Office of Legal and Audit Support Services

The office, headed by the General Counsel to the Auditor of Public Accounts, represents the State Auditor and her office's several departments in all legal matters. This office also coordinates the production, retention, distribution, and disposition of all records and reports created and maintained by the Auditor's Office. Each report issued, numbering in the hundreds annually, must be disseminated to various public officials and agencies, published, and archived. Office of Legal and Audit Support Services also handles the legal review and response of the various Open Records Requests received by the office.

General Counsel: Bob McBeath

Bob McBeath Bob McBeath has practiced law for 27 years. He began his career as a Law Clerk for former Chief Justice John S. Palmore at the Kentucky Supreme Court, where he also later served as Staff Counsel and Supreme Court Administrator. After a seven year stint in in the private sector abroad as an international law practitioner, he returned to public service in Kentucky. He is an 11-year veteran with the Auditor of Public Accounts, where he previously served as General Counsel and more recently served as Legal Counsel. A Kentucky native, he received his undergraduate degree from Stetson University and law degree from the University of Louisville.