Louisville Law Examiner
Serving The University of Louisville School of Law Community
Volume 7, Number 4 Louisville, Kentucky, November 30, 1981 Circulation 4200
Alternative Families' Legal
Rights Explored
By Gail Dopf and Linda Thomas
Rhonda Rivera, noted Ohio family
law attorney, traced the legal rights of
unmarried heterosexual and
homo·sexual cohabitants and suggested
ways to aid these clients at a recent
Law Forum lecture.
Ms. Rivera, a professor of law at
Ohio State University in Columbus
who also maintains an active family
law practice, told a packed Allen
Courtroom that unmarried
cohabitants have a one in four
"split" rate averaging the same as the
divorce rate of married couples.
However, unlike married couples,
"alternative families" have never had
a formal legal mechanism to help
them be fair with each other through
the "disconnection" process.
According to Rivera, courts have
historically had a "hands off" attitude
toward alternative families,
because they were viewed as undermining
the fundamental American institutions
of marriage and family.
"At first the judiciary refused to
look into the alternative family relationship
for contracts, implied or expressed.
When such contracts were
later recognized the courts often
found reasons not to enforce them.
They felt that unmarried cohabitants
tampered with the essentials of marriage,"
she said. For public policy
reasons the rights and duties inherent
in their relationships would not be enforced.
The parties were prevented
from seeking equitable relief by the
"clean hands doctrine", she explained.
Courts presumed that because they
were voluntarily living together, the
parties intended to give away their
services as "gifts." When all else failed,
the courts reasoned that the unmarried
cohabitants must have
known any contractual rights were
unenforceable. ·
Rivera explained that Marvin v.
Marvin was a landmark decision
because the court finally acknowledged
the rights and duties inheren~ in
the alternative family relationship.
"The Marvin decision was not as new
as it seemed," she said. "Similar
decisions had been handed down by
courts in Washington long before
Marvin." The case's notoriety came
about because of the glamorous stars
involved, she explained.
The Marvin court recognized the
inherent contractual relationship between
unmarried cohabitants. The
court realized that in not intervening
before, it had actually rewarded the
cohabitant who refused to marry in
order to keep his own property to
himself, thereby undermining the institution
of marriage. This often
punished the other cohabitant (usually
a woman) who was sharing her property.
The Marvin court allowed
severance of that part of the contract
based on meritricious considerations
and enforced the rest. If there is no
express contract the court can imply
from the cohabitance that the parties
impliedly contracted to deal fairly
with· each other. If neither an express
nor an implied contract could be supported
by the facts, the court would
allow the parties to sue in quantum
meruit. The value of homemaking
services was explicitly recognized, as
were constructive and resulting trusts.
Since the Marvin case many state
legislatures have introduced laws to
fomalize the legal relationship between
unmarried cohabitants.
"With the unusual relationships of
unmarried cohabitants," said Rivera,
"the attorney has the opportunity to
manipulate traditional legal forms in
a postive, rewarding fashion. This re-
11Guilty But Mentally Ill"
Photo By Mark Asbbum
Rhonda Rivera discussed the legal rights of unmarried cohabitants in a re·
cent Law Forum lecture. Ms. Rivera appeared in the Allen Courtroom and at
freshman Constitutional Law classes during a visit to the School of Law.
quires creativity and 'hutspah' or 'unmitigated
gall.'"
In meeting the needs of the gay and
straight cohabiting clients she has,
Rivera suggests a four factor legal
plan to give a formal legal structure
and recognition to their relationships:
1. Make a formal will - Since the
biological family of the unmarried
cohabitant is more likely to contest it
than the family of a surviving spouse,
make every effort to comply with the
state statutes to make these wills
unassailable.
2. Get a power of attorney - These
give the loved one control in cases of
accident or medical emergency.
Rivera has these notarized and in
legal language asks hospital personnel
and others to treat the "lover" as
next of kin, in specified medical situa-tions.
Medical institutions don't
usually question these, she said.
3. Draw up a contract - These
should be in businesslike style following
the Model Partnership Act. One
contract should deal only with
finances and property, which will be
enforceable in court. A second,
separate contract could deal with
such things as household chores, etc.
since enforceability is questionable.
Be sure to add arbitration clauses to
avoid the expense of litigation.
4. Bank accounts should be
primarily separate - This avoids the
chance that one party could empty a
joint account. However, in addition
to separate checking accounts, have a
joint checking account to which each
contributes a stipulated amount per
month.
Proposed Verdict Would Fill Gap in Kentucky Law
By Ed Branham
"I just held on until I couldn't feel
any pulse in her, in where it beats ... I
made sure she was good and dead."
This statement is an excerpt from a
confession given by Dorothy Yanez
following the brutal murder of her
mother in Louisville in 1979. A jury
found Ms. Yanez not guilty by reason
of insanity.
In Indianapolis there was the case
of Anthony Kiritsis who, in 1977, terrorized
a mortgage executive with a
sawed-off shotgun as millions watched
on the nightly news. He too was
found innocent because of temporary
insanity.
Prompted by cases such as these,
where the insane go free and the sane
can be sentenced to death,, Representative
Roger C. Noe has prefiled
legislation creating a ''guilty but men-tally
ill" verdict.
When someone commits a crime in
Kentucky there are only two mental
states recognized - sanity and insanity.
The "guilty but mentally ill" verdict
fills the gap in the present law.
The proposed legislation recognizes
that someone can be mentally ill
without being insane and provides
that the convicted mentally ill defendant
would be treated for his illness
until his sentence is completed or until
he is cured. If such a person were
cured, he would serve the continuance
of his sentence.
The "guilty but mentally ill" plea
attempts to accommodate competing
societal and individual interests.
Society is assured that a person
responsible for a crime is in custody.
And a disturbed criminal is assured of
treatment.
Under the present system t~e only
way to restrain a defendant who successfully
meets the difficult task of
obtaining a verdict of "not guilty by
reason of ir:tsanity" is through civil
commitment. However, Kentucky's
guidelines for such involuntary
hospitalization are quite strict.
Forty days before Ms. Yanez
murdered her mother, relatives
sought to have her hospitalized for
treatment. After a 30 minute examination
by a psychiatrist at University
Hospital, she was turned free
because she dido 't meet the
guidelines. The result was tragic.
Only the states of Michigan and Indiana
now have a plea of "guilty but
mentally ill.'' The proposal that Kentucky
do the same was made by the
state Supreme Court in Gall v. Kentucky,
wherein it was stated that
" ... the real problem lies in the very
nature of the defense of insanity. It
may be too much to ask of any set of
men or women (on a jury) to make a .
dispassionate assessment of a
criminal defendant's mental condition
... Some of our sister states have
endeavored to meet the problem by
authorizing a verdict of 'guilty but
mentally ill'... under which the ,
sentence is not affected but the defendant
while serving it may be confined
as long as may be necessary in a mental
institution. We commend that approach
to our own General·
Assembly.''
This bill offers the defendant and
the jury a sound alternative. When
the 1982 General Assembly convenes,
state legislators will have the opportunity
to follow the lead of our
neighbors to the north in recognizing
a responsibility to the criminally ill
and the citizenry jeopardized by this
, gap between sanity and insanity.
2 Louisville Law Examiner, November 30, 1981
Louisville Law Examiner
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
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Rich MUster
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Mary Ross Terry
Mark Stanziano
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Letter to the Editor
To The Editor:
I have a tendency to read the Examiner
closely. I was struck by two
indirect references in the same article
to what I know to be a not uncommon
feeling among many U of L law
students; namely, that the education
is somehow inferior and the students
somehow less qualified than their
peers from other law schools.
The two references appear in a
September 21, 1981 article entitled,
"Summer Clerking Jobs Offer Varied
Experiences." In the article, law student
Maggie Keane was said to have
found that ''U of L students had
comparable education and were
equally prepared to practice with a
large firm as were the other schools'
students." Well, of course they are.
Is the assertion itself necessary to convince
us that we're not second rate?
Similarly, Chuck Mullins was said
to have "complained of some 'ingrained
snobbery' at the fact that he
attended what some felt was a 'second
tier' law school." Nevertheless,
he was "told that his work compared
favorably with that of other (NLRB)
interns." Again, a point that, were it
not for the undercurrent of apprehension
among the student body, would
not even be worth mentioning.
I suppose the reason I am reacting
so strongly to the issue is because I
was nearly paralyzed by the fear that
I couldn't effectively compete in the
"real world" because my legal education
was inferior. The result was my
·coming_ to California positive I
couldn't pass the notorious California
Bar Exam on the first try, (I did,
although 50 percent of the people
who took it with me did not), and
even more certain that the large,
prestigious Beverly Hills law firm
which broke tradition and hired someone
from a "no name" law school
would soon discover they had made
an egregious error.
They did not. Although I was constantly
in awe of my colleagues who
were graduates of Harvard, Yale,
Stanford and the like, I eventually
had to come to grips with the fact that
I, too, was doing well. Thus, in the
final analysis it didn't matter where
one went to law school as long as one
could do the work. That, of course,
begs the questic;m as to wether U of L
students can indeed do the work. One
only has to look at the success of the
vast majority of U of L graduates to
see that the answer is, of course they
can.
This is not to deny the benefits of a
Harvard or Stanford legal education.
But the fact of the matter is that there
is no need to make subtle excuses for
your legal education or even accept as
debatable the premise that, as a U of
L graduate, you are substantially less
better prepared to be a good lawyer
able to compete head-to-head with
graduates of other law schools. To
believe otherwise is dangerous, selfdefeating
and erroneous.
Sincerely,
Nancy S. Niederman
Class of 1980
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I NIGHT and DAY
By Mark Stanziano
Many of the students, faculty and
administration here feel there are differences
between those who are referred
to as "Day Division" and "Evening
Division" students. I will try to
avoid such naive and artificial
classifications as I describe some of
the more universal problems that encompass
all students here.
Perhaps the most talked-of problem
facing the population of this
school is the shallow nature of the offered
curriculum. In both divisions
the apparent lack of concern for upperclassmen
who've taken the vast
majority of courses offered is striking.
Lack of imagination on the part
of the schedule makers and an inherent
ability to conflict imaginative
course offerings with much needed
bar courses and/or blocks of time
which could otherwise be set aside for
work are just a couple of the ways in
which this lack of foresight and concern
are manifested.
These thoughts should bring up
other questions of great importance
to those who tail with law books,
hom books, reference works, study
aids and Black's Dictionary.
At the top of this list are the
number of courses tested on the bar
exam and the necessity of working
while going to school. As for the
former, I realize this is an old and
probably womdown topic here but I
feel very sincerely that an age of
specialization is upon this profession.
It just happens to hit now rather than
10 years ago as it did in the medical
professions. Granted, a general
understanding in the law, in most
areas, is necessary but is there some
reason why every area of the law must
be tested on the bar exam?
Certainly, this school should push
for a minimization of tested courses.
The list should be narrowed to
general areas of law. Not only would
this reduce the number of courses a
student feels he has to take in order to
adequately prepare for the bar, but,
in so doing, it will allow the students
to select courses in which they have
an avid interest or in which they
choose to specialize. Further, this
gives the schedule makers the opportunity
to offer more and varied
courses.
As for the necessity of working, it
remains a mystery to me why the upper
echelons in this school are so
violently opposed to a student's having
a job. Surely one-who clerks, or
works in some other capacity in a
law-related job, brings into his
studies a working practical
knowledge which full-time
bookworms do not have. Is it because
the faculty and administration, and
A.B.A. know that, for the most part,
they are not producing competent advocates
in an atmosphere of Westpublished
texts and overpriced
notebooks and they just don't want
the students to find out? They cannot
see that they are turning out
graduates who do not have one iota
of knowledge of law to admit
something into evidence, crossexamine
a witness, or prepare a will.
If they cannot see, I forgive them. I
hold no ill will against those who are
blind and bump into me. But if they
wiD not see, then they are to be blamed
and held accountable, because,
this is as intentional a wrong as any
every levied upon a group; and just
because the A.B.A. also wants to
keep people in the dark is no good
defense. A rule that is so bad as to be
unconscionable must not only be
changed, it must not be followed.
Finally, and briefly, once we overcome
these problems, we come faceto-
face with perhaps the biggest problem
of all. The job market is beginning
to overflow, especially here. As
an economic result, except for those
at the top of the class who are
scooped up by the big name firms,
pay is generally low. In these troubled
economic times this, then, becomes
the most fiercesome monster we have
to do battle against. The weapons
we'll need to win are a good general
background in the law as well as a
somewhat specialized knowledge in
one area of the law, while holding a
strong practical knowledge in reserve.
(The writer is a third-year student in
the evening division.)
Dean Search Underway
By Rich Milster
Looking toward the goal of choosing
a new Dean by the fall 1982
semester, the law school's Dean
Search Committee has been sending
out advertisements and announcements
in various legal journals,
magazines and newspapers.
The committee is a large, diverse
group with representatives from the
university, law school faculty, law
students, judiciary, and private practice.
Members from the law school
faculty are: Ronald Eades, chairman;
Ralph Petrilli, William Dolson,
Les Abramson, Gene Teitelbaurm,
David Leibson, and James Merritt.
Student representatives are Diane
Bogdon and Joram Salig.
Representing the university is Lois
Cronholm, Dean of the College of
Arts and Science. Also on the committee
are Judge William McAnulty
and Attorney Larry Franklin.
Starting early next year the committee
will examine the qualificatioqs
of applicants and nominees. This
must be done in compliance with
university, state, and federal regulations
and affirmative action
guidelines.
"The minimal qualification is a law
degree," says Eades, "then the committee
will look at academic
qualifications, advanced degrees,
scholarly research, and experience in
law teaching, law practice, administration
and the judiciary. Except
for a law degree, there is not any
absolute criteria. We are looking for
the best and most qualified applicant
overall."
This process is designed to reduce
the number of applicants down to a
manageable number, approximately
three to six people. At this time personal
interviews will be conducted.
Although all names will be kept completely
confidential through the first
round of interviews, after that faculty,
staff and students will have an opportunity
to give input to the committee.
The committee will then formally
recommend the names of two to three
candidates to University President
Swain and the Board of Trustees,
who will make the actual hiring decision.
If the committee feels that none
of the applicants are qualified for the
job, then the whole process will start
over.
Louisville Law Examiner, November 30,1981 3
"Brandeis Brief" Series
This is the third installment of a three-part series on "Juvenile Justice. " The
first two installments examined the prosecutor's role in delinquency proceedings
and the child advocate's role in dependency proceedings, respectively.
Juvenile Justice:
Parents' Perspective in
Ky. Dependency Proceedings
By Ellen G. Friedman
Ellen G. Friedman graduated from the School of Law in 1979. She is a
member of the Kentucky Bar Association and has served on the Louisville Bar
Association's Juvenile Justice Committee. She is currently a staff attorney
with Legal Aid Society,, Inc., representing parents in juvenile court dependency
proceedings.
Juvenile Court Dependency proceedings are considered civil in nature and
are styled "In the interest of the child." Technically, then, the only party is the
child, but, in reality, there are three parties involved: the child, the parent and
the state. Kentucky law provides for the appointment of an attorney for the
child in every case. Under current law, the Judge may appoint counsel for the
parent, and under the new Unified Juvenile Code effective July 1, 1982, an attorney
shall be provided for parents unable to afford one. The state's interests
are represented by a prosecutor who works closely with a state or countyemployed
social worker. Each of these three parties has an interest in the proceedings,
and these interests can and often do conflict.
The state has an interest in protecting its children based upon the parens
patriae doctrine. On the other hand, the parents have the right to raise children
and be free from unjustified state interference into family matters. The child,
through his attorney, has certain rights as well, which can conflict with either
those of his parents or those of the state. Everyone seems to recognize the
parent-child conflict, but not enough attention is given to the protection of the
parent, the child, and the family itself from state encroachment.
The right to family integrity is a fundamental constitutional right. The
United States Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized the parent-child relationship
as a liberty interest deserving special protection under the Fourteenth
Amendment Due Process Clause, as well as the Equal Protection Clause and
the Ninth Amendment.
In competition with this fundamental right to raise children is the parens
patriae function of the state. The state has a legitimate interest, but the only
legitimate goal of the state in exercising its powers must be the promotion of
the child's best interest. There is a traditional and legal presumption that
parents act in their children's best interest. There are also those who strongly
advocate that children themselves should determine what is in their own best
interest, either along or through the appointment of a guardian ad litem. The
real conflict that emerges is determining exactly what is in the child's best interest
and who should make this determination.
It is now well-settled that the state does not always act for the benefit of the
child even under the guise of parens patriae. In re Gault 3 87 U.S. 1 ( 1967), was
a delinquency case in which a juvenile was denied various procedural protections.
The state's justification was that the proceedings were civil in nature and
non-adversarial; the state was only acting for the welfare of the child, and
therefore the child did not require the additional protections given to adults.
The Court found that both the child and the parent required procedural protections
from the benevolent hand of the state.
The area of child rearing is a sensitive one. There are as many different viewpoints
as there are families. Even the experts can't agree, and new theories are
constantly being advocated and adopted as they come into vogue. It is
especially in this area of child rearing that the state's parens patriae powers
must be limited. The state is not prepared nor qualified to raise children and
provide the nurturance and guidance required; nor should the particular childrearing
views of the judge, prosecutor, social worker or child advocate be imposed
upon the family.
Because of the numbers of cases processed each day through the court, there
is simply not enough time for these outsiders to accurately assess the child's
needs. Particularly in the dispositional stage, much reliance is placed upon the
report and recommendations of the social worker and other professionals.
Some workers do not even hold a degree in social work, but rather have college
degrees in fields completely unrelated. In addition, the workers are often overworked
to the point that even a conscientious and otherwise qualified worker
may have had only minimal interaction with the family. There exists a real
danger of judicial over-reliance on professionals in making what should remain
legal determinations.
The great majority of parents brought before Juvenile Court are poor. They
are frightened and may be uneducated and inarticulate. On the other hand, the
system, comprised of a prosecutor, social worker, child advocate and judge, is
predominantly middle-class. This cultural discrepancy creates numerous problems,
particularly with communication. Generally, where factual disputes
arise between the social worker and the parent, the overwhelming tendency is
to believe the more articulate worker. It is nearly impossible for the system to
avoid applying its own middle-class standards in evaluating what the child's
welfare requires. The t:Ple of Juvenile Court is not to redistribute the population
as would occur if all children were moved to a "better" environment. The
Juvenile Court should only interfere with the family to prevent actual and
_demonstrated harm, and then only in the least intrusive manner possible.
This conflict in cultural mores does not usually create problems in extreme
cases, but most cases are not so clear cut. The problems occur where varying
modes of child rearing reflecting individual values conflict. For example, at
what point does the use of physical discipline become physical abuse? At what
point does the use of home remedies becoem medical neglect? At what point
does a child left with a paid or unpaid babysitter become abandoned? When
does a messy home become a threat to the child's health and safety? At what
point should emotionally, mentally or physically handicapped parents be
denied the right to care for their children? How much independence should a
young child be allowed before a parent is accused of subjecting the child to risk
of injury?
These are but a few of the difficult problems the court must answer. The
danger of imposing class-based moral judgments is enormous, particularly
because there is little legal guidance. Neglect statutes are intentionally written
broadly to encompass an endless variety of facts and circumstances. For instance,
the statutory definition of a dependent child is one "who is under improper
care, control or guardianship ... " Nowhere is the term "improper"
defined. The neglect and abuse definitions are little better. Statutes in other
states have been attacked as being unconstitutionally vague or overly broad,
but generally they have been upheld. Inevitably, the Judge decides if the set of
facts presented constitutes improper care, neglect or abuse. Without specific
legal guidelines, that determination, even among the fairest of judges, must
necessarily be influenced by his own upbringing and class values which are not
shared by other segments of the population. Because of the vague and broad
nature of neglect statutes and the implicit dangers described, the statutes must
always be interpreted in light of Constitutional protections. ·-
On~ thing is clear from the foregoing discu~sion, procedural due process is
essential to protect both the parent and the child. The United States Supreme
Court has developed a three-pronged analysis to evaluate how much process is
due under the Fourteenth Amendment. Briefly, they are the private interests at
stake, the government's interest, and the risk that the procedures used will
cause erroneous deprivation. In Stanley v. Illinois 405 U.S. 64S (1972), the
U.S. Supreme Court examined the interests of the parent and the state in
dependency court. The .cour! found the P!i!ent's interest in the care, custody
and management of hts chdd a substantial one, while the state's interest
minimal if the parent is fit. In that case the court struck down a statute on
equal protection grounds which automatically made children of unwed fathers
wards of the state upon the death of the mother. The court found that "all
parents are constitutionally entitled to a hearing on their fitness before th~k
children are removed from their custody."
One of. the m~st disturbing a_reas of juve_nile court procedure is the practice
of remov10g c~ldren from tbe1r homes pnor to a full hearing on the merits.
State law provtdes for emergency removal only where the child "is being harmed
or thre.ate~ed wtth harm to such a degree that his best interests requires ... "
A determmation of harm or threatened harm can be made on the basis of an
~ffid~vit or sw?~n testimony. Even mor~ troublesome is that the initial allegatlO~
s 10 the petition can be made upon ''mformation and belief.'' Consequently,
)Udges order the removal of children merely on the basis of an affidavit of
behef. T~e P?te~tial ~or abuse should be obvi~us. Children are placed in foster
care ?r mstitutionahzed so~ely on ~he basts of uncorroborated hearsay,
somettmes based upon undisclosed 10formants - testimony which often ·
would not be allowed at the full hearing. This creates an anomalous situation
where . it becomes. ~asier . to ref!love .a child than to prove the petition.
Sometimes the petitioner 1s well-10tentioned, but other times is vindictive or
simply misinformed.
Certainly there are times when the court must act swiftly to protect a child
bU:t the emergen.cy rem.oval statute ~oes not provide for a mandatory hearing
pnor to or even tmf!ledtately_follow!ng th~ removal, and in fact, the temporary
custody order rema10s effective untd modtfied by the court or until the cause is
heard ~n its merits, <?ften several months later. The constitutionality of this
statute 1s currently be10g challenged. Thus, a child can be taken from home or
school by a sheriff, placed ~n a strange environment and a parent might not
know for da~s w~ere.the. child has been taken. These summary, Gestapo-like
removals, pnmardy 10fl1cted on the powerless poor, should frighten even
middle-class families not ordinarily involved.
The situation is further complicated when the parent is not represented by
couns~l. The parent who has a child taken by emergency order is unable to get
back mto the system and move the court to return the child until his court
assigned date arrives. It would appear that due process requires that parents
unable to afford an attorney have one appointed and, in fact, most states have
enact.ed such a law, but a. recent !J.S,. Supreme Court case held that the right to
appo10tment of counsel 10 term10ation of parental rights cases must be determined
on a case by case basis. The facts in that case were extreme and certainly
this issue should be pursued by appeal for any case adjudicated' without providing
needy parents with counsel.
Co~trary to the Constitutional glJarantees briefly discussed, in reality the
Juvemle Court tends to operate on the theory that all allegations are presumed
true and that if pretrial removal later proves erroneous, the child can be
returned wi~h no real ha.rm done. This phi~osophy is both legally and factually
unsound. F1rst, the behef that no fiarm 1s done by preventative removal is
clearly erroneous. The parent "suffers from the deprivation of his children
and the children suffer from uncertainty and dislocation." Experts have found
that even minimal state intrusion into family life can do irreparable harm to a
child's development.
Second, even if temp?rary interference or removal were not pennanently
harmful, the law must stdl be followed. The United States Supreme Court has
never "embraced the general proposition that a wrong may be done if it can be
undone." Decisions in dependency cases are difficult and following Constitutional
guidelines not easy, but for justice to be done, the courts must attempt
to balance the interests of all the parties, parents included and where
necessary, restrain the pervasive arm of the state. '
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4 Louisville Law Examiner, November 30, 1981
19 8 1-8 2 Senior Bulletin
The Law Examiner is pleased to have the opportunity to reprint the 1981-82
Senior Bulletin. This listing of graduating seniors was orginally prepared and
published in catalog form by the law school Placement Committee and
distributed to Louisville-area employers. The Law Examiner is indebted to
Phyllis Leibson and the student members of the Placement Committee for
their efforts in compiling this bulletin.
Ann U!ilie Bailt'Y
Mi<'hat>l T. Alexander
1726 Second St., Apt. 3 Lou., KY 40208 634-1379
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.A. in counseling, Western Kentucky University, 1978.
B.A. in psychology; minor in sociology, Western Kentucky
University, 1977.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Fredric J. Cowden &
Darryl T. Owens.
2614 Wilhurlook Lane Lou ., KY40220 491-1524
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in English. University of Louisville, 1979.
Scholarship to study in England, Universitv of Lomlon;
Dean's List. ·
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, member; Moot Court, secretary, mentor and
judge; Pirtle-Washer competition, winner; Legal
Fr~· ternity, Delta Theta Phi, vice-dean; ·women's Law
Caucus, member; Moot Court Scholarship Award.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Jefferson District
Public Defenders, Appellate Division, January, 1981to
present.
Tt•rr~· Ral11h Bt-t>kner
Ann O'Mallt>v Bariht-au
2508 Vallt>tia Rd. Lou .. KY 40205 459-4846
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND A D ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in English. Loretto Heights College, 1969. Major
activitit>s. studt>n t hody president.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fratt>rnity. Dt>lta Tht>ta Phi ," memher; Louisvilie Law
Exarnint>r. contrihutor: Women's Law Caucus, memher;
Dt>an's List.
5:{58 Nt>w Cut Rd. Lou .. KY 40214 368-5169
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in busi~t>ss and historv. Carroll College, 1979.
Mt>mbt>r of Phi Alpha Tht>t~ History Fraternity; Major
acti\'itit>s. Phi Tht>ta Phi Social Fraternity, College Band,
Stud!'nt St>natt>.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Compt>l.. partiripant. judgt>. problem consu ltant ; Mock
Trial. partiripant: Lt>gal Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi;
Studt>nt Bar Assoriation: Honor Council, membt>r;
Studt>nt Advisor.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Segal and Shanks.
St>ptemher 1980 to present.
Pamt"la K. Clay
Jerry J, Bowle8
9849 Timberwood Circle Lou., KY 40223 244-1588
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in political science, University of Kentucky, 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, member; Moot Court Compel., mentor and
judge; Legal Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi, clerk of the
exhecquer; Dean's List; Book Awards, Criminal Law;
Bernard Flexner Scholarship award.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Commonwealth
Attorney. Bruce Hamilton, Oldham Co., summer, 1981;
Law clerk, Friedman, Prizant & Yoffe, May 1980 to April
1981.
1615 South Third #3 Lou., KY 40208 637-7403
SCHOI,.ASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. Ed., magna cum laude in psych.; religious ed.; health
ed.; Cumberland College, 1979. Honors-Who's Who in
Am. Colleges & Universities. Major activities, varsity
sports, Student Government Association.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, member & judge; Legal Frat., Phi Alpha Delta; Law
Forum, Vice pres. & Pres.; Student Bar Assn., social
comm. chmn.: Student Legal Research Group; Award
Scholarship, 1979; Research Asst.
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L. Rodnt"y AlhriJ(ht
1058 E. Caldwt>ll St. Lou., KY 40204 587-6143
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. cum laude in education·history; minor in soriology.
University of Kentucky. 1976.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, mentor.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Jeffe rson Countv
Attorney's Office. real estate tax departmPnt. Au,z;u~t 1979
to present.
Ri<'kt>y Ot>an Bailey
Robert L. Astorino
600 Cloverlea Lou .• KY 40206 896-2666
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.R.P., University of Massachusetts, 1974. M.P.A.,
Syracuse University, 1968.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, mentor, problem .consultant; Legal Fraternity,
Delta Theta Phi: Student Bar Association.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Director, City of Louisville
Housing Authority.
71 Charter Oak Dr., Apt. 113 Lou., KY 40202
425-8696.
SUIOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.:\. in politil"al scit>nc.e: minor in law t>nforc!'m!'nt ,
Easlf'rll Kf'ntuckv llnivt>rsitv. 1976.
\\OHK E\PEHIENCE: Law. f.IPrk. Jt>fferson Countv
Attorrwy's Office. 1980 to prt>senl.
Su~an A. Bourn<'
Robert Mark Deal
6611 Southside Dr. Lou, KY 40214 368-3585
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in psychology, University of Kentucky, 1976.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
mentor, Pirtle-Washer participant, Student Bar
Association, election committee first year, sec~nd year day
representative; ABA/ LSD representative; Student
Advisor, 1980-81 and 1981-82.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law Clerk, Naw, Williams and
Palmort'. May 1980 to present.
509 Virginia A\'t'. ·,.w Albany, IN 47150 945-8604
~CHOLASTIC BACKGRO! IND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.Ed .. LlnivPrsi ty of Dt>laware. B.A., Purdue Universitv.
Major activitit>s, student nt>wspaper.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Cornpt>l.. voluntary rounds: Mock Trial: Women's Law
Caucus, prt>sidenl.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant to Prof.
Knowlt>s: Managing Editor. Journal of Law and Education.
Danit"l W. Clifton
Lawrt>n<'t" Jud.- Clark. Jr.
1515 South Fourth #2 Lou., KY 40208 636-1289
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
R.S. Honors in urban planning, University of Kentucky,
1977. Major activities. student newspaper staff, intramural
sport s.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law candidate; Student Bar Association, vice
president; Dt>an's List, three semesters.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Planner, Independent Contractor,
September. 1979 to present: Louisville and Jefferson
County Planning Commission, June, 1977 to Augun, 1979.
9002 Lakeridge Dr. Lou., KY 40272 933-3331
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A . Honors in history, University of Louisville, 1979;
Dean's List and Dean's Scholarship.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Student
Legal Research Group. member; Moot Court, mentor.
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Louisville Law Examiner, November 30, 1981
James R. Cochran, Jr.
7096 Wildwood Circle 1116 Lou., KY 40291 491-0148
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in history, Vanderbilt University, 1975.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Law Forum
secretary; Student Legal Research Group. '
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Kent Robinson ;
Research Ass istant to Albert Quick, Criminal Law.
Janw~ Paul Dilhc>rk. Jr.
Mary L. Corey
97 18 U.S. Hwy. 42 Prospect. KY 40059 228-3302
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M. E<i . in •·ounsPling. Uni versit y of Louisvill e, 1976. B.A.
in psvcholo,:v. llni vPrsity of L~u i s vill e , 1971. Phi Kappa
Ph i a n<i Woo<icork Honor Societies.
LAW SCHOOl. ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Dean's Li st.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Administrative Hearing Officer.
Kentucky Dt>partment for Human Resources, Augus t,
1979 to present.
!;{.');{ TPxas Lou .. KY 40213 636-1770
SCHOLASTIC HA\.KGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. ii1 poli ... · administration; minor in political science.
L\ W SCHOOl. ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Student Bar
Association , member; Moot Court mentor; Freshman
Orientation Advisor.
WORK E\PERIEN\.E: RPsearch Assistant to Professor
.lu<iY Richardson . con•·pntrating on professional
respon sibilitY ami ethirs. Spring Semester 1981; Law clerk,
Hanish & Davenport. June, 1980 to September, 1980.
John F. Faust, Jr.
Tawana Edwards
1823 South Third 115 Lou., KY 40208 637-1061
SCHOLASTIC BACl\GROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in history, University of Louisville. 1978. Dean's List.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Competition ; Mock Trial Competition ; Legal Fraternitv,
Delta Theta Phi . secreta ry ; Women's Law Caucus,
sec retary; Student Bar A ~sociation , social committee
chairman ; Student Le,:al Research Group, director
1981-82.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Research assistant for Professors
James Regan and Marlin Volz.
2705 Brownsboro Rd. 113 Lou ., KY 40206 893-6271
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in political science and government; minor in
sociology, University of Kentucky , ·1971. Major activities,
Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity .
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, mentor, problem consultant; Moot court compel.,
Pirtle-Washer semi-finalist; Mock Trail; Legal Fraternity,
Delta Theta Phi; Dean's List.
Donald E. Groot
Steven M. Fleece
823 Morningside Dr. Jeffersonville, IN 47130
283-6473
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIVEMENT:
B.A . in journalism; minor in political science, Indiana
University, 1972.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, editor-in -chief, vol. 20; Legal Fraternity, Phi
Alpha Delta, member; Dean's List ; Book Awards, Property
I, Domestic Relations; Placement Committee, member; ·
Curriculum Committee, member.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Fifer, Vogt & Lanum,•
May. 1981 to August, 1981; Law clerk, Office of the
University Council; May, 1980 to August, 1980.
1122 LaFontenay Ct. Lou., KY 40223 245-2331
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in accounting. University of Kentucky , 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternit y, Delta Theta Phi.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Welenken, Himmelfarb
& Welt'nken. January, 1981 to pr.esent.
Daryl Russell Coffey
1800 South Second 1152 Lou., KY 40208 634-0324
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. cum laude in agriculture, Western Kentucky
University, 1978.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court , mentor; Legal Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi; Student
Bar Association, class representative; American Bar
Association, school representative; Reinstatement and
Probation Committee.
Gail M. Dopf
Mindy K. Darnell
3208 Orchard Manor Circle 1112, Lou. , KY 40220
456-2649
SCIIOL\STIC HACKCRO! IND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
II. ·\ . Honors in politi•·al srienr e, l lniversity of Louis ville,
l1l77: !\1oria r Hoard . Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary. Women's
lnt• ·rcoll•·l(iat o· Fi .. ld HockPy TPam.
1.\\\ SCHOOl. ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
1-"amilJ· I,alf·. o·arulidate: Moot Court Compel .. judge &
mo·ntor: L•·l(al Frat. . Phi Alpha Delta, clerk; SBA; Student
l.o ·)!al Ho·st·arch Croup: Hook Awar<i , Civil Procedure I.
\\ .OHK .E\I'EHIENCE: Ht·search Assistant, Department
of l'olit ical Sl'it•tlf"f'. l l of 1.. 1977- 79. Graduate Teaching &
H' '"'arf'h Assistant & Instructor.
8207 Flicker Place Lou., KY 40214 363-2159
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.A . in political science, Villanova University, 1975; B.A.
cum laude in political science; minor, journalism, Seton
Hall U., 1974; Graduate assistant; representative to
Political Science Graduate School CounciL
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternitv. "Delta Theta Phi: Louisville Law Examiner,
projects ~ditor .
Ke•·in M. Finlt>y
John P. Farrar
2512 Cross Hill Ct. 1134 Lou., KY 40206 897-7719
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. summa cum laude in history; minor in political
science, Universitv of Evansville, 1979. Honors. Walter].
Wanseidler Histo~y Awards for 1977 & 1978. Major
activities, varsity golf.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Book
Awards, Civil Procedure I, Criminal Law.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, C. Michael Witters,
Stephen G. Sawyer. State's Attorney, prosecution work,
general civil practice, Summer 1980. Assistant on study of
urban renewal with Dr. Donald Freeman, Prof. of political
scit>nce, 1979.
1800 South Second 1148 Lou., KY 40208 637-4875
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.M.E. in mechanical engineering, University of Dayton,
1979.
Gl.-nn G. Hancork
David Scott Furkin
1406 S. First St. 112 Lou., KY 40208 637-6988
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. cum laude in history; minor in· govt., WKU, 1979,
Dean's List, 4 yrs. Maj. act., Nat!. Forensic League.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, staff; Moot Court, rep., and prelim. winner;
Phi Alpha Delta, ex. bd.; Lou. Law Exam., ed-in-chf; SBA,
placement comm.; Am. Judicature Soc.; Honor Council,
rep; PAD internatl. & ABA/LSD delegate.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, U.S. Atty's Office,
Sept., 1980 to present; Leg. analyst, Local Govt. Law
Center, 1980 KY General Assembly.
1664 Roselawn New Albany, IN 47150 945-5613
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in business; minor in economics, Indiana University
Southeast, 1975. Major activities, student body president.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law~ clerk, Mazin, Hummel, Coan,
Owen, & Gersh , 1980. .
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Df'hra Jov Harris
Kf"ith D. Hardi~on
3712 Noblitt Dr. #4 Lou .. KY 40218 459-9837
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B:S. in polict> administration, University of Louisvillt>,
1978. Dean's Award. Mav 1978.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Dean's List;
Book Award, Constitu tional Law II.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Intern. Paralegal-Legal l!ltern,
Offict> of tht> l.ommonwealth's Attornev, November, 1980
to prt>sent.
407 Fo~ntain Ct. #2 Lou., KY 40208 636-5477
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACH IEVEMENT:
B.S. cum laude in political science; minor in history,
Murray Stalt> University. 1979. Major activities, Alpha
Gamma Delta.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, candidate; Moot Court Comp-et., judge &
mt>nlor; Legal Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta; Student Legal
Rest>arch Group; Dean's List.
. Lut'y Lee Helm
Robt>rt Danit>l Hatfield
3015 Norma Lee Dr. Lou., KY 40214 935-8141
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in speech-communication; miner in political science
and mass communications, Western Kentucky University,
1973. Winner of Oratorical Contests, Vice President of
Student Body. Major activities, student government.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Moot Court, mentor; Moot
Court, competitor.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Industrial Relations Manager, The
Marley Company, 1974 to present.
1702 South Second Ill Lou., KY 40208 637-2325
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. with highest honors in political science, U of L, 1979.
Maj. activities, student govt., pres. of Lambda Sigma,
honorary.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law; Moot Court, Pirtle-Washer, quarter-finalist;
Leg. Frat., Phi Alpha Delta, v-justice, marshal; SBA,
secretary; Dean's List; Book Award, Civil Procedure II;
Award Scholarship, academic; Honor Council.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Barnett & Alagia,
Sept., 1980 to present; Intern, Leg. Research Commission,
Judicary Committee, Sen. Wendell Ford, Wa, D.C.
Frank B. Janoski
Alice Barns HerrinfllOn
2000.Confederate Place 11804 Lou., KY 40208
634-l3ll
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.A., University of Virginia, 1979; B.A. Honors in
history; minor in political science & humanities,
University of Louisville, 1977. Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Sigma
Alpha, Phi Eta Sigma.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Compel., Pirtle-Washer, semi-finalist; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Boehl, Stopher, Graves
& Deindoerfer, May, 1980 to present.
407 Fountain Ct. 112 Lou., KY 40208 636-5477
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in engineering, U.S. Military Academy, 1974.
Outstanding Young Man of America, 1976. Major
activities, intercollegiate athletics.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Compel., mentor & judge; Mock Trial; Leg. Frat., Phi
Alpha Delta; SBA, placement comm. chmn; Dean's List;
Journal of Law and Ed., managing editor of judicial
developments; Student, Faculty Advisor Comm., member.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Weiss, Scott, George &
Karp, August, 1980 to present; U.S. Army captain,
1974-79; U.S. Army Reserves, captain.
Df'rrit'k G. Johnson
5707 Emmalee Dr. Lou., KY 40219 968-6549
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in psychology. University of Louisville, 1978.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, staff; Louisville Law Examiner, staff; Dean's
List.
Teri L. Hasenour
Robt>rt M. Hardy, Jr. .
1800 South Third #18 Lou., KY 40208 635-6256
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A . in economics, Duke University, 1979. Old Trinity
Club president. Major activities, varsity basketball,
fraternity. student government.
1..\ W SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court. compf'titor: Legal Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta;
St udPnt Bar Association , election committee chairman .
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk and summer associate,
Rarrwtt & Alagia, Fall, 1979 to present.
3028 Colonial Hill Rd. Lou., KY 40205 458-4816
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in business administration; minor in history,
Vanderbilt University, 1977.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
judge & competitor; Legal Fraternity; Pl]i Alpha Delta;
Women's Law Caucus, member; Student Bar Association,
treasurer 1980-81 & 1981-82; Coordinator of Orientation
1980; Financial Director of law school f0r Student
Government Association; Student Representative to
Faculty Committee.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Jefferson County
Attorney's Office, May, 1980 to present.
Rohf'rt H. Ht>lm
Susan Jant' Haurk
1800 South Third #5 Lou., KY 40208 637-6934
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in elementary education; minor in special education,
t>arly childhood education, Lambuth College, 1977. AZD
Scholarship A ward, Dean's List. Major activities, yearbook
assistant editor. theatre touring choirs, vice pres. AZD
sorority.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, mentor, judge; Pirtle-Washer, compet.;"Legal Frat.
Phi Alpha Delta; Women's Law Caucus, member; SBA,
comm. member; Journal of Law & Education.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Jefferson County
Allys' . Office, real estate tax dept., May, 1980 to present .
1743 Harvard Dr. Lou ., KY 40205 458-0868
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in political science; minor in sociology, Vanderbilt
University , 1970.
Harold M. Johns
Edgar Paul Herrington, III
2000.Confederate Place #804 Lou., KY 40208
634-13ll
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in English, Bucknell University, 1977. Major
activities, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, developments editor; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Intern, Summer Associate,
Barnett & Alagia, May, 1981 to August, 1981; Law clerk,
Barnett & Alagia, August, 1980 to May, 1981; Law clerk,
Nick Carlin, Criminal Attorney, June, 1980 to August,
1980.
2512 Cross Hill Ct. #34 Lou., KY 40206 897-7719
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in political science, University of Kentucky, 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi, member; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Kurtz & Webb, June,
1980 to present; Law clerk, Mapother & Mapother,
February, 1980 lo June, 1980.
Charlf'nf" j. Jont's
29,11 Cambridge Rd. Lou., KY 40220 459-1258
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
l\I.A. in Pdueation and history; minor in political science,
W t>StPrn Kt>ntucky State College, 1964. A.B. honor
graduatf'. Phi Alpha Theta, Teaching Assistantship.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court. rnpntor; Student Bar Association, night vice
pn•sidt"nt: Studt>nt Advisory Committee, night committee
pt>rson: Probation-Suspension Committee, student
repn·sentatin•; Scht>dule Committee, student
reprt>st'n tat i Yf' .
Louisville Law Examiner, November 30, 1981
Larry L. Lakin
MarJ;eart•t Eilt>t>n Kt>ant>
56 19 Eastt>rn Parkway Lou ., KY 40204 361-8591
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. Honors in political scit>nce, Universitv of Louisville.
1979. .
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, Research Edit~r; Mock Trial competition; .
Brandeis Society; Book Awards, Torts I, Decedent's I;
Women's Law Caucus, vict>'presiden t.
WORK EXPERI~NCF:: Summer intern, Greenebaum,
Doll & McDonald. summer, 1981 ; Law clerk, Karem &
Karem A llorneys. school year 1980-81.
10004 Mary Dell Ln. Lou., KY 40291 239-7437
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in business administration, Western Kentucky
University, 1970.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Board, night; Dean's List; Student Advisor.
Steven S. Lohmeyer
Jamt>s M. Lloyd
700 LaFontenay Ct. Anchorage, KY 40223 245-4864
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.B.A. in business administration, University of
Kentucky, 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi ; Dean's List; Book Award, Tax
I.
1903 Culbertson Ave. New Albany, IN 47150945-9356
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROU D AND ACHIEVEMENT:
A.B. in political science and religious studies, Indiana
University, 1979. Honors, Phi Beta Kappa. Major
activities, student government senator.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Book
Award, Torts II.
Colleen McKinley
Diana Skaggs Martin
5604 Harrods Cove Prospect, KY 40059 228-3673
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in English, University of Louisville, 1974.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journa.{ of
Family Law, candiate; Dean's List; Brandeis Society,
Brandeis scholar; Moot Court committee, mentor & judge.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Claims supervisor, Electric
Mutual supervising GE's product liability litigation,
September, 1976 to present.
2703 Six Mile Ln. Lou. , KY 40220 491-4204
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in physical, biological sciences, University of
Kentucky, 1969.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, articles editor\ Moot Court mentor; Moot
Court Compel., runner-up; ~ouisville Law Examiner,
columnist; Dean's List; Book Awards, Civil Procedures I,
Criminal Procedure, Dom. R~l; Award Scholarship for
Pirtle-Washer competition; Brandeis Society, member.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Communications manager for
Kentucky Peer Review Organization, Inc.
Patricia j. Meador
2333 Sycamore #3 Lou., KY 40206 897-7788
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in nursing, Vanderbil! University, 1974. Major
activities, pres. senior nursing class, member Sigma Theta
Tau nursing honorary, teaching assistant, anatomy &
physiology.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES' AND HONORS: Moot Court
_. Compel.; Student Bar Association, member; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Boehl, Stopher, Graves
& Deindoerfer, May, 1981 (summer). Registered nurse
in adult intensive care unit, Jewish Hospital.
Mi('hael C. Lt-mke
Charles E. Kin~
9201 Glover Ln. Lou., KY 40222 426-3099
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. Honors in political science; minor in philosophy,
Eastern Kentucky University. Major activities, student
senator, president, philosophy club.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Mock Trial,
participant ; Legal Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta; Dean's List;
Book Award. Criminal Law ; "Off the Record", co-editor.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Continuing Legal Education,
Director, Louisville Bar Association, present; Program
Director, WBNT radio station, 1970 to 1975; U.S. Army,
Infantry, 1969 to 1970.
1382 Ouerbacker Ct. #1 Lou., KY 40208 637-6254
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in psychology, University of Louisville, 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi ; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Raine, Highfield &
Conder, March., 1980 to present.
Michael A. Luvisi
Antonette M. Lo~ar
1717 Millerwood Dr. New Albany, IN 47150 944-8419
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. Honors in geological sciences; minor in business,
Lehigh University, 1978.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:'Moot Court
Compel. Pirtle-Washer, mentor & judge; Leg. Frat., Phi
Alpha Delta, v-justice; Law Forum, pres.; Women's Law
Caucus, publicity sec.; Student Leg. Research Group, staff,
dir.; Dean's List; Award Scholarship, recruiting;
Placement Office Comm.; Student Advisor.
1027 Cherokee Rd. Lou., KY 40204 458-8434
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. Honors in political science; minor in economics,
University of Kentucky, 1979. Societas Pro Legibus.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, staff; Moot Court and Mock Trial participant;
Legal fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta; Student Bar Assn. pres.;
Faculty Comm. on' Minority Affairs; Scholar. Comm., KY
Academy of Trial Attys, Labor/ Div.-ABA.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Greenebaum, Treitz &
Maggiolo, Nov., 1980 to present; Law clerk, Goldberg &
Pedley, May, 1980 to Aug., 1980; Research Asst., KY Sen.
& House Comm., Jan., 1978 to Aug., 1979.
Don C. Mt-ade
Susan Stephenson McCray
502 Macon Ave. Lou., KY 40207 897-0760
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.A. in English, University of Louisville, 1969. B.A. cum
laude in English, Old Dominion University, 1966.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot court
Compel., mentor & judge; Student Bar Association;
Dean's List; Pirtle-Washer semi-finalist.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Associate Professor of English &
Humanities, Jefferson Community College.
456 Southland Blvd. Lou., KY 40214 361-3721
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in psychology; minor in theatre, Eastern Kentucky
University, 1973. Alpha Psi Omega honorary, 1st place
Natl. Forensic Compel. Major act., state government
intern program, student government.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, qr. finalist; SBA, curriculum commillee rep.;
Dean's List; Book Awards, Constitutional Law I & II;
Contributor, Kentucky Coal Journal.
WORK EXPERIENCE: -lntern, General Electric Labor
Law Internship, March, 1980 to March, 1981; Research
assistant, Arbitrator Ed Reilder.
Elizabeth Ullmer Mendel
920 Blankenbaker Ln. Lou., KY 40207 895-9855
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND 4ND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. cum laude in English,. UCLA,
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITtES AND HONORS: Journal-of
Family Law, manuscript editor~ Legal Fraternity, Phi
Alpha Delta; Women's Law Caucus, member_; Dean's List;
Book Award, Evidence.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Woodward, Hobson &
Fulton, Summer, 1980 to present.
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Charles E. Mullins
Kenneth j. Mudd
1724 Grenade Ave. Lou., KY 40213 451-6857
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in police administration, University of Louisville,
1979. Phi Kappa Phi, Dean's Scholar, Dean's List.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, vice president; Moot Court Compel., PirtleWasher;
Lef!;al Fraternity, Phi A~pha Delta, justice; Dean's
List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Intern, General Electric Labor
Law Internship; Law clerk, John B. Southard; Research
assistant to Professor Carl A. Warns, Jr.
Da-vid B. Park
Leslye Mercer Murray
2111 Lakeside Dr. Lou., KY 40205 587-6943
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND.ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in history & English, Murray State University, 1967.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVI'tfES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, associate editor; Moot Court Board, member;
Legal Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi; Dean's List; Book
Award, Torts II; Student Advisor for freshman.
WORK EXPERIENCE: La~ clerk, Stiles & Bowman,
August 1980 to present; Law Clerk, Gittleman, Charney &
Barber, January-August, 1980.
2106 Keeneland Blvd. Lou~-, KY 40223 426-8366
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in geography, University of Kentucky, 1978.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Nold, Mosley, Clare,
Hobbard & Rogers, May, 1980 to present.
Thomas R. Payne
Susan E. Parker
11905 University of Louisville Lou., KY 40292
637-9906
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in legal assistance; minor in political science, minor
in political science, Eastern Kentucky University, 1978. Pi
Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honorary. Major activities,
student association of legal assistance, officer.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta; Women's Law Caucus,
treasurer.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant to Judge Volz,
Fall, 1980.
3504 Sorrento Lou., KY 40222 425-4207
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.S. in electrical enf!;ineering, Arizona State University,
1968. B.S. in 'mt>chanical engineering, University of
Colorado. 1965. ·
WORK EXPERIENCE: Development engineer, General
Electric Co. Mt>ch. & Elec.; Consumer, Industrial,
Military, 12 patt>nts-4 pending, 1965 to present.
Jamf's J, Priehard. Jr.
Edwin L. Potter
2000 Confederate Place #401, Lou., KY 40208
636-0057
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in history. University of Illinois, 1979.
-LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Competition; Student Bar Association.
WORK EXPERIENCE·: dw clerk, Mapother & Mapother,
1980.
1613 South Third St. #4 Lou., KY 40208 634-9347
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in political science & history, University of
Louisville, 1979. Major activities, student government.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Ashland Coal, Inc.,
Summer, 1980.
#864 U of L Lou ., KY 40292 634-1401
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.A.T. in physics; minor in education, University of
Louisville, 1975. B.S. in physics, history; minor in math,
Kentucky Southern College, 1969. Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universities.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, manuscript editor; Moot Court"Compet.,
lntraschool, National Moot Court Team; Mock Trial,
lntraschool; Leg. Frat., Delta Theta Phi, master of ritual;
Dean's List; Booh Awards, Civil Procedure II, Evidence;
Award Scholarship, Ashland Oil; Brandeis Society;
Omicron Delta Kappa, president.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Graduate ~sst., Intramural Dept.,
1979-81; Teacher, Greenup Co. Schools, 1969-79.
Linda York Schomaker Park
Charles Da-vid Mussetter
403 Highwood Dr. Lou., KY 40206 893-6170
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in accounting; minor in business administration &
finance, University of Kentucky. Dean's List.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVtTIES AND HONORS: Leg. Frat.,
Phi Alpha Delta, treasurer; Law Forum; SBA; Moot Court,
mentor & judge; Student;..\dvisor Freshman Orientation;
College Rep!lblicans; Orientation Committee, member.
WORK EXPERIENCE: ~w derk, Reisz, Rice, Porter &
Rosenbaum, September, 1980-present; Law clerk, Gray,
Woods & Cooper, May, 1980 to August, 1980.
14 Glenwood Rd. Lou., KY 40222 426-2963
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. cum laude in history, Catherine Spalding, 1979, Major
act., Kappa Kappa Gamma, univ. singers, univ. glee club,
angel flight hon., Kappa Gamma Pi Hon., univ. yearbook,
opera workshop; Who's Who Among American College
and Universities.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, mentor & judge; Leg. Frat., Phi Alpha Delta;
Women's Law Caucus; SBA, rep.; Dea11's List; Admissions
Comm.; Student-Faculty Advisor Corljy., Chmn.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law cl~rk, Jetl'!rson County
Commonwealth Attorney.
Da-vid L. PPtf'r~<on
William Lee Parks
1s00 South Second 1145 Lou., KY 40208 634-1922
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. C. Honors in accounting, University of Louisville,
1978. Major activities, Phi Kappa Tau social fraternity,
tutor with the office of Minority Affairs; research
assistant.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, treasurer; Legal Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi, vice
dean; Dean's List; Student Organizations Board of the
S.G.A. of U of L, member.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Library assistant, May, 1980 to
present.
75D5 Glen Arbor Rd. Lou., KY 40222 426-4948
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.Div. & M.Th .. Southern Baptist Theol. Seminary. B.A.
in history: minor in spe.ech, Stamford University, 1972.
Honors- ational Debate Championship.
NiC'holas W. Ri~~s
Phillip T. Pratf'r
1390 South First St. Lou., KY 40208 634-0430
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in biolof!;y. University of Kentucky, 1979. Alpha
Epsilon Delta Honorary. Major activities, University of
Kentucky Ru~hy club. Kappa Sigma fraternity.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot (:ourt
Compt>t. Pirtl!'-Washer First round winner; Legal
Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta; Law Forum, board member.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Metropolitan Sewer
District, Lef!;al Counsel Department, 1980 to present.
1726 Gaf!;el Ave. #4 Lou., KY 40216 448-4721
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A . in political science, University of Kentucky, 1978.
Major activities, dormitory government. ·
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Compel., Pirtle-Washer; Moot Court, mentor & judge;
Louisville Law Examiner, Brandeis Brief editor; Student
Advisor.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Assistant, Continuing Legal
Education department, University of Louisville, School of
Law, September, 1980 to present.
Louisville Law Examiner, November 30, 1981
Linda R. Ritter
3317 Wellingmoor Ave. Lou., KY 40218 458-4580
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. Honors in English; minor in journalism &
advertising, University of Kentucky, 1975.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, evening committee; Student Bar Association,
representative.
WORK EXRERIENCE: Circuit Court Bench Clerk,
assigned to Judge Leibson, 9th division.
Joram C. Salig
David B. Rucker
4601 Fox Run Rd. Lou., KY 40207 895-7341
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S.C. in accounting, Upiversity of Louisville, 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi; Freshman Orientator.
WORK EXPERIENCE: L'aw clerk, Franklin & King.
417 Belgravia Ct. Lou., KY 40208 634-9338
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.S., Lehman-CUNY 1976. B.A., CUNY, 1973.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Joumal·of
Family Law, articles editor; Legal Fraternity, Phi Alpha
Delta; Louisville Law Examiner, articles editor; Dean's
List; Book Awards, Contracts, Torts; Award Scholarship;
Brandeis Society; Honor Society, chairman.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Greenebaum, Doll &
McDonald; Law clerk, Gittleman, Charney & Barber.
Waltt""r A. Sholar
Timothy Earl Scott
332 Colonial Oaks Lou., KY 40214 363-2379
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. Honors in Latin American studies; minor in Spanish,
University of Virginia, 1978. Major activities, Cavalier
Daily staff, college chorale, ,student representative,
Spanish club. ·
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity. Phi Alpha Delta, justice, marshall; Law Forum,
rnemher; Student Bar Association; parliamentarian;
College Repuhlican: SBA Elections'Comm., Student
Ad,isor. Studt>nt-Faculty Liaison Committee.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Franklin & King.
4500 Landside Dr. Lou., KY 40220 499-0564
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in history & government, Western Kentucky
University, 1979. Honoraries-Phi Alpha Theta & Pi
Sigma Alpha; Sigma Nu, Inter-Fraternity Council.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, mentor; Student Bar Association, member.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Bullitt County
Attorney's Office, May, 1980 to present; Law clerk, Porter,
MacCracken & Edison, May, 1980 to present.
Jack William Steiner, Jr.
J. MiC'ha«""l Smith«""r
1272 Willow Ave. Lou., KY 40204 458-7627
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in psychology: minor in history, Western Kentucky
University. 1978. Phi Alpha Theta, Dean's List, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, pres., student gov't association, senator;
SAE Leadership School, faculty member.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court, mentor & judge; Legal fraiernity, Delta Theta Phi,
pres.; Louisville Law Forum.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Ricketts & DeMoisey,
Spring, 1981 to present; Law clerk, Bleidt, DeMoisey &
Rickets, Spring, 1980 to Spring, 1981.
12105 Meadow Ln. Lou., KY 40243 245-3059
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in chemistry; minor in math, University of Louisville,
1976.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot court,
mentor; Mock Trial; Student Legal Research Group,
researcher; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Bennett, Bowman,
Triplett & Vittitow, Spring, 1981 to present; Intern,
Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, Fl!ll, 1~80 to present;
Jefferson County Police Officer since 1973.
Ronald Arthur Rogers
4944 Quail Court, Apt #2 Lou., KY 40213 363-2717
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in English & history, Berea College, 1979. Dean's
List. Major activities, intercollegiate athletics, student
government, college newspaper.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, David F. McAnelly,
May, 1980 to August, 1980dntern, Consumer Protection
Intern, Attorney General's :~ffice of Kentucky, May, 1979
to August, 1980.
Thomas J. Schulz
Keith L. Runyon
"Nitta Yuma", Harro.ds Creek, KY 40027 228-3819
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. cum laude in history'; minor in political science,
University of Louisville, 1972. Honors-Woodcock Society,
Phi Kappa Phi, English Speaking Union Scholarship.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Student Bar
Association, class representative; Dean's List; Book
Award, Administrative Law.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Associate Editor, The Louisville
Times, 1977 to present; Staff Writer, The Courier Journal,
1972 to 1977.
2101 Fort St. Lou., KY 40217 636-5865
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in history & journalism, Indiana University, 1977.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, manuscript editor; Legal Fraternity, Delta
Theta Phi; Louisville Law Examiner, staff writer, managing
editor; Dean's List; Book Award, Property II.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, City of Louisville Law
Department, February, 1981 to present.
Lt"o G. Smith
Linda Sen,;
1029 Everett Ave. lil3 Lou., KY 40204 451-0398
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEV!i:MENT:
B.A. in biology; minor in chemistry, Universit.Y of
Louisville, 1978. Mortar Board, v-president, Pi Eta Sigma,
Dean's Scholar, Dean's List. Major activities, dorm
counselor, housing administration, service association.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 'AND HONORS: Legal Frat.,
Phi Alpha Delta; Law Forum, board of directors; Women's
Law C..aucus; SBA; Dean's List; Louisville Bar Assn./LSD.
WORK EXPERIENCE~ Law clerk, Steinberg & Baer, 1980
to 1981.
715 Iowa Ave. Lou., KY 40208 637-7994
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S.C. High Honors in accounting, University of
Louisville, 1979. Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society,
Dean's List.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, executive editor; Moot <;:ouft;Compet., Pirtle-
' Washer quarter-finalist; Dean's List.
WORJ< EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, ~iiis.ville Bar
Association, May. 1980 to February, !981; Pretrial
Services Agency, November, 1978 to March,l980.
David Jay Stetson
Mark J. Stanziano
601 Revolutionary Rd. #6 Lou., KY 40202 361-2103
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in economics. Ohio State University, 1979. Service
. Award from College Student Council & Office of
Physically Impaired. Major activities, student government
leader.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Compel., judge; Mock Trial, participant; Dean's List; Book
Awards; Agency, Partnership.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Mazin, Hummel, Coan,
Owens & Gersh, December, 1980 to present.
2119 Vernon Ave. Lou., KY 40206 895-8190
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in political science; minor in business & public
administration, Murray State, 1978. Dean's List,
Administrative Intern, Political Science Honor Society.
Maj. act., student gov't, IJlember White House Conf. on
Libraries & Informational Services.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Competition; Legal Futernity, Delta Theta: Phi; Student
Bar Association.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Handmaker, Weber,
Meyer & Rose, April6, 1981 to present; Law clerk, Rubin
& Hays, February, 1980 to April, 1981.
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John G. Thacker
James W. Tate II
10205 Eve Dr. Lou., KY 40272 937-9483
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in biology; minor in chemistry, University of
Louisville, 1976. Dean's List.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Delta Theta Phi.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Jefferson County
Attorney's Office September, 1980 to present ; Law clerk,
Morgan & Pottinger, Summer, 1980.
50ll Southside Dr. 36-2 Lou., KY 40214 363-2379
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S.· .wmma cum laude in political" science, Murray State
University, 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Phi Alpha belta; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Research assistant to Professor
Dolson.
Dnici J. Walkf"r
AIJ~;f"rnon W. Tinsle.y
9313 Plumwood Pl. Crestwood, KY 40014 241-0284
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S.C. in co~merce; minor in physics, University of
Louisville, 1970.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Participated in administrative
hearing and pre-tr-ial preparation.
6639 Ashbrooke Dr. Crestwood, KY 40014 241-8563
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in political science & ~ociology, Vanderbilt
University, 1975. Major act"ivities, Model United Nations
work.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court. mentor; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Supervisor, real estate for
Mapotht>r & Mapother.
Stt"phf"n G. Wheatley
John A. Webb
403 Highwood Dr. Lou., KY 40206 893-6170
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in political science; minor in history, Georgetown
College, 1978. Who's Who,_ Most Outstanding Political
Science Major.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Legal
Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta; Student Bar _Association,
representative, vice president; S.G.A., student senator;
Finance Committee.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Franklin & King,
January, 1981 to present.
821 South Brook. 3rd Floor Lou., KY 40203 589-6574
SCHOLASTIC BAl.KGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A . in govt>rnmt>nt & B.S. in business administration.
Wt>slern Kt>ntucky llnivt>rsity, 1979. Dean's List,
Prt>sident's Scholars.
LAW SCHOOL Al.TIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Compt>l., Dt>an's List.
WORK EXPERIENl.E: Law clerk, Ewen, MacKenzie &
Pedt>n,lanuary. 1981 to present; Law clerk, Hanish,
Davt>nport. Rost>nherg. W eint>r, January, 1980 to January,
1981.
Nf"il H. Worcien
3500 Kirby Ln . Lou .• KY 40299 491-1595
SCHOLASTIC. BAl.KGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A . in govt>rnmt>nt & economics & management, Centre
Collt>gf' of Kt>ntucky. 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court. trt>asun·r : Moot Court l.ompetition; Legal
Fratt>rnity, Phi Alpha Del'ta; Student-Faculty Advisory
Commillt>t>-S.B.A . Honor Council.
WORK EXPI-:RIENCE: Law clerk, Committee of the
Sinking Fund, St>ptt>mber, 1980 to present; Law clerk,
l.harles Ht>bt>l. Jr .. Attorney.June, 1978 to August, 1978.
Linda Bernice Thomas
Carol Teitelbaum
1029 Plainfield Dr. New Albany, IN 47150 944-9386
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.S.N. in nursing; minor ~n psychology, University of
Kentucky, 1976. B.S.N. in nursing, Indiana University,
1973. Sigma Theta Tau. KY Lea. of Nursing, sec. &
newsletter editor, KY Nurses Assn., Am. Diabetes Assn.,
pres. & newsletter editor, VP, ADA KY Affiliate.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Student Bar
Assn.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Asso. Dir. of Clinical Nursing
Jewish Hospital; 15 years of nursing; part-time nursing
coordinator diabetes pn' iPct.
1910 South Third Lou., KY 40292
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.P.S., Western Kentucky University, 1979. B.S.N.,
Vanderbilt University, 1971. .
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot Court
Compel. participant, sec., pres. ; Leg. Frat., Delta Theta
Phi, clerk of rolls; Lou. Law Examiner, staff writer; Law
Forum, treas. ; Award Scholar., Moot Court Bd.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Kentucky Department
of Labor Special Fund, January, 1981 to present; Bill
analyst, Local Government Law Center, January, 1980 to
August; Research asst., to J. Richardson.
Tommie L. Wf"atherly
J«>ffrt"v L. W adf"
' 47 Narwood Dr. Lou., KY 40299 499-1517
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
.M.S.W. in social work. Florida State University, 1973.
'fi.A. in psychology. University of Kentucky, 1968.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, staff; Louisville Law Examiner, Brandeis Brief
editor.
~ORK EXPERIENCE: Law Clerk, Stone & Darnall.
February: 1981 to present; Law clerk, Cooper, Kiel &
Beale, May, 1980 to February, 1981. Social work and
.manaJ~:ement consulting, eight years.
8402 Coach Way Lou., KY 40272 937-5335
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.Ed. University of Louisville, i976; B.A. in mathematics;
minor in natural science, University of Louisville, 1971.
Shell Merit Scholar, Omicron Delta Kappa, Outstanding
Sophomore Man. Major -Activities, Gamma Beta Phi, pres.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot .
· Court, mentor; Mock Trial; SBA. class rep.; Dean's List.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Mulhall, Turner &
Hoffman, January, 1981 to present; Metropolitian Sewer
District, May, 1979to January, 1981; Teacher/coach,
Jefferson County Public Schools.
Jamf"~< D. Whitt". Jr.
Jonathan W. Webster
2000 Confederate Pl. #507 Lou., KY 40208 634-4451
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. Honors in political science; minor in geology,
University of Louisville, 1979.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ~ND HONORS: Moot
Court, problem consul~ant; Dean's List'; Commonwealth
Land Title Insurance Award winner.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Harold W. Webster,
1980 to present; Law clerk, John Dollens, 1980 to present;
Jennings County, Prosecutor, 1980; Law Library,
University of Louisville.
1108 Poplar Level Plaza #18 Lou., KY 40217 637-1628
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. mU!{na cum laude in history; minor in government,
Westt>rn Kt>ntucky University, 1979. Phi Alpha Theta
History Honor Society.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Dean's List;
Moot Court, problem consultant.
Ro~ H. Wyatt
5102 Baywood Dr. Lou ., KY 40222 241-7811
Sl.HOLASTil. BAl.KGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
M.B.A., Murray State University, 1977. B.S. in business;
minor in accounting. Austin Peay State University, 1973.
LAW SCHOOL Al.TIVITIES AND HONORS: Moot
Court , hoard memht>r; Legal Fraternity, Sigma Delta
Kappa; Louisr•illt• Law E~am'irier, writer; Dean's List; Book
Award. l.ontracts II. ·
WORK EXPERIENCE: Internal Revenue Service, 1973 to
prt>st>nl.
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Louisville Law Examiner, November 30, 1981 11
C.~· nthia Y otan,z
11 7 Ol ive Ave. New Albany, IN 47150 948-0925
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.A. in mathematics, Indiana University Southeast, 1978.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, staff editor: Dean's List; Book Awards, Civil
Procedure II, Criminal Law, Consti t ut ional Law,
Remed ies, UCC I, Deceden t's Estates; Award S~ h o l a rsh ip;
Brandeis Society.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, Floyd County
Prosecutor's Office, October, 1978 to presen t; Intern,
Floyd County Prosecutor's Offi ce, October, 1978 to
present ; Intern. Floyd County Prosecutor's Offi ce.
UMW A Leader Stresses
Labor History
By Robert Drane
There are lessons to be learned
from the history of coal mining in
America, according to Robert "Bob"
Benedict, Manager of the Department
of Contract Administration for
the Untied Mine Workers of
America, in Washington, D.C. One
lesson is clear: collective bargaining is
essential to American industry.
Benedict spoke to a group of law
students, faculty and other persons
interested in labor relations in the
Allen Courtroom on Tuesday night,
November 10. The topic of the evening
was "Why America Needs
Unions." Benedict's speech was the
second of a series sponsored by the
Labor Relations Forum, a new law
school organization.
Benedict's perspective on the topic
was gained from his experience as a
coal miner who worked seventeen
years for River King Surface Mine,
Peabody Coal Company, Freeberg,
Dlinois, his present position of
Manager since November 1975 and
his service on the UMW A Arbitration
Review Board. In his view, labor and
management depend upon each
other, and they always have. Yet their
legal relationship as it exists today
under collective bargaining
agreements and federal law is a fairly
recent development in the history of
our nation.
Benedict cited three examples of
the deteriorating relationship between
the "haves and have-nots" during the
period prior to the enactment of the
national Labor Relations Act. One
was the "Ludlow Massacre" in 1914
where strikers and their families were
evicted from their homes in a town
where the homes and stores were
owned by the company. The company
called in strike breakers who
slaughtered union members and their
families who lay sleeping in tents provided
them by the union. He spoke of
open warfare between six thousand
union men and two thousand strike
breakers in the coal fields in West
Virginia in 1920. The union surrendered
when the military was called
in. In 1922 there was the " Herron
Massacre" in southern Illinois where
union men and sympathetic town folk
cornered strike breakers at a mining
site. This time the strike breakers
were slaughtered. Benedict vividly
described each of these three dismal
examples of man's inhumanity to
man, all of which call to mind the
violence of class struggle portrayed in
Zola's Germinal which had a French
coal mining town as its setting.
While some violence still exists in
the coal industry today, the terrible
massacres described by Benedict are
history and have been supplanted by
the collective bargaining process
which is working because of people
such as Benedict. In summary,
Benedict would have students who
plan to practice labor law take a hard
look at history before they make personal
value judgments about collective
bargaining and unions as
American institutions.
Students Evaluate Faculty
By Ruth Ann Cox
Student evaluations of the law
school faculty were conducted the
week of November 16-20 under the
direction of John Webb, Day VicePresident
of the Student Bar Association.
In a recent interview, Webb said
that Dean Lay asked the S.B.A. to
take charge of the evaluations which
had not been used since Fall semester,
1979.
Forms were distributed at the end
of classes by students, many of whom
are S.B.A. representatives. Webb
said not all students in charge of
faculty evaluations were S.B.A.
representatives because he wanted to
involve as many people as possible in
the project.
The evaluation form itself was the
same one used in 1979, with seven
basic headings and forty-three total
questions. Topics for students to consider
ranged from "Professor's
Knowledge of Materials" to "Professor's
Personal Receptiveness to
Students." Furthermore, the form
asked for particular information on
each student filling out an evaluation,
such as G.P.A. and level of prepara-tion
in the course. Results will be
compiled by the Health Sciences
Center's computer system.
Results of the evaluations will be
used as a consideration in determining
faculty merit increases, tenure
evaluations, and will also be available
to students for reference in deciding
what classes to take. Professors are
also encouraged to use the results in
evaluation their own effectiveness.
Webb indicated that the first use of
the results will be for tenure reviews
of three professors scheduled for early
1982.
Webb hopes to see the faculty
evaluation surveys become a routine
practice at the Law School since they
hold value for both students and professors.
He attributes part of the
reinstitution of the surveys to tJ of
L's new president, Dr. Donald Swain,
who has encouraged student input at
the University. There will be three
copies of the evaluation results. One
will be retained by the administration,
another will be distributed
among the faculty, and the third will
eventually go on file in the Law
Library for student reference.
Jt>HPre\· M. Y ussman
1528.South Third #1 Lou., KY 40208 634-9589
SCHOLASTIC BACKGROUND AND ACHIEVEMENT:
B.S. in accounting, University of Kentucky, 1979. Dean's
List. Majo r activities: ·chairman, student government task
force.
LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: Journal of
Family Law, administ rative editor: Legal Fraternity. Phi
Alpha Delt a, member: Student Legal Research Group,
research ; Dean's Li st .'
WORK EXPERIENCE: Law clerk, City of Louisville Law
Department, May, 1980 to May, 1981.
News-In-Brief
William Bryan Martin, an associate
professor . in the University of
Louisville School of Law, will
become dean of the Oklahoma City
University Law SChool on Jan. 1.
Martin, 43, who was assistant state
attorney general in 1969-70, began
teaching environmental law and
evidence at U of L in 1971.
One of his tasks at the Methodistaffiliated
Oklahoma school will be to
establish a theology-law program involving
both law students and
theology students from nearby
Phillips University in Enid, Okla.
Martin, a minister in the Christian
·church (Disciples of Christ}, helped
to establish a similar program between
U of L and the Louisville
Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
* * *
Jefferson Circuit Judge Charles M.
Leibson has announced that he will
seek election to the Kentucky
Supreme Court next year.
Leibson has been a circuit judge
since 1976 and is on the faculty of the
University of Louisville School of
law.
Last year he was named the
nation's outstanding trial judge by.
the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America. And in 1979 the Louisville
Bar Association presented him with
its "Judge of the Year" award, praising
him for his judicial qualities as
well as his work in establishing the
Jefferson County Law Library.
In addition to being a lecturer at
the U of L law school, Leibson has
served on the faculty of the National
College of Advocacy at Harvard.
•••
In response to an invitation from
Judge Marlin Volz, 13 people from U
of L Law School traveled to
Frankfort on Nov. 13, 1981, to meet
with various legal employees of state
government. Speakers were:
Frances Jones Mills, Secretary of
State; Carol Kunk Butt, General
Counsel to Governor Brown; James
A. Bailey, Deputy Executive Assistant
to Chief Justice Palmore; Bob
McBeath, Staff Attorney, Ad-ministrative
Office of the Courts;
Steve Beshear, Attorney General;
Nathan Goldman, Legal Services,
Department of Revenue; Mary Helen
Miller, Assistant Director, Legislative
Research Commission; Paul Isaacs,
General Counsel, Department of
Justice; Howard Lawson, Department
of Labor; Josh Santana,
Department of Natural Resources;
Marlin Volz, Chairman, Public Service
Commission.
* * *
L'Eagles, the law school's soccer
team, finished its exciting season with
a 3-1 record.
The team scored a double overtime
victory over the medical· school
before losing to a more experienced
university team in the second round
of the playoffs. The loss constituted
the second year the L'Eagles have lost
to the eventual campus champions.
Lyndell Pickett came away with
top honors in the law school's annual
singles tennis tournament, beating
Rob Hardy in two sets.
In the doubles competition ·Pickett
teamed with Jeff Yussman to win a
close match over the team of _Hil!'dY
and Scott Mitchell by the score of 6-2,
6-4.
12 Louisville Law Examiner, November 30, 1981
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Number 4
November 30, 1981 ·
Proposed
"Guilty But
·Mentally Ill''
Verdict
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Brandeis Brief
Concludes "Juvenile
Justice"
Series
... page 3
1981-82
Senior Bulletin
... pages 4-11