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Courts of Kentucky include: Kentucky Court of Justice. Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975, [1] judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following: [2] Kentucky Supreme Court [3] Kentucky Court of Appeals [4] Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits ...
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 Debre H. Lambert, the commonwealth's first woman to serve in the position.
She was elected as a state judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals for the 6th appellate district in November 2006, defeating rival Owen Kennedy by 63% to 37%. [ 4 ] The Governor of Kentucky Steve Beshear appointed Keller to the Supreme Court of Kentucky in April 2013, to replace retired justice Wilfrid Schroder . [ 2 ]
In remembrance of Mullins, flags at all Kentucky Court of Justice facilities will be lowered to half-staff through Monday. ... Matt Butler, commonwealth’s attorney for the county, earlier also ...
The Kentucky Court of Justice is aware of the “tragic” incident in Letcher County, the court said in a statement on Facebook. ... Matt Butler, commonwealth’s attorney for Letcher County, ...
Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John Minton announced the assembly of the new commission Thursday. Here’s what the commission will look at, plus what it’s empowered to do.
Justice District Began active service End of active service; Boyce G. Clayton: 1st: 1976: 1983 John S. Palmore: 2nd: 1976: 1983 Pleas Jones: 3rd: 1976: 1979 Marvin J. Sternberg
First openly lesbian female (family court): Shelley Santry in 2022 [19] First African American (female) (Chief Judge; Kentucky Court of Appeals): [20] Denise G. Clayton in 2023; First African American female (Kentucky Supreme Court): Pamela R. Goodwine in 2024 [21] First female (Chief Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court): Debra H. Lambert in 2025 [22]