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Member, Western Kentucky University Child Care Consortium Oversight Committee, 2010-present

Chief Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2018-present

Former Member, Blackacre Partners, Limited Liability Company

Former President, ELL, Incorporated

Former Director, Monticello Banking Company

Former Member, State Street Realty, Limited Liability Corporation

Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, 2014-2018

Associate, Kerrick Bachert Stivers, Professional Services Corporation, 1985-2014

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, December 4, 2014

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Western District of Kentucy, June 19, 2014

Law Clerk, Vimont and Wills, 1984-1985

Law Clerk, Bell, Orr, Ayers & Moore, 1983

General Laborer, HHL Partners Warehouse, 1982

Member, The Other Club, 2012-present

Member, Olde Stone Country Club, 2008-present

Member, Rivergreen Homeowner's Association, 2006-present

Director, WKU Research Foundation, Incorporated, 1999-present

Member, Bowling Green Country Club, 1988-present

Member, University of Kentucky College of Law Alumni Association, 1986-present

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys

Member, Bowling Green/Warren County Bar Association

Member, Defense Research Institute

Member, Kentucky Bankers Association

Member, Kentucky Bar Association

Member, Kentucky Defense Counsel

Director, Hilltopper Athletic Foundation, 2006-2013

Director, Rivergreen Homeowner's Association, 2012-2013

Member, Rivergreen Homeowner's Association, Incorporated, 2013

Board Chair, WKU Research Foundation, Incorporated, 2011, 2013

President, Hilltopper Athletic Foundatin, 2010

Board Counsel, Saint Joseph Cemetery Board, 2004-2006

Director, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Bowling Green, Incorporated, 1989-1998

President, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Bowling Green, Incorporated, 1998

Member, Bowling Green/Warren County Jaycees, 1986-1995

Member, Bowling Green Noon Lions Club, 1986-1992

Awards:

2012, 2013, 2014 - Super Lawyer for Kentucky
2011 - AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
2011 - Western Kentucky University Cherry Society
2009, 2010, 2012 - Western Kentucky University Summit Award
1985 - Graduated with distinction from Eastern Kentucky University
1984 - Amerian Jurisprudence Award, Professional Responsibility

Publications:

Co-Author, "The Impending End of the Jural Rights Doctrine n Kentucky Jurisprudence," 99 Ky. L.J. Online 50 (2011).
Letter to the Editor, Bowling Green Daily News, February 3, 2010.