DISTINCTIONS
- Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV Preeminent
- Best Lawyers in America: Business Organizations (2015 – 2022)
- 10th District Council Representative, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council (2009-2013)
- Chair & Moderator, UK Biennial Real Estate Law Institute (2008-2023)
- Program Planning Committee, UK Biennial Business Associations Law Institute (2005-2021)
- Kentucky Commercial Real Estate Conference, Program Planning Committee (2014-2021)
- KBA Securities Law Conference, Program Planning Committee & Moderator (2016)
- Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Kentucky Competitiveness Council (2013-2017)
- Commerce Lexington, Inc., Public Policy Council (2013-2018)
- Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Kentucky Class of 1995
- Commerce Lexington, Leadership Lexington Class of 1993
- Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, General Counsel (1993-1995)
- Colvin P. Rouse Award for Most Outstanding Scholarly Contribution to the Kentucky Law Journal (1988)
- Diachun Award for Most Outstanding University of Kentucky Honors Program Senior (1986)