JOHN T. BALLANTINE

STOLL KEENON OGDEN PLLC
2000 PNC Plaza
500 W. Jefferson Street
Louisvile, Kentucky 40202
(502) 333-6000

Education:

Law School: Harvard Law School, 1957, LI.B. (LI.B now J.D.)

College: University of Kentucky, 1952, A.B. with high distinction;
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion;
Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Memberships & Committees:

Kentucky Bar Association - Member of the Board of Governors 1996-2002;

member, House of Delegates from formation to July, 1980; Chairman, 1966; 1986-92;

Past member of Character & Fitness Committee of Board of Bar Examiners;

Member Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee, 1988-1996;

Trustee Clients' Security Fund, 1993-1996;

Past member Kentucky Evidence Rules Review Commission, 1995-2002;

Member KBA Ethics Committee, 1996 to present;

Member KBA Ethics 2000 Committee 2003 to present;

Member Kentucky Nominating Commission for Court of Appeals and Supreme Court vacancies 2004 to date.

Louisville Bar Association - President, 1970;

Board of Directors, 1969-71; 1988 & 1989; 1992 & 1993; 1996-2002;

Professional Responsibility Committee, 1988-93.

Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers, 1977 to Present.

Member of Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 1975 to Present.

Member of American Board of Trial Advocates (1990 - 2001) (President, Kentucky Chapter, 1990-91).

Life Member of U.S. Court of Appeals (Sixth Circuit) Judicial Conference.

Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court Master 1995-present.

Positions:

Law Clerk, U. S. District Court (Western District of Kentucky) 1957-1958.

Partner, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky, and predecessor firms, 1958 to present.

Achievements:

Louisville Jaycee's Outstanding Young Man in Field of Law, 1966.

Who's Who in American Law - 1990-Present.

The Best Lawyers in America - 1983-Present.

Martindale-Hubbell A V rated since the 1960's.

KBA Outstanding Lawyer of the Year 2003.

Judge Benjamin Shobe Award for Civility and Professionalism presented jointly by

Louisville Bar

Association and Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court 2005.

Multiple civic and charity boards and activities.