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Talbott, Ben Johnson was born on May 2, 1940 in Louisville. Son of Ben Johnson and Elizabeth (Farnsley) Talbott.
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Ben Johnson Talbott
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BEN TALBOTT, American Lawyer, Partner of WESTFALL, TALBOTT & WOODS, specializing in the field of Labor Relations and Employment Law, Representing Managment Exclusively. including NLRA and RLA Proceedings, Wage and Hour, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ADEA, and Equal Opportunity and Corporation Law. Trials, Appellate and Administrative Practice. General Civil Practice, Corporate, Trials, Appellate Practice, Medical Malpractice Defense, Probate, Real Estate, Contracts and Bankruptcy.
Education
Xavier University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1961). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1964). Phi Kappa Phi. Law Clerk to Judge Henry L. Brooks, United States.
District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 1964-1966.
Secretary, 1985 and President, 1989, Harvard Law School Association of Kentucky. Secretary, 1974 and Vice Chairman, 1975, Board of Trustees, University of Louisville.
Career
Law clerk to presiding justice, United States District Court Kentucky, Louisville, 1964-1965; associate, Middleton, Reutlinger & Baird, Louisville, 1965-1968; partner, Middleton, Reutlinger & Baird, Louisville, 1968-1980; partner, Westfall, Talbott & Woods, Louisville, since 1980. Attorney Stitzel-Weller Distillery, 1970-1972, Louisville General Hospital, 1974-1983, Louisville and Jefferson County Board Health, 1974-1980, U. Louisville, Louisville, since 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Member of advisory board Louisville 15, Station WKPC-television, Board of directors, 1972-1974, president 1974. Past board directors U. Louisville Foundation, U. Louisville Medical School Fund Organisation. Board directors Louisville Theatrical Association, since 1971, president, 1975-1976, chairman, 1977-1978.
Board directors Defense Enterprise Fund, since 1994. Board directors Macauley Theatre, 1975, TARC Advisory Committee, 1971, Jefferson County CapitalConstrn. Committee, 1971, Louisville Orchestra, 1976-1986, president, 1979-1981.
Board of trustees, trustee U. Louisville, 1970-1979, secretary, 1974, vice chairman, 1975, chairman finance committee, 1976. Board directors Kentucky Center for the Arts, since 1983, Louisville Lung Association, 1974-1975, treasurer, 1975. Board directors Historic Homes Foundation, 1972-1978, vice president 1978, advisor, attorney since 1978.
Member American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association (chairman 1989, General Practice Session of the CLE), Louisville Bar Association (past member Executive Committee), The Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association, Harvard Law School Association of Kentucky (secretary 1965, president since 1989), Phi Kappa Phi.
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Married Sandra Riehl, October 19,1963. Children: Elizabeth, Betty, John, Ben, Sandra.
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Nationality
American