There are now five candidates running for Kenton County Circuit Court Judge, Division One, currently occupied by Judge Martin Sheehan.
Mary K. “Kate” Molloy has filed to run for the office. Molloy has practiced for twenty-nine years in the area of litigation involving personal injury as well as medical negligence defense of physicians. She joins Kathleen Lape, James Redwine, Robert Winter, and Jason Hiltz in the field of candidates.
Molloy was the 2010 recipient of the Northern Kentucky Bar Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award which is presented to trial attorneys in recognition of achievements in the courtroom and contributions to the profession.
In addition to her trial practice, she is also a trial commissioner for the Kentucky Bar Association for disciplinary matters, and formerly served on the Kentucky Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee.
She also currently serves by appointment from the City of Crescent Springs, as a member of the Northern Kentucky Regional Ethics Advisory Committee, which provides opinions on ethics issues to participating municipalities and governmental entities. She is a Master of the Salmon P. Chase Chapter of the American Inns of Court and a member of the Chase Center for Excellence in Advocacy advisory board, which are programs designed to bring experienced members of the bar into contact with law students and young lawyers for educational purposes. Kate is also a Kentucky Bar Foundation Life Fellow.
Molloy is a lifelong resident of Kenton County and a graduate of Holy Cross High School, Northern Kentucky University and the Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Prior to beginning her private practice she also served as a staff attorney to Judge Charles B. Lester of the Kentucky Court of Appeals for three and a half years. She is currently a partner with the firm of Arnzen, Molloy & Storm, P.S.C. in Covington, Kentucky. She is admitted to practice law in Kentucky and Ohio state courts, in the federal courts of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eastern District of Kentucky and the Southern District of Ohio, as well as the United States Supreme Court.
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Photo: Mary “Kate” Molloy