Wyatt announces five new Senior Associates

Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP is pleased to announce Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Max Bridges, Billy Hopkins, Jordan White and Sean Williamson as Senior Associates.

Beth Anderson is a member of the Firm’s Trusts, Estates & Personal Planning Service Team. She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, estate tax, inheritance tax, gift tax, probate, business planning and elder law. In addition to being recognized by her peers as a Kentucky Super Lawyers® Rising Star, she is a board member of the Friends of the Louisville Free Public Library and a 2012 graduate of Leadership Louisville’s Focus Louisville Program. Ms. Anderson earned her L.L.M. in 2012 from the Philip E. Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning at the University of Miami School of Law and her J.D. in 2011 from the University of Tennessee College of Law. She joined Wyatt’s Louisville office in June 2012.

Max Bridges is a member of the Firm’s Natural Resources and Energy Service Team and the Intellectual Property Protection & Litigation Service Team. He concentrates his practice on state and federal laws involving air, water, waste and endangered species, mineral and energy law, patent prosecution, enforcement, patent litigation, client counseling and transaction support. He is a member of the Greater Louisville Inc. Environment & Energy Committee and is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Bridges earned his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law and joined Wyatt’s Louisville office in September 2014.

Billy Hopkins is a member of the Firm’s Health Care Service Team. Prior to attending law school, he was a Certified Public Accountant who worked in public accounting. He has conducted financial statement audits for hospitals, not-for-profit entities, public companies and employee benefit plans. He’s a member of the Health Law Section of the Louisville Bar Association and has been a Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana since 2011. Mr. Hopkins earned his J.D., summa cum laude, in 2014 from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and joined Wyatt’s Louisville office in September 2015.

Jordan White is a member of the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Service Team and Labor & Employment Service Team and focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes, creditors’ rights litigation, products liability law and labor and employment issues. In addition to being recognized by his peers as a Kentucky Super Lawyers® Rising Star, he was the 2018 Kentucky Wesleyan Alumni Outstanding Young Graduate Award winner. Mr. White earned his J.D., magna cum laude, in 2015 from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and joined Wyatt’s Louisville office in September of the same year.

Sean Williamson is a member of the Firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Service Team and works closely with the Intellectual Property Protection & Litigation Service Team. He concentrates his practice on product liability and warranty matters, fiduciary litigation and class actions and assists businesses and innovators with the protection of trade secrets and non-competition issues. He has been recognized by his peers as a Kentucky Super Lawyers® Rising Star and he is on the Board of Directors of Volunteers of America Mid-States. Mr. Williamson earned his J.D. in 2014 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and joined Wyatt’s Louisville office in September 2015.