While We Wait For BILLARY Clinton's Political Pall Bearers, Let's Check Out Other News. Kentucky EPPC Names Inspector General.
Here is the press release:
VETERAN ATTORNEY TO HEAD INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE
Danville woman named to post
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 3, 2008) – A Danville attorney with 25 years of experience litigating civil and criminal cases has been appointed executive director of the Office of Inspector General in the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Secretary Robert D. Vance announced.
Deedra Benthall, 62, is a former special prosecutor for the attorney general’s office and adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. In recent years, she maintained a solo legal practice in Danville. She has also served as a special justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. She has argued cases before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court.
The Office of Inspector General conducts administrative and criminal investigations of violations of environmental law, state statutes and cabinet policies.
“We are delighted to have someone with Ms. Benthall’s wide variety of experience serving in this key position,” Secretary Vance said. “I am confident that, under her leadership, the inspector general’s office will fulfill its role of ensuring effective and efficient management.”
Benthall holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College in Illinois and is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, and is a long-time member and past president of the former Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers, now the Kentucky Justice Association. She was the association’s first woman president.
VETERAN ATTORNEY TO HEAD INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE
Danville woman named to post
FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 3, 2008) – A Danville attorney with 25 years of experience litigating civil and criminal cases has been appointed executive director of the Office of Inspector General in the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Secretary Robert D. Vance announced.
Deedra Benthall, 62, is a former special prosecutor for the attorney general’s office and adjunct professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. In recent years, she maintained a solo legal practice in Danville. She has also served as a special justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. She has argued cases before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court.
The Office of Inspector General conducts administrative and criminal investigations of violations of environmental law, state statutes and cabinet policies.
“We are delighted to have someone with Ms. Benthall’s wide variety of experience serving in this key position,” Secretary Vance said. “I am confident that, under her leadership, the inspector general’s office will fulfill its role of ensuring effective and efficient management.”
Benthall holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College in Illinois and is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, and is a long-time member and past president of the former Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers, now the Kentucky Justice Association. She was the association’s first woman president.
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