Kerry B. Harvey (Murray State University, University of Kentucky College of Law) is nominated to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He would replace Bush holdover James A. Zerhusen, who has served as the U.S. Attorney for the district since January 2008.

His vitals:

• Born in Madisonville, Ky., in 1957.
• Has been general counsel and acting inspector general for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Frankfort, Ky., since 2008.
• Was a partner at Owen, Harvey & Carter in Benton, Ky., from 1991 to 2008.
• Worked on Kentucky Gov.-Elect Steve Beshear’s transition team for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in 2007.
• Was on the board of directors of Hopfed Bankcorp, Inc. & Heritage Bank, Inc. in Hopkinsville, Ky. from 2001 to 2008.
• Was a director at CBT Corporation (now U. S. Bank) in Paducah, Ky., from 1994 to 1998.
• Was a director at United Commonwealth Bank, F.S.B. (now U.S. Bank) in Murray, Ky., from 1992 to 1998.
• Was a director at BMC Bancorp, Inc. and The Bank of Marshall County (now U. S. Bank) in Benton, Ky., from 1989 to 1994.
• Served as the Marshall County Attorney from 1986 to 1994.
• Was on the board of directors of the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce from 1985 to 1988.
• Worked as an adjunct instructor in business law at Murray State University in 1984.
• Was an adjunct instructor in legal writing at University of Kentucky College of Law in 1983.
• Worked as an adjunct instructor in remedies at University of Louisville School of Law in 1983.
• Was an associate at Brown, Todd & Heyburn (now Frost Brown Todd) in Louisville, Ky., from 1982 to 1984.
• Clerked for Shaw, Spangler & Roth in Denver in 1981.
• Clerked for the state prosecutor in the Commonwealth Attorneys Office in Murray, Ky., in 1980.
• Worked as a claims service representative for Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. in Mayfield Village, Ohio, from 1978  to 1979.
• Has tried approximately 75 cases to verdict.

Click here for his full Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire.

UPDATE: On his Senate Judiciary financial disclosure he reports assets of $2,787,4oo mostly from securities, cash and municipal bonds. Harvey also reports no liabilities.

On his Office of Government Ethics financial disclosure he reports an income of $188,215 from the Commonwealth of Kentucky for 2008 and most of 2009. Harvey also reports $4,575 in director fees from Hopefed Bancorp, Inc., $13,225 in partnership income from Owen, Harvey & Carter and $49,338 in LLC icome from Dealer Fiance of Western Ky., LLC.

President Barack Obama tapped five lawyers to lead U.S. Attorney’s offices in Louisiana, West Virginia, Kentucky and New York, the White House announced today.

They are:

-Stephanie Finley (Western District of Louisiana): She has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana since 1995. Finley would succeed Donald Washington, who stepped down as U.S. Attorney this week to enter private practice.

-R. Booth Goodwin (Southern District of West Virginia): He has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia since 2001. Goodwin would replace U.S. Attorney Charles T. Miller.

David Hale (Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice)

-David Hale (Western District of Kentucky): He has been an attorney at Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice since 1999 Hale previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. Hale would succeed David Huber, who resigned as U.S. Attorney in January 2o09. Read more about the nominee here.

-Kerry Harvey (Eastern District of Kentucky): He has been the general counsel and acting inspector general of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services since 2008. He previously was a partner at Owen, Harvey, and Carter.

Loretta Lynch (Hogan & Hartson)

-Loretta Lynch (Eastern District of New York): She is a former U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of New York. She served from 1999 to 2001, after nine years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. She is currently a partner at Hogan & Hartson. Read more about her here.