As in a galaxy of twinkling stars, the accomplishments of聽four outstanding graduates of Salmon P. Chase College of Law are shining a聽little brighter with the glow of Distinguished Alumni Awards the college聽conferred this autumn.
In recognition of their achievements that reflect the spirit聽of Chase graduates in professional, community and college service, the college聽this past October 4 presented awards during its annual alumni luncheon at the聽Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel Hall of Mirrors in downtown Cincinnati to:
鈥 Supreme Court of Kentucky Justice聽Robert Conley, Class of 1984, Distinguished Alumnus Award.
鈥 Stephanie Scott, Class of 2017,聽assistant general counsel of Cincinnati Public Schools, Distinguished Alumna Award.
鈥 Mary Talbott, Class of 1995,聽chief legal officer of altafiber, Distinguished Alumna Award.
鈥 David Wolf, Class of 1965,聽founding partner of Community Management Corp. and philanthropist, Distinguished聽Alumnus Award.
The four join more than 120 alumni the college has聽recognized with previous annual awards, in class years ranging from 1934 to聽2017.
Justice Conley聽was elected to the Supreme Court of Kentucky from the Seventh Supreme Court聽District of 32 Eastern Kentucky counties in November 2020. He had been a trial聽court judge in Greenup and Lewis counties for 26 years.
Justice Conley was appointed to a District Court vacancy in聽1994 and was subsequently elected to three consecutive terms. In 2006, he won聽his first election to the Circuit Court, where he served until his election to聽the Supreme Court. As a Circuit Court judge, he presided over the consolidated聽Drug Court for Greenup and Lewis counties, which the National Drug Court Institute recognized in 2010 as a 鈥渕entor court鈥 to help train drug court聽personnel across the eastern United States.
Prior to his judicial service, Justice Conley practiced in聽the law firm of McKenzie, Woolery & Emrick, in Ashland, Kentucky, was聽corporate attorney for Addington Mining/Addington Environmental and was an聽attorney for the Greenup County Board of Education.
Ms. Scott is聽assistant general counsel of one of the three largest school districts in Ohio,聽based on enrollment. Prior to her career move to the public sector, she was an聽associate in the Cincinnati law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl.
Her involvement in the legal community includes being a聽member of Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati and serving as the banquet聽committee chair to raise funds for minority law student scholarships, and being聽program chair of the Cincinnati Bar Association Women Lawyers Section and a聽member of the Diversity Committee. In 2021, she received the Cincinnati Bar聽Association Young Lawyers Section Professional Award and in 2018, the Pro Bono聽Partnership of Ohio Rising Star Award.
In the community, she is chair of the Campbell County (Kentucky)聽YMCA Advisory Board, administrative pastor of fellowship of Church of God in聽Covington, Kentucky. She has served on the steering committee for the Northern聽Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Regional Leadership Program.聽聽
Ms. Talbott is both聽chief legal officer and a member of senior management involved in developing聽and implementing strategic objectives for altafiber, the Cincinnati-based telephone,聽internet and television provider previously known as Cincinnati Bell. As chief聽legal officer, she is responsible for legal, regulatory and governmental聽matters.
She previously held executive positions in Greater聽Cincinnati Fortune 500 companies Scripps Networks, Macy鈥檚 and General Cable,聽and worked in private equity organizations. Prior to her corporate legal聽career, she practiced as a litigator for five years.聽
In the community and in the telecommunications sector, she聽serves on boards of the Cincinnati Ballet, Camp Joy and United States Telecom聽Association. Her previous board memberships include Ion Center (formerly聽Women鈥檚 Crisis Center) and Reset Ministries. She has been a parent representative聽on the Fort Thomas (Kentucky) Independent Schools Site Based Counsel, a judge聽in the Northern Kentucky Teen Court program. She is a lifetime member of the聽FBI Cincinnati Citizens Academy Alumni Association.聽
Mr. Wolf was admitted聽to practice in Ohio and embarked on a now nearly 60-year career in real estate development聽and ownership of apartment communities, office buildings, shopping centers and other聽low-rise buildings in Greater Cincinnati.
Throughout his business career, with his wife Nancy, he has聽supported an array of educational, artistic, medical and religious endeavors.聽
In 2022, Mr. and Mrs. Wolf endowed the David and Nancy Wolf聽Chair in Ethics and Professional Identity at Chase to provide students with聽opportunities for involvement in matters of ethics, professionalism, social聽justice, public service, and in understanding diversity, inclusivity and聽personal well-being.聽
The Wolfs鈥 philanthropic impact is broadly evident in聽Cincinnati, as benefactors of the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust &聽Humanity Center at the Cincinnati Museum Center, the Nancy and David Wolf聽Gallery of the Cincinnati Art Museum, which displays artworks they donated, and聽programs in Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital Medical聽Center, the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati and the Jewish Community Center.
All four recipients 鈥捖爄n the constellation of Chase graduates in which the Distinguished Alumni聽Awards shine brightly for what it means to be a Chase graduate 颅鈥 are actively involved聽with the college, including mentoring students, speaking at programs and
participating in special events.
