Judge Thomas L. Jensen retired in February
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 15, 2016) — The Judicial Nominating Commission today announced nominees to fill a vacant Circuit Court judgeship in Knox and Laurel counties. The counties compose the 27th Judicial Circuit and the vacancy is in the circuit’s 2nd division.
The three nominees for the judgeship are attorneys Michael Odell Caperton, Harold Fish Dyche II and Danny Lynn Evans, all of London.
Caperton practices with the firm of Caperton & Associates in London. He served as a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge from November 2007 to January 2015 and was a District Court judge for Knox and Laurel counties from 1994 to 2007. He received his juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Dyche practices with the firm of Brandon J. Storm in London. He served as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney for Knox and Laurel counties from 2005 to 2014. He received his juris doctor from the Regent University School of Law in Virginia.
Evans operates a private law practice and has been an assistant commonwealth’s attorney for Knox and Laurel counties for approximately 35 years. He received his juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
The Circuit Court judicial seat became vacant when Judge Thomas L. Jensen retired in February.
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