34th Judicial Circuit Commonwealth’s Attorney Ronnie Bowling of Corbin has been selected by his peers to serve as president of the Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorneys Association.
Association members also selected Kori Beck Bumgarner as vice-president, Ashton Martin McKenzie as secretary and Kimberly Henderson Baird as treasurer.
“It is a tremendous honor to serve with wonderful people for such a great organization. I’m beyond proud to represent our little corner of Kentucky at the statewide level,” Bowling wrote in a Facebook post.
The purposes of the Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorneys Association is to secure the closer official and personal cooperation among Kentucky commonwealth’s attorneys; service proper legislation for the protection of those whom they serve; promote the independence and discretion of prosecutors in Kentucky; to disseminate information on methods and procedures to prevent, prosecute and combat crimes; and to foster high professional standards of conduct for all prosecutors, according to the organization’s constitution.
Commonwealth’s attorney is the title given to the elected prosecutor of felony crimes in Kentucky. Other states in the United States refer to similar prosecutors as district attorney or state’s attorney, according to the Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorneys Association website.
Commonwealth’s attorneys are elected in their respective jurisdictions for six-year terms. There are 57 commonwealth’s attorneys in Kentucky.
Last year, Bowling was elected to his second term as 34th Judicial Circuit Commonwealth’s Attorney representing Whitley and McCreary counties.
