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Kentucky Bar Association Executive Director is Leaving and the President is Facing a Disciplinary Complaint

I received my January 2009 Kentucky Bar Association Bench and Bar magazine which mentioned the limitation (this is first in the history of the KBA) of President Barbara Bonar's power as a president and then mentioned the resignation of the current Executive Director, Jim Deckard who hasn't been in the position very long. The last ED, Bruce Davis served in the position 24 years.

Bar Association ED are usually boomers and lifers, you stay in those position until you die or for twenty to thirty years and when you leave those positions you receive a blurb in the Bar Association magazine, a party with punch, cake and ice cream, a pension, small wood clock or cheap gold plated watch, and a plaque.

I don't follow bar associations as closely as I follow nursing associations, but maybe I should. What's up the Kentucky Bar Association? Things are on and popping it seems as the KBA.

See these links and make sure you read the comments. I thought it was interesting that one commenter mentioned Kentucky being a unitary bar as the problem. One blog speculated that Deckard being a Republican when the majority of Kentucky attorneys are Democrats was the issue:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090206/NEWS01/902060397/1008/ARCHIVES

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090206/NEWS0103/902060411/-1/TODAY

http://bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com/bluegrass_bulletin/2009/02/ky-bar-association-exec-director-leaving-raises-questions.html

I didn't realize so many folks were making six figures in this country

Call me something, but I didn't realize there were so many positions that paid six figures in this country until I started reading the online articles via USA Today, NY Times, and CNN about the people who have lost these positions and who are accepting positions earning alot less.

I guess I didn't realize it because in my two professions, you don't start off or hit six figures without alot of time, education, experience, and developed expertise in general. Now of course, this does not include those law firms in NYC paying 160k to first year associates.

I would dare say from what I am reading, the average attorney in the United States does not make 100k a year.

So let me ask again, what's up with all the six figure positions in this country and why has nursing and law been left behind?