Barbara D. Bonar, Esq.

Barbara Bonar is a licensed attorney in Ohio and Kentucky, and  has recognized expertise in all issues regarding employee/employer relations, including workplace standards, contracts, discrimination, conflict resolution, wage and hour laws, employee benefits, and personnel policies and procedures.  She is particularly known for her accomplishments as a civil trial lawyer, especially in the area of workplace discrimination litigation, and as a mediator in conflict resolution situations.        

 Ms. Bonar has both her undergraduate degree in Urban Planning, and her law degree from the University of Kentucky.  She is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, State of Ohio, and in several federal Appellate and District Courts, including the United States Supreme Court.  She has previously served as law clerk to Justice Robert F. Stephens of the Supreme Court of Kentucky (1984), and as adjunct professor in legal writing at Salmon P. Chase College of Law (1987 - 1992). 

She is founder and current President of the Kentucky Employment Lawyers Association and active in the National Employment Lawyers Association, as well as several other local Bar employment law sections.  She also speaks regionally to Bar association groups and Chamber of Commerce organizations on a broad spectrum of employment, personnel, conflict resolution, and business-related topics.

Ms. Bonar is a certified mediator and has served on extensive local and regionally-recognized mediation and arbitration panels throughout the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA) panel, Northern Kentucky Bar Association Mediation Panel, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Arbitration panel, Kenton County Circuit Court Mediation Panel, and Kentucky Bar Association Mediation Committee and Section, where she serves on the Legislation Committee.

Ms. Bonar is the elected Governor to the Kentucky Bar Association Board, where she has served for the past seven years.  She currently is serving as President-Elect of the Kentucky Bar.  She also currently serves on the Board of the Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys.  She is a member of the Northern Kentucky Bar Association, the Cincinnati Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, and a Barrister with the Salmon P. Chase Inn of Court.  She currently serves on the Kentucky Governor’s Commission on Small Business Advocacy, and has served on several business committees for the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.  She is also a former Board member of the Northern Kentucky Lawyers for the Poor.  Throughout the years, Ms Bonar has also contributed to the legal community many publications and presentations.

Ronald L. Cropper, Jr. Esq.

Ronald L. Cropper, Jr. was born in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky and currently resides in Park Hills, Kentucky.  Ron was in the United States Navy from 1988 – 1992 where he served on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf War.  Ron graduated from the University of Central Florida in 1996 with a B.A. political science and earned his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 2000. Ron is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Ron is an active member in the Northern Kentucky Bar Association and the Kentucky Bar Association. Ron is also a member of the Kenton County Democratic Executive Committee and the Sierra Club.  

Theresa (Terri) Mohan was born in Michigan and currently resides in Park Hills, Kentucky.  Terri received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University and her J.D., with honors, from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. Terri is admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  She is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the U.S. District Courts in the Southern District of Ohio and both the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

While in law school, Terri was a member and officer of the Moot Court Board and Student Bar Association.  She was included in the 1998, 1999 and 2000 editions of Who’s Who Among American Law Students.  Terri was the 1999-2000 American Bar Association/Law Student Division Student Bar Association President of the Midwest Region.

Terri is an adjunct professor with the Academic Development Program ant Northern Kentucky University.  She has also been a lecturer and contributor to Continuing Legal Education seminars and legal publications including Northern Kentucky Law Review, NBI, and Kentucky Academy of Trial Lawyers.  Terri is a Barrister with the Salmon P. Chase Inn of Court and serves as a mentor to law students who participate in the Chase Inn of Court program.

In addition to being an alumni member of the local Junior Chamber of Commerce, Terri is a graduate of Leadership Northern Kentucky and is involved in Chamber of Commerce committees in the Northern Kentucky Region. 

Terri recently completed her term on the Board of Directors for the Northern Kentucky Bar Association.  She is currently an active member of several professional associations including Northern Kentucky Bar Association, Cincinnati Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association.  Terri is also serving as a committee member on the Cincinnati Bar Association’s Membership Services and Development Committee.

John A. Bonar, Esq., of Counsel

 John A. Bonar currently resides in Lakeside Park, Kentucky with his wife, Barbara D. Bonar, and children, Alexandra and Ian.  John is a graduate of Northern Kentucky University (B.S. Summa Cum Laude, 1979), majoring in Economics and Mathematics.  He received his Juris Doctorate from Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Order of the Luria, 1982) and is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (1982) and State of Ohio (1983).  In addition, He is licensed to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Eastern District Court of Kentucky and Southern District of Ohio.

John has previously been an adjunct professor with Northern Kentucky University (1989-1996), teaching Real Estate Law and has been a lecturer and contributor to local and statewide legal seminars.  John currently serves as a trustee of the Kentucky Bar Foundation’s IOLTA Board.