Last Call for Nominations!
Law Day 2022 Award Nominations!
In preparation for our Annual Law Day Celebration, the FCBA would like your assistance with award nominations. After reviewing the award descriptions, please nominate a deserving candidate for the most befitting award.

Law Day is scheduled for Monday, May 2, 2022 at the Hilton Downtown.
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Intro to Mental Health Court - Lunch and 1 Hour of CLE Credit!
The mission of Fayette Mental Health Court (FMHC) is to protect public safety and reduce the recidivism rate of offenders with a diagnosed mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder by increasing their wellness. Using an integrated approach involving court supervision, mental health treatment services, education, employment, and personal accountability, FMHC seeks positive and long-lasting life changes. This presentation will provide an overview of the creation of the Fayette Mental Health Court and explain how this diversion court yields an extremely high success rate while modeling therapeutic jurisprudence using best practices. We will explain the program, requirements, eligibility, and the referral process, as well as possible outcomes and the legal implications of each, including expungement and probation satisfaction. Additionally, the presentation will highlight emergency detentions, involuntary hospitalizations, and restoration orders, and their relevance to the court. We will touch briefly on state-wide expansion efforts and how one could bring this model to their community. 
FCBA Proposed Slate of Officers and Directors 2022-2023
Pursuant to FCBA By-Laws, Article VIII.
 
Attached is the proposed slate of officers and new directors for the FCBA Board of Directors to serve the fiscal year, May 1, 2022– April 30, 2023, as submitted by the Nominating Committee. Our bylaws provide that “after the publication and circulation to the membership of the Nominating Committee’s nominees for Officers and the Board of Directors, any member’s name may be placed in nomination, with his or her consent, for any office, by petition signed by fifty (50) members of the corporation, and delivered to the Secretary within ten (10) days after the publication and circulation of nominees selected by the Nominating Committee. Nominations for offices to be filled shall be made in no other manner than as provided for in these By-Laws. If there are no nominations for any office other than those by the Nominating Committee, the candidates nominated shall be deemed to be elected.” Any member desiring to be an officer/member of the FCBA Board of Directors should tender their petition to FCBA Office, 219 N Upper Street, by April 1, 2022. If an election is necessary, each FCBA member will be notified by email of the date, time, and place the election will be held.
 
FCBA Young Lawyers Section School Supply Drive

Fayette County Public Schools has requested:
Backpacks
Binders
Monetary Donations.

All donations can be delivered to Becka Sherman at Stites & Harbison.
Please make checks payable to Edith J. Hayes Middle School.

Please make donations by March 25th!
Virtual Criminal Expungement CLE-
KBA Young Lawyers Division & Legal Aid of the Bluegrass
On April 7th, the KBA Young Lawyers Division and Legal Aid of the Bluegrass are presenting “Criminal Expungement in Kentucky,” a free virtual Legal Aid University session that teaches attorneys what they need to know to effectively assist a Kentuckian seeking a criminal record expungement. The training will provide an overview of the expungement process, what can and cannot be expunged, what to expect at the hearing and the effects of an expungement.

Please join us and learn about the practical and legal obstacles faced by low-income people with a criminal record. All attorneys are invited to attend – no previous experience is required. 

Volunteers will be provided with sample petitions and a roadmap for the life cycle of an expungement case. Immediate volunteer opportunities are available.


(Approved for 1 CLE credit by the Kentucky Bar Association)
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Fayette Circuit and
Family Dockets are online
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March 25
Intro to Fayette Mental Health Court
12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

April 12
Domestic Relations Practice Section Meeting

April 20
Women Lawyers' Association Meeting

April 22
Conversation with Professor Bill Fortune and Professor Bob Lawson discussing the book "The Man from Whitman Creek"
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

May 2
Annual Law Day Luncheon and Award Celebration
Hilton Downtown Lexington
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Fayette Circuit, Family and District Courts - Mask Guidance and Holiday Schedule
 
Effective Monday, March 7th – Masks will be Optional, and not required.
 
Circuit/ Family Spring Holiday Court Dockets – Friday, April 15th

             The Courts will be closed at 12:30 p.m. for the Spring State Holiday.
 
All Morning dockets will proceed as scheduled, with the following exception:
 
             8th Div. – Judge Travis – 8:30 Criminal Motion Hour and 1:30 Civil Motion Hour – Both are Cancelled
 
 Spring Holiday Courts effected:

1st Div. – Judge Messer – 1:30 Family Motion Hour
 
             5th Div. – Judge Masterton – 12:30 Family Motion Hour
 
             7th Div. – Judge Taylor – 2:00 Civil Motion Hour
 
             9th Div. – Judge Bunnell – 1:00 Criminal Motion Hour – Rescheduled to Thursday, April 14th at 1:00 p.m.

Check out the newest Law-gic Podcast! This episode is titled Toxic Guardianships and we get to talk with FCBA member Mary Ellis Patton of Bluegrass Elder Law! DO NOT MISS IT! Law-gic can be found on any major streaming platform like Apple and Spotify! Add it to your favorites!
The Attorney Wellness Program (AWP) was designed as a safe harbor for attorneys to address normal life difficulties in a confidential and professional environment.
FCBA is offering online education powered by Mesa CLE. Many are ETHICS credit. Check out our calendar to see the offerings and sign-up!
Group Health Insurance Benefit
The FCBA has partnered with the Louisville Bar Association and Logan Lavelle Hunt to offer group health insurance as a member benefit. Logan Lavelle Hunt will once again be the agent for the insurance plan underwritten by Anthem.

For more information or to see if this plan is right for you and your employees, please contact Leslie French at [email protected] or (502) 499-6880.
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