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  • Name: Laurie Givens

    Job Title: Director

    Company Name: Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts

    Bio: As director of the Administrative Office of the Kentucky Courts, Laurie K. Givens oversees nearly 3,400 court employees and serves 406 elected justices, judges and circuit court clerks. She administers the $392 million Judicial Branch budget, drafts and promotes passage of legislation affecting the courts, and works with officials at the state, national and county levels. Since being named director in 2009, Director Givens has adapted the AOC's organizational structure to meet the current needs of the courts. She relocated the AOC from a leased facility to a modern building owned by the commonwealth. Under her leadership the AOC has made groundbreaking changes to its pretrial release process and helped implement penal code and juvenile justice reform. The AOC's comprehensive KYeCourts project includes offering eFiling and CourtNet 2.0 statewide and new trial and appellate case management systems.

    Bio 2: She is currently president of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA), vice-chair of the National Center for State Courts Board of Directors, co-chair of the CCJ/COSCA Government Affairs Committee, vice-chair of the COSCA Court Statistics Committee, member of the CCJ/COSCA Criminal Justice Committee and was the vice-chair of the National Task Force on Fines, Fees and Bail Practices for the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and COSCA. She's also a member of the National Association for Court Management. She is a 2012 alumna of the prestigious Toll Fellowship Program. Director Givens previously served as executive director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy and as a staff attorney in the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. She focused on constitutional law, employment law, administrative law and commercial and residential real estate law during nine years in private practice at three law firms in Kentucky and South Carolina.

    Bio 3: She graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in 1991 and a juris doctor in 1994. She is a native of Somerset, Ky., and currently resides in Frankfort, KY.