Chris Allen was raised in central Kentucky and earned his law degree from the University of Louisville. He is licensed to practice law in Kentucky and is a licensed private investigator in Kentucky and Virginia. He holds three master’s degrees in military strategy, military operational art, and security studies. A retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Chris brings more than 22 years of leadership and operational experience, including deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, Qatar, and Sub-Saharan Africa. His decorated career included 13 years with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, counterintelligence and counterterrorism operations, and protective details for senior defense leaders. He also spent seven years leading cyberspace operations, including service as a squadron commander. Chris is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Special Investigations Academy and a Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers criminal investigator graduate, earning academic and driver training awards. Before becoming Director of the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center, he served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Jefferson County, worked as a private investigator, and taught counterintelligence at George Mason University. His final military assignment was an instructor at the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Quantico, VA. Click here for full bio

Lieutenant Tyson S. Carroll has served with the Lexington Police Department for 15 years, bringing extensive investigative and supervisory experience across specialized units, including Internet Crimes Against Children and Homicide. He currently oversees the Technology Section in the Bureau of Administration and is a recognized expert in cellular device investigations. Lt. Carroll has testified in numerous criminal cases, trained officers at the Lexington Police Academy, and completed advanced national training in digital forensics. He holds a B.A. from the University of Kentucky and is a U.S. Army Reserves and National Guard veteran. Click here for full bio

Blake Chambers has served as Commonwealth’s Attorney for Kentucky’s 38th Judicial Circuit, encompassing Ohio, Butler, and Hancock Counties, since 2017. A career prosecutor since 2011, he previously served as Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney and Assistant Warren County Attorney. He was President of the Commonwealth Attorneys Association from 2023-2024.

Tim Cocanougher currently serves as the Executive Director of the Special Prosecutions Division. He is a career prosecutor having served as an assistant county attorney, assistant Commonwealth Attorney and as the Commonwealth Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. Cocanougher served in the military with the United States Marine Corp and Kentucky Army National Guard retiring with the rank of Colonel. Cocanougher attended law school at the University of Louisville. He grew up in Springfield, Kentucky and now resides in Bardstown, Kentucky where he resides with his wife, Ruth Ann. They have two sons, one daughter and seven grandchildren.

Jason Darnall has served as the Marshall County Attorney since his election in 2018. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as an Assistant County Attorney in the same office while also maintaining a private law practice. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky and graduated magna cum laude from Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Mr. Darnall lives on a farm in Marshall County with his wife, Jenny, and their animals, and enjoys travel and athletics.

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Tony Hardin is an investigator with the Kentucky State Police, currently assigned to DESI West Division. He began his career with KSP in April 2010 after graduating from the Academy and was initially assigned to Post 16 in Henderson, Kentucky. After one year, he transferred to Post 4 in Elizabethtown, where he served approximately three years as a Patrol Trooper before being assigned to the General Detective Unit. As a detective, Investigator Hardin worked a wide range of complex criminal investigations, including homicide, sexual abuse cases, financial crimes, and other major felony offenses. In 2015, he was selected for assignment to the Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force, where he served for three years as a narcotics investigator and K-9 handler. He later transferred to the DESI West Division, continuing his focus on narcotics enforcement. Investigator Hardin remains assigned to DESI West where he investigates narcotics related cases. Throughout his career, he has been recognized for outstanding service, receiving the Post 4 Detective of the Year Award twice and being named the Kentucky State Police Statewide Detective of the Year in 2024.

Jill Justice is the First Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 38th Judicial Circuit in Ohio, Butler, and Hancock Counties. A career prosecutor, she previously served as First Assistant Warren County Attorney. Jill has taught at the Bowling Green Law Enforcement Academy, the Kentucky Prosecutors Institute, and as an adjunct professor at Western Kentucky University. She lives in Bowling Green with her husband, Shawn, and their three children.

Justice Michelle M. Keller was appointed to the Kentucky Supreme Court in April 2014. She was subsequently elected in both 2014 and 2022 for two full terms on the Court. Prior to her service on the Supreme Court of Kentucky, Justice Keller was elected as a Judge to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in November 2006. Justice Keller has served on the Judicial Conduct Commission, was Chairperson of the Court of Justice’s Technology Governance Committee and is currently Chairperson of the Kentucky Access to Justice Commission and Criminal Rules Committee. Click here for full bio

Jim has served as a prosecutor for over 30 years. He began his prosecutorial career at the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in Jefferson County and then served for over 20 years as an Assistant United States Attorney. After retiring from the US Attorneys Office, Jim returned to the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office in Jefferson County. Following his time with Jefferson County, Jim worked with the 9th Judicial Circuit and Special Prosecutions with the Office of the Attorney General. He has trained numerous prosecutors over the years and served as an adjunct professor with the Brandeis School of Law. Jim is the recipient of many awards including the Carroll M. Redford Award for Outstanding Kentucky Prosecutor.

Bryan Luckett was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and began his law enforcement career in 1999 with the Louisville Division of Police. He spent much of his career working street-level plainclothes assignments in Louisville’s urban districts, later founding the LMPD Fugitive Unit and serving in multiple roles on SWAT. He went on to become a supervisor in the Homicide Unit, overseeing complex violent crime investigations. In 2017, Bryan joined the Kentucky State Police, where he served for seven years, including work on Cold Case Homicide investigations that helped solve numerous long-unsolved and high-profile cases. He is currently the Assistant Chief of Police for the University of Louisville, overseeing Operations, including Patrol and Investigations. Bryan is a veteran of the Kentucky Army National Guard and the U.S. Navy Reserve. He is married to Kelly, a former Louisville Metro Police Officer and they have five children.

L. Scott Miller represents police officers across Kentucky and Tennessee in state and federal courts, with a focus on officer-involved shootings and other critical incidents. A former Kentucky State Police trooper and lieutenant colonel, as well as a former Tennessee sheriff’s deputy, he brings more than 20 years of experience defending law enforcement officers and advising agencies on preventative policies and best practices. Scott is uniquely credentialed to represent officers during critical incidents and to defend claims such as malicious prosecution, illegal search and seizure, false arrest, and excessive force. He also provides expert review of police policies and procedures. During his career with the Kentucky State Police, Scott oversaw litigation and represented the agency and its troopers in civil rights and employment matters while earning his law degree. He currently represents Kentucky State Police troopers and serves as a panel counsel for the Kentucky Association of Counties, Kentucky League of Cities, Fraternal Order of Police, Tennessee Local Government Insurance Pool, PLEA, and the Southern States Police Benevolent Association. Click here for full bio

Kathy Phillips is the Kentucky Domestic Violence Resource Prosecutor for the Office of the Attorney General, where she provides training and support to prosecutors and law enforcement to enhance the prosecution of domestic violence cases and protection of victims. She previously served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in Fayette County and Director of the Special Victims Unit. Kathy has extensive trial experience, has contributed to statewide policies and manuals on domestic and interpersonal violence, and continues to lead training programs on strangulation-related prosecutions and legislative advocacy. Click here for full bio

Rob Sanders has served as Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 16th Judicial Circuit (Kenton County) since 2007, overseeing Kentucky’s third largest felony prosecutor office while maintaining an active caseload. He previously served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in the same office and practiced law at Sanders Law Firm, PAC in Covington. Rob has held leadership roles on the Prosecutors Advisory Council, the Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse, and the Kentucky Supreme Court’s Judicial Workload Assessment Committee and Criminal Rules Committee. In 2023, he was named Outstanding Kentucky Prosecutor and recognized for office excellence. Rob and his wife live in Ft. Mitchell with their daughter. Click here for full bio

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Elizabeth Smart is a child safety advocate, author, and founder of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation. She works nationally to educate communities, families, and law enforcement on preventing abduction and supporting victims. Ms. Smart has shared her expertise in schools, law enforcement agencies, and conferences across the country.

Judge John Lindsay Tackett was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1998 and returned to Lexington to work with the Lexington Fair Housing Council as first assistant to the director. He earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2003. Before his election to the Fayette District Court bench in 2018, Judge Tackett practiced law with several firms including Ward, Hocker, and Thornton PLLC, and Phillips, Parker, Orberson Law PLLC, and later operated his own general practice, John L. Tackett, Attorney at Law, PLLC. As District Judge, Judge Tackett serves on the Statewide District Judges Educational Committee, chaired the Bob Heaton Award Subcommittee, and is a ranking member of the Kentucky Judicial Commission over the nationally recognized Fayette Mental Health Treatment Court. Judge Tackett has long been active in the community, serving on boards for organizations such as the American Red Cross of the Bluegrass Region, Lexington Children’s Theater, and the Foundation for Affordable Housing. He is married to Sarah Merlin, a special education teacher at STEAM and they have one daughter, Stella. Click here for full bio

Jennifer Taylor is a Criminal Intelligence Analyst with the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center within the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. Her work focuses on targeted violence and terrorism prevention, behavioral threat assessment and management, and school safety, including oversight of Kentucky’s anonymous K-12 reporting system, the STOP Tip line. Prior to joining Homeland Security, Jennifer spent 10 years working in the judicial system in both family and criminal courts. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice from the University of Louisville and is currently completing her Ph.D. in criminal justice.

Shane Young is in his third term as Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit. After serving in the United States Navy, Shane returned to Kentucky to attend college and law school. While in law school, Shane was the only applicant for a law clerk position with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Upon completing law school, he became a prosecutor with the Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, eventually serving as Division Chief of the Narcotics Division. During that time, he had the opportunity to learn from some very talented prosecutors including the original odd couple, Dave Stengel and Harry Rothgerber. He left prosecution for private practice, but his desire to return to prosecution led him to run for Commonwealth’s Attorney in Hardin County. During his time in Hardin County, he is proud to have built a team of dedicated prosecutors. Shane has previously served as President for the Commonwealth’s Attorneys Association, as a member of PAC, and currently serves on the Appalachian HIDTA Executive Board. He loves T-shirts, good western Kentucky barbeque, and the outdoors.

Teresa Young grew up on her family’s dairy farm in Cecilia, Kentucky. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and of Brandeis School of Law. She has practiced as a prosecutor for over 20 years. Teresa began her prosecutorial career in the Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office handling appeals. Upon leaving, she worked with her husband, Shane, in criminal defense. Since 2013, Teresa has been an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit. She and her husband, Shane, have worked together for the majority of the last 28 years. As a couple who practiced law together for years, she has the unique experience of not getting bored when her spouse talks about work.

Rewa Zakharia is the Criminal Chief in the Office of the Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, overseeing prosecution, investigations, advocacy, and training within the Special Prosecutions Division, and Office of Victim Advocacy. She assists prosecutors statewide in complex cases and manages investigation and prosecutions of felony offenses, including public corruption and election law violations. Rewa previously served as the Executive Director of the Special Prosecutions Division where she specialized in prosecuting cases involving child abuse and sexual assault and provided training on special victim cases, investigations and constitutional law. Rewa previously served as a state felony prosecutor in Lexington’s Special Victims Unit, where she prosecuted homicide, human trafficking, child abuse, sex crimes and violent offenders. Click here for full bio