On November 8, McBrayer attorney Jack Wheat will speak in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's seminar entitled "Spirits and Intellectual Property: Bourbon."

On Friday, November 3, McBrayer attorney Phillip Pearson will present at the 2023 Fall Professional Education Seminar sponsored by Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company. 

McBrayer has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus under the Midsize Mansfield Rule. After joining the rigorous 18-month 2022-2023 cohort, McBrayer PLLC is proud to announce that it has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus.

McBrayer PLLC has expanded its roster of attorneys yet again with the addition of attorneys Katy Harvey and Emily Shepard, who were sworn into the Kentucky Bar on October 20.

Winterwood Incorporated held its Annual Training Meeting on October 16 and 17. McBrayer attorneys Jaron Blandford, William Carroll, Chris Eller, Jason Hollon, Addison Lowry, and Zachary Webster presented to the group. 

On October 19, McBrayer attorney Phillip Pearson will present, "Secure Act: Nuts and Bolts for the Practitioner" as part of the DC Bar Communities Estate and Tax Planning series. 

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation, led by President Jon Woodall, has surpassed the $500,000 mark in scholarships provided to date. 

McBrayer PLLC once again marks another year of growth and quality service to clients with 49 attorneys – beating the firm’s record of 30 set last year– recognized in the 2024 editions of Best Lawyers® in America and Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch.

The Louisville office of McBrayer PLLC has been named to Louisville Business First's Best Places to Work in Greater Louisville list for 2023. 

The Louisville office of McBrayer PLLC continues its explosive growth in 2023 with the addition of attorney Kristen Johnson. Johnson will join the firm’s litigation group, with her practice focusing primarily on insurance defense.

McBrayer PLLC has undergone significant expansion over the last few years, especially in building up its estate planning practice. The firm’s estate planning group continues to grow with the addition of Victoria Dickson, who brings her estate planning practice to the firm’s Lexington office.

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.