50 Year Recognition / We Need Your Assistance

Your MCBA officers have discovered a plaque bearing the names of members of the MCBA who have served for 50 or more years.  This plaque is several years old and is in need of updating.  We would like to present this plaque for display at the McCracken County Courthouse. 

If you are aware of any member of the McCracken County Bar Association who has served 50 years or more then please provide the following: 

1.         Name; and

2.         Date of admission.

Please reply to belinda@ml-lawfirm.com on or before January 29, 2016.  We will order an update to the plaque after that time.

Thank you for your assistance.

January 2016 MCBA Meeting

Our regular lunch meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 18, 2016, at 12:00 p.m., at Tribeca, located at 127 Market House Square.  The price of the lunch is $12.50 (including tax and gratuity).  Please bring either cash or a check made payable to “McCracken County Bar Association.”

McCracken Circuit Judge Tim Kaltenbach will be our speaker.  The topic will be “The Treatment Model for the McCracken County Felony Drug Court and its Challenges.”  We expect to receive CLE approval from the Kentucky Bar Association for this program.   

Please RSVP to amberbarrett@ml-lawfirm.com by close of business on Thursday, January 14, 2016, so that we can provide an accurate lunch count to Tribeca.

December Meeting Cancellation

Our December meeting has been cancelled due to the proximity of our regular meeting date to the Christmas holiday.  

We will look forward to our next meeting on January 18, 2016.

Job Posting for Staff Attorney

We have received notice from Hon. James T. Jameson, Circuit Judge of Marshall and Calloway counties, that he is in the process of accepting applications for a staff attorney position.  Please follow the below link for more information on the job posting: http://kcoj.kycourts.net/PublicJobPosting/

Holiday Related Cancellations In McCracken Family Court And Announcement Concerning Upcoming Meeting For Family Court Practitioners

We have been informed by Judge Henschel's office that all dockets in McCracken Family Court scheduled for November 26-27, 2015, and December 8, 2015, and December 24, 2015 through January 1, 2016, have been cancelled due to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and also due to the closing of the Judicial Branch for gubernatorial inauguration ceremonies.

We also have the following message from Judge Henschel:

Dear Bar Association:

I will hold a short meeting on November  24, 2015 at 2:00p.m., or as soon as Motion Hour is over, for attorneys that regularly practice in Family Court.  I am excited to share a few ideas and eager to hear your suggestions about our Family Court.

I have had a full and exciting first month  as your new Family Court Judge. I am grateful for the amount  of support I have received from our Bar and hope to serve you all for many years to come.

Judge Deanna Wise Henschel

November Meeting

Our regular lunch meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 16, 2015, at 12:00 p.m., at Tribeca, located at 127 Market House Square.  The price of the lunch is $12.50 (including tax and gratuity).  Please bring either cash or a check made payable to “McCracken County Bar Association.”

Rob Goff of the law firm Keuler, Kelly, Hutchins & Blankenship, LLP will be our speaker.  The topic will be “Estate Planning Without Thinking: Joint, POD and TOD Accounts and Other Beneficiary Designations.”  We are seeking CLE approval from the Kentucky Bar Association for this program.   

Please RSVP to belinda@ml-lawfirm.com by noon on Friday, November 13, 2015, so that we can provide an accurate lunch count to Tribeca.

McCracken County Domestic Relations Clinic

We received the following announcement from Kentucky Legal Aid:

In June this year, the Kentucky Bar Foundation provided a grant to assist low income individuals with family law issues in McCracken, Davies, and Warren counties.  Members of each local Bar Association donate their time to meet, one on one, with clinic participants to provide advice concerning family law and the rules and procedures of family court. One clinic was conducted on September 17, 2015. Sixteen (16) low-income individuals were assisted at the September Clinic.

The McCracken County Bar Association previously received a grant to conduct domestic relations clinics in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, 115 indigent persons received assistance though this program. The Clinic demonstrates that the legal community is genuinely dedicated to educating the public concerning legal issues, and to insuring access to justice to those who cannot afford the services of private counsel.  The McCracken County  Domestic Relations Clinic is a success thanks to the generosity of Kentucky Bar Foundation and the McCracken County legal community.

The Clinic is held at the McCracken County Public Library.  Dates and times of upcoming clinics are: 

November 10, 2015, from 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 

January 19, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

March 15, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

May 17, 2016, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Attorneys interested in volunteering at the Clinic may call (270-442-5518) or e-mail  Lawyers Care Pro Bono Coordinator, Leslie Ballard lballard@klaid.org or nbash@klaid.org.  Attorneys will find it to be a rewarding experience