is a Smithsonian Institution affiliate, kind for a professional sports franchise. the local BRIDGES for a Just Community, includes the first permanent museum Beginning in July, Harrod began his Inc., in Cincinnati. BRIDGES defines itself exhibition in the world on the people affected tenure as advancement vice president of as “a human relations organization that by modern-day slavery and programs around Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. brings people together to achieve inclusion, the globe that have been created to help. While he looks forward to his new equity, and justice for all.”

“I credit my law school experience as giving me a lot of the justice inspiration and the thinking disciplines of fairness and balance that helped me in my efforts at bringing diverse people together to work on social problems.” -CHIP HARROD

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Chip Harrod pauses by The Slave Pen exhibit in Cincinnati’s National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The Slave Pen, built in the early 1800’s, was recovered from a farm in Mason County, KY, less than 60 miles from the Freedom Center. Photo provided by the Cincinnati Enquirer.

responsibilities at the college and loves the says. “I’m not going up there just to raise bringing diverse people together to work on academic environment, what he is really money. I’m going to help actualize its social problems,” he says. “I’m not sure I excited about is applying his experiences to mission even more broadly.” would have had near the success I have had, working with students on civic activism Harrod says his experience at Chase, and had it not been for my experience at Chase.” projects and providing lectures on social particularly the concern that the law justice issues. professors had for the welfare of all of the “Wilmington College is a Quaker school, students, allowed him to make a difference and one of the testimonies of the Friends the way he had always hoped to. religion is social justice and peace, so there “I credit my law school experience as was a really comfortable resonance between giving me a lot of the justice inspiration and the leadership of Wilmington and me when the thinking disciplines of fairness and we had our initial conversations,” Harrod balance that helped me in my efforts at

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Perspectives from Washington: Chase Alumni Introduce Students to the World of D.C. Lawyers

Janet L. Oliver ’91 talks with Chase students in the House Committee on Small Business Hearing Room in the Cannon House Office Building.

n a chilly March afternoon in Washington, D.C., a small group of Chase students gathered around William Suter in the U.S. Supreme Court as the long-time Supreme Court clerk and retired J.A.G. major general shared a favorite story. The subject was an ambitious young lawyer who came to him during his time in the J.A.G. Corps with a detailed plan for the future of his legal career. OChase student Sean Pharr remembers the rest of the story vividly. “After listening to the grandiose itinerary for his life, Mr. Suter promptly dismissed all he had been told. The young attorney had it all wrong,” Pharr recalls. “The way to become a great lawyer, he said, was not to blindly pursue positions of perceived prestige. Rather, becoming a great lawyer is all about ‘getting your boots muddy.’” This story had an impact on Pharr. “From that point on, my focus shifted from pursuing the firms with the greatest name recognition, or the highest paid associate, to positioning myself in such a way that I can get into the courtroom and get my ‘boots muddy,’” he says. “The muddier the better.” “It was almost surreal,” Chase student Ashley Brucato says of the time the group spent with Suter, which included discussions of his time with the court. “We were gathered around his office engaging in everyday conversation about some of the most monumental moments in Supreme Court history.” This type of perspective-changing experience is part of the reason the Chase Center for Excellence in Advocacy designed the trip to Washington. Led by Regents Professor Richard Bales, the center seeks to give students who are interested in advocacy-related topics and wish to gain valuable litigation and practical legal skills the opportunity to meet alumni and others working in the field. “The beauty of the program is it opens students’ eyes to new ways of using their law degree and advocacy skills,” Bales says. “It shows students that they can make it anywhere.” In addition to talking with Suter, the group also had the opportunity to sit in on an active session of the Supreme Court and to spend four days in conversations with Chase alumni practicing in the D.C. area. Upon the students’ arrival March 6, H.M. “Mac” Riley ’86 and Michele-Anne Riley hosted a coat-and-tie brunch for the group at the Army and Navy Club. Mr. Riley is president of several businesses in the Washington, D.C., area. Monday featured a meeting with Jay H. Knight ’05, special counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Knight works in the Division of Corporate Finance’s new Office of Structured Finance, which is responsible for matters related to asset-backed securities. The group next met with Susan Court ’80, partner with the international law firm Hogan Lovells. Court focuses her practice on energy issues,

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particularly dealing with enforcement of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations. Prior to joining the firm, she had served with FERC since 1982 in legal and executive positions including that of Chief of Staff. “It means a lot to me to be able to help and encourage current Chase students, as part of practicing law is helping others,” Court says. “Experiences like the visit will help students by giving them some idea of what practicing law means as a practical matter and also what opportunities are available outside their own community.” Before attending the Chase alumni reception at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Chase students had the chance to meet with Janet L. Oliver ’91, who is deputy chief counsel for the House Committee on Small Business. Tuesday’s events featured the interview with Suter at the Supreme Court, and tours of the Pentagon and the Capitol. The last day of the trip allowed the students to meet with three additional alumni. Roderick H. Fillinger ’89 met the group in the morning. William K. Suter, Clerk of the United States Supreme Court, meets with the Chase group in his office. Fillinger is general counsel for the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program. He had previously served as chief counsel to the treasury inspector general for Reagan as judge for the U.S. Tax Court. After know that they can achieve their goals and tax administration and litigated on behalf of retiring, he continues to serve as senior judge. pursue their passions in whatever part of the the IRS in the U.S. Tax Court. Finally, the students spent their last country they like.” Judge Robert P. Ruwe ’70 met with the afternoon in D.C. with Bernie Robinson ’78, Brucato took a lot away from meeting group of Chase students in the afternoon. partner with the government relations firm Chase alumni and others who had “taken a Ruwe was appointed by President Ronald The Livingston Group, LLC. Previously, he has unique path” with their law degree. served as chief Washington representative “It was refreshing to see the countless and lead lobbyist for Governor George Ryan career opportunities available post-law (R-Ill.) and chief of staff for U.S. Congressman school,” she says. “I feel that what really Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). distinguishes Chase from other law schools is “Experiences like these are invaluable to that it provides students with opportunities to students because it shows them in a tangible learn about the legal profession outside the way how the legal profession is so much more classroom. This is so important to a well- than what you learn in a classroom,” says rounded legal education.” Knight. “Also, because the legal market is so The center plans to continue its trip on an diverse and specialized, these experiences can annual basis so that when the next class of law often introduce students to a potential graduates with an interest in advocacy enters opportunity that they never knew existed.” the legal profession, they will remember to “I think another reason I want to encourage take advantage of all of the opportunities that Chase students to succeed is because I are available to them. recognize, and have experienced firsthand, And to get their boots muddy. Jay H. Knight ’05 talks with Chase students at the that there are no limits to the opportunities Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters. that are available to you as a Chase graduate,” he says. “It is important for the students to

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Alumni gatherings

The Chase Alumni Association hosted a variety of social, networking gatherings for hosted alumni receptions at the Hyatt on Capitol Hill in Washington DC in March, Bar Convention in Lexington in June, and Western Hills Country Club in Cincinnati Bar exam in Louisville and Ohio Bar exam in Columbus.

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Chase alumni and activities in support of recent graduates this spring and summer. The association Hyde Park Country Club in Cincinnati in April, Ohio Bar Convention in Columbus in May, Kentucky in July. The association also served breakfast and lunch to Chase graduates taking the July Kentucky

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Your Guide to Giving in Support of Chase

Is this a good time? Most meaningful major gifts are the result of Triggering life events, whether planned or imposed upon us, necessitate consideration of asset liquidation, which often triggers a convergence of motivation and timing. If taxable events. A thoughtfully crafted gift plan, coordinated prior you have entertained thoughts of making a to such a triggering event and liquidation of an asset, can benefit significant gift to NKU Chase College of Law at both NKU Chase and the donor. Such life events invite thoughtful planning for asset allocation. Effective charitable gift planning can some point during your life, this might be a good help minimize exposure to taxes and afford you the opportunity to time to examine the elements that often create a make the gift of a lifetime. favorable giving opportunity. If you are planning or anticipating: • a desire – or need – to increase income for yourself or for a loved one, • creating a fund for grandchildren’s education, • a decision to unburden yourself of the obligations of property ownership, • a financial windfall, perhaps from a sale or an inheritance, • retirement and business succession, or Questions? • updating your estate plan, To discuss your interest in providing for the future of then this might be a good time to discuss life events, asset Chase, please contact R. Daniel Shephard, CFRE, director of allocation, and your giving interest in support of NKU Chase development, at (859) 572-7578 or [email protected]. College of Law with us.

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profiles in giving

LEONARD BRASHEAR ’82 has been managing partner of Morgan, Madden, Brashear, Collins & Yeast, PLLC, in Hyden, Ky., since 2002. He also has a wide range of legal experience in the private practice of law, which includes family law, real estate, criminal law, personal injury, workers’ comp, and Social Security. For the last two decades, he has served the 41st and 33rd judicial circuits as both a domestic relations commissioner and master commissioner. Brashear is a member of the board of directors for the Middlefork Financial Group, Hyden Citizens Bank, Farmers State Bank, and Farmers and Traders Bank. “I have given to the advocacy program since I graduated from Chase. I felt an obligation to support the legal education that Chase provides to students. I wanted to ensure in a small way that students received a legal education as I had been provided by Chase.”

DAVID CRAWFORD ’93 is a partner and patent lawyer at Senniger Powers, LLP, a law firm specializing in the preparation and prosecution of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and related litigation. As a patent lawyer, he has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications; conducting freedom-to- operate, infringement, and validity studies; preparing and negotiating licenses; and prosecuting trademark and copyright applications. He has provided services in a diverse range of technologies, including medical devices and surgical instruments, aircraft systems and engines, hydraulic systems, semiconductor processing equipment, transmissions, and software. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Crawford was a design engineer at GE Aircraft Engines for 10 years where he was responsible for numerous military engine components. He is a member and officer of numerous professional, civic, and nonprofit organizations. “I was motivated to support the Transactional Law Practice Center because I believe the quality of the education I received from Chase far exceeded the money I paid to attend. It was time to give back to an institution that gave me so much.”

WILLIAM E. HESCH ’80, J.D., CPA, PFS, is the principal of William E. Hesch Law Firm, LLC, and William E. Hesch CPAs, LLC. He has more than 25 years of legal experience and more than 30 years of CPA experience. His law practice includes the areas of estate planning; elder law planning and issues; estate administration; the purchase and sale of businesses; privately-owned businesses needing operating agreements; employment contracts; leases; and buy/sell agreements. He was named to Cincy business magazine’s list of “Leading Lawyers” in the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. He has been an adjunct professor at Chase College of Law teaching accounting for lawyers since 1985 and is an active member in several civic and nonprofit organizations. “My desire to provide financial support to the Transactional Law Practice Center is rooted in my gratitude for what Chase College of Law has done for me. I am grateful for the education I received from Chase and how it has profoundly enabled me to succeed in my career as a tax attorney and CPA. Chase taught me critical thinking skills and gave me a tax education that allowed me to thrive as a CPA when I got out of law school during the recession in the early 1980s.”

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Dean’s Circle “Evening of Wine Under the Stars”

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FOUNDING PARTNERS CAMPAIGN 2010-2011 Honor Roll of Donors $15,000 OR MORE TO A CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE CHASE LIFETIME GIFTS Charles G. Coulson, Jr. c Henry D. Acciani Debra K. Crane Leonard Brashear W. JACK GROSSE SOCIETY Crane Family Trust Chase College Foundation $1,000,000 OR MORE David E. Crawford, Jr. Gary D. Cohen Chase College Foundation Samuel & Linda Davies John David Cole, Sr. Thomas J. Smart c Burgess L. Doan Debra K. Crane Jeanne D. Dodd David E. Crawford, Jr. FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN SOCIETY Robert K. Duncan Candice DeClark-Peace $500,000 TO $999,999 Frank A. Fletcher Anthony W. Frohlich Dan Meyer Anthony W. Frohlich Matthew L. Garretson James C. Frooman Winston R. Griffin HARRY T. KLEIN SOCIETY Sam & Ethel Garber Foundation Alan J. Hartman $100,000 TO $499,999 H. Drewry Gores Jakki L. Haussler BAHR Associates, Inc. Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC William E. Hesch Nicholas c & Mildred Bauer c Winston R. Griffin Dennis R. Honabach CompEd, Inc. Alan & Janet Hartman Kenneth H. Kinder II Hubert A. Day c Jakki L. Haussler Richard D. Lawrence Richard D. Lawrence Lambert Hehl & Pattie Hehl Michael F. Lyon Mac & Michele Riley Patricia Herbold Dustan E. McCoy Frederick M. Warren, Jr. c The Herbold Foundation Mark A. Modlin William E. Hesch Morgan, Madden, Brashear, Collins & Yeast, PLLC ARTHUR J. SCHUH SOCIETY Mr. & Mrs. William Hofler D. Arthur Rabourn $50,000 TO $99,999 Dennis R. Honabach H. M. Riley Ashland, Inc. William H. Hopple, Jr. c Richard M. Rothfuss Duke Energy Thomas J. Hurley Bradley Ruwe Ambrose c & Betty Lindhorst c Mr. & Mrs. William B. Jeffrey, Jr. c Ann G. Schoen Lillian Ochiltree c Ernest Karam c The Procter & Gamble Co. Kentucky Bar Association Alice S. Sparks Kenneth H. Kinder II 2010-2011 ANNUAL FUND Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Ellen Sullivan Koenig North America, Inc. Lange, Quill & Powers, P.S.C. DEAN’S CABINET Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss $10,000 & ABOVE $25,000 TO $49,000 Susan Cross Lipnickey Henry D. Acciani Mark G. Arnzen Michael F. Lyon CompEd, Inc. August A. Rendigs, Jr. Foundation Matthew & Jillian Garretson Richard & Catherine Rothfuss Baird & Baird P.S.C. Family Foundation Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Blanche Wiley Shafer Fund Blake R. Maislin North America Leonard & Kimberly Brashear Dustan E. McCoy Stanley & Susan Chesley Gene Irving Mesh DEAN’S PARTNERS Gary & Marlene Cohen Karen D. Meyers $5,000 TO $9,999 Frost, Brown, Todd, LLC Mark A. Modlin Leonard & Kimberly Brashear Joseph H. Goldcamp III Morgan, Madden, Brashear, Collins & Yeast, PLLC Chase College Foundation Glenn M. Hammond Michael & Elizabeth Murray Gary & Marlene Cohen Paul E. Jones Northern Kentucky Bar Association, Inc. Jeanne D. Dodd Kentucky Bar Foundation, Inc. Candy DeClark Peace Matthew & Jillian Garretson Family Edward & Dorothy Lampe Jim & Melanie Poston Foundation The Lawrence Firm, P.S.C. Pricewaterhouse Coopers Matthew L. Garretson LexisNexis Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P. Winston R. Griffin W. Bruce Lunsford Paul D. Rice Kentucky Bar Foundation, Inc. D. Arthur Rabourn Bradley & Elizabeth (Welch) Ruwe Debra A. LaMorte Richard & Catherine Rothfuss Robert E. Sanders Dustan E. McCoy Mr. & Mrs. John R. Thomson Santen & Hughes Mark A. Modlin Waite, Schneider, Bayless, Chesley Co., L.P.A. Ann G. Schoen Ann G. Schoen Segoe Family Foundation $10,000 TO $24,999 Harold J. Siebenthaler c 1893 CIRCLE, HONORING THE Henry D. Acciani Gregory & Cynthia Sizemore YEAR OF CHASE’S FOUNDING American Board of Trial Advocates, Kentucky Arthur & Louise Spiegel $1,893 TO 4,999 Chapter Gerry & Peggy St. Amand AK Steel Foundation Arnzen, Molloy, & Storm, P.S.C. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP Baird & Baird P.S.C. Barbara & Wayne Beimesch Philip Taliaferro III Blanche Wiley Shafer Fund William R. Brereton Daniel & Karen Tuley John D. Cole, Sr. Busald, Funk, Zevely, P.S.C. U.S. Shoe Corporation Carol B. Cornell Cincinnati Bar Association Auxiliary Michael Whiteman & Sarah Henry David E. Crawford, Jr. John D. Cole, Sr. John & Linda Winkler Dow Corning Corporation Robert H. Compton Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. John J. Garvey III Carol B. Cornell Laura I. Youngs c Joseph H. Goldcamp III

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Alan & Janet Hartman The Stanley & Susan Chesley Foundation Sean M. Caldwell Jakki L. Haussler Timothy L. Timmel John T. Chafin Donald M. Hemmer Turner Construction Company Chafin Law Office, PSC Patricia Herbold Vulcan International Corporation Matthew J. Crehan The Herbold Foundation Michael Whiteman & Sarah Henry Glenn & Heather Denton Dennis R. Honabach LaJuana S. Wilcher Monica L. Dias Paul E. Jones Professor Caryl A. Yzenbaard Brian & Julie Dunham Jones, Walters, Turner & Shelton Carl W. Zugelter Elizabeth S. & John M. Dunn Kenneth H. Kinder II Roger L. Duvall Law Offices of Blake R. Maislin, LLC BARRISTERS William J. Ennis W. Bruce Lunsford $500 TO $999 Robert V. Evans Michael F. Lyon Jerome & Rita Bahlmann George E. Fee IV Blake R. Maislin Eliot G. Bastian Theodore J. Fink Richard G. Meyer Dawn Meyers Blair Nancy L. Firak Morgan, Madden, Brashear, Collins & Yeast, PLL Robert W. Carlisle Fox & Fox Co., LLP Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. Ronald & Vicki Christian Bernard C. Fox, Jr. Larry & Martha Deener Robert A. Goering, Sr. DEAN’S COUNSELORS Deloitte LLP Herbert J. Haas $1,000 TO $1,893 Kelly Farrish Walter E. Haggerty Richard A. Bales Hugh O. Frost Deidra L. Hair David L. Barth Ralph P. Ginocchio G. Robert Hines Barbara & Wayne Beimesch Ashley & James Gray James D. Holliday J. David & Nancy A. Bender Martin J. Huelsmann, Sr. David E. Izor Karen L. Bowie Michael E. Jones Justin L. Lawrence, PSC Christine A. Carter Professor Emeritus William R. Jones William H. Kaufman Stanley & Susan Chesley Stephen F. Koziar, Jr. Lawrence C. Kendrick Cors & Bassett Frank H. Mayfield, Jr. Jan Kipp-Kreutzer Debra K. Crane Robert & Denise McClelland Larry E. Kissel William M. Cussen Barbara B. McFarland John H. Klette, Jr. Michael C. Doyle Edward J. McTigue John E. Lange III C. David Ewing Henry E. Menninger, Jr. Justin & Michelle Lawrence Ewing, McMillin & Willis, PLLC The Meyers Foundation Kellie D. Lee Michael J. Farris Gwendolyn Nalls Stephen D. Little James C. Frooman James Parsons & M. Gayle Hoffman W. Stewart Mathews II Jack & Norma Grosse Martin S. Pinales Robin R. McCraw David L. Hausrath Jim & Melanie Poston Bernard L. McKay Lambert Hehl & Pattie Hehl Edwin C. Price Don & Lisa Moore Sylvia & Robert Hendon Price Y CIA Inc. Douglas R. Murray Sarah E. Henry The Procter & Gamble Company John C. Norwine & Perriann T. Allen Stephanie P. Herron Reminger Co., LPA Mark C. Patterson T. Lawrence Hicks Ridley M. Sandidge, Jr. Pierce & Shadoan Michelle M. Keller Timothy T. Schloss Darell R. Pierce Kevin G. Krogmeier Julie A. Schoepf F. Robert Radel II M. Denise Kuprionis Stephen J. Schuh Jeffrey & Patricia Raines Dennis G. LaGory Philip J. & Mary Lynn Schworer Patrick J. Renn Michael E. Large The E. W. Scripps Company Richards & Associates Co., L.P.A. Roger & Colleen Lewis Dan & Ginny Shephard Thomas D. Richards Susan Cross Lipnickey Diane M. St. Onge Norton B. Roberts David & Gretchen MacKnight Peter J. Strasser & Priscilla S. O’Donnell Benjamin D. Rogers Daniel P. Mecklenborg David & Nancy Swift John H. Roszmann Mary K. Molloy Molly Tami R. Jeffrey Schlosser Donald C. Moore, Jr. John & Linda Winkler StarForce National Corporation The Moore Law Firm Ralph & Cheryl Winkler Henry L. & Kathryn K. Stephens, Jr. Michael & Elizabeth Murray Norman E. Zoller Marilee Stephenson Northern Kentucky Bar Foundation Alan C. Stout Candy DeClark Peace ADVOCATES Edwin & Margie Tranter Kenneth & Sara (Little) Peller $250 TO $499 Joseph C. Whittaker Polsinelli Shughart, PC Donna S. Bennett Jon A. Woodall Tracey A. Puthoff Beth N. Beringhaus Eric W. Young Paul D. Rice Richard A. Bernat Glenn & Sue Ellen Ritchey John D. Bertram ASSOCIATES Bradley & Elizabeth (Welch) Ruwe Robert J. Biersner $100 TO $249 Robert P. Ruwe Deborah L. Billings W. T. Adkins Robert E. Sanders Roger & Deborah Billings Nancy L. Allf Michael C. Sasso Carol A. Bredemeyer Charles T. Anderson Robert & Elizabeth (Horwitz) Seaver Kimberly A. Brooks Tandy Michael C. Arnold Sara L. Sidebottom William J. Brown Amy J. Arnsperger-Hammerle David B. Sloan Henry M. Bugay Jeffrey R. Aylor Gerry & Peggy St. Amand Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, LLP William D. Baldwin c=Deceased FALL FALL 2010 2011 5151 2010-11 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Gerald & Jacqueline Banks Maureen E. Gilmore Randall & Carolyn May Heidi B. Banks Samuel P. Givens, Jr. James J. Mayer Barret, Haynes, May & Carter, PSC Michael T. Gmoser Anne P. McBee Karen D. Barry Edward R. Goldman Dennis K. McCarthy Lawrence J. Barry Ronald J. Goret C. Bronston McCord III William T. Bartlett John W. Gregg Jeffrey A. McCormick Brenda Beers-Reineke Gerry & Cynthia Gressel Bruce A. McGary Jerry & Harriet Belenker William D. Griffiths Julie A. McGhghy Reverend Milton Berner Simon Groner Michael J. McMain Dale H. Bernhard Lisa Grosse McMurray, Monfort & Luersen Bertlesman, Kaufmann, Seidenfaden & Kolentse Christopher J. Gulinello Todd V. McMurtry James H. Biddle Christian R. Harris Donna S. & Earl K. Messer Robert E. Blank Lawrence C. Hawkins, Jr. Karen D. Meyers N. Jeffrey Blankenship Angela L. Hayes Richard D. Michels Randy & Kathy Blankenship Sheryl E. Heeter Clyde & Mary Middleton Elizabeth M. Blincoe John P. Hehman David E. Middleton Billie Brandon & Ron Abrams Dennis C. Helmer Brendon D. Miller Katherine S. Brewin William F. Hemmert Robert G. Miller, Jr. Stephen & Lea Brinker Bruce M. Heyman Matthew E. Mills Gary & Jacklyn Bryson James G. Hodge, Jr. Daniel & Janice Mistler R. Stephen Burke Robert & Diane Hoffer Terrance R. Monnie Margaret A. Burks Catherine E. Howard F. Hampton & Mary L. Moore Randall A. Campbell Richard A. Hughes R. Thomas Moorhead Marcus S. Carey Peter F. Hunt John & Charlotte Morgan Suzanne Cassidy Stephen D. Hurt Bradley K. Muller Anthony D. Castelli IBM Corporation Robert & Renee Muncy Elizabeth A. Chandler-Lester Bert & Joan Imfeld Kyle D. Murray Lindell Choat Louis & Barbara Ireton Kimberley L. Naber Christian R. Harris William F. Ivers, Jr. Ljubomir & Adrienne Nacev Michael A. Clauder Charles E. Johnson Jeffrey K. Neiheisel Jennifer J. Clemons Michael F. Johnson James R. Nieberding Thomas C. Colvin Joint Resources Company Francis J. Niehaus Elizabeth Combs Risner Jennifer Jolly-Ryan & Michael R. Ryan Christopher A. Nitz James J. Condit Daniel & Jennifer Jones William F. O’Brien D. Kendall Cooper J. Gregory Jones John P. O’Connor Corning Inc. Kevin P. Jones Karen Ogburn Steven M. Crawford Ronald M. Kabakoff Stephanie Ogg Patrick R. Crilley Mark G. Kalpakis Mark A. Ogle Richard A. Cullison David L. Kash Janet L. Oliver John K. Daggett George H. Kearns John P. O’Neill Lynne A. Daley Keith & Associates, LLC Yvonne E. Osborne Robert L. Davis Robert F. Keith Kimberly & David Owen Robert E. Daye Ann T. Kereiakes The P&G Fund of the GCF Raymond F. DeBolt, Jr. Jim & Mary Kersteiner L. Edwin Paulson, Jr. Dana E. Deering Patricia M. King David Winchester Peck William J. Deupree III Mitchell D. Kinner Dominic F. Perrino Frank M. Diedrichs Katherine A. Knaak Nicholas A. Perrino James & Stephanie Dietz Jay H. Knight Sammie E. Pigg, Jr. Marshall & Tami Dosker George Kolentse Robert E. Pollock Bruce R. Duggar Harold G. Korbee John Poppas John W. Eilers Gary K. Kwasniewski Andrew M. Powell William R. Erwin Carl & Marian La Mantia Dallas P. Powers Virginia B. Espohl Edward C. Lanter Connie R. Pruitt Ellen Essig Beatrice V. Larsen Larry O. Putt Bruce & Jamie Favret Robert D. Lemmink Philip C. Pyle Thomas E. Fielder Richard F. Lesser Jeffrey C. Ralston Fieldergroup Market Research LLC Paul J. Linden G. Ernie Ramos, Jr. John C. Fischer G. Mitchel Lippert Jim & Beth Redwine James G. Fogle George O. Lopez Danny C. Reeves Jan M. Frankel James J. Luersen David T. Reynolds W. Roger Fry William T. Lunceford Richard J. Rinear Diane Gabbard Thomas L. MacDonald Lawrence & Lorraine Rosenthal Floyd & Magda Gammon Macy’s Foundation Peter Rosenwald Maria C. Garriga Timothy M. Maloney Thomas J. Rottinghaus Leonard S. Gartner Alfred J. Mangels Patricia G. Rulli Mark & Pamela Gelbert James & Linda Marlow Anthony D. Sabatelli Norman George Martin & West PLLC Joseph L. Sallee, Jr. Ann W. Gerwin James C. Martini Mary F. Sanker Stephen G. Geurin Thomas D. Massie Amy Z. Sansbury

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Daniel W. Scharff Jean H. Baker Lee & Courtney Scheben E. Douglas Baldridge Rhonda B. Schechter Hildegard A. Baldridge Jeremiah Kenneth J. Schneider Banks Company, Inc. Donald L. Schott Jeffrey & Jackie Banks Schlotman Martin & Regina Sheehan John C. Bauer Graduation Year: 2012 Candace S. Sheridan Kerri B. Beach Award: Toyota Diversity Scholarship Jack Sherman, Jr. Gary Beatrice Jack D. Shumate Edward D. Bender Kenneth A. Sizemore Matthew L. Benson Richard R. Slukich Donald G. Benzinger D. Shannon Smith Stephen M. Bernat Donald B. Smith Stephen D. Berry Edward L. Smith John M. Bickers Stephen E. Smith, Jr. Steven J. Binkley Bernard W. Southgate IV Nicholas C. Birkenhauer Phillip M. Sparkes David D. Black Jeremiah Schlotman is from David M. Spaulding Richard P. Blandford Pamela A. Spoor Nathan H. Blaske Virginia Beach, Va., and graduated Sandra S. Spurgeon-Tinker Donna M. Bloemer with degrees in political science, Eugene J. Stagnaro, Jr. Sharlene Boltz history, and Spanish language and Barry L. Standley Lawrence M. Bosley literature. He is the secretary of the Professor Mark M. Stavsky James S. Bowman Chase Latino Law Students John W. Steinman III Gina & Richard Bray Association, president of the Ronald H. Stern Jeffrey J. Brock American Constitution Society for John H. Stevens Rachel V. Brower Timothy S. Stevens James A. Browning Law and Policy, member of the Daniel & Muriel Stratton Richard A. Brueggemann Chase competition trial advocacy John P. Tafaro Helen G. Bukulmez teams, and an advocate for the Glen P. Thompson Pervis C. Burcham National Latino Law Students Steven O. Thornton Nancy J. Burns Association Moot Court Richard A. Castellini Daniel & Gwendolyn Tobergte Competition. Recently, he interned Sherrie L. Turner Sara M. Caudill John & Mary Valauri Anthony Chavez with the advocacy department of Rosalie P. Van Nuis Craig S. Clark the New York Civil Liberties Union M. Suzanne Van Wert Michael A. Clark in New York, N.Y., where he worked Justin D. Verst Cynthia & John Clausen on numerous projects including Stanton & Helen Vollman Mary J. Colebrook protecting the rights of immigrant Edward & Joan Walter Thomas E. Collett populations in New York City. The Michael A. Walters Thomas & Margaret Collins Julie & Mark Ward Mark E. Combs annual Toyota Diversity Scholarship Arthur D. Weber, Jr. John P. Concannon was established in 2007 by Toyota Betty J. Weber-Reinke Patricia & Jerry Conners Motor Engineering & Manufacturing William J. Wehr Hugh J. Convery North America, Inc., to increase Wilson G. Weisenfelder, Jr. Sherry M. Cooper diversity among the students James M. West Zachary A. Corbin attending Chase. John & Miriam West Paul H. Corden “I was incredibly grateful upon R. Kent Westberry Robert & Charla Costanzo James & Isabelle Wethington Deborah L. Crooks learning that I had been awarded Melissa J. Whalen Kevin R. Croslin the Toyota Diversity Scholarship. I Joseph C. White Patrick M. Crotty applaud Toyota’s efforts to increase Glenn M. Williams Gerald Daly diversity within its own workforce. Kenneth E. & Kathleen G. Williams Brandon Daulton The gift Toyota was so generous to The Davan Company LLC Dale & Mary Jo Wilson give me is a concrete way that it Mary Jo Wilson John L. Day, Jr. Martin H. Wolf John R. Dean continues to recognize the Beatrice Wolper Gary W. Deeds importance of valuing and Alan Q. Zaring Paula J. Dehan increasing diversity in all areas of Matthew P. Zerbe Deifilia M. Diaz life. The scholarship was a huge help Barbara B. Dickson to me as I prepared to move to New DONORS Thomas A. Donelan York City for the summer to do my GIFTS OF LESS THAN $100 John E. Donnelly, Jr. Jeannine C. Abukhater Leah R. Dugan part to protect individuals’ civil Herbert E. Adams Michael A. Duncan liberties and civil rights.” David J. Albanese Chrissy M. Dunn, Esq. Irene B. Allard Ronald & Mary Dvorachek Christopher J. Arlinghaus Timothy E. Eble Nathaniel Arnett Jason L. Ellis Darrell C. Baker William D. Engel

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Andrea S. Ewan David A. Kruer Terry Risner Donald E. Fannin Barbara H. Kuller R. Craig Rockenstein Stephen C. Findley Joan M. Ledford A. Matthew Rosen R. Peter Finke Nelson R. Leist Joseph M. Ruwe Christopher P. Finney Donna K. Leonard Steven & Arrianna Sacks Finney, Stagnaro, Saba & Patterson Co., L.P.A George A. Leonard c Thomas B. Scheffey Patricia K. Foley W. Barry Lewis James H. Scheper Philip A. Foster Stephen H. Lieberman Donna M. Schevene Jennifer L. Frank Robert L. Liebman Lori A. Schlarman Donald R. Freese Maria A. Longi Richard J. Schneider David M. Freytag Michael T. Lordi Robert L. Schneider Tiffany J. Freytag Paul E. Lukey Kelleene A. Schoening Michael A. Galasso Jerry F. Luttenegger William H. Schoettelkotte David P. Ganote Mark A. Maddox James R. Schrand II Jodie A. Ganote Allen M. Mandelbaum Howard M. Schwartz John B. Gardner Kent E. Marcum Mark R. Schweikert David A. Garnett Laureat J. Marois W. Jeffrey Scott GE Aviation Robert D. Mattingly Owen & Sharon Serey GE Foundation Timothy A. Mattingly Janalee Shaw James S. Ginocchio Megan R. Maxfield Jeffrey & Tammie Sherry Julia A. Glazer R. Michael McEvilley Tammie L. Sherry Richard C. Goodwin Tanner B. McFall Thomas J. Smart c Henrietta L. Goolsby William R. McGarvey Gary H. Snouffer Marvin F. Grant Robert & Brenda McGinnis Paul Souleyrette John E. Greulich W. Patrick McGuinn Karen L. Spegal Ronald G. Grimmer Carroll C. McHargue Timothy & Meridith Spille Allen K. Gruner Karen M. McLaughlin James O. Springate Deborah A. Haas Martin E. McMullen Steven & Sandra Starke Martin A. Haas Joseph P. Mehrle Adam J. Stigall Patricia B. Hafele David L. Meier Ray H. Stoess Frankie S. Hager Mr. & Mrs. Richard Menninger William A. Stout Anthony H. Handmaker Malcolm A. Meyn Thomas J. Straus Ronald C. Harris Kenneth B. Miller Harry S. Sudman Thomas E. Heard Anita Mindrup-Ivie Gabrielle A. Summe Ronald & Joy Hemingway Jennifer C. Mixson Robert & Terri Sunderman Jean Henegar Patrick M. Mohan Ronald L. Swonger Lawrence W. Henke Theresa M. Mohan Elaine Tackett Donald T. Hiatt Kathy S. Molique Peter E. Tamborski Timothy A. Hickey Joseph T. Mooney James M. Tarkington Donald B. Highlands Lisa M. Moore Julia E. Tarvin Michael J. Hoffman Jason S. Morgan John W. Thacker Edward A. Hogan Sybil Behrens Mullin Joseph G. Theis Richard J. Holzer James Y. Myers Thomas J. Thole, Sr. Mary Lou Horn-Turner Wade T. Napier William M. Thompson II Joanna M. Hortillosa Susan E. Neace Ernest J. Timperman Kenneth A. Huddleston E. Lorraine Neeley Timmy J. Tope Daniel A. Hunt Theodore C. Nemeth Adam L. Towe John K. Hurd Raymond D. Neusch Barry J. Tuemler Michael R. Hurter Arthur M. Ney Michael J. Van Leuven Elizabeth A. Huseman James P. Neyer Stephen M. Venard Nancy H. Igel Clifford J. Noggler Harold L. Vick Robert J. Imbus Barbara L. Norton Lauren E. Volpenhein Cathy M. Jackson Victoria L. Norton Mary L. Volz Jay A. Jalovec Donald E. Oda II Michael J. Voris Richard G. Johnson Rachel P. Payne John H. Walker Jill S. Jones Deborah T. Peeler Frank E. Warnock Michael S. Kearns Robert W. Peeler Peter H. Wayne IV William L. Keene Amy E. Pennekamp William E. Wehrman, Jr. Michael W. Kehoe Craig & Elizabeth Petre Roger W. Weseli John T. Keller The Pfizer Foundation, Inc. Larry B. West Sara B. Kelley Bernard C. Plaut Jenny T. White Damian B. Kelly PNC Foundation Thomas A. Wietholter Justin S. Keown Marianne Pressman Melvin F. Wilhelm Thomas & Janice Kerr Amy M. Pugh Michael L. Williams Mathew R. Klein, Jr. Vanessa A. Purdom Michelle & Jeffrey Williams Molly M. Knight Jeanette Baus-Raptis David E. Williamson Christopher E. Kraus Wade L. Rasner David E. Wilson Jennifer & Alexander Kreder Mary Ann Redman William T. Wingo The Kroger Company Stephen L. Richey Roger L. Wright & Janis L. Walter

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Joseph S. Yates CLASS OF 1957 CHASE FACULTY, DEANS & DIRECTORS D. Kendall Cooper Lisa Richard A. Bales Carl & Marian La Mantia Donna S. Bennett W. Patrick McGuinn Gentry Roger D. Billings Graduation Year: 2012 John M. Bickers CLASS OF 1958 Award: NKU Chase Summer Public Sharlene Boltz Robert L. Davis Interest Fellowship Grant Carol Bredemeyer Floyd & Magda Gammon Anthony Chavez Ernest J. Timperman Nancy L. Firak Ashley F. Gray CLASS OF 1959 Christopher J. Gulinello Jerry & Harriet Belenker Thomas E. Heard Dennis R. Honabach CLASS OF 1960 Emily Janoski-Haehlen Ronald L. Swonger Kathleen G. Johnson Jennifer Jolly-Ryan CLASS OF 1961 Lisa Gentry grew up in Tyner, Ky., William R. Jones Louis & Barbara Ireton Jennifer M. Kreder Nelson R. Leist and is the student director for David H. MacKnight Carroll C. McHargue Chase’s Center for Excellence in Barbara B. McFarland Advocacy, vice president of the Lisa A. Moore CLASS OF 1962 Chase Intellectual Property Law Ljubomir Nacev James J. Condit Society, a member of the Intellectual Adrienne Nobel Nacev Robert A. Goering, Sr. Property Competition Team, and a Karen Ogburn Jack & Norma Grosse Sherry L. Porter Dominic F. Perrino LexisNexis representative. The Larry O. Putt Bernard C. Plaut NKU Chase Summer Public Interest Lawrence Rosenthal Jack D. Shumate Fellowship Grant is funded by the R. Daniel Shephard U.S. District Court for the Eastern Phillip M. Sparkes CLASS OF 1963 District of Kentucky Bench and Bar Mark M. Stavsky Craig S. Clark Fund, and the goal of the program Henry L. “Steve” Stephens, Jr. James R. Nieberding Molly T. Tami Eugene J. Stagnaro, Jr. is to provide Chase students with John T. Valauri funding for unpaid public-interest Michael Whiteman CLASS OF 1964 law positions during the summer Caryl A. Yzenbaard Richard A. Castellini months. To be eligible for funding, Claudia H. Zaher Hugh J. Convery Gentry had to commit a minimum Ronald J. Goret of 350 hours to a public-interest George H. Kearns position. CHASE ALUMNI ANNUAL GIVING Alfred J. Mangels BY CLASS YEAR Mary Ann Redman “Without the assistance of the Robert L. Schneider Chase Public Interest Fellowship CLASS OF 1946 Grant, I would not be able to take John H. Klette, Jr. CLASS OF 1965 the time to defend liberty as I have David J. Albanese been able to this summer. As a James S. Bowman CLASS OF 1951 single parent, it is necessary for Laureat J. Marois Robert J. Imbus William R. McGarvey Harold G. Korbee me to balance the needs of my Thomas J. Smart c Frank H. Mayfield, Jr. family with my ambition to learn Richard R. Slukich about as many facets of the law as CLASS OF 1952 possible during my law school Lambert Hehl & Pattie Hehl CLASS OF 1966 career. The grant made it possible Edward A. Hogan W. T. Adkins for me to learn about active William J. Ennis CLASS OF 1953 W. Roger Fry advocacy without shortchanging Peter F. Hunt Donald B. Highlands my family. The experiences I have Clifford J. Noggler been privileged to take part in this CLASS OF 1954 David Winchester Peck summer will certainly bear fruit in Virginia B. Espohl Kenneth J. Schneider my career as advocacy applies to Arthur M. Ney John H. Stevens all areas of the law, regardless of William T. Wingo David & Nancy Swift Stanton & Helen Vollman whether that advocacy occurs in CLASS OF 1955 William E. Wehrman, Jr. the courtroom or the boardroom.” Marvin F. Grant Bert & Joan Imfeld CLASS OF 1967 Jerome & Rita Bahlmann CLASS OF 1956 William J. Brown Joseph C. Whittaker Bruce R. Duggar c=Deceased FALL FALL 2010 2011 5555 2010-11 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

John W. Eilers Peter Rosenwald CLASS OF 1977 Norman George John H. Roszmann Dale H. Bernhard James & Linda Marlow Thomas J. Rottinghaus Katherine S. Brewin Martin E. McMullen Arthur D. Weber, Jr. Stephen & Lea Brinker John P. O’Connor Mark E. Combs Donald L. Schott CLASS OF 1974 Paul H. Corden Michael J. Voris William T. Bartlett Patrick R. Crilley Reverend Milton Berner Gary W. Deeds CLASS OF 1968 John K. Hurd Bruce & Jamie Favret R. Peter Finke David E. Izor Theodore J. Fink Hugh O. Frost Kevin P. Jones Leonard S. Gartner Ronald & Joy Hemingway Stephen H. Lieberman Ralph P. Ginocchio Martin S. Pinales W. Bruce Lunsford Lisa Grosse Dallas P. Powers R. Michael McEvilley Ronald C. Harris James H. Scheper Clyde & Mary Middleton Dennis C. Helmer Terrance R. Monnie Patricia Herbold CLASS OF 1969 Douglas R. Murray James D. Holliday Michael A. Clauder R. Craig Rockenstein Ronald M. Kabakoff William M. Cussen Peter J. Strasser & Priscilla S. O’Donnell Thomas & Janice Kerr Michael C. Doyle Thomas J. Thole, Sr. Thomas L. MacDonald Joseph H. Goldcamp III Michael L. Williams W. Stewart Mathews II John E. Greulich Dale & Mary Jo Wilson Henry E. Menninger, Jr. Larry E. Kissel Norman E. Zoller Kenneth B. Miller Beatrice V. Larsen Craig & Elizabeth Petre Thomas D. Massie CLASS OF 1975 G. Ernie Ramos, Jr. James J. Mayer Richard A. Bernat Richard & Catherine Rothfuss Nicholas A. Perrino James H. Biddle Timothy T. Schloss Jack Sherman, Jr. Thomas E. Collett Richard J. Schneider Thomas C. Colvin William H. Schoettelkotte CLASS OF 1970 Robert V. Evans Glen P. Thompson Ronald G. Grimmer Richard C. Goodwin Lawrence W. Henke Simon Groner CLASS OF 1978 Bruce M. Heyman Lawrence C. Hawkins, Jr. Charles T. Anderson Martin J. Huelsmann, Sr. Sylvia & Robert Hendon David L. Barth John E. Lange III G. Robert Hines Billie Brandon & Ron Abrams G. Mitchel Lippert Richard J. Holzer Gary & Jacklyn Bryson Jerry F. Luttenegger Michael W. Kehoe Henry M. Bugay Robert P. Ruwe John T. Keller Gary & Marlene Cohen Ralph & Cheryl Winkler Paul E. Lukey John R. Dean Michael F. Lyon Leah R. Dugan CLASS OF 1971 David L. Meier Roger L. Duvall Matthew J. Crehan Richard G. Meyer Kelly Farrish Ronald & Mary Dvorachek R. Thomas Moorhead James G. Fogle Timothy A. Hickey Theodore C. Nemeth Bernard C. Fox, Jr. William H. Kaufman Paul D. Rice Jan M. Frankel Stephen F. Koziar, Jr. Howard M. Schwartz Frankie S. Hager John P. O’Neill Owen & Sharon Serey Walter E. Haggerty Robert E. Pollock Gary H. Snouffer Alan & Janet Hartman D. Shannon Smith Mary L. Volz Michael J. Hoffman Ronald H. Stern Martin H. Wolf William F. Ivers, Jr. Edwin & Margie Tranter Carl W. Zugelter Stephen D. Little John & Miriam West Randall & Carolyn May CLASS OF 1976 Dustan E. McCoy CLASS OF 1972 Jeffrey & Jackie Banks Robert & Brenda McGinnis Herbert E. Adams John P. Concannon Edward J. McTigue John C. Bauer Richard A. Cullison Karen D. Meyers Gerald Daly William J. Deupree III Richard D. Michels John P. Hehman Frank M. Diedrichs Bradley K. Muller William F. Hemmert John C. Norwine & Perriann T. Allen Susan E. Neace Glenn & Sue Ellen Ritchey Kenneth & Sara (Little) Peller Raymond D. Neusch Harry S. Sudman Ridley M. Sandidge, Jr. Francis J. Niehaus David B. Sloan Barbara L. Norton CLASS OF 1973 Barry L. Standley L. Edwin Paulson, Jr. Donald E. Fannin Timothy L. Timmel Jeffrey & Patricia Raines Michael T. Gmoser Justin D. Verst Stephen J. Schuh Edward R. Goldman William J. Wehr Sara L. Sidebottom Deidra L. Hair Melvin F. Wilhelm Pamela A. Spoor Robert L. Liebman Steven & Sandra Starke Dennis K. McCarthy Daniel & Muriel Stratton

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Thomas J. Straus Daniel & Janice Mistler Michael J. Van Leuven Jim & Melanie Poston Kenneth E. & Kathleen G. Williams Connie R. Pruitt Christopher Beatrice Wolper Danny C. Reeves Benjamin D. Rogers Lach CLASS OF 1979 A. Matthew Rosen Graduation Year: 2011 Maureen E. Gilmore Amy Z. Sansbury Award: Nicholas Bauer Endowed Henry D. Acciani Stephen E. Smith, Jr. Scholarship Michael C. Arnold John W. Steinman III Gerald & Jacqueline Banks Alan C. Stout J. David & Nancy A. Bender William A. Stout Larry & Martha Deener John H. Walker John C. Fischer David A. Garnett CLASS OF 1982 Ann W. Gerwin Nancy L. Allf James S. Ginocchio Steven J. Binkley John W. Gregg Leonard & Kimberly Brashear Donald M. Hemmer John K. Daggett Christopher Lach is from Mary Lou Horn-Turner Dana E. Deering Stephen D. Hurt Thomas A. Donelan Lexington, Ky., and attended law Paul E. Jones Richard F. Lesser school to have the opportunity to David L. Kash Kent E. Marcum do something beneficial for George Kolentse E. Lorraine Neeley society. While attending Chase, he Debra A. LaMorte Candy DeClark Peace was the treasurer of the Chase George O. Lopez Robert W. Peeler Public Interest Group and a F. Hampton & Mary L. Moore F. Robert Radel II William F. O’Brien Elaine Tackett member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Mark C. Patterson John P. Tafaro Fraternity International and the Jeffrey C. Ralston Peter E. Tamborski Constitutional Law Society. He W. Jeffrey Scott David E. Wilson was awarded the Nicholas Bauer Edward L. Smith Roger L. Wright & Janis L. Walter Endowed Scholarship for the Bernard W. Southgate IV 2010-11 academic year, which was CLASS OF 1983 CLASS OF 1980 Lawrence J. Barry established in 1986 by Nicholas Randall A. Campbell Donald G. Benzinger Bauer, a 1929 graduate of Chase Marcus S. Carey Rachel V. Brower College of Law, to aid students C. David Ewing Michael A. Clark with academic promise. Stephen C. Findley Patricia K. Foley “While attending law school, I Philip A. Foster Robert & Denise McClelland interned with the Lexington public William D. Griffiths Darell R. Pierce defender’s office my first summer Allen K. Gruner Wade L. Rasner Robert & Diane Hoffer Jim & Beth Redwine and with the capital trial branch Mitchell D. Kinner Michael C. Sasso of the public defender’s office my Barbara H. Kuller R. Jeffrey Schlosser second summer. I also externed Mary K. Molloy Martin & Regina Sheehan with the Lexington public Donald C. Moore, Jr. James O. Springate defender’s office with a student James Parsons & M. Gayle Hoffman Steven O. Thornton license in the first semester of my Thomas B. Scheffey Mark R. Schweikert CLASS OF 1984 third year and for Judge Martin Robert & Terri Sunderman Michael A. Duncan Sheehan in Covington my final Harold L. Vick Darrell C. Baker semester. All of these positions R. Kent Westberry N. Jeffrey Blankenship were unpaid, and I would not have LaJuana S. Wilcher Lindell Choat had the opportunity to do any of Glenn M. Williams Donald T. Hiatt them without the scholarship.” T. Lawrence Hicks Class of 1981 Jennifer Jolly-Ryan & Michael R. Ryan Elizabeth M. Blincoe J. Gregory Jones Anthony D. Castelli Jan Kipp-Kreutzer John T. Chafin Donna K. Leonard John L. Day, Jr. James J. Luersen Barbara B. Dickson Anne P. McBee Timothy E. Eble David E. Middleton Herbert J. Haas Deborah T. Peeler Michael F. Johnson Thomas D. Richards Mark G. Kalpakis Richard J. Rinear Mark A. Maddox James M. Tarkington Karen M. McLaughlin Barry J. Tuemler Michael J. McMain James & Isabelle Wethington Daniel P. Mecklenborg Joseph S. Yates

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CLASS OF 1985 Michael & Elizabeth Murray CLASS OF 1994 Margaret A. Burks Karen L. Bowie Deborah L. Crooks CLASS OF 1990 Charles E. Johnson Patricia B. Hafele Michael A. Walters Rachel P. Payne Gary K. Kwasniewski Michelle & Jeffrey Williams David D. Black James C. Martini Jeffrey R. Aylor Donna M. Bloemer Sammie E. Pigg, Jr. John D. Bertram James & Stephanie Dietz Philip C. Pyle Richard P. Blandford William R. Erwin Terry Risner R. Stephen Burke Donald R. Freese Joseph L. Sallee, Jr. James C. Frooman M. Denise Kuprionis Mary F. Sanker Mark & Pamela Gelbert Bernard L. McKay Rosalie P. Van Nuis Thomas E. Heard Anthony D. Sabatelli Wilson G. Weisenfelder, Jr. Robert F. Keith Ann G. Schoen Michelle M. Keller Jon A. Woodall CLASS OF 1986 Lawrence C. Kendrick Gary Beatrice Bruce A. McGary CLASS OF 1995 Kevin G. Krogmeier Lisa M. Moore Amy J. Arnsperger-Hammerle Gary Beatrice Patrick J. Renn Edward D. Bender Stephen D. Berry Daniel W. Scharff Pervis C. Burcham Randy & Kathy Blankenship Sandra S. Spurgeon-Tinker Nancy J. Burns John E. Donnelly, Jr. Glenn & Heather Denton Ellen Essig CLASS OF 1991 Angela L. Hayes Allen M. Mandelbaum Cathy M. Jackson Ann T. Kereiakes Anita Mindrup-Ivie John W. Thacker Edward C. Lanter Mark A. Ogle Robert J. Biersner C. Bronston McCord III Jeanette Baus-Raptis Sean M. Caldwell Joseph P. Mehrle Patricia G. Rulli Marshall & Tami Dosker Sybil Behrens Mullin Philip J. & Mary Lynn Schworer John J. Garvey III James Y. Myers Kenneth A. Sizemore Richard G. Johnson James P. Neyer Thomas A. Wietholter Robert D. Lemmink Donald E. Oda II W. Barry Lewis Tracey A. Puthoff CLASS OF 1987 Susan Cross Lipnickey Julie & Mark Ward Jeffrey J. Brock Janet L. Oliver Roger W. Weseli Ronald & Vicki Christian Lee & Courtney Scheben Jeanne D. Dodd Marilee Stephenson CLASS OF 1996 Christopher P. Finney Brenda Beers-Reineke Stephen G. Geurin CLASS OF 1992 Irene B. Allard Samuel P. Givens, Jr. William L. Keene Elizabeth A. Chandler-Lester David A. Kruer Norton B. Roberts Debra K. Crane Todd V. McMurtry Matthew P. Zerbe David P. Ganote Kimberly & David Owen Barbara & Wayne Beimesch Julia A. Glazer Ray H. Stoess Christine A. Carter Christian R. Harris Edward & Joan Walter Gerry & Cynthia Gressel Christopher E. Kraus Frank E. Warnock Sheryl E. Heeter Brendon D. Miller Damian B. Kelly John & Charlotte Morgan CLASS OF 1988 Patricia M. King Jeffrey K. Neiheisel Sherry M. Cooper Mathew R. Klein, Jr. Bradley & Elizabeth (Welch) Ruwe Jakki L. Haussler Robert G. Miller, Jr. Kelleene A. Schoening Richard A. Hughes Marianne Pressman Michael E. Large Karen L. Spegal CLASS OF 1997 Robert D. Mattingly Timothy S. Stevens Lawrence M. Bosley Robert & Renee Muncy James M. West Dawn Meyers Blair Joseph G. Theis Joseph M. Ruwe William M. Thompson II CLASS OF 1993 Christopher J. Arlinghaus Daniel & Gwendolyn Tobergte Stephen M. Venard William D. Baldwin John & Linda Winkler Suzanne Cassidy Thomas & Margaret Collins David E. Crawford, Jr. Blake R. Maislin CLASS OF 1989 Steven M. Crawford James R. Schrand II Raymond F. DeBolt, Jr. Henrietta L. Goolsby Melissa J. Whalen Michael T. Lordi Winston R. Griffin Heidi B. Banks James G. Hodge, Jr. CLASS OF 1998 Kimberly A. Brooks Tandy Michael S. Kearns Stephen M. Bernat Robert & Charla Costanzo Molly M. Knight Elizabeth Combs Risner David M. Freytag Maria A. Longi Brian & Julie Dunham Martin A. Haas Stephen L. Richey William D. Engel Kenneth A. Huddleston Lori A. Schlarman Matthew L. Garretson Jim & Mary Kersteiner Jeffrey & Tammie Sherry Kellie D. Lee Dennis G. LaGory Don & Lisa Moore Malcolm A. Meyn David T. Reynolds

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Alan Q. Zaring CLASS OF 2006 Peter H. Wayne IV CLASS OF 1999 Lynne A. Daley Julie Mary J. Colebrook Katherine A. Knaak Gwendolyn Nalls Stephanie Ogg Duncan Eliot G. Bastian Amy E. Pennekamp Graduation Year: 2011 Daniel & Jennifer Jones David M. Spaulding Award: Brianne E. Hammond Patrick M. Mohan Endowed Scholarship Kimberley L. Naber CLASS OF 2007 Candace S. Sheridan Nicholas C. Birkenhauer David E. Williamson Robert E. Daye Jodie A. Ganote CLASS OF 2000 Anthony H. Handmaker Donald B. Smith Timothy A. Mattingly Michael A. Galasso Kenneth H. Kinder II CLASS OF 2008 Matthew E. Mills Kevin R. Croslin Jennifer C. Mixson Christopher A. Nitz Julie Duncan is a recent graduate Theresa M. Mohan Paul Souleyrette Janalee Shaw Timmy J. Tope of Chase College of Law. During her Gabrielle A. Summe Sarah E. Henry time at Chase, Duncan was Michael R. Hurter involved with the Kentucky CLASS OF 2001 Elizabeth A. Huseman Innocence Project, which, through Thomas E. Fielder Jill S. Jones a partnership between Chase and E. Douglas Baldridge Michael E. Jones the Kentucky Department of Public Diane M. St. Onge Paul J. Linden Cynthia & John Clausen Megan R. Maxfield Advocacy, allows students to Jennifer J. Clemons Kyle D. Murray perform the functions of an Monica L. Dias assistant public advocate by Ashley & James Gray CLASS OF 2009 investigating cases of inmates Robin R. McCraw Donna M. Schevene claiming to be innocent. She also Daniel A. Hunt worked for a federal magistrate CLASS OF 2002 Helen G. Bukulmez Eric W. Young Sara M. Caudill judge in the Eastern District of Nancy H. Igel Zachary A. Corbin Kentucky. Joan M. Ledford Jason L. Ellis Duncan received the Brianne E. Jeffrey A. McCormick Andrea S. Ewan Hammond Endowed Scholarship Steven & Arrianna Sacks William T. Lunceford for the 2010-11 academic year. The Julia E. Tarvin Vanessa A. Purdom scholarship was established in Rhonda B. Schechter 1999 by Glenn M. Hammond, a CLASS OF 2003 Adam J. Stigall Tanner B. McFall Adam L. Towe 1995 graduate of Chase, to assist Matthew L. Benson the Chase College of Law in Nathan H. Blaske CLASS OF 2010 attracting and retaining law James A. Browning Joanna M. Hortillosa students who demonstrate a record Paula J. Dehan Timothy M. Maloney of sound academic achievement Michael J. Farris Victoria L. Norton and financial need from certain Catherine E. Howard Larry B. West Justin S. Keown Jenny T. White areas of eastern Kentucky. Julie A. McGhghy “The scholarship enabled me to M. Suzanne Van Wert CLASS OF 2011 focus on my school work and Joseph C. White Jeanine C. Abukhater externship with the Kentucky Nathanial J. Arnett Innocence Project because it CLASS OF 2004 Patrick M. Crotty helped with the expenses of law Richard A. Brueggemann Brandon D. Daulton Jason S. Morgan Deifilia M. Diaz school.” Elizabeth S. & John M. Dunn Jennifer L. Frank John B. Gardner Sara B. Kelley Jay A. Jalovec Andrew M. Powell

CLASS OF 2005 Chrissy M. Dunn George E. Fee IV Jay H. Knight Justin & Michelle Lawrence Wade T. Napier Amy M. Pugh Julie A. Schoepf Timothy & Meridith Spille

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CLASS OF 1966 CLASS OF 1975 M. Gayle Hoffman announced the opening of her law office, The Hoffman Firm, PSC, in Stanton H. Vollman was , a U.S. Richard C. Goodwin Newport, Ky. Her practice focuses on inducted as treasurer of the Administrative adoption, family law, mediation, wills, and Cincinnati Bar Association at Law Judge (A.L.J.) in the Office probates. the annual meeting luncheon of Hearings, U.S. Department in April 2011. He is a member of Transportation, Washington, of Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC, where D.C., was elevated to Chair of the American Bar CLASS OF 1981 he concentrates on estate planning, probate, Association Judicial Division during the recent Judge Richard A. Woeste family businesses, and federal and state Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ont., Canada, in was elected Campbell County taxation. August 2011. Family Court judge for a term beginning in January 2011. CLASS OF 1968 CLASS OF 1977 Judge Harvey Bressler Judge Richard P. Ferenc was CLASS OF 1982 retired from the 12th District elected to the Clermont County John P. Tafaro, member of Court of Appeals in February Court of Common Pleas General Kohnen & Patton, LLP, was 2011 after 29 years of judicial Division in Batavia, Ohio for a inducted as secretary of the service. term beginning January 2011. Cincinnati Bar Association at the annual meeting luncheon CLASS OF 1970 in April 2011. He also serves as President of Judge Thomas R. Herman was Chatfield College. Gary Mitchel Lippert, who recently retired elected to the Clermont County from a law practice in Hamilton County after 40 Court of Common Pleas Paul Whalen was elected chairman of the years, has opened a new law office in his General Division in Batavia, Campbell County Democratic Party’s hometown of Wilmington, Ohio. His focus will Ohio, for a term beginning executive committee. be in estate planning, preparation of wills and January 2011. trusts, and probate areas of the law. CLASS OF 1984 CLASS OF 1980 CLASS OF John McGill III, has retired as ethics counsel 1972 Judge Anthony W. Frohlich with the office of attorney ethics of the Judge W. Kenneth Zuk, was was a visiting professor at Inter Supreme Court of New Jersey after more than appointed to the Clermont American University School of 20 years of service. He has been appointed County Municipal Court in Law in Puerto Rico January municipal prosecutor with the Township of Batavia, Ohio, in January 2011. 10-14, where he taught a course Willingboro, N.J. He also has begun a solo on judicial decision-making. private law practice focusing on attorney disciplinary, criminal, and municipal court , partner at CLASS OF 1974 Bob Hoffer defense as well as consumer fraud and Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, Gary A. Billig has started Gary A. Billig, personal injury matters. PSC, was appointed to the Attorney at Law. His practice focuses on board of the Tri-County bankruptcy law, criminal law, and on Economic Development CLASS OF 1985 family law. Corporation. It is a nonprofit economic Judge Karen A. Thomas, development organization dedicated to Campbell County District expanding the Northern Kentucky economy by Court, received the Chief providing expert assistance to the manufacturing, Justice’s Special Service Award professional, technology, and aviation sectors. at the Kentucky Bar

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Association’s annual banquet June 16 in change of the firm’s name to Farrell, White & CLASS OF 1996 Lexington, Ky. Legg. She is the manager of the firm’s medical Melanie S. Bailey has been appointed malpractice defense and healthcare law practices. shareholder with Burg, Simpson, Eldredge, White was also awarded the Master of Public CLASS OF 1986 Hersh & Jardine, PC. Her practice includes Health degree by Johns Hopkins University, complex civil litigation, products liability, and Judge Dennis J. Adkins was Bloomberg School of Public Health in May 2011. appointed to the Montgomery class action litigation. County Court of Common Pleas General Division in CLASS OF 1994 Jill Meyer, member-in-charge Dayton, Ohio, in June 2011. Susan Bailey-Newell, associate vice at Frost Brown Todd’s president of Human Resources for Cincinnati Cincinnati office, has been Children’s Hospital Medical Center, is a 2011-12 appointed to the Hamilton CLASS OF 1987 trustee for the Cincinnati Bar Association. County Board of Developmental Todd V. McMurtry partner at Disabilities Services for a four-year term. Dressman Benzinger LaVelle, David R. Valz has joined the Cincinnati office PSC, completed a course of of Thompson Hine, LLP, as a partner in the Woodford Webb, president of study at the Harvard Mediation corporate transactions and securities practice The Webb Companies, received Institute. The course was group. He is also a member of the firm’s the 2010 Public Policy Advocate taught by some of the nation’s top authors, personal and succession planning practice of the Year Award at the 2011 leading mediators, and Harvard law group. His practice involves advising privately Commerce Lexington Inc. professors. Participants learned how to held businesses on entity selection, formation, annual dinner. mediate, the law governing mediation, and stockholder agreements, operating agreements, mediation ethics. In his law practice, he corporate governance, general contract review, CLASS OF 1997 handles complex litigation and mediation and other corporate legal matters. cases involving business disputes, lands use, Christopher J. Arlinghaus has opened the Law Office of Christopher J. Arlinghaus in real estate, construction, and personal injury. John Mark Williams , Covington, Ky. He is admitted to practice in principal of the Law Office of Kentucky and Ohio. CLASS OF 1988 John M. Williams LLC, is a 2011-12 trustee for the Darrell Payne was named Cincinnati Bar Association. His CLASS OF 1998 Louisiana College’s new practice includes insurance litigation athletics director in June 2011, Bradley M. Kraemer has joined Caparella- concentrating on disputed and undisputed Kraemer & Associates, LLC. He concentrates leading the school’s twelve liability vehicle accidents, homeowners and intercollegiate sports programs. his practice in the areas of criminal defense, commercial premises liability, property juvenile law, civil litigation, and domestic claims, insurance coverage, and civil litigation. relations. CLASS OF 1992 He is also president of the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati for 2011-13. C. Ed Massey of Blankenship CLASS OF 1999 Massey & Steelman, PLLC, became the president-elect of CLASS OF 1995 Dennis Cook has been appointed to the position of general counsel and secretary of the the National School Boards Sean Rhiney has been named director of the Association in April 2011. members committee of Washington TRU Eigel Center for Community-Engaged Learning at Solutions LLC (WTS) located in Carlsbad, N.M. Xavier University in Cincinnati. The center works He is responsible for providing legal advice and CLASS OF 1993 to partner with the broader community of services concerning the rights, obligations, and Cincinnati to promote student learning and Tamela J. White, member of the Huntington law privileges of WTS. He had held the position of community well-being. firm Farrell, Farrell & Farrell, has announced the associate general counsel since 2008.

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Jamie Lynn Meisenhelder has joined CLASS OF 2006 Virginia M. Riggs-Horton has relocated Minnillo & Jenkins, Co., LPA, in Cincinnati. The Law Office of Virginia M. Riggs-Horton in Lewis Diaz, associate at Peck Her practice concentrates on the area of Ohio Ft. Mitchell effective June 1, 2011. Shaffer, was appointed in workers’ compensation law. January to serve on the finance Taylor P. Sorrels has joined Schiller, and administration committee Osbourn, Barnes, & Maloney, PLLC, in CLASS OF of the Northern Kentucky Area 2000 Louisville, Ky. His areas of practice include Development District board of directors. Andrew D. Atherton, shareholder in Patla, general insurance defense, products liability Straus, Robinson & Moore, PA, in Asheville, defense, automobile defense, premises N.C., was appointed vice chair of the elder law Darrel Powell was named as liability defense, and insurance litigation. section for the North Carolina Bar a Mary Lepper Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Association. His practice areas include elder CLASS OF 2008 law, estate planning, and administration. Program honoree by the Northern Kentucky Volunteer Jenny E. Beene-Skuban has opened the Law Michael A. Galasso, of Lawyers in May 2011. The project assists Office of Jenny E. Beene-Skuban in Newport, Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & taxpayers with filing their federal and state Ky. She primarily practices family law in Tucker, LPA, has been certified tax returns. addition to other areas. as a member of The Million Michael E. Jones was sworn in as a special Dollar Advocates Forum. The Mary M. “Mardee” Sherman assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. District forum is limited to attorneys who have won received the Cincinnati Bar Court, District of Guam. He will prosecute million- and multimillion-dollar verdicts, Association’s Volunteer Lawyer civilians accused of committing federal crimes awards, and settlements. Fewer than 1 percent of the Year Award at its annual on Naval Base Guam. of U.S. lawyers are members. He practices in meeting luncheon. She is an the area of civil litigation with a focus on associate with the Cincinnati law firm commercial, consumer, bankruptcy, personal Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker, LPA, and CLASS OF 2009 her practice primarily focuses in the area of injury, employment law, and creditor’s rights. Ioanna Paraskevopoulos is a presidential family law. She was recognized for her work management fellow and program analyst with done on behalf of low-income clients and her CLASS OF 2003 the U.S. Department of State. commitment to the Volunteer Lawyers Kelley Rule, has joined Goldberg Simpson Project. Kristin M. Russell has joined Willenborg, as an associate in the insurance defense/ Russell & Ireland, PLLC, as a trial attorney general litigation area. CLASS OF 2007 with a general law practice focusing primarily on criminal defense and elder law. CLASS OF 2004 T. Alex Mattingly, assistant city solicitor for the city of M. Erin Wilkins was named Covington, received the CLASS OF 2010 Lawyer of the Year by the Northern Kentucky Volunteer W. Josh Brown has opened The Law Offices Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers’ Nick of Time Award in of Brown & Brown, PLLC, a full-service law Lawyers in May 2011. The Law May 2011. firm located in Newport, Ky. He is the Office of M. Erin Wilkins is a managing partner of the firm. full-service law firm representing clients in the Joshua L. Nicholls has started Joshua L. areas of family law & criminal defense. Nicholls, Attorney at Law, in Nicholasville, Ky. Christian P. Fannin has joined Kreindler & His areas of practice include family law, Kreindler, LLP, in New York City as an criminal defense, civil litigation, and personal associate. He will be working on the BP Deep injury. Horizon oil spill litigation in New Orleans, La.

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Bradley M. Gibson has joined Finney, Stagnaro, Saba & Patterson Co., LPA, where The Hon. J. Warren Bettis ’51 passed away community service and leadership with he concentrates in general civil litigation and June 23, 2011, at the age of 86. Judge Bettis several awards. Judge Schmaedecke was a constitutional law. served in the U.S. Marine Corps during member of both the Cathedral Basilica of the World War II and was awarded the Purple Assumption and Bishop’s Choir for more Benjamin “Tom” Pugh has joined O’Hara, Heart for his service. After graduating from than 63 years. Ruberg, Taylor, Sloan & Sergent as an Chase, he started a law practice in his associate. He focuses his practice in the areas hometown of Salineville, Ohio, which was in Charles H. Lynn ’84 passed away July 12, of criminal defense, civil litigation, insurance operation for 20 years. Before being elected 2011, at the age of 58. After leaving his defense, and employment law. in to the judiciary, he served as the position as city manager for the city of Washington Township clerk, solicitor for the Ocala, Fla., he served for two years as city villages of Salineville and Hanoverton, state manager for the city of Henderson, Ky. He representative from Columbiana County in went on to become the manager of the the Ohio Legislature, village solicitor for village of Wellington in Palm Beach County, Salineville, and Columbiana County a position he held for 11 years. Following his prosecutor. He was elected Columbiana work in Palm Beach County, Lynn worked County Common Pleas Judge in 1970 and briefly as the deputy manager of The was re-elected twice before resigning in Villages, a retirement community in Florida. 1986. He then was appointed Ohio For the past two years, Lynn was town Disciplinary Counsel and sat on the Ohio administrator for Southwest Ranches in Court of Claims by assignment of the Ohio Broward County, Fla. Supreme Court. While serving as judge, he was an instructor of criminal law, evidence, Philip Cahan ’09 passed away May 8, 2011, and trial procedure at Kent State University at the age of 55. He transferred to Chase Col- for 10 years. He was a member of the Salem lege of Law in 2008 and graduated in 2009. First Presbyterian Church. He passed the Ohio bar exam and moved to Alexandria, Va., to work for the U.S. Patent The Hon. William Schmaedecke ’62 passed and Trademark Office. away June 24, 2011, at the age of 75. Judge Schmaedecke was elected to the Kenton County District Court as a district judge in 1977 and served a total of 21 years before his retirement in 1999. He served as chief judge of the Kenton District Court for three terms and as the president of the Kentucky District Judges Association for three years. Before his career in the judiciary, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 63rd House District in 1972. Judge Schmaedecke was a member and officer of several civic and service organizations, including the Covington Kenton Jaycees, Kentucky State Jaycees, Catholic Social To submit your classnotes, Service Auxiliary, Welcome House, Covington please visit the Chase Optimist Club, and Kenton County Ethics website at chaselaw.nku.edu Commission. He has been recognized for his

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