Updated 06/18/2009
A note from Clerk of Court Jerry D. Truitt

Customer service has been, and always will be, our top priority.  I need to advise you that the Judiciary is experiencing a severe budget crunch.  With two wars and homeland security to fund, the Judiciary is in a fight for every dollar.  As people retire and/or leave our office, we are not always authorized the money to replace them.  This, of course, means the remaining staff has to assume additional duties.  They are doing a great job even with the additional work resulting from BAPCPA.  

Please be patient with us if we are not able to get back to you as timely as before.  We will respond.  

You may already be aware that we are using some videoconferencing for our court hearings in the Ashland and Pikeville divisions.  This reduces our costs for travel, Judges' and staff time, etc. The Judges are allowing counsel to appear in Lexington for the call of a case in these divisions, which we hope is a savings for your clients and you if you practice in Lexington, Louisville, Northern Kentucky, etc. Counsel so desiring to appear in Lexington should contact respective Chambers so security, etc., can be alerted to your appearance  This also applies to the U.S. Trustee's office, but not to the panel trustees.  The Judges want the panel trustees to be at the divisional courtrooms for a docket call.  Please let me know if you have questions.   

Your comments/suggestions on how to improve our website are appreciated and invaluable. This is our vehicle to communicate with the bar and public and we continue our efforts to make our site as user-friendly as possible.  Please don’t ever hesitate to suggest how we can make it better by e-mailing our webmaster.

Electronic Case Filing (ECF) has been a huge success! Thank you for all your positive comments and again for your suggestions on how to improve the system.  Continue to review our website for current information.

Due to increased demand we are offering the debtor attorney training every month.  All other classes are still offered every other month.  If you have not been trained, you may sign up online on our CM/ECF page.  Should new attorneys and paraprofessionals become involved with CM/ECF, please send them to our training rather than trying to train them in-house. CM/ECF is always changing and your new persons will get the most current information/training by attending our training. And it's free.

Again, thanks for your comments/suggestions.

Jerry