Sarah J. Sloan
Direct Phone: 859.231.3939
Direct Fax: 859.259.3539
sarah.sloan@skofirm.com
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Overview
Sarah is an Associate in Stoll Keenon Ogden's Lexington office and has been with the firm since 2010. She is a member of the Business Services practice with a focus on Mergers & Acquisitions, Healthcare and Equine. She is also a member of the Trusts & Estates, Tax and Real Estate practices. Prior to joining the firm, Sarah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr. During her clerkship, she assisted with cases before the Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits.
Sarah is a graduate of the University of the Kentucky College of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as the editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Law Journal. Prior to attending law school, she taught high-school English.
Sarah is a member of the Kentucky and American Bar associations. She is a member of Christ Church Cathedral.
Work Highlights
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Estate Planning & Administration
Related Attorneys: Douglas P. Romaine, Sarah J. Sloan, Shannon Bishop ArvinSKO administers the estates of notable horsewomen and horsemen and is actively involved in planning estates in the shifting economic climate.
Related Practices: Business Services, Tax, Real Estate , Equine Transactional
Related Industries: Banks & Financial Services -
Family Business Succession Planning- Sale to Grantor Trusts- Charitable Planning
Related Attorneys: D. Randall Gibson, Shannon Bishop Arvin, Sarah J. Sloan, Joseph B. ColvinRepresented multi-generation family in planning for their family and estates after the sale of the family business, including preparing and/or implementing Delaware Trusts, a charitable lead annuity trust, limited liability companies, sale to dynasty trusts and valuation discounts as well as assisting in the administration of the estates of several family members after their unexpected deaths.
Related Practices: Business Services
Professional & Civic Activities
American Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Fayette County Bar Association
FCBA Women Lawyers' Association
Leadership Lexington, 2012-2013
Junior Achievement, Fayette County Public Schools, volunteer teacher, 2011
FCBA Women Lawyers' Association, committee chair, community service committee, 2011
The Kentucky Law Journal Association, Lexington, KY, president of the board of directors, 2010-2011
Distinctions
Law clerk to the Hon. Eugene E. Siler, Jr., Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Kentucky Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief
Order of the Coif
CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Federal Courts, 2009
Colvin P. Rouse Award
Donald A. Winslow Memorial Scholarship
Best Brief Award, Harlan Writing Club
Roy Moreland Scholarship
Seminars
| Oct. 2012 | “Equine Sales & Use Taxation," KyCPA “Horsing Around” Seminar, Lexington, KY |
| Apr. 19, 2012 | "Ethics Issues for In-House Counsel: Vignettes to Ponder, Pts. 1 & 2," presented with Thomas E. Rutledge, A.J. Singleton and Allison J. Donovan, 22d Annual Issues for Corporate House Counsel CLE Seminar |
| Feb. 17, 2011 | "Creditors' Use of Charging Orders and Other Techniques," co-speaker, 13th Biennial Business Associations Law Institute, UK/CLE |
| Aug. 24, 2010 | "A Clinic for Precise Writing," How-to-Guide for Publishing, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky |
News
| Aug. 2012 | Seven SKO Attorneys Selected for Community Leadership Roles |
| Oct. 2010 | 4 Attorneys Join Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC |
Publications
| Dec. 2012 | Analysis: What is the Fiscal Cliff?, www.lanereport.com, December 18, 2012 |
| Jul. 2012 | "When the World Ends I Want to be in Kentucky Because There Everything Happens Thirty Years Late: Kentucky Finally Joins the Modern Rule Against Marketability Discounts in Dissenter Rights Actions," Kentucky Bar Association Bench & Bar, co-authored with Thomas E. Rutledge |
| 2011 | "An Examination of the Charging Order Under Kentucky's LLC and Partnership Acts (Parts I & II)," Kentucky Law Journal Online, co-authored with Thomas E. Rutledge |
| 2009 | "Reading, 'Riting, Rithmetic, and Responsibility," Advocating for the Development of Controlled-Choice Student-Assignment Plans after Parents Involved, 97 KY. L.J. 199 |
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Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law
2009, J.D., cum laude - City University
2004, M.i.T. - University of Kentucky
2003, B.A., summa cum laude







