As legal representative for the people, the Commonwealth's Attorney has the duty to seek justice for all. Thomas B. Wine, first elected as Commonwealth's Attorney in 2012, was elected to a second term in 2018, which will expire January 5, 2025.
Martin L. HatfieldMartin L. Hatfield, County Attorney. Welcome, Let me begin my saying how honored I am to be able to serve the citizens of Pulaski County as your County Attorney.
In addition, the County Attorney's Office prosecutes violations of criminal law within the jurisdiction of Hardin District Court to include misdemeanors, DUI's, traffic violations and domestic violence cases. The office also prosecutes all juvenile cases as well as child protection cases in Family Court.
Attorney Richard Schwartz focuses his practice primarily on bankruptcy law and debt reorganization. Mr. Schwartz has more than 3 decades of experience helping clients find relief from their overwhelming debt and over the course of his legal career, Mr.
Pulaski CountySomerset / CountyPulaski County is a county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,034. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was founded in December 1798 from land given by Lincoln and Green Counties and named for Polish patriot Count Casimir Pulaski. Wikipedia
Janie Hite Janie Asher Hite has almost twenty years of experience handling all aspects of real estate law, and focuses her practice in that area as well as in probate, business law, adoptions and most other aspects of civil practice.
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The County Attorney is legal adviser to the County Board of Commissioners and other County personnel and legal advocate for the county in court cases in which the county is a party. The County Attorney is not required to provide legal advice to members of the general public.
However, when practising law, lawyers can only provide legal assistance, advice, and counselling to their clients while an attorney can represent clients in court and initiate defendant prosecutions in addition to providing legal counsel and consultation.
Attorney Mike O'ConnellMike O'Connell serves as Jefferson County Attorney, striving to bring integrity and fairness to the practice of law in both the criminal courts and civil matters that face this community.
Commonwealth's Attorney is the title given to the elected prosecutor of felony crimes in Kentucky. In carrying out their duties, prosecutors have the authority to investigate persons, grant immunity to witnesses and accused criminals, and plea bargain with defendants.
Blake Chambers (left) is sworn in Thursday afternoon as commonwealth’s attorney for the 38th Judicial Circuit by Judge Tim Coleman at the Butler County Courthouse in Morgantown. Chambers’ wife, Jodi, holds the Bible.
Chambers was appointed as a special prosecutor in the case, which was resolved last year with the suspect, Joseph Paul Walker, entering an Alford plea to charges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault and accepting a 20-year prison sentence. Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney Chris Cohron said Chambers has set a good example ...
No person shall be eligible as a candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney, or shall be elected to such office, who is not an attorney at law licensed to practice law in this state. No prosecuting attorney shall be a member of the general assembly of this state or mayor of a municipal corporation.
When trees standing or growing on any land belonging to the state, or to any school district, are, without lawful authority, cut down, or in any way injured, the prosecuting attorney shall prosecute the wrongdoer, and shall seize all timber so cut down, if it can be found, and sell it at public vendue, on five days' notice. The prosecuting attorney shall pay the proceeds of such sale into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund, or into the county treasury to the credit of the school district, as the case may be.
If it appears that the prosecuting attorney has willfully and wantonly neglected to perform the pro secuting attorney's duties, or has been guilty of gross misconduct in office, the court shall remove the prosecuting attorney from office and declare the office vacant.
There shall be elected quadrennially in each county, a prosecuting attorney, who shall hold his office for four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after his election.
If a complaint to remove a prosecuting attorney is dismissed because the complainant or complainants failed to file an affidavit in support of the complaint, the dismissal shall be without prejudice.
The attorney general shall provide this assistance without charge to the township for which the service is performed. If a township adopts a resolution without the legal guidance of the attorney general, the attorney general is not required to provide assistance as described in this division to a prosecuting attorney.
The prosecuting attorney may appoint any assistants, clerks, and stenographers who are necessary for the proper performance of the duties of his office and fix their compensation, not to exceed, in the aggregate, the amount fixed by the judges of the court of common pleas.
Blake Chambers (left) is sworn in Thursday afternoon as commonwealth’s attorney for the 38th Judicial Circuit by Judge Tim Coleman at the Butler County Courthouse in Morgantown. Chambers’ wife, Jodi, holds the Bible.
Chambers was appointed as a special prosecutor in the case, which was resolved last year with the suspect, Joseph Paul Walker, entering an Alford plea to charges of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault and accepting a 20-year prison sentence. Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney Chris Cohron said Chambers has set a good example ...