Bench & Bar September/October 2026

Colton W. Givens is a shareholder at Kerrick Bachert PSC. He joined the firm in 2018 and maintains a general civil litigation practice in its Bowling Green office. Colton is a native of Butler County, Ky., and still resides there today. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Murray State University in 2013, and his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2016. After graduation, Colton completed clerkships with Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell (Ret.) in the Western District of Kentucky and Senior Circuit Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr., in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Colton is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky, and the Sixth Circuit. Colton joined the CLE Commission on July 1, 2023, to NEW CLE COMMISSION CHAIR Colton W. Givins FOR THE DEDICATION AND SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SERVICE OUR COMMISSIONERS BRING TO STRENGTHENING THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN KENTUCKY. We are grateful BY CASSIE H. COOPER KBA DIRECTOR FOR CLE sion Members! ABOUT THE AUTHOR CA S S I E

H . COOPER is the director for continu ing legal education at the Kentucky Bar Asso ciation (KBA). Prior to joining the KBA, she worked

fulfill the remainder of a three-year term that com menced on July 1, 2022. He is now serving in his second term representing the Second Supreme Court District. In addition to his service on the CLE Commission, Colton is active in various other legal and non-profit organizations. He is a past president of the Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association and currently serves as a director of Ken tucky Defense Counsel. Colton is also a past chairperson of the Butler County Extension District Board and currently serves as the organization’s treasurer. Outside the office, Colton enjoys playing bluegrass music, cooking for his friends

at the Kentucky League of Cities as the member education manager and previ ously served as the associate probate judge in Spartanburg, SC. Prior to law school, Cooper spent nine years in the marketing and communications field working for both national and international organizations. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in business administration from Wingate University and was a scholarship athlete on the women’s varsity basketball team. She received her Master of Business Admin istration with an emphasis in marketing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her J.D. from the Charlotte School of Law.

and family, and par ticipating in the Green River Catfish Festival fishing tournament each year.

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