17 www.loubar.org March 2024 Members on the move Betz Blackburn Domene & Burchett is pleased to announce that Jeremy A. Collins has joined the firm as an attorney. Col- lins earned his J.D. from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 2023 and practices in the areas of insur- ance defense, tort, premises liability and commercial litigation. Before joining Blackburn Domene & Burchett, Collins practiced in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, general civil litiga- tion, domestic relations and estate plan- ning at a private law firm in Morganfield, Kentucky. In law school, Jeremy clerked at an administrative and employment law firm and received a legal externship from the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs is pleased to welcome Brandon A. Girdley to its Louisville office. Girdley will be joining the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Labor & Employment Service Teams. He will also assist other clients in all aspects of commercial disputes, tort and insurance defense, appellate, and labor and employment issues. Prior to joining Wyatt, Girdley clerked for U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman. He received his J.D. from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law where he gradu- ated summa cum laude and was the Editor in Chief of the Law Review. Continuing the substantial growth of its Louisville office, McBrayer has added at- torney Alec Betz to its team of attorneys. Betz comes to McBrayer with experience in corporate transactions, entertainment law and commercial real estate. Prior to practicing law, he served for 12 years as a Green Beret in Iraq and Afghanistan. U’Sellis Mayer & Associates is pleased to announce that Richard E. Neal and Allison A. Zoeller have been named partners with the firm. Neal has been with the firm for 13 years, with his tenure having been interrupted by serving a term as a Kentucky workers’ compensation Ad- ministrative Law Judge. Zoeller has been with the firm for nine years. Both Neal and Zoeller will continue to focus their practice on insurance defense, primarily handling Kentucky workers’ compensation claims on behalf of employers and their insurance carriers, as well as self-insured employers and third-party administrators. Seiller Waterman announces that after more than 25 years of exceptional leadership and dedication to the firm as Managing Partner, David Cantor has made the decision to step back from his current role. Cantor has been an integral part of Seiller Waterman, guiding the firm through multiple mergers, countless challenges and contributing to its growth and reputation. Seiller Waterman is pleased to announce that a new Managing Partner will be taking the helm. R. Kenneth Kinderman will be taking the role, bringing with him a wealth of experience, leadership and fresh perspectives. Kinderman has been a partner with the firm since 2013. His practice areas include business and tax law. Dentons welcomes Michael Maloff as a partner in our Louisville office. As a mem- ber of Dentons’ Real Estate practice, Maloff represents borrowers, owners, developers, hospitality companies, operators, private equity companies, institutional investors, lenders and restauranteurs in all aspects of hospitality law and commercial real estate ownership, finance, development, manage- ment, leasing, acquisition and disposition. He is a graduate of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Stites & Harbison welcomes attorney Dono- van D. Gibbs II to the firm based in the Lou- isville office. He joins the Intellectual Prop- erty & Technology Service Group. Gibbs’ practice focuses on counseling clients in litigation and transactional matters involving intellectual property. Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, Gibbs worked at Humana, Inc. as a Compliance Oversight and Program Advancement, Legal and Business Advisor. He also served as an intellectual property attorney for a small firm in Louisville. Gibbs earned his J.D. from the University of Louis- ville Brandeis School of Law in 2020. Stites & Harbison is pleased to announce that attorney Jennifer J. Cave has been appointed Chair of the firm’s Environ- mental, Energy & Sustainability Service Group. Cave is a Member (Partner) of the firm’s Louisville office and works closely with businesses to ensure compliance with local, state and federal environmental laws and regulations. Cave advises clients on air quality, storm water, wastewater and solid and hazardous waste permitting and com- pliance requirements and defends clients in administrative, civil and criminal enforce- ment actions. She also regularly counsels equipment manufacturers on the importa- tion and sale of mobile sources under the Clean Air Act and guides clients through transactions involving the purchase and sale of contaminated properties. Southern Business & Development maga- zine has recognized Stites & Harbison in the 2023 edition of “The South’s Best Economic Development Law Firms,” a directory produced once every five years. Out of the 24 law firms honored across the region, Stites & Harbison is one of only two Kentucky firms honored. The firm was also honored in the previous directory published in 2018. The law firms identified in the direc- tory are chosen based on Southern Business & Development magazine’s knowledge of economic development in the south as well as a poll of the Southern Economic Develop- ment Roundtable. n Cantor Cave Collins Gibbs Girdley Kinderman Maloff Neal Zoeller Judge David P. Bowles (Ret.) 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