Lou Anna Red Corn

Lou Anna Red Corn is in her 31st year as a prosecutor and is the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Kentucky, (Fayette County). Lou Anna was appointed by Governor Matt Bevin in 2016, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of long-time Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Larson.

Prior to her appointment, Lou Anna worked as an Assistant Fayette County Attorney for 30 years, and served as Larson’s Deputy since 2006. Before becoming a prosecutor Lou Anna was an Assistant Public Advocate (public defender) in Eastern Kentucky, and worked briefly in civil practice.

Lou Anna is a trial attorney. In her career as a prosecutor she has tried more than 225 felony cases, including 51 homicides. Some of the more notable cases include Shane Ragland for the sniper-style killing of UK football player Trent Diguiro; Leonard Neinabor, a Catholic priest who sexually abused parish children over several decades; and Donald Southworth for the murder of his wife Umi. Most recently, she prosecuted Mark Taylor for the kidnaping and murder of UK Chef Alex Johnson.

Lou Anna is an advocate for all victims of crime, but takes a special interest in child victim cases, especially child fatalities from inflicted head trauma, child sexual abuse and child exploitation through electronic solicitation and child pornography. Lou Anna help establish the Fayette County Child Sexual Abuse Multi Disciplinary Team (1989), which still serves as a model for other teams statewide. Lou Anna continues to facilitate the team’s meetings. She was one of the principal authors of the state’s first model protocol for child sexual abuse multi disciplinary teams and was a coauthor of the Kentucky Attorney General’s Child Sexual Abuse Manual in 2003. She has trained for the Kentucky State Police, the Lexington Police Department, and the Department of Criminal Justice Training. She is also a founding and current board member of the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, Inc., having served as both treasurer and secretary.