Stacy Tapke
Biography
Stacy Tapke was first elected as the Kenton County Attorney on November 4, 2014. Prior to her election Stacy worked as an Assistant County Attorney. She is the first woman in Kenton County’s history to hold this office.
Stacy served as President of the Kentucky County Attorney’s Association and as a member of the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) board of directors. In 2022 her peers elected her to serve a two-year term on the Prosecutor’s Advisory Council overseeing the financial administration of the Unified Prosecutorial System. Stacy was appointed by the Kentucky Supreme Court to serve as a member of the Mental Health Commission and currently leads the working groups addressing guardianship and mental health commitments. She also serves on the KACo all lines fund board of directors and in 2023 served on incoming Attorney General Russell Coleman’s transition team. Stacy is a frequent presenter, including training newly elected County Attorneys and speaking at Continuing Education programs.
In 2024 and 2018 the Kentucky Attorney General recognized Stacy as County Attorney of the Year. In 2022 the Kentucky Child Support Commissioner presented her with the Commissioner’s Award in recognition of her work with child support. In 2019 her high school inducted her into the Alumni Wall of Fame and in 2016 she was honored as one of Northern Kentucky's Outstanding Women of the Year.
Stacy and her husband Trey live in Crestview Hills with their two sons, Richard and Teddy.
Experience (Reported Cases)
729, Inc., v. Kenton County Fiscal Court, 515 F.3d 485 (6th Cir. 2008) Summe v. Kenton County Clerk’s Office, 604 F.3d 257 (6th Cir. 2010)
Admitted to Practice
Commonwealth of Kentucky State of Indiana (Inactive) U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth District
Bar & Professional Memberships
Member, Kentucky Prosecutors Advisory Council Past-President, Kentucky County Attorney's Association Member, Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) Board of Directors, 2021-2022 Member, Kentucky Judicial Committee on Mental Health Member, Senate Bill 90 Implementation Council Secretary, Northern Kentucky Bar Association, 2009 Chair, Young Lawyers Section of the Northern Kentucky Bar Association, 2008 Member, Kentucky Bar Association Young Lawyer Section Executive Committee, 2008-2011 Chair, Programming Committee of the Kentucky Bar Association YLS Section, 2009 Chair, Communications Committee of the Kentucky Bar Association YLS Section, 2008 Member, Kentucky Bar Association Convention Planning Committee, 2009 Asst. Province President, Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, 2005-2012 Member, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Civic & Charitable Service
President, LEGACY (now NKYP), 2009 Member, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, 2009-2010 Member,Redwood Foundation, 2009-2021 Member, Redwood Board of Overseers, 2011-2015 Member, Northern Kentucky Forum Board, 2010-2013 Chair, LEGACY Next Generation Leader Awards Program, 2011-2013 Mentor, Holmes High School Mentoring Program, 2005-2006 Secretary, Kenton County Community Corrections Board, 2010-present Member, Kenton County Republican Women’s Club
Awards & Honors
Kentucky County Attorney of the Year, 2018 Received the Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Award, 2016 Leadership Kentucky, Class of 2015 Received the Vision 2015 Young Visionary Award, 2014 Recognized as Forty under 40, presented by the Cincinnati Business Courier, 2013 Received Service to Community Award, presented by the Kentucky Bar Association YLD, 2012 Received the LEGACY (now NKYP) Legend Award 2011 Recognized as a Rising Star by the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, 2009 Leadership Northern Kentucky, Class of 2007
Education
J.D., University of Maryland College of Law (2004) B.A., Purdue University (2000)