Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2013

Governor Kelly Thompson Spirit of Kiwanis Award, Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green, KY

2009

Star of the Year, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

2008

Distinguished Alumni Award, Leadership Bowling Green Alumni Association

2007

Star of the Year, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

2007

Star of the Quarter, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

2006

Star of the Quarter, American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

2003

Bill Natcher Service to Kiwanis Award, Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green, KY

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Work Experience

2015 - Present

Adjunct Instructor - Business Administration Systems, Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College

2015 - Present

Career Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

1999 - Present

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Management, Western Kentucky University

2000 - 2014

Partner, Kerrick Bachert, PSC

1999 - 2000

Staff Attorney, Hon. Joseph R. Huddleston, Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals

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Associations

2016 - Present

Kentucky Board Foundation

Director

2016 - Present

Bowling Green/Warren County Bar Association

Director

2009 - Present

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

Fellow

2006 - Present

American Bar Foundation

Fellow

2013 - 2016

Kentucky Bar Association, IOLTA Board of Trustees

Chair

2012 - 2013

Kentucky Bar Association, IOLTA Board of Trustees

Vice Chair

2011 - 2014

American Bar Association, Legal Opportunity Scholarship Committee

Member

2011 - 2012

Kentucky Bar Association, IOLTA Board of Trustees

Treasurer

2010 - 2012

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

Liaison to the ABA SCOTIS

2009 - 2012

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Leadership Advisory Board

Member

2008 - 2009

Kentucky Bar Association, Board of Governors

Member

2008 - 2009

Kentucky Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section

Chair

2007 - 2009

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

Communications Director

2007 - 2009

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

District Representative for Kentucky/Tennessee

2007 - 2013

Warren County Law Library, Board of Trustees

Trustee/Treasurer

2002 - 2005

Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green, KY, Board of Directors

Member

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Education

1999

Drake University

JD/MPA - Juris Doctor & Master of Public Administration

1996

University of Wisconsin, Platteville

BS - Bachelor of Science

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Speaking Engagements

2013

Lawyers as Leaders

Estate Planning

2012

2012 Annual Convention Disaster Legal Services: From Emergency to Ease of Mind

2009

American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division Spring Conference

Disaster Legal Services

2007

NABE/NCBP/NCBF 2007 Midyear Meeting

Protect Your Future: How to Support Your Young Lawyers Division/Section

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Publications

2011

Kentucky Law Journal Online The Impending End of the Jural Rights Doctrine in Kentucky Jurisprudence

2005

GPSolo Magazine (ABA) Representing Repugnant Clients: Every Lawyers Choice?

1998

Drake Journal of Agricultural Law The Struggle of Cities to Implement the Safe Drinking Water Act in the Context of Intergovernmental Relations

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Languages

English

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