Debra Hembree Lambert
- Current office
- Chief Justice of Kentucky (since January 2025); Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court, 3rd District (since 2019)
- Occupation
- Chief Justice of Kentucky
Background
- Lambert was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court from the 3rd District in November 2018 and began a four-year term as Chief Justice on January 7, 2025. source: kycourts.gov
- Lambert was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 2014. source: kycourts.gov
- Lambert was appointed circuit judge, Family Court Division, for the 28th Judicial Circuit (Lincoln, Pulaski and Rockcastle counties) in 1999. source: kycourts.gov
- Lambert earned a bachelor's degree from Eastern Kentucky University and a law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1989. source: kycourts.gov
- Lambert has served as an assistant commonwealth's attorney, city attorney for Mount Vernon, and in private practice in Mount Vernon. source: kycourts.gov
- Lambert chairs the Kentucky Judicial Mental Health Commission (appointed 2022). source: kycourts.gov
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