Kentucky Lawyer
DOJ/Antitrust
KBA U-58 further reasons: "Real estate closings should be conducted only underthe supervision of an attorney because questions of legal rights and duties are alwaysinvolved and there is no way of assuring that lay settlement agents would raise . . . thelegal questions." KLTA Br. App. A at 46. Inconsistently, the Opinion then providesthat the responsible lawyer need not be present at the actual closing. Rather, theclosingcould be handled by a lay person employed by the attorney. Hence, if it is the practicedeye of the lawyer that protects consumers by being able to identify legal questions, thiseye might not witness the actual closing. No lawyer would necessarily be present torecognize special problems that only a lawyer could understand. Instead, theconsumerwould receive protection equivalent to what he or she receives from any lay settlementagent. In both situations, the layperson conducting the closing would have to determinewhether to call a lawyer because a question was outside his ... [Read More]
Kentucky: State Board of Elections - Candidate Qualifications & Filing Fees
Must be at least 30 years of age at the time of his election, shall have been a resident citizen of the State at least 2 years next before his election, and shall have been a practicing lawyer eight years before his election. ... At the time of election, must be at least 24 years of age, a citizen of Kentucky, has resided in the State 2 years, and one year next preceding his election in the county in which he is a candidate, and have been a licensed practicing lawyer for 2 years. ... [Read More]
Kentucky.gov: - Governor Fletcher appoints Roach to Supreme Court.
Roach, a native of Frankfort, lives in Lexington with his wife, Maria, and two children, Catherine and Bennett. ### Highlights of John Roach’s Legal Accomplishments • General Counsel, Commonwealth of Kentucky: Helping develop and defend in court the spending plan issued by the Governor; instituting more than $1 million in savings by reducing outside legal contracts; overseeing lawyers in nine cabinets (2003-present) • Employment discrimination and civil rights lawyer: Represented victims of discrimination who had been subjected to workplace discrimination; participated in numerous jury trials. Argued cases before the Kentucky Supreme Court, the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit (1995-2001) • Lecturer for numerous statewide seminars on employment and civil rights issues • Co-author of law articles on employment law and the Americans with Disabilities Act • Corporate transactions lawyer, Akin, Gump, Str ... [Read More]
Legislative Update, Fall 2004, No. 20 -- Rising Caseloads Continue to Threaten Kentucky Public Defender System - By Ernie Lewis, Public Advocate
DPA's caseloads in FY04 continued the upward swing demonstrated above. Overall cases rose to 131,094, up from 117,132 the previous year. Cases increased by 12% at the trial level in FY04 over FY03. Despite a $1.5 million Appropriations Increase in November 2003, all of which went toward the hiring of caseload "reduction" lawyers, the average caseload per trial lawyer rose from 484 new open cases per lawyer in FY03 to 489 in FY04. ... Public defenders work approximately 1,875 hours per year. That is 7.5 hours per day for 50 weeks. Even if a defender did not take time to attend training, take holidays, assist her fellow lawyers, read slip sheets, get sick, or the other things every lawyer does in addition to case work, a typical public defender has only 3.8 hours to spend on each trial level case. DPA has adopted the NLADA Performance Guidelines. In order to comply with those guidelines, and every Kentucky lawyer's obligation to provide ethical service to clients, most of the following is required in every case: Review of the charges ... [Read More]
Kentucky.gov: - Organizational Structure
LaJuana Wilcher is a biologist and environmental lawyer with almost three decades of experience in environmental and natural resources issues. ... [Read More]
Kentucky Lieutenant Governor: Steve Pence - Steve Pence
Steve began his career as a public school teacher in Jefferson County teaching 6th and 8th grade math. After law school, Steve worked as an assistant attorney general of Kentucky from 1981-1982. In the early 1990s, he was a lead attorney in BOPTROT, the investigation to uncover and eliminate corruption in state government. He was formerly a partner with the Pedley, Zielke, Gordinier and Pence law firm (1995-2001). In 1995, Steve received the Kentucky Bar Association’s “Outstanding Lawyer” award. ... [Read More]
Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy - Justice Jeopardized!
In its 1999 report, the Blue Ribbon Group on Improving Indigent Defense for the 21st Century recommended that until funding was available to meet national standards, rural Kentucky public defender offices should carry no more than 350 cases per lawyer, while urban offices should carry no more than 450 cases per lawyer. DPA is now further away from meeting this interim goal. ... Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him. - Gideon v. Wainwright ... [Read More]
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