Joseph Lambert (judge)

Joseph Lambert
Kentucky Supreme Court
In office
November, 1986  October 5, 1998
Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court
In office
October 5, 1998  2008
Personal details
Born 1948
Alma mater Georgetown College

Joseph E. Lambert (born 1948) is a former Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Born in Berea, Kentucky, Lambert received a B.S. from Georgetown College in 1970 and was a staff member for United States Senator John Sherman Cooper in Washington, D.C. from 1970-1971. He received a J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1974, and thereafter served as a law clerk for Rhodes Bratcher of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, in Louisville. Lambert entered private practice in Mount Vernon, Kentucky in 1975.

Lambert was first elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court in November, 1986, representing the 3rd Supreme Court District. On October 5, 1998, he became Chief Justice. He served on the court until 2008.

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