Ryan Chailland was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2012. Much of his legal career has been practicing law in state government. He first worked as a prosecutor with the Education Professional Standards Board prosecuting teacher misconduct. He then spent many years with the Department of Public Advocacy Post-Conviction Branch litigating for criminal defendants wrongfully […]
Janie Lee Boyd is the prosecutor for Juvenile Public Offense cases. She was born and raised in Floyd County Kentucky, but she’s called Lexington home for over 10 years. She attended Morehead State University and obtained a B.S. in Biology. Janie was a laboratory scientist when she decided to attend the University of Kentucky College
Bethany Thompson is a Morgan County native who took a non-traditional path to her legal career, serving as Active/Guard Reserve in the Kentucky National Guard before graduating from American Military University with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies. After honorable discharge from military service, Bethany served as a Legal Assistant for Kentucky Communications Network Authority,
Alexander Wheeler joined our team in the beginning of 2024. He graduated from the University of Kentucky J.D. Rosenberg College of Law in 2020 after graduating from the University of Kentucky undergraduate program in 2015. During law school Alexander clerked at a local defense firm as well as multiple personal injury firms. Upon graduation he
Brian G. Powell is a 2014 graduate of the Capital University Law School. He is admitted to the bar of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Federal Court of the United Sates District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The first eight years of Brian’s legal practice were in civil litigation primarily representing clients
Daniel O. Mullen is an Assistant County Attorney in Fayette County. Originally from Western Kentucky, Daniel has been in Lexington for ten years and joined the Fayette County Attorney’s Office in November of 2022. During his undergraduate career at the University of Kentucky, Daniel earned a B.A. in Political Science while minoring in both History
Karema Eldahan is a native of Middlesboro, Kentucky. She graduated from American University in Washington, D.C. with a B.A. in Law & Society and a concentration in Arabic language. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law. Prior to joining the Office of the Fayette County Attorney, Karema worked as a
Lindsay Perdue – Lindsay is originally from Lexington, Kentucky. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Relations in 2008. In 2013, she earned her Juris Doctorate from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. After law school, she worked as an attorney with Legal Aid
R. Lee Greenup Lee Greenup was born and raised in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He graduated from Transylvania University, read postgraduate British history and government at Exeter College, Oxford and earned a J.D. from the University of Kentucky. He returned to his hometown of Paris, Kentucky and practiced for sixteen years, focusing on criminal defense. In October
Charles “Sam” Finley grew up in the small town of Manchester, Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. in history and a minor in geography in 2008. He received his law degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law in May, 2011. Throughout law school, Sam worked as a prosecution intern at