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# Jeremy M. Mattox

Kentucky 14th Judicial Circuit Court · Chief Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Kentucky 14th Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Kentucky
- Role: Chief Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing platform

Scope: statewide

Kentucky Court of Justice publishes statewide instructions for using Zoom to participate in remote court proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: This page provides general instructions about how to use Zoom to participate in a remote court proceeding.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### video voice content sharing

Scope: statewide

Kentucky identifies Zoom as a platform that supports video, voice, and content sharing for desktops, mobile devices, phones, and room systems.

Evidence excerpt: Zoom is a videoconferencing platform that offers video, voice and content sharing for desktops, mobile devices, phones and room systems.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### county login information

Scope: statewide

Kentucky directs parties to obtain specific remote-court login information from the circuit court clerk for the county where they are scheduled to appear.

Evidence excerpt: To request specific login information for your court event, contact the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in the county in which you are scheduled to appear.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Bourbon.aspx)
- [Official roster](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Bourbon.aspx)
- [Kentucky Court of Justice official judicial roster](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Bourbon.aspx)
- [Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Chief Circuit Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit, elected by peers in 2018
- Serves as Chief Administrative Judge for the circuit

### Education


### Additional information

- The Chief Circuit Judge of Kentucky’s 14th Judicial Circuit, serving since 2017, and presiding over general jurisdiction trial cases in Bourbon, Scott, and Woodford counties
- supports infrastructure projects, including the new Scott County Hall of Justice
- Prior to judicial service, Mattox was in private legal practice in Georgetown, KY, and earlier as an attorney in Paris, KY
- overseeing judicial administration in Bourbon, Scott, and Woodford counties
- Mattox has participated in Leadership Kentucky, attended the National Computer Forensics Institute for digital evidence law, and has been involved in multiple judicial training programs
- Active in state judicial leadership: Member of the Kentucky Corrections Commission Parole Board Nominating Committee Bluegrass Region Representative on the Circuit Judges Executive Committee Kentucky Court of Justice Legislative Committee Vice Chairman of the Scott County Project Development Board for the new justice center