Kentucky Court Report - SCOKY & COAKY

KUDOS: Indiana Law Blog still number one at Blawgsearch; but we're still in the TOP TEN (at no. FIVE) out of 2200+ law blogs. Hoorah!

This weeks current rankings among the nations most popular legal blogs is a nice warm and fuzzy for me, and a good reminder that a blog with the law and nothing but the law without fanfare, frivolity, and funny stuff can still attract an audience.  

The Kentucky Court Report aka Kentucky Cases comes in this week as NUMBER 5 and Number 14 currently for ALL TIME.  But let us not forget kontinued kudos for our northern neighbor at the Indiana Law Blog where Marci Oddi remains Queen of the Hill.  See, http://blawgsearch.justia.com/  - Blawgsearch.

And as always, I thank each and every one of you for the kontinued kindness and support you have shown me over these years through the ups and downs and the changes in our formula.  Without you, this blog would be nothing more than a tree falling in the woods with nobody there.  All noise, no substance.

Thanks.  Mike Stevens.

KBA: Attorney John Meyers New Executive Director Ky Bar Association

FRANKFORT — Lexington attorney John D. Meyers is the new executive director of the Kentucky Bar Association, replacing Jim Deckard, who resigned to return to private practice in February.

Meyers was selected after a four-month search. He has been the association’s interim executive director and director of its continuing legal education program.

In making the announcement, KBA President Charles E. “Buzz” English, Jr., of Bowling Green, said Meyers’ knowledge of the association and his solid working relationship with KBA members statewide will allow him to serve the KBA with vision and versatility.

A native of Lexington, Meyers is a graduate of Lafayette High School. He received a bachelor of science degree from Purdue University and a law degree from the University of Kentucky college of Law. He is married to Janie Fergus, also of Lexington.

JUDICIAL VACANCIES: 2nd Circuit, 1st Division

While perusing the AOC web site's JUDICIAL VACANCIES page, I noted that they still have posted those vacancies in which the deadline has passed but there is a new announcement hidden amongst the old. 

Plus, the links did not work on Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 3:50 pm.

Here are the links should they return on line:

2nd Circuit, 1st Division
Notice (49KB-PDF)
Questionnaire (19KB-PDF)

AOC NEWS: 2009 Pretrial Services Conference, Louisville, June 28-July 1

2009 Pretrial Services Conference, Louisville, June 28-July 1

The 2009 Pretrial Services Conference is open to participants from the Kentucky Court of Justice and from outside the state court system. Presenters include Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr. and four nationally known speakers. Sessions will cover such topics as supervising clients, creating service plans and understanding courtroom procedures.
Conference Brochure (289KB-PDF)
Registration Form (153KB-MS Word)

AOC Monthly Summaries of Decisions for SCOKY and COA are on-line

Good news for me, for our digesters, and our readers.

The Kentucky Supreme Court and the Kentucky Court of Appeals are posting monthly digests of their opinions/decisions which are available on line in PDF format.  A very useful service that apparently started a few months ago and which I did not notice until just recently.  In fact, I "borrowed" some of their summaries into these pages the past few weeks (with credit of course).

In light of this development, I will need to reconsider the focus of this blog and its content.  At a minimum, I will continue with posting minutes and published decisions as before (and will probably at a category for the monthly summaries). 

Any comments, suggestions would be appreciated.  Take a look at the monthly summaries (links at the bottom) and let me know if you think they are sufficient and/or would rather our editors continue their digests (which are a little more detailed)

There is absolutely no need to duplicate the efforts of others.

In fact, with the appellate courts preparing these digests, it may open the door to more analysis by the editors; or I can simply copy, paste, and credit the work to make it more readily and rapidly available.

The AOC site is getting more useful by the day.  Now, if we can just get those videos converted to streaming video and available at our convenience rather than "live" in the middle of our work days when we are at court, depositions, and places other than in front of our computers.

Here are the links to the past summary pages (containing publised and nonpublished cases):

• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals

Needless to say, I am very much appreciative and supportive of this development since I have been editing and digesting these decisions for over five years in Louisville Law pages, the Louisville Law Wire, and now on the Kentucky Court Report.  I love it when my tax dollars are at work!

UPCOMING AOC EVENTS

November 13, 2008
Guardian ad Litem Training Seminar

November 14, 2008
Court Records Retention Committee to meet in Frankfort

November 19, 2008
Jefferson County Commission on Racial Fairness Meeting

November 21, 2008
Guardian ad Litem Training Seminar

NEWS: Monthly "zip" file of "Most Recent Supreme Court" Decisions

AOC offers the most recent Supreme Court decisions (published and unpublished) in a "zipped" file for each month.

You can now download quickly and easily ALL the decisions matching up to the most recent minutes in one fail swoop.  The zip file is downloaded to your computer, and then you will need an 'unzipping' program (several on the market, many shareware and/or free or low cost) to unzip the file which saves each decision by "case number" onto your hard drive.

The zip file can be found at the search page at http://apps.kycourts.net/Supreme/SC_Opinions.shtm.

Click here to download a zip file of the most recent Supreme Court opinions.

This feature has been up for a few months, but alas Iwas too busy to follow through and read.

As always, I would suggest archiving these to a separate page similar to those for minutes so each month's decisions could be access separately for those with a need or a bent for this kind of research (usually bloggers, law publishers, and other odd sorts).

Until they do so, we will try and download the zip file and post it monthly with links.

TEST:  HERE IS THE FILE IT IS 27.1 MB!http://www.louisvillelaw.com/SCOKY/2008.05.MostRecentSupremeCourtOpinions.zip

NEWS: U.S. Chief Justice Roberts appoints Kentucky Chief Justice Lambert to national Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction

U.S. Chief Justice Roberts appoints Kentucky Chief Justice Lambert to national Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction

U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has appointed Kentucky Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert to serve on the Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

NEWS: Hon. Lisabeth Hughes Abramson's Investiture at Capitol on Oct. 26

The following invitation has been extended to the bar and public by Justice Abramson:

You are cordially invited to the Formal Investiture of Hon. Lisabeth Huges Abramson as Justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.

Where: Chambers of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, Second Floor, State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Reception follows the ceremony.

COURT WEEK AT SCOKY

For those who wonder about the Kentucky Supreme Court's schedule, the Supreme Court meets one week per month (excluding July). 

          

This week is known as Court Week.  The typical Court Week calendar has the justices conferencing on Monday and Tuesday.  Oral arguments are typically heard on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, at 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. 

             

The October Court Week began this past Monday, and  the Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday and Friday (Thursday the justices are scheduled to swear-in new attorneys).

UPDATED:  HERE IS A DIRECT LINK TO THE PAGE AT UK COLLEGE OF LAW FOR THE LIVE ARGUMENTS.  http://www.uky.edu/Law/news/07_10_23_KYSupremeLIVE.html.