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Following is a list of persons who have served as justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court in its various forms since ... Chief Justice end John R. Grace: 1895: 1896: B ...
Laurance Browning VanMeter (born August 28, 1958) is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court from 2023 to 2025. He was elected to the court in 2016. He was elected to the court in 2016.
John D. Minton Jr. (born March 19, 1952, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) [1] is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court from 2008 to 2023. [2] Minton was elected to the Supreme Court on July 24, 2006, to fill a vacancy created by Justice William S. Cooper, who retired on June 30, 2006. [ 2 ]
Justice Born Joined Term ends Appointed by Law school 5th Laurance B. VanMeter, Chief Justice August 28, 1958 (age 66) February 7, 2017: 2024 — [a] Kentucky: 3rd Debra H. Lambert, Deputy Chief Justice – January 7, 2019: 2026 — [a] Kentucky: 6th Michelle M. Keller: 1960 (age 64–65) April 3, 2013: 2030 Steve Beshear (D) [b] Northern ...
Lambert is a Bell County native, who has worked at the appellate, state and local levels of the justice system. Lambert elected as first woman Kentucky Supreme Court chief justice, replacing ...
The Kentucky Court of Justice is headed by the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth. The chief justice is appointed by and is an elected member of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. The current chief justice is John D. Minton Jr. Unlike federal judges, who are usually appointed, justices serving on Kentucky state courts are chosen by the electorate in ...
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
The 2024 Kentucky Supreme Court election was held in the 5th district of the Kentucky Supreme Court on November 5, 2024. The court consists of seven justices elected in nonpartisan elections to staggered eight-year terms. District 5, composed of eight counties in the Lexington area, [a] was the only district up for election in 2024.