Understanding Equine Law
Milton C. Toby, J.D., and Karen L. Perch, Ph.D.,J.D., are partners in Perch & Toby, a law firm based in Lexington, Kentucky. Toby has enjoyed a lifelong involvement with horses, as an exhibitor of American Saddlebreds; as a competitor in hunter, combined training, and dressage events; as a steward for the American Horse Shows Association; as a director of the Kentucky Horse Council; as a journalist; and as a photographer. He also is the author of Col. Sager, Practitioner, which recounts the experiences of the late Col. Floyd Sager, one of the country's most prominent equine veterinarians.Perch has extensive experience as a financial planner and counselor, and in estate planning, estate tax, and probate matters. She has authored numberous publications in those areas, and has appeared frequently as a guest on local television and radio programs. She also served on a United States Department of Agriculture-sponsored, multi-state research project involving farm family finances.