Firm: Howell & Kidd Attorneys
Practice Areas: Adoption
Courtney grew up in Louisville and graduated from Kentucky Country Day School. She earned her Bachelor of Science decree at the School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University and her Juris Doctor from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. During law school, she served as Notes Editor for the Journal of Family Law (Law Review), on the Journal of Law and Education, and on the Moot Court Board, all while working full-time.. Courtney learned her legal skills under some of the country’s top attorneys at Arnold & Porter and Fulbright & Jaworski in Washington, D.C., and then at Barnett & Alagia, Alagia, Day, Marshall, Mintmire & Chauvin as well as Woodward, Hobson & Fulton in Louisville.. She started her career doing insurance defense with John M. Bush at the Bush Law Office and opened her legal practice with her brother in the fall of 2001.. Courtney concentrates her practice primarily in the areas of adoption and probate law. Courtney is a Guardian Ad Litem in private custody and divorce cases, and represents abused and neglected children weekly on the dependency, neglect and abuse docket in Jefferson Family Court Division Three.. Courtney is a member of the Brandeis Inn of Court, having been asked to join by Judge Paula Sherlock. She has served on the Boards of Junior League of Louisville, Kentucky Country Day School, and the Shelby County Humane Society, where she still serves as legal counsel. Courtney has been involved with the Fillies, Inc., an organization that does volunteer work surrounding the Derby Festival. Courtney is a member of Greater Louisville Outstanding Women ("GLOW"). Courtney has done a great deal of work representing domestic violence victims pro bono through the Legal Aid Society and Center for Women and Families.
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Firm: Raines Buechel Conley Dusing & Sutton, PLLC
Practice Areas: Adoption
Jennifer R. Dusing concentrates her practice in the areas of adoption, family law, general civil litigation, and mediation.. Prior to the formation of Raines, Buechel, Conley, Dusing & Sutton, P.L.L.C., Ms. Dusing was in private practice, focusing her practice on adoption, family law, and business planning. She served as the Staff Attorney for Judge Linda Rae Bramlage in Boone County Family Court from 2005 to 2007.. Ms. Dusing received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2005. While in law school, she served as a senior staff member of the Kentucky Law Journal and the Treasurer of the Women’s Law Caucus. She was also a Student Public Interest Law Foundation (SPILF) grant recipient for both 2003 and 2004.. During law school, Ms. Dusing spent much of her time volunteering at different organizations including CASA Project of Lexington and Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky. She continued her volunteer work after law school as a runner with the Women’s Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky, and now serves as a Member of the Board of the Women’s Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky.. Apart from practicing law and her volunteer work, Ms. Dusing’s passion is adoption. She and her husband traveled to Ethiopia in 2010 to adopt their son and enrich their family forever. Ms. Dusing works closely on a personal and professional level with adoptive families all over Kentucky and the Cincinnati area.. Ms. Dusing grew up in Ashland, Kentucky, and attended college and received her B.A. in Sociology with a Philosophy emphasis from Hanover College in southern Indiana.. Ms. Dusing is licensed to practice law in Kentucky. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, and is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, the Northern Kentucky Bar Association, and the Academy of Northern Kentucky Collaborative Professionals. She was also approved as a Mediator with Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. Ms. Dusing lives in northern Kentucky with her husband, Andy, and their three children.
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