FRANKFORT, Ky., March 11, 2019 – The Judicial Nominating Commission, led by Chief Justice of Kentucky John D. Minton Jr., today announced nominees to fill the judicial vacancy on Fayette County Circuit Court. Fayette makes up the 22nd Judicial Circuit and the vacancy is in the circuit’s 4th Division.
The three nominees for the Circuit Court judgeship are attorneys John Edwards Reynolds, Erin C.S. Izzo and Thomas M. Todd, all of Lexington.
Reynolds served as a Fayette County Circuit Court judge from January 23, 2018-Nov. 21, 2018, after having been a solo attorney in private practice for 18 years. He earned his juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Erin C.S. Izzo has been an attorney in private practice with Landrum Shouse since April 2011 and has been an assistant adjunct professor in litigation skills at the University of Kentucky College of Law since fall 2011. She earned her juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
Todd is a member attorney in private practice with Kinkead Stilz, where he has worked since September 2007. He earned his juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
The judicial seat became vacant when Judge Pamela R. Goodwine was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in November 2018.