Kentucky

The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA), an agency of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, seeks

qualified applicants for the position of Executive Director - Treasurer. The KBA, with nearly

16,000 members, is a unified state bar association with offices in the state capital of Frankfort.

The KBA is governed by a 19 member Board of Governors with the volunteer President serving

as the CEO. The Executive Director is the chief paid staff person and the chief operating

officer. In addition to serving as Treasurer, the Executive Director serves as publisher of the

KBA?s Bench & Bar Magazine and as Executive Director of the Kentucky Bar Center Board of

Trustees, which is the entity that owns the Bar Center complex.

The current Executive Director also serves as Registrar, a position appointed by the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. The KBA has an annual budget of approximately $5,000,000 and is currently allocated a full time staff of 50 employees.

Responsibilities/functions of the KBA include lawyer discipline, mandatory continuing legal education, lawyer?s assistance program, interest on lawyers? trust accounts program, regulation of attorney advertising, clients? assistance program, clients? security fund, and arbitration programs. The KBA has 23 voluntary sections and approximately 20 commissions and committees.

Qualifications include license to practice law in Kentucky, management experience and skill in

building consensus. This is a full time position and no outside law practice is permitted. The

salary range is between $110,000 - $128,750. Benefit package includes retirement plan,

individual health insurance premium, paid vacation and paid sick leave. Interested qualified

persons may apply by mailing 12 hard copies of a cover letter outlining reasons for interest in

the position and salary requirements and 12 hard copies of a detailed resume stating duties of

all previous professional employment along with salary history and three references. Deadline

for receipt of all applications is Wednesday, April 15, 2009.

Send application materials to:

Melissa Blackwell, Director of Administration

Kentucky Bar Association

514 West Main Street

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601?1812

The Kentucky Bar Association is an equal opportunity employer.