Judge Brian Crick, who represents the 45th Judicial District of Kentucky, died December 11, 2021, in the tornadoes which cut a swath of destruction across the Commonwealth. He was an elder at Sacramento Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) in McLean County. The 45th Judicial District consists of McLean and Muhlenberg counties. Brian’s wife and three children survived. According to Ballotpedia, Brian was elected in 2010 and re-elected without opposition in 2014 and 2018. He received his undergraduate degree from Western Kentucky University and earned his JD from the Salmon P. Chase School of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 2004. He served as a staff attorney for the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy before entering private practice in 2008.