Attorney General Russell Coleman designated Mason County Attorney John Estill to temporarily serve as special commonwealth’s attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit in Bracken, Fleming and Mason counties following the resignation of Kelly Clarke.
Estill will serve as special commonwealth’s attorney until the Gov. Andy Beshear makes an appointment or the voters elect a new commonwealth’s attorney in November. He will be assisted by three assistant commonwealth’s attorneys, one victim advocate and a support staffer.
“I’m grateful John Estill has agreed to take on yet more responsibility in protecting families across now three counties of Mason, Bracken and Fleming. The investigators, prosecutors and appellate attorneys in the Attorney General’s Office stand ready to collaborate with his team however we can to fulfill this responsibility,” Coleman said.
With more than three decades of service, Estill has served as county attorney in Mason County since 1994 and was twice named Kentucky’s Outstanding County Attorney. Estill previously served as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney.
