Angela C. Evans — Fayette County Attorney​

Angela C. Evans has spent her life standing up for people. From her early days on her high school speech team to her work in courtrooms, council chambers, and community spaces across Kentucky, she has built a career defined by personal conviction, professional compassion, and an unwavering belief in fairness.

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A proud Lexington native, Angela has dedicated more than two decades to serving the public — as a lawyer, policymaker, council member, and now as Fayette County Attorney, where she made history in 2022 as the first African American to hold the office in Kentucky.

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Putting People First — Always

Angela is not driven by titles or being the first to reach them. She is, above all, a civil servant. Guided by her belief in one standard of justice for all, she has worked to transform the County Attorney’s Office into a fairer, more forward-thinking institution — one committed to:

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• strengthening public trust,

• promoting accountability and transparency, and

• supporting evidence-based strategies that keep every Lexington neighborhood safe.

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For Angela, smart prosecution creates safer communities, and moral prosecution creates a fairer society. Her approach focuses on justice that protects individual rights, addresses community needs, and recognizes the inherent worth of every person — regardless of identity, income, or zip code.

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A Career Built on Service, Not Status

Angela’s path through public service is deep and wide. She previously served three elected terms as the 6th District Council Member on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Council — becoming only the second woman of color ever elected to that body. Known for her even tone and thoughtful candor, Angela earned national attention in 2018 when she urged her colleagues to relocate Confederate statues from downtown Lexington, leading to an invitation to appear on MSNBC Live with Hallie Jackson to discuss how the city navigated a difficult issue with civility.

 

Her bipartisan public-sector experience includes serving as:

 

• General Counsel to Secretary of State Trey Grayson,

• Assistant Attorney General under Jack Conway, and

• Legal Director, partner, and owner of a local law firm.

 

Her work has also had global reach: Angela served as an expert meeting editor for the United Nations Criminal Justice Handbook Series after time spent in Uganda working with the Zion Project.

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A Grounded Commitment to Social Justice

Angela’s dedication to equity is rooted in her early education in social work at Clark Atlanta University, an HBCU shaped by its role in the Civil Rights Movement. Her work as a public defender and her service on Lexington’s Homeless Prevention and Intervention Board further strengthened her understanding of how poverty, trauma, and lack of access to resources can shape a person’s life.

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Those experiences — combined with legal training at the University of Tennessee and a Master of Public Policy from Princeton University, where she was a John L. Weinberg Mid-Career Fellow — give her an unmatched combination of legal, policy, and community expertise.

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Justice With Dignity. Leadership With Heart.

Throughout her career, Angela has lived by a simple principle: treat others the way you want to be treated. Her life’s work is rooted in service and in solving the complex problems that affect people’s daily lives — from access to shelter and food to fair treatment in courts and government systems.

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As Fayette County Attorney, she remains committed to ensuring that every citizen is treated equally and justly under the law. Her focus is not on being the first, but on doing what is right — protecting individual rights, strengthening public trust, and leading with integrity.

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Angela C. Evans stands for a safer, fairer Lexington — one where justice is guided by both accountability and compassion.