Featured Alumni

Stephanie M. Broughton

Stephanie M. Broughton was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. In October of 1994, she relocated to Lexington, Kentucky. Ms. Broughton’s commitment to higher education began at Lexington Community College where she majored in Business with a minor in Pre-Law. In 1997, she transferred to Eastern Kentucky University where she later received her Bachelors degree in Paralegal Science. Ms. Broughton was an Eastern Commonwealth Minority Scholarship recipient and a Presidential Transfer Student Scholarship recipient. While a sophomore at Eastern Ms. Broughton delivered a keynote speech at the Fifth Annual Minority Leadership Conference at Paducah Community College.

Ms. Broughton later applied to the University of Kentucky (UK) Graduate School. She completed 12 hours of graduate course work and maintained a G.P.A. of 3.5, while she worked full-time as a litigation paralegal. As she continued her commitment to higher education, she also maintained her commitment as a volunteer.

Since 1997, she volunteered for Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass (JA), a non-profit organization designed to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives. As a volunteer, she taught middle school and high school students about business, exporting and importing of goods, the economics of staying in school and about how to best prepare for the workforce. She juggled her volunteer work, her job, and the demands of her education. In 2005, Ms. Broughton accepted a position as Administrative Manager and Special Events Coordinator with Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass (JA). Ms. Broughton has always had a passion for JA, especially considering she was a JA student when she was in high school and a volunteer as a professional in the workforce.

In August 2007, Ms. Broughton obtained her Masters in Business Administration.

Bonnie Hudgin

Bonnie Hudgin is a 2006 Eastern Kentucky University Graduate. She received her degree in Paralegal Sciences with a minor in Psychology. Bonnie is currently employed at Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC ("GDM) as their Lexington Corporate Paralegal. GDM has approximately 21 paralegals who specialize in different areas of law. Although Bonnie is based in the Lexington office, work is performed for attorneys from all branches of the firm. Her corporate paralegal duties include continuous updates of the firm's corporate database, updates of corporate books, preparation of organizational documents, resolutions and minutes, filing of documents with the Secretary of State offices nationally, and miscellaneous projects for other areas of law as needed.

Previously Bonnie worked for 25 years as a legal secretary that included employment with large law firms in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Honolulu, Hawaii.

Jennifer Webb

Jennifer Webb is a 1992 graduate of Madison Southern High School and a 1996 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Paralegal Science and a minor in Political Science. While at Eastern, Webb was a recipient of the Dean’s Award, the President’s Award and was inducted into the Golden Key National Honor Society and Pi Lambda Alpha (Paralegal Honor Society). She also received the Kentucky River Foothills Achievement Award.

Jennifer has served as Paralegal to the judges of the 25th Judicial District, comprised of Clark and Madison Counties, since September of 1995. She is the coordinator of Madison County Teen Court and the Madison County Youth In Action Team and is a member of Eastern Kentucky University’s Paralegal Advisory Board, Madison County DUI Advisory Board, Madison County Safety Coalition and the Guardianship Subcommittee of the Elder Abuse Committee of Kentucky. She is a trained mediator in Civil Dispute Resolution and offers mediation services to the parties of Small Claims lawsuits within the courts of the 25th Judicial District. Additionally, Jennifer has served as an instructor at the National College of Business and Technology.

In 2004, Webb co-wrote the initial grant for Madison County’s Gold Standard DUI Program, a pilot project in conjunction with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and law enforcement agencies serving Madison County. In 2006, Jennifer was the only Madison County examinee to receive a passing score on the Kentucky Circuit Clerk's Qualifying Examination and was eligible for the 2006 ballot. She has been recognized by the Administrative Offices of the Courts’ Law Related Education Program for her work with Teen Court.

Jennifer and her husband, William C. Willis, live in Richmond, Kentucky with their 9 year-old daughter, Adriannah, and four-year old son, Ayden.