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2026 Best Lawyers

Fowler Bell PLLC is proud to announce its attorneys who have been recognized by Best Lawyers in  America 2026: Taft A. McKinstry, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization  Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy; Christopher Colson, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and  Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation – Insurance; Matthew Ellison,  Bankruptcy and Creditor …

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Fowler Bell: A Bronze Sponsor of Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Clays for a Cause

In May 2025, Fowler Bell was a Bronze Sponsor of Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Clays for a Cause with a team headed up by our own Christopher Colson. This worthy cause works to fight food insecurities in Kentucky and has donated nearly $2.1 million, where every dollar raised benefits local or regional charities specified by the …

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Glenna Fugazzi: Recipient of the Kentucky Paralegal Association’s Founders Award

Congratulations to Fowler Bell PLLC’s Litigation Paralegal Glenna Fugazzi, RP®, CKP, as the 2024 Recipient of the Kentucky Paralegal Association’s Founders Award.  In 1997, the KPA implemented the Founders Award to recognize outstanding paralegals who have contributed to the enhancement and development of the paralegal profession.  This Award was presented at the KPA Conference held …

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Managing Member, Taft A. McKinstry, Attended the UK Rosenberg College of Law Scholarship Dinner

Fowler Bell PLLC Managing Member, Taft A. McKinstry, attended the UK Rosenberg College of Law Scholarship Dinner on September 27, 2024 to honor the recipient of the Thomas (“Tommy”) P. Bell Scholarship named after a Founder of Fowler Bell and to honor the recipient of the Honorable Joe Lee Scholarship, Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern …

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Partner of Kentucky firm possesses instincts of an educator

One of attorney Matt Ellison’s elementary school teachers had an especially profound influence on his life – because she was his mom. As a teacher of gifted and talented students in the Mishawaka (Indiana) School District, she set clear expectations for her son to prevent any perception of favoritism. In the classroom, he called her …

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