John S. Kelley, Jr.

A Native of Bardstown, John graduated from Bethlehem High School in 1975. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky in 1978. He obtained his law degree from UK in 1981 and was admitted to practice law that same year. He is admitted to practice before all State and Federal Courts in the Commonwealth, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. John is active in his community. He is former National legal counsel for the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce(Jaycees), former Bardstown City Attorney, former member of the Nelson County Jaycees, and past member of the Bardstown Mayor's Advisory Committee. Currently, he serves his community through his involvement in the Rotary Club and as chairman of the Board of Old Bardstown Village and Civil War Museum.

A native of Bardstown, Matthew graduated from Bardstown High School in 1987. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisville School of Business, and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1994. He was admitted to practice law that same year. After working as counsel for an insurance company and the Department of Insurance in Frankfort, he joined Kelley & Kelley in 1998 and became a partner in the firm of Kelley & Hite, PLLC in 2000. He is admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Matthew Hite

John A. Pottinger

John Pottinger joined the firm of Kelley & Hite in 2000. He received a Nursing degree from Jefferson Community College in 1995 and graduated with a Political Science degree in the Honors Program of UK in 1992. Mr. Pottinger has practiced as an RN for hospitals and as a Case Manager for Managed Care Companies. He graduated cum laude from the University of Louisville in July 2000 on a full academic scholarship. John "JP" Pottinger is the eighth consecutive generation of Pottingers to call Bardstown home. His great-great-great-great grandather, Captain Samuel Pottinger, settled in Bardstown in 1776 and was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and the KY militia. He build one of the earliest forts in the area, Pottinger's Station, which was a refuge for Bardstown settlers during the waves of Indian attacks at the end of the 1700's. He also fought with George Rogers Clark in the Ohio Indian Wars. "Pottinger's Creek" was named in his honor by Kentucky Pioneer and Revolutionary Captain James Harrod. A plaque has been erected in the County Courthouse recalling this brave frontiersman's contribution to the settlement of Bardstown.