Meet Capital Court Authority

History of CCA

Capital Court Authority, LLC is a Court Alternative, Drug Testing, eLearning and Electronic Monitoring Provider headquartered in Frankfort, Kentucky, that was created and opened on January 2, 2014. This multi-faceted business builds on twenty one (21) years of experience in State and Federal Court systems to provide for incarceration alternatives, laboratory testing for drugs and alcohol, insurance monitoring, community service programs, private probation, and workplace and pre-employment substance use testing.

The owner and founder of the company, Kyle Thompson, is a former prosecutor, previous General Counsel for the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, and a Certified Regulatory Investigator. The company currently monitors and reviews the court obligations and testing requirements for more than three thousand (3,000) individuals in more than thirty (30) counties and jurisdictions.

After less than nine (9) short years, CCA has become the largest private probation company in Central Kentucky and the largest provider of judicial drug testing services in the Commonwealth with offices in five (5) locations, serving thirteen (13) court jurisdictions. The Company works by the philosophy of "Love God, Love People" meaning that every person deserves respect and dignity, no matter their status or position in life. Many of our clients credit Capital Court Authority and the caring staff in this organization as the reason they are alive today, even though we all know we are just tools that are hopefully in the right place at the right time. Each member of the company simply tries to help save one (1) more person each day from the hell and suffering they are going through in their personal cycles of addiction, abuse, and poverty. CCA is much bigger than just a drug testing provider. We assist our clients with jobs, housing, rehabilitation, and clothing.

Our job is a mission bestowed on each employee with great responsibility to help our communities to simply be better and healthier.

Meet the Staff

Kyle Thompson

Founder, Director of Operations,
and Legal Counsel

A native of Frankfort, Kentucky, Kyle is a 1994 graduate of Franklin County High School. Mr. Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with an emphasis in Racial and Political Tolerance and a Minor in History from the University of Kentucky in 1998. After his undergraduate studies, Kyle Thompson graduated from Ohio Northern University, College of Law in 2001 where he was honored as a member of the Order of the Barristers and a Top Oral Advocate at the school, competing in, and winning, a number of Moot Court competitions. Mr. Thompson passed the Kentucky Bar Examination in 2001 and has been practicing law in Frankfort for nearly twenty-one (21) years. A former Assistant Franklin County Attorney and General Counsel for the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, Mr. Thompson opened his own law firm over fifteen (15) years ago and focused his practice on domestic, criminal, insurance, personal injury, and administrative law. Kyle Thompson is licensed and has argued before the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. In 2010, Mr. Thompson was sworn into practice by Chief Justice John Roberts before the United States Supreme Court. In 2020, Mr. Thompson was elected for the first time to Frankfort City Commission. He is married to Jennifer Thompson (Vest). The couple have five (5) children between them and are active members of their church and community.

Jen Thompson

Deputy Director of Finance

Jen was born and raised along the Country Music Highway in FLATWOODS, KY where she may or may not have been neighbors and BEST BUDS with Billy Ray Cyrus!!!! After graduating from Russell High School, she attended Eastern Kentucky University on a FULL academic scholarship and graduated with High Distinction with a Dietetics degree in Health Science. Jen’s first job was at the University of Kentucky Hospital where she managed the food service operations for all patients in the 790- bed hospital and Markey Cancer Center. In this position, she managed over 50 employees in the day-to-day operations of the business. While there, she raised patient satisfaction scores to highly satisfied, which was the first time in over 20 years of conducting patient surveys. Jen left UK and went to the Frankfort Regional Medical Center as the Clinical Nutrition Manager. There she managed the clinical nutrition needs of the patient population, from the intensive care unit to the outpatient surgery center. COMPLETELY unknowing, worked a few feet from the gift shop that was owned and operated by Kyle Thompson and his parents, Tom and Leslie Thompson. She left FRMC and became the clinical dietitian with the Commonwealth of Kentucky at the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs. In this rewarding position, Jen was able to work with special needs population clients to meet their individual nutritional situations. Her specialty area was feeding infants born with cleft lip and palate and was asked to train others throughout the state on the skills and techniques developed. Jen and her family moved from Lexington to Frankfort in 2011, and at that time had ZERO clue she was living one neighborhood over from her future husband! She stayed with the Commonwealth of KY, but became the Manager of the Child and Adult Care Food Program. This program, with its budget of $3 million per year, would provide funds to daycares based on their compliance with a federal meal plan. This program’s funds were distributed to daycares per meal, per income level, per student, monthly, and Jen’s team would educate and audits these daycares who participated in the program. In 2015, Jen began working in her current position on the management team for the Commissioner of Employee Insurance, which, unbeknownst to her, just happens to be 4 BUILDINGS DOWN from her future husband’s office building on Main Street (they had yet to meet though). Y’all, we can’t make this stuff up!!! In this role, her focus is the wellness benefits for the members of the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan. Jen manages the vendor relationships of various contracts, including implementation of new vendors for the health plan. She is the point person for providing information to other Cabinets and to the Governor’s office as requested. en has 2 children of her own, and 3 additional bonus kids with her husband of almost 2 years. She loves being outside and in the sunshine in any capacity! Her favorite place is on a beach somewhere!

Supervisors

Fayette County Office

Steve Noble

Steve, joined Capital Court Authority in June of 2022 as a caseworker for the Lexington Office. Previously
he attended Eastern Kentucky University where he studied Criminal Justice and later Geography. He has over 16 years of experience with local law enforcement. In addition, he ran a Home Incarceration Program for 9 years that was responsible for compliance with electronic monitoring and drug testing for District and Circuit Courts.

Franklin County Office

Jeana McCarty

Originally grew up in West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky, and graduated from Morgan County High School in 2004. She is married to Brandon McCarty and I have three wonderful little boys. She has struggled with addiction in the past. She was actually the first person in Morgan County to have Casey’s Law used to assist them in getting help. After two years of active addiction, she started a new life in Frankfort, Kentucky where she was given a second chance at CCA. She enjoys working here so much because she can help people by sharing her own story of addiction, recovery, and redemption. She does not ever want one of our clients to feel judged when walking through the doors of this office. And that is why she loves her CCA family.

Harrison County Office

Randy Jones

Joined CCA in February of 2021 as the Supervisor for the company’s first office opened in
Lexington. After a year and a half of establishing the footprint of CCA in Fayette County, he assumed
duties in the expansion of CCA into Harrison County as the Supervisor of the Cynthiana office and
Probation Supervisor for Harrison, Robertson, Nicholas, and Pendleton Counties. Prior to the beginning his a career with CCA, Randy retired from the LFUCG Division of Community Corrections
at the rank of Captain after twenty-six years of service. At the time of his retirement, Randy was one of two Nationally certified Internal Affairs Investigators in the field of Corrections for the state of Kentucky. Randy is married, with two sons, and a daughter, and has four grandchildren.

Shelby County Office

Felicia Harris

Felicia Harris joined CCA October 2018. Ms. Harris is the Probation Supervisor and Court Liaison for the Shelbyville Office. She also serves as the Company Brand Ambassador and Company Training & Development Supervisor. Ms. Harris is an Army Veteran from the KY National Guard as a Master Vehicle Instructor. She has an extensive history in Community Corrections and enjoys finding resources and solutions for difficult situations. She enjoys spending her time mentoring, teaching, and caring for others. Ms. Harris continues her
education in Human Services, majoring in community health and substance use disorders.

Scott County Office

Brandon Horseman

I began my career with Capital Court Authority in July 2019 as a Caseworker in the Shelbyville, Ky office. In early 2020, after taking an interest in the Home Incarceration Program that we offer to the Courts I was given the opportunity to become the Electronic Monitoring Supervisor for the entire company. I was Promoted to the Georgetown Office Supervisor in August 2020 and have maintained those positions since. I really enjoy helping the Courts and the Community as much as I can.
My background was in Corrections, in which I served 9 years with Fayette County Detention Center and 1
year with Franklin County Regional Jail. This was a very challenging job and I felt as though this was no
longer the profession for me. I wanted to help people in a different capacity, which is why I believe I was drawn to Capital Court Authority.

Case Workers

Ella Balbuena

Shelbyville Case Worker and Translator

Stacy Bishop

Cynthiana Case Worker

Court Liaison for Harrison, Pendleton, Nicholas, and Robertson counties

Justin Boler

Frankfort Case Worker

Allie Bryant

Georgetown Probation Case Worker

Ingrid Crutcher

Lexington Case Worker

Dylan Hanshaw

Lexington Case Worker

Landon Hurst

Senior Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director

Grady Lee

Part-Time Case Worker

Matthew Lee

Shelbyville Case Worker and Device Specialist

Tracy Mattox

Financial Assitant

Laura Pratt

Executive Book Keeper

Intern Hall of Fame

CCA is one big family and just because our interns are only with us for a short time that doesn't mean we can't highlight them too. Our interns keep us young and make the offices so much more fun.

2020 Intern

Amy Maloney

My name is Amy Maloney and I graduated from Franklin County High School in 2015. I went on to continue my education at Eastern Kentucky University where I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Management with a focus on Risk Management and Insurance in 2019. I was Kyle’s first intern at CCA and I loved it. I learned something new every day. I also got experience working with people in our community who were struggling with substance abuse. I still remember certain individuals and love seeing where they are now thanks to the help CCA provided. I am now working as an Account Executive for middle to large commercial accounts at a large insurance brokerage in Lexington. While my current career is very different from the services provided by CCA, the experience I gained from interning at CCA helped me become the employee I am today.

2020-2021 Intern

Caleb Frazee

I graduated from Franklin County High School in 2021. I am now a sophomore at Georgetown College where I am studying Business Administration. What I liked about working at CCA, is that I learned it’s a blessing to watch people get a second chance at a better life while working at CCA during the 2020-2021 school year.

2020-2021 Intern

Carter Gilbert

I worked at CCA in 2020-2021. I’m going to graduate from Frankfort High in 2023. I am working as a maintenance guy at TFCA and I plan to page in the House of Representatives. What I liked about CCA was the fact that all my coworkers were helpful, and easy to work with.

2021 Intern

Sophia Booze

I am a 2022 Graduate of Franklin County High School and I plan on pursuing a career in Fire and EMS here in Frankfort. My favorite part of working at Capital Court Authority was being able to see people step up and want to better themselves. I worked at CCA in 2021!

2022-2023 Intern

Anastasia Panaretos

I am a senior at South Oldham and will be graduating in 2023. I am planning on a career in Marketing and Business Analytics. I am working for CCA during the 2022-2023 school year. CCA is a great place to work. The staff is amazing and so welcoming and by working within the community you are able to give back in so many different ways.