21 www.loubar.org October 2025 Bar Briefs is a national award-winning monthly publication of the Louisville Bar Association. With a circulation of nearly 2,200 readers, Bar Briefs offers informative articles on current issues of interest in the law. The LBA welcomes article submissions from everyone in the legal community and beyond. CONTACT KIM KASEY, [email protected] GET PUBLISHED D I V E R S I T Y & I N C L U S I O N C O M M I T T E E C O R N E R Have a recommendation? Submit to [email protected]. OCTOBER 2025 AWARENESS CALENDAR 10/1 International Day of Older Persons 10/10 World Mental Health Day 10/11 National Coming Out Day 10/13 Indigenous Peoples’ Day 10/14 International Pronouns Day 10/15 Blind Americans Equality Day (White Cane Awareness) 10/16 Spirit Day (LGBTQ+ Anti-Bullying) 10/20 Diwali (Hindu Festival of Lights) 10/22 International Stuttering Awareness Day 10/28 National Immigrants Day What Does the Future of DEI Programming for Law Firms Look Like? - July 1, 2025, 15 Minutes Help us keep our records up to date! Please take a few minutes to review and update your demographic information in your LBA member profile. Accurate information ensures we can better serve you, tailor programs to member needs and reflect the diversity of our community. Join the LBA's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and help shape a more equitable legal community. We meet monthly on the second Wednesday at 4:00 PM via Zoom. To join, please email Lisa Murray. Robert L. (Bob) Durning, Jr., 93, died peacefully at his home on August 27. A beloved husband, father and grandfather, Bob was best known for his ever-present smile, his gentlemanly grace, his warm sense of humor and his keen intellect. Bob was a lifelong scholar, with a special affection for the arts and, particularly, for exceptional writing and composition. His lifelong passion for writing and history culminated in his au- thorship of an exhaustive and novel history (with invaluable help from his wife, Dorothy) of the development of the Louisville Bar from 1781 to 1980, which he completed during his life, but which is, as yet, unpublished. A native of Louisville, Bob graduated from the University of Louisville’s College of Busi- ness in 1954, and from the evening division of its School of Law in 1957. A member of the Louisville Bar Association as well as the bars of both the Kentucky and U.S. Supreme Courts, he practiced law for more than 50 years, specializing in trial preparation and appellate procedure. He handled a large variety of appeals involving such significant issues as defending the constitutionality of provisions of Louisville’s housing code requiring the installation of sanitary facilities in preexistent buildings, establishing the right of the Metropolitan Sewer District to acquire facilities owned by an annexed territory, the right of a business owner to recover damages from a labor union for its role in the destruction of the owner’s busi- ness and the right of a union member to recover damages from a union for breach of its duty to obtain employment for him. Bob’s legal prowess was essential in obtaining the contested court decision necessary to permit the construction of the Cherokee Park condominiums located at 1400 Willow Ave. as well as the removal of deed restrictions necessary to construct the headquarters for the St. Matthews Fire Department. Later in his career, he served as a deputy com- missioner for the judges of the Jefferson Circuit Court, receiving upon his retirement a written commendation from Hon. Laurence E. Higgins, the longtime Chief Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court, for “outstanding distinction and honor in excess of twenty years,” and stating further that “he is a true genius in legal research, and the preparation of legal opinions, especially those where very fine lines are drawn and explained.” n LBA Committee Meetings CLE Committee Wed., October 8 10 a.m. via Zoom Diversity & Inclusion Committee Wed., October 8 4 p.m. via Zoom Health & Wellness Committee Thurs., October 16 Noon via Zoom If you are interested in joining any of these committees, please contact Lisa Murray, [email protected]. n MEETING MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS Office Furniture Advertising copy is carefully reviewed, but publication herein does not imply LBA endorsement of any product or service. The publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement of questionable taste or exaggerated claims or which competes with LBA products, services or educational offerings. 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