Cocanougher is a career prosecutor, having served as an Assistant County Attorney, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, and as the Commonwealth's Attorney for the 11th Judicial Circuit. Cocanougher has 34 years of military service with the United States Marine Corps and the Kentucky National Guard.
Amy Burke heads the Criminal Branch in the Office of the Attorney General. Most recently, Burke served as the Chief Prosecutor for the Kenton County Attorney's Office, where she specialized in prosecuting cases involving serious injuries to children, dependency abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and sexual assault. In this position, Burke provided training and legal advice to law enforcement, and allied professionals, including Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) and Domestic and Other Violence Emergencies (DOVE) nurses, Cabinet for Health and Family Service workers, and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers. Burke began her legal career as a law clerk at the Kenton County Attorney's Office in 1995 before becoming an Assistant Kenton County Attorney a few years later. Burke has also served as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for the 16th Judicial District in Kenton County, where she prosecuted felony cases ranging from drug crimes and gun violence prosecutions to sexual assaults against children. Burke has mentored young prosecutors throughout her service to the Commonwealth. She has served as faculty at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina, and at the Kentucky Prosecutor's Institute. Since 2001, she has also served as an adjunct faculty member at Northern Kentucky University in the Department of Criminal Justice Studies. Burke attended Eastern Kentucky University and the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. She is a native of Grant County.
Christopher Thacker heads the Civil Division in the Office of the Attorney General. Prior to joining the office, Thacker practiced law with the Billings Law Firm and Stoll Keenon Ogden in Lexington, with a focus on civil and appellate litigation. In his private practice, Thacker represented individuals and businesses—from family-run "mom and pop" businesses to Fortune 500 companies—in venues ranging from the state district court to the U.S. Supreme Court. Thacker previously served as Chairman of the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission and was appointed to serve as a Special Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court. Thacker graduated from Yale University and the University of Kentucky College of Law. A native of Pike County, Thacker and his family reside in Winchester.
Brett Nolan serves as the Deputy Solicitor General for Civil Appeals, where he oversees civil appellate litigation in both state and federal court. Before joining the Attorney General’s office, Nolan served as the Deputy General Counsel to the Governor of Kentucky, and prior to that, he worked in private practice at Dinsmore & Shohl. Nolan also served as a law clerk for Judge John Nalbandian of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Judge Karen K. Caldwell of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he graduated with high honors and was an editor of The University of Chicago Law Review.
LaDonna Koebel serves as Executive Director of the Office of Senior Protection and Mediation. Koebel previously served as Chief of Staff to the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, where she oversaw the Cabinet's communications and employee outreach initiatives, project implementation, TipLine investigations, and coordination of the Kentucky Conference on Leadership and Diversity. Koebel's tenure in state service also includes eleven years as an Assistant General Counsel in the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and as Acting Commissioner to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Prior to her state service, she worked in private practice handling civil litigation. Koebel earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky, a master's degree in criminal justice from Eastern Kentucky University's College of Justice and Safety, and a bachelor's degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College where she currently serves on the Alumni Board of Directors.
Barry Dunn was appointed as Deputy Attorney General in December 2019. Previously, he served as General Counsel of the Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet. In that capacity, Dunn was the state’s chief lawyer on the regulation of financial institutions, insurance, horse racing, alcoholic beverages, construction, professional licensing, and charitable gaming. Most recently, he formed a law firm focused on litigation, government regulatory issues, and small businesses. Dunn attended law school at the University of Louisville, where he was named outstanding graduate, served on law review, and was president of the moot court board. He joined Stoll Keenon Ogden after law school, where he was a member of the litigation, appellate, and utility regulation practice groups. Dunn grew up in Adair County in south-central Kentucky, where he served as a firefighter while attending college and later taught middle school.
District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Matt Kuhn serves as Principal Deputy Solicitor General.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron gets married with Mitch McConnell in attendance. Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron got married this past weekend, his spokeswoman confirmed. "Attorney General Cameron and his wife were married this past Friday at a small, private outdoor ceremony in Louisville," Cameron's spokeswoman Elizabeth Kuhn ...
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A different order, limiting social gatherings to 10 people or less, does not apply to weddings.