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HON. FREDERIC J. COWAN was elected as a judge to the Jefferson Circuit Court, Division 13, in November 2006. Judge Cowan has had an extensive career in public service, being one of the very few Kentuckians elected to all three branches of Kentucky government. Prior to his election to the bench, he engaged in the private practice of law, most recently with the firm of Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, P.S.C. HON. AUDRA J. ECKERLE is the presiding judge in Jefferson Circuit Court, Division 7. Judge Eckerle previously served as a District Court Judge in Division 16. She was elected as Chief District Judge by her peers. Judge Eckerle began practicing law in 1991 and her extensive career includes public service, criminal prosecution and representation of a publicly traded company as general counsel. HON. BRIAN C. EDWARDS is a circuit judge with Jefferson Circuit Court, Division 11, a position he has held since September 2009. He began practicing law in 1996 first as a public defender and then in private practice concentrating in the areas of criminal defense, civil rights and employment discrimination. Judge Edwards also served as an adjunct professor of trial practice at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and also served as a professor and association director of the University's Center for the Study of Crime and Justice in Black Communities. He earned his B.A. degree from Northwestern University and his J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky. HON. JAMES M. SHAKE has been a judge in Jefferson Circuit Court, Division Two, since March, 1993. Elected to three terms as Chief Circuit Judge in Jefferson County and Chief Regional Judge for the Metro Region, he was named Judge of the Year in 2003 by the Louisville State Bar Association, distinguished alumnus by the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 2007, and the Henry V. Pennington Outstanding Trial Judge by the Kentucky Justice Association in 2009. Judge Shake is past president of the Kentucky Circuit Judges Association and a Life Fellow of the Kentucky Bar Foundation. Throughout his career, he has been actively involved in judicial education. HON. BARRY WILLETT is a circuit judge with Jefferson Circuit Court, Division 1. He was elected to the bench in 2000. Judge Willett has been elected chief judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court General Term for 2010-2011. Prior to his election to the bench, he practiced law and specialized in complex tort and commercial litigation. Judge Willett is a past president of the Kentucky Justice Association and has served as a Special Justice on the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He is a frequent speaker for continuing legal/judicial education programs. Judge Willett earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and his law degree from the University of Louisville School of Law. MODERATOR - TRACY S. PREWITT is a partner in the Louisville law firm of O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, PLLC, where she practices in the areas of insurance defense litigation, including cases involving matters of professional negligence, and tort claims, products liability, general personal injury and insurance coverage. Ms. Prewitt earned her B.S. degree from the University of Louisville and J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Louisville School of Law. She has written articles and has been a speaker on topics relating to her areas of practice. Ms. Prewitt is a member of the Litigation Counsel of America; the Kentucky, Louisville and Indiana bar associations; Kentucky Bar Association Committee on Professionalism; Kentucky Bar Association House of Delegates; Defense Research Institute; Jefferson County Medical/Legal Committee; and Marketing Association. In 2010, she was recognized as one of the Top 25 Women Attorneys in Kentucky by Kentucky Monthly Magazine's Super Lawyer Section.
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