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Letter from the Publisher While it may seem all too soon, fall is fast approaching. For anyone not clued in yet, it’s my favorite time of year for the simple facts that, colors change, food does too, and perhaps best of all, the styles around the city start evolving and defining all that is autumn.

It’s the latter reason especially that makes me so excited to share every single page of our fall style spectacular of The Voice of Louisville magazine. You can’t mention the word “style” in this town without immediately thinking of Bittners, and this edition’s cover story focuses on the talents of Bittners Chairman Laura Frazier and President and COO Douglas Riddle. We were honored to chat with Laura, whose passion for the design firm took wing when she first stepped through its doors in 1978. Her vision and direction is leading Bittners into another 160 years of design excellence. Meanwhile, Douglas Riddle’s creative touches and artistic leadership have produced unforgettable team designs that have been transformed into some of the most beautiful homes worldwide.

We were lucky enough to get a sneak peek at these skills at one of Bittners’ premier design triumphs as we toured one of Louisville’s most stunning homes: an estate nestled in the hills above the Ohio River.

The project was a labor of love for Bittners designer Ron Wolz, as well as the architect and builder, who took a plot of wooded land and turned it into a show stopping residence.

But it’s not all homes. Autumn also means it’s time to clear out the closets and make room for cozy sweaters, familiar tweeds and comforting wool that’s going to warm us up as the colder nights draw near.

We have lots of fun fall fashion ideas tucked inside this issue. From sizzling patterns to sleek styles, you’ll find key ideas from top Louisville boutiques for looking fabulous when you step out this season.

Stepping out might include a visit to the links, where we meet golf and personal trainer Justine Huffman, who overcame personal obstacles to help serious athletes and weekend warriors meet their fitness goals, all through the love of golf. Off the links, we visit Michael Willis of Lyndia R. Willis Salon, who makes his clients’ dreams reality through his work with the salon and a unique company – Hairdreams.

We also took the time to meet several top local legal eagles who provide counsel and clarity along with coveted advice. We’re glad we have them on our side and we think you’ll find it interesting to read about what makes these sharp minds tick.

I’m ready for fall. Aren’t you? As you enjoy this season of football and friends, bonfires and crisp nights and warm family moments, make sure to bring along a copy of The Voice of Louisville for those quiet times when you can escape and enjoy reading about all that is great in our corner of the world. It’s autumn and it is golden.

Enjoy.

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We are so fortunate to have America’s leading design firm, born and bred in Louisville in 1854, still bringing the Bittners’ touch of handmade American craftsmanship to homes across America.

LAURA FRAZIER, CHAIRMAN BITTNERS

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hile walking through the front door at Bittners to meet Chairman Laura Frazier and President and COO Douglas Riddle, you begin to see why Bittners is so special.

The new urban garden immediately catches your eye. It is unusual and beautiful as well as unexpected in this historic setting. Comfortable and chic, elegant and young describe the multiple rooms that encompass the inviting showroom. The vignettes of style are timeless. This 160-year-old legendary and award-winning design firm looks as if it could be in New York or Paris.

Laura is very warm and welcoming. She talks with pride about how Bittners has grown and transformed into one of our nation’s leading design firms.

We walk around the showroom and settle down in the front sunroom overlooking Main Street.

WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO BITTNERS? My parents were best friends with the Bittner family, so I grew up attracted to beautiful furniture while learning the importance of how space and color can affect the way you live. Bittners represented the finest in furniture and design, so it was a natural fit for me.

HOW DID YOU GET STARTED? I started out as an intern at Bittners in the summer of 1978. It was a great time to learn about this business. Then in 1981, my father Owsley Brown Frazier sat down with me and together we plotted the future of Bittners. In the fall of 1982, my father, my grandmother Amelia Brown Frazier and I became partners in purchasing this legendary firm. Then in June of 1983 I started my full-time career there and never looked back.

My initial work was buying china, crystal and silver. It was a great training ground for understanding how the firm worked from “behind the scenes.”

From there I became the store manager responsible for all purchasing, training, advertising and marketing. Two years later I became vice president and corporate secretary and then evolved into president

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and CFO, responsible for directing the operations of all areas of the business. Today as chairman, I am committed to seeing the development of Bittners into its next 160 years.

WHAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF AT BITTNERS? Seeing Bittners grow from a local design firm to a leading, award-winning national firm makes me so proud. We have grown in our residential design, working on homes from New York to Florida and from Washington, D.C. to California. Just last year, we completed a home in Australia!

Going back to our roots, our custom wood shop is flourishing. Our clients today have a great appreciation for handcrafted furniture. From dining room chairs and tables to bookcases, desks, sideboards and coffee tables, our master craftsmen can create it all. They sketch out life-size “architectural-like” drawings of a client’s furniture piece. From there, the creative process begins. You should see how they meticulously work with the wood: first chiseling, then hand-carving with precision. They really create masterpieces that our clients hand down from generation to generation. What they can do is a true art form.

The growth of our downtown design campus is a point of which I am very proud. We have developed this location in the heart of Louisville to include renovations and expansions in our urban showroom, modern garden, Club 1854, our design resource center and the designers’ offices for both residential and commercial design work. Expanding our design campus gives us the room to fill our growing client base’s needs.

WHAT MAKES BITTNERS SO SPECIAL? People not familiar with Bittners often ask me that question. “Why is Bittners so special?” I always answer that when you look at the history of our city, state, and even our country, there are so few businesses today that have stayed rooted in their mission while remaining a thriving business. Businesses have come and gone across all industries, but

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Bittners has stayed committed to its clients and their needs. Through the decades, Bittners has had a big impact on how people live, work and play. We take the responsibility of being a leader in cuttingedge design very seriously.

Bittners also represents the success of the iconic American Dream. Back in 1854 a German immigrant, Gustave Bittner, started a custom wood and design shop. A tradition was born. He made cabinets and furniture with an uncompromising commitment to quality that is still the hallmark of Bittners today. His impeccable taste and high-quality craftsmanship became our solid foundation.

Today Bittners is so special because of the influence and direction of Douglas Riddle, the president and COO. He has reinvented Bittners while bringing new creative energy and direction. His vision for Bittners has invigorated our design firm for future growth. He is a true gift to the Bittners team, our clients and to our city. We are lucky to have him.

Looking back, I feel fortunate to stand among those who have been able to lead this important local treasure.

us purchasing the design firm in 1982, we were passionate about taking Bittners to another level.

My father also challenged all of us to “raise the bar and keep it there” in our goal to grow Bittners.

He was the foundation that kept us working together in a cohesive manner. Without his devotion to Bittners, it would not be where it is today.

WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ARE YOU INVOLVED IN? Giving back is so important. My community service includes supporting the arts community and healing organizations. Health care research is also very important, specifically the work done by Dr. Suzanne T. Ildstad at the University of Louisville.

I am devoted to supporting cancer research, which can have a big impact on the quality of life for so many people. Cancer affects everyone. Not a day goes by in which this disease doesn’t devastate a family. Supporting cancer research can make a real difference.

With my passion to support those dealing with this disease, Gilda’s Club Louisville is also important to me. Its mission to help those with cancer find strength, gain knowledge and receive comfort is close to my heart. Hopefully my support will have a positive impact on both those dealing with cancer and their families.

My philanthropic work has been very important to me over the years. We have such a great city, so giving back is easy to do.

WHAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU? I love gardening. It is a time for stillness and comfort while enjoying nature. I love getting my hands dirty while planting and then seeing the seedlings grow and flourish. For me, gardening is creative and inspirational, almost like a living canvas.

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WHO ELSE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO BITTNERS? My father and my grandmother had a passion for the decorative arts and were instrumental to Bittners. They understood the impact Bittners could have on homes across America. With the three of

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WHAT’S AHEAD FOR BITTNERS? That’s simple. We at Bittners are committed to continuing our mission of being the leading design firm in our country. We listen to our clients.

We understand how to create the lifestyle that best suits them. Our custom shop can create that special furniture piece that they can enjoy from generation to generation. Our strong commitment to being the best will propel us into our next 160 years.

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Looking back from 1854 to today, Bittners will continue the climb, bringing our luxury brand to homes across the country. Our vision for the future is strong. The best is yet to come!

DOUGLAS RIDDLE, PRESIDENT & COO BITTNERS

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s Douglas Riddle makes his way over for our interview, he stops and says hello to every employee and client along the way. He is warm and inviting to everyone he meets. It feels natural and comfortable talking to him, like reconnecting with an old friend.

As a fashion executive, we focused on the newest and best, from fabrics and textures to innovative, creative styles. Being on the cutting edge of fashion design was a must, or you would be left behind. We worked hard and smart, bringing to the clients only the best collections. It was tough work, but I loved every minute of it.

He directs me to sit in a comfortable, handcrafted chair made by one of Bittners’ master craftsmen from the custom wood shop, just on the other side of the showroom. He explains how such pieces are created. It begins with many hours of creative prep and architectural drawings, which then leads to the meticulous work done by Bittners master craftsmen. He explains how fortunate we are to have such a custom wood shop in Louisville.

Looking back, the extensive travel to high-fashion collection shows in Paris, New York and Milan gave me the opportunity to meet great people.

Their passion was infectious and taught me to stay ahead and lead in design, not follow others’ creative vision. This has transferred over into my vision here at Bittners by working with a creative drive that other design firms just do not offer.

His high energy and love of Bittners is very apparent. As we settle down to talk, he begins our conversation with asking how I am doing. Always the gentlemen, he is kind to ask. But I want to find out more about the man behind the vision of Bittners.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO BITTNERS? After being in the fashion industry for 10 years along with an intense travel schedule, I was ready for a new challenge. The iconic American fashion designer Bill Blass could see that and suggested that I use my creative energy in the interior design industry. I loved the idea and learned more about this great local firm called Bittners.

From the time I first walked into Bittners, I felt its rich history and pride. Laura Frazier and the talented designers were very enthusiastic about Bittners’ impact on their clients’ homes. They spoke about its history, past growth and its future. I was immediately excited about joining this team and knew I could make a big difference. This great historic design firm in a wonderful urban setting just needed a new creative vision.

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SO ONCE YOU JOINED BITTNERS, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST GOAL? My goal has always been to make Bittners our country’s leading design firm. We have an outstanding group of designers, world-class master craftsmen, the largest collection of design resources, a committed and dedicated support staff and the best service, bar none. Every employee understands that we truly “design for the way our clients’ live.” We like to fly under the radar because it is always about our clients.

When I arrived 10 years ago, our established clients, who had been using us throughout their lives, knew a lot about Bittners and what we can do. My focus was to bring in the new, younger clients who were not familiar with Bittners. By repositioning our strategy, we were able to continue to provide the traditional design for our current clients while transitioning to a more modern design for our younger clientele. This was a great example of how looking back at our history moves us to the future.

When visiting our showroom, our clients always comment about the positive and high-energy atmosphere that they experience. They can walk into our custom shop and see our master craftsmen at work. They can experience the multiple layers of our showroom and see numerous lifestyle options.

They can see each employee at work, passionate about getting the right design that fits their lifestyle.

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I am so appreciative of our loyal clients and strive every day to assure that we bring them the highest-quality design and service. Our clients are educated professionals who expect a great deal from us, and I accept that challenge every day, both from our team and myself.

WHO HAS INSPIRED YOU? Bittners has always been a team effort. My first years at Bittners were highly impacted by Owsley Brown Frazier. He was a mentor and a true friend.

He told me once that we both liked to set the bar high. He furthered that comment with, “I expect you to keep it there!” No one, especially myself, would ever want to disappoint Mr. Frazier. I am forever grateful for having him in my life.

Bittners has had great influences through the years, from our former master craftsman Hubert Schuwey and our former CEO Claire Alagia to our current Senior Vice President of Residential Design Ben Small. Their dedication contributed to the Bittners brand.

have collaborated to create the best in timeless design.

WHAT HAS BEEN SOME OF YOUR MOST RECENT CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS? There are so many. The first that comes to mind is working with a great young couple that owns an apartment on the Upper East Side in New York City. Our goal was to create a warm and chic place to raise their young twin boys. We had so much fun working together on that project.

Locally, collaborating with Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson on their farm, Hermitage, was a great highlight for me. Our focus was to transfer their love of art into the design theme for the house. After the renovation and design work was completed, we had our first-ever showhouse where “two great legends came together” at the historic farm in Oldham County. It was a great event with over 500 in attendance. It was so rewarding working with Laura Lee and Steve. They let our creativity soar!

Last, it was special to work on The Frazier History Museum exhibit, “Top Drawer: 150 Years of Bittners.” This unique exhibit featured Bittners through the decades, showcasing over 4,000 square feet of Bittners’ handcrafted furniture. With the collaboration of our clients and our employees, it was a huge success!

WHY ARE YOU SO DEVOTED TO OUR COMMUNITY? Our community is made up of many great people. Working side-by-side with our community leaders and those people who want to make a difference helps in making our city a better place for all of us to live. I am strongly committed to philanthropy through Gilda’s Club Louisville as well as our local arts such as The Louisville Ballet and The Speed Museum.

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Today, Laura Frazier’s commitment and passion for Bittners pushes me to continue to make Bittners better. Her involvement is instrumental to its future growth. Also, each and every employee inspires me. When I enter Bittners every morning, their dedication for our mission is uplifting.

Bittners represents a long history of creative, innovative minds from all of our departments that

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WHAT’S IN BITTNERS’ FUTURE? Well, I can’t tell you all the details, but some very exciting things are coming in our future.

We will continue our mission that started in 1854: to design for the way you live. Building on our rich history and our creative vision, Bittners will continue being one of our nation’s leading design firms. I am very excited about our future. The best is yet to come!

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BITTNERS, A Rich History Since 1854

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n 1854, a tradition was born. A determined German immigrant, Gustave Bittner, became the catalyst for the development of Bittners, a legendary design firm. His uncompromising commitment to quality is still the hallmark of Bittners today.

Born in Pratzan, German Silesia in 1829, Bittner was influenced by the Old World craftsmanship of furniture making. He soon became an apprentice, learning the craft of cabinetmaking and creating custom handmade furniture pieces. With chaos erupting along with the deprivations of central Europe caused by the continental revolutions of 1848, Bittner took his future in his hands and decided to immigrate to the United States. He boarded a Bremen Liner steamship named “Copernicus.” The ship docked in New Orleans on Nov. 18, 1852. Bittner debarked, cleared customs and was soon looking for work.

His travels brought him to Louisville, Kentucky. It was here that Bittner opened his custom furniture shop at 415 Brook St. Years of hard work and dedication paid off. Bittner became one of the foremost cabinet and furniture makers in Kentucky, a formidable rank achieved in the competitive and affluent society of his time.

A devoted family man and community leader, Bittner married Magdalena Breitenbach. They had eight children. Their youngest son, William C. Bittner, who was born on March 22, 1872, would have a big impact on Bittners’ future.

Gustave Bittner passed away in 1895. He was honored for being one of the finest craftsmen of his era.

After his passing, William C. Bittner succeeded his father as president and general manager of Bittners. In 1909, the business moved to 427 S. First St. William C. Bittner established a larger workshop, showroom and offices to accommodate his growing clientele. He had a passion for repurposing wood, decorative elements and traveled throughout the world for unique furniture inspirations.

When William C. Bittner retired in 1953, Cletus C. Schneider became President. His dedication to the art of woodcrafting inspired him to hire a master craftsmen: Hubert Schuwey. Under Schuwey’s guidance, Bittners offered the country’s only apprenticeship in cabinetmaking at that time. Many young apprentices 46 T H E V O I C E O F L O U I S V I L L E |

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came to Louisville to learn under the highly skilled Schuwey.

In 1961, Bittners moved to its current location at 731 E. Main St. This new location offered much more space for expanded showrooms, a larger custom wood shop, a refinishing room, a design resource library for the in-house designers, and warehouse capabilities. Over time, the name “Bittners” became synonymous with only the finest in handmade furniture.

In 1968, Cletus C. Schneider retired and handed over the reins to his son William Bittner Schneider. During this time, Bittners continued expanding its services throughout the region.

Owsley Brown Frazier, a leading philanthropist in Louisville, sat down with his daughter Laura Frazier in 1981 and saw great potential for Bittners. Together they plotted a future with Bittners. In the fall of 1982, Owsley, Laura and Amelia Brown Frazier, Laura’s grandmother, purchased this Louisville landmark.

During this new period, Bittners grew and expanded its brand into homes throughout the United States.

Their on-site master craftsmen continued the tradition of building and creating beautiful custom-made furniture. New designers were brought on board. The commercial design division was developed. Their vision and quest to “design for the way you live” resulted in Bittners being positioned as the leading design firm in the area.

Bittners legacy continues on today, led by Laura Frazier, chairman and Douglas Riddle, president and COO. Through their commitment and leadership, Bittners’ workshops have maintained the highest quality old-world standards of custom furniture making along with the ancient tradition of apprenticeship. This allows Bittners to bring to their clients timeless, innovative residential and commercial design along with exquisite handmade custom furniture. These handcrafted masterpieces will continue being handed down for many future generations to come, carrying on the Bittners’ legacy.

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f it wasn’t for a back injury and an adolescence spent around golf clubs, Justine Huffman perhaps wouldn’t be who she is today: a personal trainer at Hurstbourne Country Club with an everexpanding portfolio of clients both corporate and private who seek her out because of a long track record of results. But what makes Huffman so special? Aside from personal training, she’s one of the most qualified golf trainers in the city. Recovering from an injury that’s hampering your game? Not a problem.

Need to improve your core to get that extra 20 yards on your drive? Equally simple.

“I had hurt my back when I was younger, and herniated my lumbar, and didn’t have a strong core,” recalled Huffman, who graduated from University of Louisville with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. “It took me a few years into college to realize how important those groups are for lumbar support. So I started out studying physical therapy and did my internship with a local corporate gym in their personal training department. But once I did the internship, I realized, ‘You know what? If I’m a personal trainer, I can still help people and prevent injury instead of just focusing on the rehabilitation side of it.’”

Working out of Hurstbourne Country Club for the past three years has also enabled Huffman to reignite her passion with golf, something that she combines with her personal training expertise. Having taken lessons for the past year and a half with a local LPGA professional, Huffman realized that a

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“They think they’re lifting and they’re in shape, but they’re not training the golf-specific muscles,” Huffman said. “That’s really what I focus on; that core strength and being able to separate your upper from your lower body to help get that power in the swing.”

Because golf is something that attracts people of all ages, Huffman is used to addressing a variety of needs.

“I had one golfer who injured his lower back and had to have surgery,” Huffman said. “He came to me afterwards and we worked together for an entire year, just building up his confidence, taking it slow. He was 75 years old and was very discouraged because he didn’t think he’d ever golf again.

Being a member of a county club like this, that’s their life. They’re here everyday, having a drink at the grill, playing golf. So I really spent a lot of time with him - two or three times a week - and we slowly progressed him. Then finally I’d say, ‘Okay, let’s go out to the range, and why don’t you start hitting your irons? Okay, let’s bring your driver back in.’ We still work together to this day. He’s been golfing now since October, and he said he’s playing the best golf he’s ever played, hitting it further than he’s ever hit. That’s just a great feeling to me.”

The key to Huffman’s success has been the qualifications she has sought out – and the ones she still intends to get to broaden her knowledge and deliver greater results.

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“I was certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2011, and I traveled to St. Louis and got my certification through the Titleist Institute, which means I’m a certified golf fitness instructor,” she said. “I am definitely continuing my education in the golf fitness world. I’m going to be traveling to Carlsbad, California to the World Golf Fitness Summit, where people in the PGA and health industry from all over the world will be there providing hands-on training and explaining what’s new in the industry, new research, and what really works for golfers.”

In fact, it was this knowledge that led Huffman to land her biggest client; a multinational corporation who wants her to focus on golf fitness. In the meantime, Huffman is just happy to be working one-on-one with as many clients as she can – something that brings her the most satisfaction as she keeps expanding her business, JustFit Louisville LLC. “I enjoy it because I can work with all age groups,” she said. “It’s not just athletes. It’s not just kids. It’s also kid-athletes as well as adults and seniors. This job allows me to keep being creative. You know, I had one older (client) that started with me, and they call him my ‘star client.’ Every time him or I are in the club, we’re associated with one another. He still comes in the gym every day and gets his cardio in. He’s in there five, six days a week. It’s such a rewarding feeling when your clients finally develop that lifestyle.”

And what’s better than knowing you’re making a difference and improving the quality of people’s lives?

“I love working with them all,” Huffman said. “You know, the reason I’m in this industry is because I love helping people.

Being able to help them prevent injuries is something that’s very important to me.

I have a lot of them coming back saying they’re hitting the ball further than they’ve ever hit. It’s just a great feeling when you’re rewarded.”

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Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP Donald Kelly

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he connection between engineering and practicing law might not be immediately apparent, but it is a keen mind for process and logic and the ability to know not just the next step, but the next five steps, that serve Don Kelly, formerly an engineer with LG&E, in his practice at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP.

“I tell people all the time, I’m not really an engineer anymore. I mean, I’m 26 years removed from being an engineer, I don’t keep up,” Kelly said with a smile. Kelly was recently named Wyatt’s Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Louisville office. “But I understand the process.

It’s certainly a way of thinking. People tell me ‘You think like an engineer.’ It’s very helpful training because, one, it teaches you to think logically, and two, it helps in understanding technical concepts. It’s been good for me.”

That mind for complexity and strategy will be put to a challenge in his new role as Partner-in-Charge of Wyatt’s Louisville office. Kelly is responsible for the management of the office of 90 attorneys. He said Wyatt’s goal going forward is to provide the same high quality work that people have come to expect from the firm, “only faster and more economically.”

“Our investment in technology is paying off when clients are pleasantly surprised with our rapid turnaround of documents and, of course, the reasonableness of the bill,” Kelly said.

Kelly is also responsible for driving the office’s civic involvement. It was the civic-mindedness of the firm, in particular legendary Louisville attorney, Gordon Davidson, that initially attracted Kelly to Wyatt.

“That philosophy is important to the law firm, it’s important to the community, it’s important to our clients, and it’s important to the overall fabric of society that people give back. And obviously, it’s good for business.

You meet a lot of people when you’re giving of yourself, and that’s a good thing,” he said.

Kelly worked for five years as a mechanical engineer in the 1980s, attending the University of Louisville’s Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at night before joining the Wyatt firm in 1988. He has built a career specializing in business litigation and toxic tort and product liability matters.

“I’m a person who gravitated to litigation, but not because of the adversarial part,” Kelly said. “I find the whole process stimulating, trying to resolve problems short of having a jury of six or 12 tell us how to do that.”

Kelly’s 26 years of experience have made him wellversed in the complexities of business-to-business issues like corporate governance, shareholder disputes, breach of contracts, and environmental liability issues under the toxic tort umbrella. The cases that cross his desk are complex, giving him opportunities to expand his knowledge in new directions almost constantly.

Dawn Landry, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of American Commercial Lines, has engaged Kelly on several complex matters over the years. She said “Don’s style is refreshing. It is probably his engineering background that drives him toward logical and practical advice. I think that also helps him relate to people in the business world who may find themselves on the stand. Working together, Don, our in-house legal team, and our employees have been very successful at managing legal exposures.”

“I’ve been blessed to be involved in a lot of large cases,” Kelly said. “They tend to have lots of moving parts, providing the opportunity to think strategically about key issues. If you push over here, something may happen over there.”

“The beauty of the practice is working with clients, understanding their business, their goals, their strategies, and helping to find a win-win solution to a problem,” he said. “It’s not about just litigating and litigating.

I no longer view myself exclusively as a hired gun, as much as a trusted advisor, finding the best resolution to any problem.”

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Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC Gwen E. Tilton

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hen Gwen E. Tilton, CPA, looks out the 14th floor windows of her accounting firm, she sees a city abuzz with business.

Companies, large and small, will make decisions today. Most importantly, those firms and organizations are run by people.

People need advice.

Those people are what gets Tilton up in the morning, as managing director of the Louisville office of Dean Dorton Allen Ford, PLLC. Tilton also sits on the board of directors at the firm, which has offices in the PNC Plaza, 500 W. Jefferson St., and in Lexington.

“The world that we live in at our firm is closely held business,” Tilton said. Drawing from over 25 years of experience in public accounting, she works with clients on all sorts of business needs. It’s her job to give them advice on everything from tax planning to solving personnel issues to preventing internal fraud.

Tilton and the firm take a holistic approach that involves both business and business owners. “That income flows to the individuals,” she said, “and you need to understand the whole picture to give them the best advice possible.”

“Most of our clients treat us, see us, as the person to call for whatever it is in their business,” Tilton said.

“It’s a conversation that we have on a very regular basis. My normal client will talk to me all throughout the year.”

Tilton and her firm also advise attorneys on the financial intricacies of cases involving business damages, fraud, bankruptcy or divorce. Their role is to help them sort out and compute just what happened financially. “We are a combination of detective, educator, translator,” Tilton said. “We serve a lot of those roles, and ultimately it’s critical for us to be the ones who can then explain all of that to a jury.”

Tilton is an expert witness in Jefferson Circuit and

Family Courts, Federal Bankruptcy Court and Oldham County Circuit Court.

“It is the job of the other side to shoot holes in what we’ve done, and it is our job to communicate why our calculations are correct,” she said.

Financial conflicts can often be settled through mediation, and in those cases, Tilton enjoys working with clients to negotiate a solution both sides can agree on.

Tilton’s career in accounting wasn’t the fulfillment of some childhood dream job. “Somebody kicked me into trying to do it, and I fell in love with it,” she said.

Tilton had no interest in accounting until late in her undergrad career at UK, where she was an English major. But her mom convinced her to just try one accounting course.

“I loved it,” Tilton said. “It was so different from what I expected it to be.” She switched her major to accounting and graduated magna cum laude.

Early in her accounting career, Tilton worked briefly for Kentucky Fried Chicken. But she found she much preferred working with individual clients over working in industry.

Tilton’s favorite aspect of her job, in fact, is having the opportunity to be part of the “inner circle” as business owners make decisions. “There’s no question that that’s the most rewarding,” she said.

Tilton’s many roles and responsibilities keep her busy, but even when she gets a rare break to relax, she doesn’t spend it sitting around. “I am a major fan of working out, running,” she said. “(I) don’t get to do it nearly as much as I would like.” Olmsted Parks are a favorite for runs. A love of the parks and a desire for community service led Tilton to her role on the board of trustees of the Olmsted Parks Conservancy.

Tilton is married to Mike Spoelker. “We don’t have children,” she said. “We do have two large golden retrievers that we treat like children.”

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Goldberg Simpson LLC Jonathan D. Goldberg

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here is only conviction, not a speck of hesitation, when Jonathan D. Goldberg answers the question, “Any plans to retire?”

Unequivocally, his answer is: “No.”

Retirement at 65 might appeal to most people, but in the practice of law, 63-year-old Goldberg said in a recent interview, “You’re just getting started.”

“That’s one of the fun parts about it now, that you have so many colleagues that you’ve known for a number of years,” he said. Many of those colleagues are over the age of 63 as well, he said. Their occupation may have led them into strong discourse with one another through the years, but they’ve become and remain friends.

Of course, there are other factors that keep it interesting for the managing partner of Goldberg Simpson.

“It’s intellectually very stimulating; that’s my favorite part,” Goldberg said. “I’m fortunate that I get to exercise a fairly high level of brain power.”

“The other thing that’s terrific about it is that it’s a business and occupation that you can do for a long period of time.” And he has; he’s been at it since earning his law degree from the University of Louisville in 1976, after completing his undergraduate work at Indiana University.

But his roots in law go back even farther—to his father, Fred M. Goldberg, also an attorney and co-founder of the firm.

“I did have the pleasure of doing a U.S. Supreme Court case with my father,” Goldberg said, referring to Brown v. Hartlage. “He actually argued it before the Supreme Court, and I wrote the brief for it,” he said.

“Having litigated it and won was a big deal,” he said.

“What made it special was doing it with my father.”

Of course, every day’s not as monumental as trying a case before the Supreme Court. His days often begin or end “with some sort of civic meeting,” Goldberg said, and the lion’s share of his civic duties have been in the arts.

“I have been doing something in the arts world here in Louisville since right after I got out of law school,” he said. “When I was starting out, we were really blessed here in Louisville to have lots of artistic organizations that were just coming into their own, coming to life,” he said, citing the Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Ballet and Actors Theatre of Louisville in particular.

Now on the executive committee of the Fund for the Arts, he’s previously served on the boards of the Louisville Orchestra and Louisville Visual Arts Association.

Outside the arts, he’s currently on the board of Greater Louisville Inc. as well as the committee to get a local option sales tax on the ballot and passed— otherwise known as the LIFT (Local Investments for Transformation) initiative.

As managing partner, he said, another regular part of his days is, “As we say, working on the business instead of in the business.” One business decision he believes has served the firm well was relocating from downtown Louisville to the Norton Commons neighborhood in Prospect. “We were one of the first commercial structures here,” he said, and the change has been good. With most employees living nearer the new location, “we’ve noticed a rise of productivity.”

He should know. When it comes to productivity, Goldberg seems to have set the bar quite high.

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Clay Daniel Walton & Adams, PLC Ted Walton and Laura Landenwich

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ome cases become water-cooler dramas.

Facebook thread-starters. Talking-head fodder that, sometimes, journeys from 24-hour news cycle to silver screen to history books. Others mine the sort of technical and legal minutiae reserved for law school exams.

For Ted Walton and Laura Landenwich, every case is, fundamentally, a chance to help someone.

The lawyers serve as part of the all-star team at Clay Daniel Walton Adams, PLC, a full-service firm for whom compassion is a key part of all client representation.

Landenwich and Walton first began practicing law together at Seiller Waterman LLC. The University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law graduates came to the then-Clay & Adams when the firm vastly expanded its attorney pool and areas of service in 2010.

“We’ve been working together a long time, like each other and have a lot of shared values,” Landenwich said.

Walton practices in the areas of commercial, employment and personal injury litigation and pre-litigation, focusing on individuals and local small and medium-sized businesses.

“We are frequently representing local businesses and individuals against a larger entity,” he said. “We do sort of fight on behalf of the little guy.”

Landenwich focuses her practice on employment law and civil rights litigation, with a particular passion for clients who have been harassed or victimized by bigotry, ignorance and the abuse of power.

Their work is in the courtroom, on their feet, fighting for their clients.

“We are both passionate about representing real people and small businesses where the people have an actual stake in it,” Walton said.

The two have earned broad respect in their field.

Walton was selected as a Kentucky Super Lawyer by the research and peer-driven ratings agency in 2013 and 2014. Super Lawyers honored Landenwich as a rising star in 2013 and 2014. The day-to-day commendations they receive in their fields come when other lawyers seek out their expertise.

“Laura and I get 80 percent of our cases from other lawyers.” Walton said. “There are very few people that practice constitutional law. Most of the money is made elsewhere. We get the civil rights cases because we’re willing to do them, and people know, other lawyers know, we do them.”

“It’s certainly the highest compliment you could get from another lawyer, to have them refer a client of theirs to you,” Landenwich said.

Sometimes, those simple chances to help people become chances to make history. Currently Landenwich, who has long had an interest in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights, is part of the legal team that has taken up the fight against the Commonwealth’s ban on same-sex marriage.

In August, Landenwich argued before the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to make the case against the 1998 Kentucky law and 2004 state constitutional amendment that defined marriage as only a union between a man and woman.

Landenwich said that she feels the gravity of the case as she works on it.

“It’s the kind of case that lawyers dream of working on before going to law school,” she said. “You want to change the world and make a difference. Such a small percentage of people actually get to do that, so it was pretty awesome to have that opportunity, especially this early in my career. It’s been fantastic.”

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Sullivan Law Office Michael P. Sullivan

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f you think some of the Law & Order cases you’ve seen in syndication are far-fetched, you might be skeptical about some of the cases attorney Michael P. Sullivan has handled.

“I’m sort of a last resource for the difficult cases,” Sullivan, 52, said in a recent interview. “We take a lot of strange, hard cases.” “Sometimes cases that look unwinnable on the surface, if you take the time to peel back a few layers, a clearer picture emerges and you can do a lot of good for people,” he said.

In his 23 years practicing law, Sullivan’s handled a few “truth is stranger than fiction” cases, including two that seem more like scripts for a TV crime drama than real cases.

He once represented a man whose multiple identities came to light when he tried to retire after “30 years of a squeaky-clean family life,” Sullivan said.

“His younger years were colored with various felonies and multiple identities. The challenge was to find the real identity, and establish the real date of birth,” which involved combing through records in multiple states.

“No one else in town would take that case,” Sullivan said. He won it.

Then there was the woman who caused the judge to go “ballistic on me,” Sullivan said, when asked how she was doing, she immediately began her story of having ALL her teeth pulled because they were full of poison, primarily because a man posing as her husband had been attempting to kill her. After some investigation, it turned out a man had staged a fake wedding, bought life insurance on her, and added antifreeze to her beverages, resulting in ethylene glycol poisoning, which does linger in teeth and was the cause for all hers being pulled. He eventually won that case too.

It turns out this kind of medical detective work isn’t uncommon for Sullivan. “You end up learning a great deal about medicine. You get used to reading medical journals, looking at labs, MRI and X-ray reports,” he said, and even interpreting medical jargon. He handles mostly disability cases. “My father did a lot of that, and that’s kind of what came through the door,” Sullivan said, once he took over the firm.

The path to the practice of law wasn’t exactly clearcut for him or his father. The late Martin Sullivan was a cryptographer who attended law school at night and held a few other positions before opening the practice.

Michael Sullivan earned two degrees in electrical engineering at Speed Scientific School at the University of Louisville before even considering law. He was working as an electrical engineer in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Air Force when a coincidental conversation at a fitness club with a patent attorney about earning potential inspired him to return to his hometown to study law. He never became a patent attorney, but did earn his law degree at UofL and then joined his father’s practice. “Actually, it was a pretty good fit,” Sullivan said. “It’s good helping people. There’s a certain degree of genuine satisfaction (in it). The attention to detail required for engineering work allowed for a natural progression into disability law, given the variety of medical issues we confront in every case.”

Even with a talent for digging into the facts for legal cases, attorneys don’t always have a knack for “the business side of the house,” he said. “I’m still learning that game, so to speak,” Sullivan said.

“Initially, you can be great at law but you’re very bad at owning a business. But you have to keep the lights on and the doors open,” he said, so you learn, and network. Given his experience, he does talks on ethics, particularly in advertising, and when given the opportunity, participates in Mastermind meetings of the national law groups.

Outside the office and the courtroom, Sullivan has been married 17 years to his wife, Kerri, and has two sons for whom he is, he believes, “just a glorified taxi” at this stage of their life. He and his oldest son have recently earned their open water diver certification in Scuba diving and they plan to get an advanced certification this Fall. Sullivan says that he has finally learned that balance in life is important. “With the demands of work, one must strive to find time for family. It’s important.” He says his wife is his greatest teacher.

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Paul A. Casi II Law Office Paul A. Casi II

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aul A. Casi, II is an all-around family man.

“If I’m not working, I spend most of the rest of my time with my wife and sons,” he said.

But when Casi’s travel-intensive schedule pulls him from his family, he’s working for other families.

Now in his 20th year of practicing law, Casi is Vice President of the Kentucky Justice Association and is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” an annual peer-review publication and the Martindale Hubbell “Register of Preminent Lawyers.” He concentrates his practice in medical negligence, product liability, and trucking cases, and in cases involving catastrophic personal injuries.

He has also held leadership positions with the American Association of Justice as the Past Chair of the Professional Negligence Section and Past CoChair of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, and he has spoken frequently throughout the country in continuing legal education programs on topics including medical malpractice, hospital liability, birth injury cases, accident reconstruction, and trucking cases.

“I wanted a client that was a person and not a business,” he said. “I wanted a person who I could help make a difference with. What I found was that this type of work, if you are successful, and the case has merit, the money can make a really big difference,” he said.

Many of Casi’s cases involve catastrophic injuries such as loss of limb, brain damage or paralysis. “Any time you have that kind of a severe injury, it’s going to impact the entire family.”

In September 2013, Casi obtained a substantial jury verdict in Calloway County, Kentucky for the estate of a woman who died in 2008 from a post-partum hemorrhage. She left behind her newborn daughter and her first daughter, then age 4. By gathering a team of medical experts, Casi successfully showed that the doctor had failed to properly manage her condition. “The two primary clients I had were little girls,” Casi said. The

doctor was held accountable, and the girls were taken care of.

Casi has lived in Louisville since he was eight years old. He knew he wanted to be an attorney even before he graduated from St. Xavier High School. He’d had a lot of fun with high school debate, and he was good at it. “You think logically,” he said, “you try to respond, try to understand your opponent’s position.” Casi also drew inspiration from G. Murray “Butch” Turner, a veteran Louisville attorney who was a friend of the family.

After earning his bachelor’s degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, Casi returned to Louisville to study law at UofL where he graduated as the Valedictorian and Outstanding Graduating Senior.

“You go into law school, and you really don’t know what you want to practice. The only thing I knew for sure that I wanted to do was, I wanted to do something where I was representing people and helping people,” he said.

Fortunately, Casi began clerking in law school with attorney, Bill Hoffman, who introduced him to this area of law. “Bill was an outstanding lawyer. I began working with him in law school and spent the first six years of my career as his employee and the next six years as his law partner before starting my own firm. No one has had a greater influence on my career than him.”

In July of this year, Casi received a lifetime achievement award from his peers in the American Association of Justice Birth Trauma Litigation Group. He was given the “Dan Cullan Memorial Award” in “recognition of his passionate and unwavering commitment to excellence in advocacy and his devotion and service to this organization and the children that it serves; and in recognition of the fact that he has exemplified the finest qualities of our late beloved colleague for whom this award is named.” Casi said that receiving the award was a “humbling experience” as prior recipients of the award are among the most successful medical malpractice lawyers in the country and are people he has considered mentors and friends.

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Stoess Law Office Ray H. Stoess Jr.

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have represented thousands of clients in a wide variety of cases,” Ray H. Stoess Jr. said in a recent interview of his general practice law

office.

The best part of the job?

“The most enjoyable part of my work is resolving someone’s dispute to their satisfaction. Every day, you come into contact with people that have some type of problem,” Stoess said. “You try to use your experience and skill to help them as best you can.”

“I started twenty-five years ago as a general practitioner. I’ve always been a sole proprietor,” he said.

However, he has practiced amongst a group of lawyers – including Richard Nash Sr. and Richard Nash Jr. for about twenty years.

He now does mostly civil litigation representing plaintiffs, and he advertises for personal injury cases.

Additionally, he notes, “I’ve probably tried thirty to thirty five jury trials in my career, both civil and criminal.”

He has also handled workers’ compensation claims, social security disability claims, family and criminal court cases, contract disputes, real estate disputes and probate work.

His office suite is in the same building on West Main Street as the Louisville Bar Association. About 50 attorneys share the building, where meet-and-greet is practically a given – though in his opinion, “the best networking comes from former satisfied clients and referrals from other attorneys.” A Louisville native, Stoess, 53, attended Louisiana State University for

two years after graduating Atherton High School. He moved back to his home state to get his accounting degree at the University of Kentucky and then went on to pursue a law degree at Northern Kentucky University’s Chase College of Law – just across the river from Cincinnati.

He began practicing law in Louisville in 1989, after first practicing for two years in Ohio while his wife, Desiree, was finishing her bachelor’s degree in design at the University of Cincinnati. They have been married for thirty years, and Stoess readily confesses, “I would not have had the success I’ve had without her.”

They have three daughters and a son – Gracie (26), Caroline (24), Reed (18), and Eleanore (15) – all of whom kept Stoess active in the world of competitive swimming. Stoess started swimming when he was about five years old, and swam competitively at Lakeside Swim Club, Atherton High School, and Louisiana State University. His children have all participated in competitive swimming, which led him to become certified as an official for both USA Swimming and the KHSAA. He is currently the Swim Director for the Catholic School Athletic Association, and previously served as General Chair of Kentucky Swimming, the governing body of competitive swimming in the state. He believes that competitive swimming is the best extracurricular youth activity there is for kids.

Nowadays, Stoess is more likely to be found on the golf course than in the swimming pool, though swimming is still a lifelong passion.

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Frost Brown Todd LLC John R. Crockett III

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n apt analogy for Frost Brown Todd (FBT), one of the city’s leading law firms, could be that of a Major League Baseball team. With a roster full of big hitters, players capable of any specialized position, and a farm squad packed with young and eager contestants, FBT has at the head a general manager (Chairman of the firm) and veteran of the legal game - John Crockett.

Growing up in Kentucky, Crockett wasn’t considering a career in law early on. “I did not grow up in a family of lawyers, so it was not a case of joining the family practice,” Crockett explained. He attended college at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated in 1986. At that time, he knew he wanted to work before potentially going back to school. The result was a year spent working on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant, or as Crockett recalls, a time filled with coffee runs and countless trips to the airport. After that year, law school came calling, and sooner than expected he found himself working with legal heavyweights that would come to shape his career. “I had the great fortune to work with two remarkable lawyers, Carl Henlein and John McCall, early in my career. Each of them became wonderful mentors who taught me in their different practice areas, something I have benefitted from throughout my career.” Henlein practiced mass tort, product liability, fires and explosions, while McCall worked with business and commercial litigation. Crockett learned both.

“It’s been interesting to travel around the country, playing a role in so many different types of legal cases.

Often they involve catastrophic events, but from a legal perspective, it’s interesting to be part of. We get

the opportunity to work with sophisticated clients. I’m always learning, everyday, as a lawyer and as someone who has been charged with the responsibility of managing the firm.”

Perhaps it’s working with such a varied and interesting clientele, or knowing that while law may be full of gray areas, the results are often black and white, Crockett is still driven by the opportunity to compete and measure himself and his firm against the best. “It [the profession] appeals to me because whether you’re in litigation or transactional practice, there is a competitiveness to it that suits me.”

FBT is now a firm of about 475 lawyers across five states, with offices in nine different cities and expertise in just about any specialized area. While Crockett knows that the firm is already staffed with brilliant legal minds that are capable of tackling conundrums at an industry leading level, the really successful firms are the ones that are capable of finding room to continuously improve; always asking ‘how can we be better?’

“In my role as chairman of the firm, it’s a distinct privilege to build on the foundation created by so many partners over the years. We want to grow in a way that’s consistent with our firm’s culture and it’s our job to create the best opportunities for young lawyers and the best services for our clients. The legal industry is dynamic and ever changing, and firms that are going to be the winners in the next 20 years are those that get out in front of the change,” Crockett concludes.

One thing’s for certain: Frost Brown Todd is in good hands, and with so many young lawyers ready to step to the plate, its future is bright.

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Mascagni Law Office Frank Mascagni III

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rank Mascagni III is one of the city’s best criminal attorneys, defending clients from every walk of life, and fighting in the courts for their right to a fair trial, all while trying to secure their freedom. But a career in law is not something Mascagni initially envisioned for himself. Instead it’s a life and career formed on hard work, luck and happenstance.

Raised on a dairy farm in Greenville, Mississippi, grandson of two Italian immigrants, Mascagni’s pursuits were school, work and sports. He played basketball and football and was offered an athletic scholarship that beckoned before his concerned mother, wishing her son not to be hurt applied to a small college. Good grades saw the young Mississippian apply to medical school, rejected and then a move to Kentucky. And it was then that a colleague of his encouraged him to apply to law school.

“I applied to law school, as a bigger fluke I got accepted and as an even bigger fluke I got an academic scholarship. I did it in two and a half years,” Mascagni recalled. “I got the highest paying job in my law school class of 1976 which was $18,000 a year. I started as an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney (assistant district attorney). But I don’t know whether I really picked criminal law or it picked me. After I left the district attorney’s office I went into private practice, practicing criminal defense law.”

Four decades later Mascagni runs one of the most successful criminal defense firms in the city. A regular fixture as a lecturer as well as a prolific writer of legal articles, Mascagni’s passion and success in his career shows no signs of abating, especially as he gets to work alongside his son Christian, who also practices in the law office.

And while success is undoubtedly a factor, the real reason for the longevity of Mascagni’s career is the fact that he’s attracted to the rigors of the profession.

The daily challenge of being able to defend the constitution, with raised stakes and knowing you have to be prepared to be successful.

“It’s an intellectual chess match with me and a prosecutor. There’s a judge, police, witnesses, the law and the stakes are high - it’s your client’s freedom. I enjoy the intellectual stimuli. I’m 65 years old but I still enjoy a grown man / or woman competing with me, litigating, chess matching, fist fighting, strategizing with me. And the stakes are high.”

“I was born for the storm, and a calm does not suit me.” (President Andrew Jackson.)

In fact the stakes could not get any higher than when Mascagni defends a client who is facing a potential death penalty. The intellectual rigors are there, but they are all geared towards the need to protect and defend his clients.

“It’s no different to a surgeon,” Mascagni added.

“They’re putting their life in my hands and I take it really serious. I think of it as the government versus me and my skills at being able to defend this man or woman to make sure they get a fair trial.”

“I enjoy this, because I guess I just never grow tired of it,” Mascagni explained. “I don’t like liars. I have a strong conviction that you have a right to a fair trial and I’m one of those guys who is not going to bend to the bully or the tyrant. So I practice criminal defense law and it invigorates me and I love it.”

“I am not afraid – I was born to do this.” (Joan of Arc.)

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here are homes you pass through and homes you remember, but few that envelop you with a glorious first impression that is hard to shake.

Hidden in the hills of east Louisville is a home that strikes its first impression on the drive up the secluded wooded hill overlooking the Ohio River. The trees part and instantly you are in the presence of a grand European-style estate. While many Louisville homes feature traditional brick or stone construction, this home is predominantly limestone.

And it is stunning.

The homeowners wanted modern elements and technologies, yet classic, Old World European charm. Limestone was chosen from the inspiration of a neo-classical Belgian country home the owners loved. The limestone was quarried and cut in Indiana and installed by Masonomics, Inc. of Louisville.

In mid-2011 the land was simply a forested ridge – a rare vacant piece of prime real estate overlooking the Ohio River. The homeowners envisioned a fun and comfortable dream home that would be traditional, but unique in Louisville’s architectural landscape. The highly collaborative process that ensued included the homeowners, the architect, John Warmack of Design+, Ron Wolz of Bittners and builder Mark Campisano of MC Associates.

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in crafting this dream home. “The design started with a deliberate and detailed process that included interviews with all of the family members,” Warmack said. This included the children, who were each interviewed regarding the layout of their rooms, the basement game room, a special sports garage and other parts of the house. The house became a clear reflection of the entire family.

“Later, I designed the initial floor and site plan, modeling it in computer 3-D with input from the team,” Warmack added. “The owners were able to see the room relationships in 3-D and the indoor/outdoor relationships, including sun patterns, usage and landscape design.

“Each function the house would perform was carefully analyzed and discussed by the design team,” Warmack said. “I walked the site many times with and without the owners, evaluating views and exposures.” The exterior living areas were just as important as the interior, given the needs of a young, active family that also entertains frequently for business.

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lights of the city of Louisville are just minutes away.

“I built the homeowners’ last house,” Campisano said. “I knew they wanted a home that welcomes family and friends.

They always want everyone to feel comfortable and relaxed.”

Campisano has constructed highly custom residential, remodeling and commercial projects for more than 40 years.

“Building a house can be stressful,” he said. “Strong communication is key. You can imagine the number of decisions that were required along the way, but the stress level was greatly reduced because everyone on the team had a good sense of what the homeowners wanted to accomplish.”

Construction of the home got underway in August 2012, and the homeowners moved in this past spring.

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he team’s professionalism is instantly reflected once you enter the large glass and mahogany front doors. An open floor plan leads directly into a two-story, glass-walled great room flanked by a spacious dining area and dream kitchen and anchored on the right by a spectacular custom-made iron circular staircase.

“The light and the view are so important here,” Wolz said. “The team came up with this two-story concept of light with classic white paneling so nothing competes with the views except the lush outdoors. I like that you can see through the house to the back.” Bittners mixed elements of classic interiors with cleaner, more modern furnishings that keep it from being too serious.

“You just don’t see houses like this built with this attention to detail,” Wolz said. “One of the elements I love when you walk in is the reclaimed wood floors in a gray-brown tone throughout which works beautifully with the limestone. The old wood from Kentucky barns gives a sense of age.” The wood is reclaimed out of Lexington’s Longwood Antique Woods, which purchases properties all over the country and salvages the wood out of old barns and homes.

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The dining room features an antique French chandelier upgraded with modern rock crystal drops and a custom-made mahogany dining table from Bittners that seats up to 14 guests. Neutral creams, beiges and soft grays reflect the natural limestone and flow throughout the first floor, giving a peaceful feel which complements the outdoor view.

“The stairway is my favorite feature in the house.

It’s graceful and is the heart of the house architecturally,” Wolz said. “To reinforce the two-story openness, we used a handmade paper from Oregon that creates an optical illusion and emulates the feel of the stone on the outside.”

Limestone accents make an interior appearance on a double-sided fireplace that separates the main entertainment area and other family gathering space near the kitchen. Whimsical and eclectic artwork collected in the family’s travels brings a punch of color to the soft creams and grays.

The vast kitchen designed by Ken Fromme is a cook’s fantasy and features reclaimed beams and a barrel vaulted ceiling. The top-of-the-line appliances include one very inconspicuous element. A cursory glance gives the impression of a missing refrigerator.

Closer inspection of the large “antique” hutch reveals a perfectly hidden sub-zero refrigerator and freezer.

“Atteberry Smith did the cabinetry, building what appears to be a fully functional armoire cabinet around the appliance,” Wolz said. Mike Smith from Artistic Kitchens crafted additional kitchen cabinetry.

Entertainment options continue with a custom bar featuring a backlit onyx wall and glass doors which open onto the spacious patio and outdoor entertainment area. “The infinite edge pool is positioned to create an endless view to the woods and ridge beyond,” Warmack said. “It is the same view that spot has always had; we simply built around it and framed it.”

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he home includes six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. The first floor provides a wide variety of family and entertaining settings, while the second floor and walkout basement are preserved for family activities.

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The upstairs includes four bedrooms and baths, a master suite, a teen gathering room and an attached guest apartment. The master suite boasts refreshing views of the river from a covered balcony, and each of the children’s rooms was custom-designed to their individual passions.

One of the unique aspects for this active family is the indoor sports facility co-located within the detached three-car garage. A naturally vaulted garage ceiling, supported by scissor-style trusses provides full basketball and volleyball courts. It is environmentally controlled with a rubberized sports floor.

The basement is home to a beautiful entertainment space that includes a family gathering space, built-in bar and wine cellar, billiards area, and workout room.

“We wanted a clubby, Ralph Lauren feel so you could build a big fire and watch football, play games, and be with family and friends,” Wolz said.

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Warmack agreed. “I believe the greatest joy in this project is that we had time to get to know the family,” he said. “I interviewed each of the children and met for months with the owners before drawing a line. We are rarely afforded the opportunity to hold back from design in that manner because the impulse is to begin drawing immediately. The result is stunning because of the great collaboration.”

Each member of the design team relishes the fact they helped craft a landmark. “Future generations will walk through the rooms and evaluate the result,” Warmack said. “This placed an added level of responsibility on the process. The team spoke often of the longevity of not only the materials, but the ideas.”

“We created a legacy home and gave this family a beautiful place to raise their children,” Wolz concluded. “Whether the homeowners pass it along to family or future families enjoy this incredible space, we have all crafted a home that will stand the test of time and become a Louisville classic.”

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Sculpting Lives Michael Willis, Lyndia R. Willis Salon

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here are two kinds of cutters, according to Michael Willis, co-owner with mom Lyndia Willis of Lyndia R. Willis Salon on Frankfort Avenue. There are mechanical cutters — the straight-out-of-school systematic cutters that follow the taught method of styling hair and see their shear and comb as tools. They look at a head of hair the same way a mechanic looks at a car.

But then there are the sculptors – the ones who, after careful practice, have figured out how to apply what they learned in school alongside their own intuition and natural talent for handling hair, ultimately resulting in their version of Venus de Milo each time a client leaves their chair.

Growing up, Michael Willis knew from watching his mother that she was the latter, but he never planned on striving to be one himself.

“Growing up around the industry, I told myself, ‘I’ll never do this,’” Willis said. “But a woman came in one day asking about hair extensions, and it was an event that ultimately trickled down into me deciding to go to cosmetology school.”

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“I offered myself to work for them for the four days of the show for free. I worked from about six in the morning to 12:30 at night.”

The name of the company was Hairdreams, and his dedication was the kind of diligence that would eventually lead to Willis being named Entrepreneur of the Year for New York Fashion Week in 2009. His commitment to his work would deepen even further as he continued to work for Hairdreams free of charge for the next seven years.

Willis started getting paid for the first time this year, when he became one of only nine national trainers for Hairdreams, traveling across the country to educate other salons on the company, extension work, and thickening and volumizing hair.

“A whole other door has been opened, and it’s been such a blessing. I don’t even know the words…” Willis said. “It’s something I’ve worked hard at for seven years, so I’m excited about it. I get to meet a lot of great people who inspire me to do better work for clients.”

Willis’ decision could have ended there, but Willis decided to pursue more than just the ability to change the way someone looks.

He decided to find a way to change others’ lives by doing what he loves.

While working for Hairdreams Willis also worked in Louisville as the co-owner of Lyndia R. Willis Salon and with various names and brands each spring and fall for Fashion Week. With an already-busy schedule, it seems perplexing as to why someone would bother to work for a company for free for so long…

“After investigating a lot of hair extension and hair thickening companies, I went after a company in Chicago at a show,” he said.

“The reason I chose Hairdreams is that I wanted a company that believed in what I believe in with hair. Growing up around the

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great people that I did, I was so honored in that way,” Willis said. “I expect excellence out of myself and I expect excellence out of my employees, so that’s what I strive for.

I’m better than I was the past year and better than I was yesterday. I feel like Hairdreams is that kind of company.”

But it wasn’t just about the mindset for Willis. It was about believing in the high-level quality of product that he was selling, too.

“Hairdreams offers seven-star quality hair, which is basically virgin hair. It’s never had any chemicals.

It’s never had dyes,” he said. “The bond itself is made out of crystal polymer, so it’s non-damaging to hair — the first of its kind.”

Hearing the words “hair extensions” means different things to different people. To some, it’s what the celebrities do to have long, flawless tresses for their summer blockbuster roles. But to others, it’s about self-confidence. It’s waking up in the morning, looking in the mirror and having self-conscious thoughts evaporate away.

“I know a lot of people get a mixed imagination on extensions in this world, but Hairdreams is exactly what its name is. This company and I try to give that to our clients,” Willis said. “In my industry, we don’t get paid for what we take off the head.

We get paid for what we leave on it. My talent is to serve people, so that’s what I’m here to do. I don’t just look at it like I’m doing hair. I’m in this business because I want to change peoples’ lives.”

Lyndia R. Willis Salon 2850 Frankfort Avenue 502.893.4441 www.lyndiawillis.com

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