Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s attorneys who have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 Kentucky Super Lawyers list. Only 5% of the lawyers in the state are named to the list. Lawyers are selected by a statewide nomination process, peer review by practice area and independent research. Kentucky Rising Stars are attorneys who are under the age of 40, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of the lawyers in the state are named to the list.

The Wyatt attorneys named as 2026 Kentucky Super Lawyers, and the areas in which they are honored, are listed below by office location, followed by Wyatt’s 2026 Kentucky Rising Stars.

Kentucky Super Lawyers

Lexington:

Mark Burton – Real Estate

Emily H. Cowles – Creditor Debtor Rights

Mary L. Fullington – Bankruptcy: Business

Sharon L. Gold – Employment & Labor

Karen J. Greenwell – Energy & Resources

Kevin L. Johns – Estate & Probate

Douglas L. McSwain – Civil Litigation: Defense

George J. Miller – Employment & Labor

Walter R. Morris, Jr. – Estate & Probate

Craig Robertson III – Business Litigation

Louisville:

Stephen D. Berger – Government Finance

Turney P. Berry – Estate & Probate

Christopher W. Brooker – Business Litigation

Cornelius E. Coryell II – Business Litigation

Tyson Gorman – Employment & Labor

Stephen C. Hall – Intellectual Property

Robert A. Heath – Mergers & Acquisitions

Franklin K. Jelsma – Mergers & Acquisitions

Donald J. Kelly – Business Litigation

Byron E. Leet – Civil Litigation: Defense

Patrick W. Mattingly – Mergers & Acquisitions

Virginia Hamilton Snell – Appellate

Joseph Stennis, Jr. – Employment Litigation: Defense

Michael B. Vincenti – Real Estate

Jeffrey E. Wallace – Real Estate

Matthew A. Williams – Intellectual Property

Michelle D. Wyrick – Employment & Labor

Mitzi D. Wyrick – Employment & Labor

Cynthia W. Young – Business/Corporate

 Kentucky Rising Stars

Lexington:

Max Bridges – Energy & Resources

Louisville:

Victoria Boland Fuller – General Litigation

Emily Irwin – Mergers & Acquisitions

Julie Laemmle Watts – Intellectual Property

Sean G. Williamson – Business Litigation

The objective of the Super Lawyers selection process is to create a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource to assist attorneys and consumers in the search for legal counsel.