Kyle Burns currently serves as an Assistant Commonwealth Attorney in the 17th Judicial Circuit. Out of law school, Kyle spent a year clerking in a local personal injury firm and quickly realized that his legal carer was not meant to be spent behind a desk. He began pursuing prosecution opportunities that would given him time in a courtroom and eventually obtained a position with long-time Commonwealth Attorney Jim Crawford in the 15th Judicial Circuit. While working under Jim Crawford, Kyle learned the intricacies of prosecuting felony cases across a multi-county circuit and the need for close attention to details when building a strong case. In the fall of 2012, Kyle had the opportunity to begin to work much closer to home under Commonwealth Attorney Michelle Snodgrass in the 17th Judicial Circuit, where has been for the last eleven years. Kyle’s early years with the 17th Circuit were spent heavily focused on drug crime, as he took over the majority of the trafficking caseload as the heroin epidemic continued to hit the Northern Kentucky region. It was in that capacity that he had the first jury verdict in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Importing Heroin after the development of the statute. Kyle’s learned attention to detail naturally drew him to the complicated, high-profile murder cases that the office had been pending. This paved away for Kyle’s present caseload which consists primarily of violent crime and repeat offenders. A true trial attorney, Kyle has obtained jury verdicts for a myriad of crimes including, but not limited to, Murder, Tampering with a Witness, Burglary in the First Degree, Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon Rape in the First Degree, Trafficking of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, Importing Heroin, and Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree.