Johnson County, Kentucky (Judicial)

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Johnson County is within the Kentucky Court of Appeals Seventh District

The people of Johnson County are served by a District Court, Circuit Court and a Family Court.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has jurisdiction in Johnson County. Appeals from the Eastern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

Judges

Johnson County, Kentucky

District Court

Kentucky District Court 24


Circuit Court

Kentucky Circuit Court 24


Family Court

Johnson, Lawrence and Martin Counties Family Court, Kentucky

  • Janie McKenzie Wells[2]


Elections

See also: Kentucky judicial elections

Kentucky is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kentucky, click here.

Election rules

Primary election

All candidates participate in nonpartisan primaries. If more than two candidates compete in a race, the two with the highest number of votes advance to the general election.



See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kentucky Court of Justice, "Address List," accessed November 18, 2014 (Select county)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kentucky Court of Justice, "Kentucky Court of Justice Address List," accessed January 8, 2015 (Select county) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "addresslist" defined multiple times with different content
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