Legal Aid names 2023 Justice for All Campaign Chairs

Carole D. Christian (Wyatt Tarrant and Combs) and Bryan W. Hudson (Atria Senior Living) have been named Co-Chairs of Legal Aid Society’s annual Justice for All Campaign. Carole and Bryan will lead our campaign committee as we raise critical unrestricted resources to advance our mission of “pursuing justice for people in poverty.”

The goal of the 2023 Justice for All Campaign is $560,000. All funds raised will support civil legal advocacy in Legal AId’s fifteen-county service area. With many of Legal Aid’s resources tied to grants and government restrictions, the Justice for All Campaign provides the flexibility to meet changing community needs and rising crises.

Carole and Bryan step into the roles previously filled by Marjorie Farris (Stites & Harbison) and Kate McKune (Park Community Credit Union). Together with the entire Justice for All Campaign committee, Marjorie and Kate raised a record $600,000 in 2022 to support our work and expansion into regional offices in Shelby County and West Louisville.

Carole D. Christian
Wyatt Tarrant & Combs

“I am passionate about Legal Aid because I believe that lawyers enjoy great privileges, including education and the know-how to solve problems for ourselves and others, and that we owe a duty to use our skills for people who have not had such good fortune. And it is incredibly satisfying to provide hope to people who would otherwise feel hopeless.”

Carole Christian, Partner-in-Charge of Wyatt’s Louisville office, is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Health Care Service Team and also serves on the Firm’s Executive Committee. She concentrates her practice in the areas of health care and related litigation.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Ms. Christian represents health care clients in certificate of need hearings, court appeals, Medicaid appeals, Medicare reimbursement and similar negotiations and disputes with state and federal regulatory authorities. She has 33 years of experience counseling hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and other providers of goods and services concerning contracts, fraud and abuse, licensing, medical staff matters, emergency treatment, medical records, withdrawal of treatment decisions and other patient care matters and acquisitions.

Ms. Christian has counseled clients extensively on new and emerging issues in health care regulation, including: compliance programs and codes of conduct; electronic medical records; and the Affordable Care Act.e

Bryan W. Hudson
Atria Senior Living

I am truly honored to serve as Co-Chair of this year’s Justice for All Campaign. Legal Aid Society is absolutely vital to our community, and I am in awe of the dedication and passion of the staff and volunteers that work so hard to help so many people in need. I look forward to working with Carole, the campaign committee and the LAS team to do everything we can to make this year’s campaign a success.

Bryan Hudson is Sr. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Atria Senior Living, Inc. Bryan oversees Atria’s legal, government affairs and risk management functions.

Bryan has been General Counsel of Atria since 2005. Prior to joining Atria, he had in-house legal roles at Yum! Brands and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. While at B&W, Bryan spent two years on secondment to British American Tobacco in London, England, as a member of its global acquisitions and ventures team. He began his career as an attorney with the law firm of Stites & Harbison.

Bryan has an LL.M. degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, and a B.A. degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

Bryan is a member of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid Society. He is Chairman of the Legal Affairs and Government Relations Committee of Argentum, the nation’s largest senior living association.