Melinda T. Sunderland

Education

• J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky, 2003, Honors: Cum Laude
• B.A., Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 2000

Honors and Awards

• Top 25: 2021 Women Kentucky Super Lawyers
• Business Women First Enterprising Women, Louisville Business First, 2020
• Forty Under 40 Judge, Louisville Business First, 2020
• Bizwomen Mentor, Louisville Business First, 2018-2020
• Super Lawyers®, Kentucky, Category: Banking, 2015-present
• Leadership Louisville, 2018-2019
• Top 100 Influencers: Law, The Business Journals, 2018
• Top Women in Business, The Lane Report, 2016
• 20 People to Know in Law, Louisville Business First, 2015
• Forty Under 40, Louisville Business First, 2014
• “Kentucky Rising Star” by Super Lawyers®, 2013-2014
• Leadership Kentucky, 2009
• Focus Louisville, February 2011
• Louisville Bar Association, Leadership Academy, 2011
• Co-Section of the Year, Louisville Bar Association's Bankruptcy Section Chair, 2011

Fraternities/Sororities

• Chi Omega

Community Involvement

• Family Scholar House, Board of Directors, 2020-present, 2013-2019; Board of Trustees, 2019-2020; Development Committee (Chair), 2013-2019
• Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS, Board of Trustees, 2019-present; Secretary, 2019-2020; Chair, 2020-present
• Louisville Business First Bizwomen Mentoring Monday, Mentor, 2018-present
• Kentucky Bar Foundation Board, 2017-present; Secretary/Treasurer, 2022-present; Director, 2018-2022
• Kentucky Bar Association, Budget & Finance Committee member, 2017-present
• Credit Abuse Resistance Education, Program Volunteer, 2009-present
• Louisville Bar Association's Santa's Court Toy Drive with the Salvation Army, Firm Representative, 2008-present
• Eastwood Fire District, Chairperson for the Board of Trustees, 2012-2019
• Kentucky Bar Foundation, IOLTA Board of Trustees, 2012-2018; Treasurer, 2013-2017; Chair, 2017-2018
• Credit Abuse Resistance Education, Planning Committee Member, 2011-2016
• Bankruptcy Section Chair, Louisville Bar Association, 2011
• Small and Independent Business Committee, Greater Louisville, Inc., 2011
• Legal Aid Society, Domestic Violence Advocacy Program Volunteer, 2009-2010
• Associate Campaign for Legal Aid Society, Committee Member, 2005-2008

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Louisville Bar Association
• Kentucky Bar Association

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Co-Presenter, "Common Mistakes in UCC Filings", Texas Bankers Association, 2004-2006
• "Default, Remedies and Enforcement Under Article 9", Kentucky Bankers Association, 2010-2011
• "Common Mistakes in UCC Filing", Kentucky Bankers Association, 2010-2011
• "Foreclosure, Bankruptcy and Workouts", Kentucky Bankers Association, 2012
• Co-Presenter, “Annual Survey of Developments Under the Uniform Commercial Code”, 29th Annual Conference on Legal Issues for Financial Institutions, University of Kentucky, College of Law, 2009-present
• Chair, Biennial Collection Law Conference, University of Kentucky, College of Law, 2011-present

Published Works

• Drop-Dead Date for Local Filings (Co-Author), Kentucky Banker Magazine, October, 2005
• Caldwell's Kentucky Form Book, Unit 6 (Remedies), Unit 8 (Commercial Law) (Co-Editor), Matthew Bender & Co., Fifth Edition, 2006
• Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation v. Bank of Corbin, Inc. (Co-Author), Kentucky Banker Magazine, December, 2006
• Kentucky Civil Practice Before Trial (Co-Author), Ch. 12 Extraordinary Remedies, UK/CLE, 3rd Edition, 2008
• Debtor/Creditor Relations in Kentucky (Handbook Chair and 2011 Update Author), Chapter 5, Prejudgment Remedies, and Chapter 8, Default and Enforcement in Secured Transactions Under Revised Article 9 , UK/CLE, 3rd Edition, 2011

• Mindy Sunderland selected to national list of influential attorneys, Louisville Business First, 2018
• IN PERSON: Mindy Sunderland knew exactly what she wanted to be — and she achieved it, Louisville Business First, 2018
• Louisville law firm names its first female managing director, Louisville Business First, 2017
• Top Women in Business, The Lane Report, 2016
• 20 People to Know: Law, Louisville Business First, 2015