Louis D. Kelly is the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Kentucky’s 54th Judicial Circuit consisting of Boone and Gallatin Counties. In this role, he is the Chief felony prosecutor in Kentucky’s 4th largest judicial circuit containing more than 140,000 people and handling approximately 1,100 cases each year.
Prior to taking office he was a partner at Adams, Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, PLLC where practiced in the firm’s Civil Litigation and Government practice groups representing numerous public and private entities in a variety of legal actions in both State and Federal Court on issues ranging from Civil Rights, Whistleblower Actions, Workers’ Compensation, Harassment, and Discrimination claims.
Louis has given presentations to several regional and national groups including: the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the Kentucky Public Library Association, the Kentucky League of Cities, the Kentucky Association of Counties, and the Kentucky Public Human Resources Association.
He has been appointed to serve on numerous boards and commissions including the Kentucky Corrections Commission, Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force, the Northern Kentucky Area Development District, the City of Florence Board of Adjustment, and the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee where he served as Chair.
Admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 2007, Louis is a member of the Kentucky and the Northern Kentucky Bar Associations. He received his B.B.A. from the Carol Martin Gatton School of Business at the University of Kentucky in 2001 and his J.D. from NKU Chase College of Law in 2007.
Louis resides in Union, Kentucky with his wife and two children.
