Generation Next 2007: 40 Under 40, Bert Ketchum

State Journal, The, April, 2007 by Anonymous

BERT KETCHUM

ATTORNEY / PARTNER, GREENE, KETCHUM, BAILEY, WALKER, FARRELL & TWEEL,

HUNTINGTON, 38

On his first paying job: "When I was in college, I would stay in the summertime and work summer camps. When we weren't working camps, we were doing what they said, which was digging ditches and trenches, for Ohio University. ... I learned I didn't want to dig ditches."

His story: Bert Ketchum knew growing up he would either go into business or law, since his grandfather was one of the founding members of Huntington's law firm Greene, Ketchum, Bailey, Walker, Farrell & Tweel, and his father was a lawyer, too.

"I pretty much grew up in law," Ketchum said.

Ketchum attended Ohio University, spending his time playing baseball, graduating in...

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