After adding eight new attorneys at the close of 2022, the Louisville office of McBrayer PLLC continues to expand with the addition of Mitchel Denham. Joining as a Member, Denham will bring his two decades of legal experience to the firm’s healthcare, litigation, and economic development practice groups. 

McBrayer Member Kathryn Eckert was recently quoted in The Lane Report in a piece covering Kentucky law firms' efforts to increase and support diversity in the workplace. 

McBrayer has welcomed eight law students as clerks for the summer of 2023: Kara Legg, Faith Turner, Desmond Varner, Hayden Hickey, and Fatime Kerelaj in Lexington, and Nancy Ngo, Trinity Brown, and Te'Anana Wilson in Louisville. 

As part of his participation in Commerce Lex's Leadership Lexington program, McBrayer attorney Jonas Bastien served on the team that created the Lexington Tool Library, which opened on May 10th. 

On May 11, McBrayer Members Cynthia Effinger and Claire Vujanovic spoke at Louisville Girls Leadership's Onward! event on behalf of the firm, who served as presenting sponsor. 

McBrayer attorney Alex Gardner was recently featured on the public radio program A Way with Words to discuss the origin and usage of the phrase "sidesaddle gift."

By unanimous vote, McBrayer Member Anne-Tyler Morgan has been elected Chair of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Industrial Authority.

Claire Vujanovic, a Member of McBrayer PLLC’s Louisville, Kentucky, office, will serve as the next President of Louisville Girls Leadership. After serving on the organization’s board for two years, including serving as Vice President, she now steps into the role of President. Her two-year term will begin officially on July 1st.

In Louisville Business First's annual Book of Lists, McBrayer PLLC's Louisville office was ranked as the fifth-largest employment law firm in Greater Louisville. 

McBrayer Louisville Co-Managing Member Cynthia Effinger was recently a featured guest on the Community Action Council’s (CAC) video interview series, “Unapologetically Woman.”

Packing an even stronger punch, the Economic Development team at McBrayer PLLC has joined forces with a stalwart veteran of the industry, Bob Helton. Helton’s consultancy sharpens McBrayer’s already powerful arsenal of economic development tools for companies looking for incentives to relocate or expand within Kentucky.

Keeana Sajadi Boarman has been named the newest member of the Executive Committee of McBrayer PLLC.

Terry McBrayer, the founder of Kentucky institution McBrayer PLLC, kept a small, yellow notebook as a ledger of his clients. His first entry in that notebook was on February 22nd, 1963, from his one-room legal office above a grocery store in Greenup, Kentucky. 60 years later, the firm he established has grown to new heights of both size and legal prowess, and it has become one of Kentucky’s leading law firms with regional, national, and now international reach.

Attorney Jonas Bastien was recently elected District Representative for the 5th District of the Kentucky Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division. 

McBrayer Members Stephen G. Amato and Keeana Sajadi Boarman were recently quoted in The Bourbon Flight from The Lane Report in an article regarding the impacts of the Kentucky bourbon boom on the legal field.

McBrayer Member Kathryn A. Eckert has been selected by Meritas, the premier global network of business law firms, to serve on the Meritas US Leadership Committee.

McBrayer PLLC Member Keeana Sajadi Boarman has been named to the Commerce Lexington Executive Board for 2023. She will serve on the Executive Board as an At-Large Member.

Cynthia L. “Cindy” Effinger has been named Co-Managing Member of the Louisville office of McBrayer PLLC. Effinger will share duties with Member Ivan J. Schell and will work closely with him to grow the office and transition leadership over the coming years.

McBrayer PLLC is ringing in 2023 with a bang as it welcomes eight new attorneys and five new staff to its Louisville office. All come to McBrayer from longstanding Louisville firm Middleton-Reutlinger, which dissolved in December after nearly 170 years in business.

Once again, an impressive selection of McBrayer attorneys have been recognized as Kentucky Super Lawyers and Kentucky Rising Stars in the 2023 edition of Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers. 25 McBrayer attorneys are included in this year’s list.

McBrayer has once again been named a finalist in Above the Law's annual holiday card contest. Voting is open now through December 31st. 

Member Jack Wheat has received a spotlight feature in Louisville Business First following his recent appearance on the History Channel's The Toys That Built America. 

McBrayer Member Bruce Paul was recently quoted in a Louisville Business First article about the changing role of ADA compliance with businesses’ online sites.

On Sunday, November 27th, at 9 p.m. ET, McBrayer Member Jack Wheat will be appearing on the History Channel in the series The Toys That Built America in an episode covering the Cabbage Patch Kids craze.

Around 2600 settlement class members were issued and mailed a distribution check of up to $3930 each in the second week of November 2022 by the Settlement Administrator.  A few of those being sent a distribution owed the Co-op TAGS fees, and those fees were subtracted from the amount sent to each such class member (individual or business entity). 

Once again, McBrayer has been ranked among the nation’s top law firms by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in America, achieving recognition for 27 practice areas in their 2023 edition of “Best Law Firms.”

McBrayer Member Luke Morgan was interviewed on WKYT’s Everyday Kentucky on October 9, 2022 to discuss an upcoming fundraising event for Camp Horsin' Around.

McBrayer attorney Peter Rosene is quoted in a recent article in Business Lexington about the importance of protecting your business’ digital content in a changing digital world.

McBrayer Member Jack Wheat is quoted in the September issue of The Lane Report in a piece about the new rule allowing college athletes to earn money from name, image, and likeness deals. 

McBrayer’s expansion continues with the newest addition of attorney Chris Eller in the firm’s Lexington office. He comes to McBrayer from the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy and will be joining the firm’s commercial and business litigation practice group.

McBrayer PLLC once again marks another year of growth and quality service to clients with 30 attorneys – a firm record – recognized in the 2023 editions of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in America and Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch.

McBrayer PLLC stakes out its territory in the realm of horseracing, gaming and other equine law fields as it welcomes Vince Gabbert to the firm. Joining as Of Counsel, Gabbert comes to the firm following over a dozen years serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Keeneland. He now also serves as President of the Lexington Sporting Club, the city’s new professional soccer franchise. Gabbert’s practice at McBrayer’s Lexington office will center on equine and gaming law, especially regulatory compliance in those areas.

On Friday, July 29, at 7 PM, the documentary Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids, which features McBrayer Member Jack Wheat, will be screened at the Louisville Film Society's 8th Annual Flyover Film Festival at the Speed Art Museum. 

Managing Member James H. Frazier, III, made remarks at the annual State of Downtown Lexington event on Wednesday, June 29, as the Board Chairman of the Downtown Lexington Management District.  

McBrayer Louisville Member Jack Wheat was interviewed for and featured in the documentary Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids, which premiered earlier this June at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. 

As part of LexArts' Horse Mania 2022, McBrayer has sponsored a horse painted by local artist and muralist Wylie Caudill. We spoke with Wylie about the project and what it means to be an artist in Lexington right now.