The 2009 convention of the Kentucky Bar Association is now over. As we bid farewell to Covington, I'd like to thank the members of the Kentucky bar, especially those who received their legal education at the University of Louisville, for their contributions to the finest, most dedicated group of lawyers I have been privileged to know. My personal highlights from the 2009 KBA convention included hosting UofL Law's cocktail reception for alumni and friends and receiving the University of Louisville's $5,000 Law School Scholarship for 2009 from the Kentucky Bar Foundation. We're grateful for all of our friends in the bar, throughout this Commonwealth and around the entire country.

Some of the best moments, at this convention as at any other, took place far from the spotlight. I lost count of the fine conversations — many short but some quite long and thorough — that I managed to enjoy throughout the 2009 KBA convention. Those conversations form the basis of strong bonds, personal and professional, that connect all of us as lawyers and as friends of justice. This is a legal community of the highest caliber, bar none, and I feel very honored and privileged to be a member.