List of justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court
Following is a list of persons who have served as Justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court since its formation in 1975.
| Justice | District | Began active service |
End of active service |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Calvin Aker | 3rd | 1979 | 1986 |
| Walter Arnold Baker | 2nd | 1996 | 1996 |
| David Allen Barber | 7th | 2015 | 2015 |
| David Buckingham | 1st | 2019 | 2019 |
| Boyce G. Clayton | 1st | 1976 | 1983 |
| Dan Jack Combs | 7th | 1989 | 1993 |
| Sara Walter Combs | 7th | 1993 | 1993 |
| Robert B. Conley | 7th | 2021 | Incumbent |
| William S. Cooper | 2nd | 1996 | 2006 |
| Bill Cunningham | 1st | 2007 | 2019 |
| William Fuqua | 1st | 1995 | 1995 |
| William Gant | 2nd | 1983 | 1991 |
| William Graves | 1st | 1995 | 2006 |
| John J. Hara | 6th | 1981 | 1983 |
| Lisabeth Tabor Hughes | 4th | 2007 | Incumbent |
| Martin E. Johnstone | 4th | 1996 | 2006 |
| Pleas Jones | 3rd | 1976 | 1979 |
| James E. Keller | 5th | 1999 | 2006 |
| Michelle M. Keller | 6th | 2013 | Incumbent |
| Nicholas King | 4th | 1995 | 1996 |
| Debra H. Lambert | 3rd | 2019 | Incumbent |
| Joseph Lambert | 3rd | 1987 | 2008 |
| Charles M. Leibson | 4th | 1983 | 1995 |
| Robert O. Lukowsky | 6th | 1976 | 1981 |
| William E. McAnulty Jr. | 4th | 2006 | 2007 |
| John D. Minton Jr. | 2nd | 2006 | Incumbent |
| Christopher S. Nickell | 1st | 2019 | Incumbent |
| Mary C. Noble | 5th | 2007 | 2016 |
| John S. Palmore | 2nd | 1976 | 1983 |
| Scott Elgin Reed | 5th | 1976 | 1979 |
| Charles H. Reynolds | 2nd | 1991 | 1996 |
| John C. Roach | 5th | 2005 | 2006 |
| Wilfrid Schroder | 6th | 2007 | 2013 |
| Will T. Scott | 7th | 2004 | 2013 |
| Thomas B. Spain | 1st | 1991 | 1995 |
| Samuel Steinfeld | 4th | 1975 | 1975 |
| Robert F. Stephens | 5th | 1982 | 1999 |
| James B. Stephenson | 7th | 1976 | 1989 |
| Marvin J. Sternberg | 4th | 1976 | 1983 |
| Janet Stumbo | 7th | 1993 | 2004 |
| Roy N. Vance | 1st | 1983 | 1991 |
| Laurance B. VanMeter | 5th | 2017 | Incumbent |
| Daniel J. Venters | 3rd | 2008 | 2019 |
| John D. White | 3rd | 1986 | 1987 |
| Donald C. Wintersheimer | 6th | 1983 | 2006 |
| Samuel T. Wright III | 7th | 2015 | 2021 |
Prior to the formation of the current Kentucky Supreme Court, the highest court in the state was the Kentucky Court of Errors and Appeals. Justices of this court include:
- Felix Grundy (1805–1807, Chief Justice in 1807)
- Thomas Todd (1801–1807, Chief Justice 1806–1807)
- Ninian Edwards (1806-1809), Chief Justice 1808)
- George M. Bibb, Chief Justice in 1808 and again 1827-1828
- John Boyle (1809-1826), Chief Justice 1810-1826 (or 1825)
References
- Justices of Kentucky's Highest Court: The Court of Appeals (1792-1975) & Supreme Court (1976-present), University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law