Kentucky's Department of Public Advocacy Trial Division Director, George Sornberger

Each year, the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy trial division provides service to over 90,000 indigent individuals accused of crime and facing a hearing or a trial. The division is led by the Trial Division Director, George Sornberger. He has regional trial managers for the Capital Trial Branch and the Northern, Bluegrass, Eastern, Central, Western and Jefferson Regions.

The division consists of trial public defenders, investigators, mitigation specialists, clerks, paralegals, social workers and secretaries who support the representation efforts in the 26 full-time trial offices covering one or more counties.

These 8 trial leaders have been doing public defender work with DPA for a combined 115 years. They provide leadership and perspective with their years of criminal defense experience.

Each of the full-time offices works in partnership with private criminal defense attorneys by contracting with attorneys in private practice to provide conflict representation.