Bio
Bethany was born and raised in Lexington and joined the ACLU of Kentucky in 2025 after practicing for several years with Childers & Baxter, a small general litigation firm. Bethany has successfully litigated civil rights claims in state and federal court, including Adkins v. Kentucky Department of Corrections, Kentucky’s largest reported jury verdict in a sexual harassment case. Bethany also worked as a staff attorney for the Franklin Circuit Court Division I, taught statutory civil rights as an adjunct law professor at the University of Kentucky, and was awarded the Faculty Cup for her outstanding contribution to the UK Rosenberg College of Law in 2012.