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Catherine D. "Kitty" Kimball | |
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Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court | |
In office January 12, 2009 –February 1, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Pascal F. Calogero,Jr. |
Succeeded by | Bernette Joshua Johnson |
Member of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Place Five) | |
In office January 1,1993 –February 1,2013 | |
Preceded by | Luther F. Cole |
Succeeded by | Jefferson D. Hughes III |
Judge of the 18th Judicial District in Louisiana | |
In office 1983–1991 | |
Preceded by | Dan Kimball |
Succeeded by | James J. Best |
Personal details | |
Born | Catherine Dick February 7,1945 Alexandria,Rapides Parish Louisiana,U.S. |
Political party | Democrat Independent |
Spouse | Clyde Kimball |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Ventress,Pointe Coupee Parish,Louisiana,U.S. |
Alma mater | Louisiana State University Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D.) |
Occupation | Judge;Attorney |
Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7,1945) [1] is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. [2] She was also the first woman elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court,in 1992. Before that,in 1983,she was the first female judge in the 18th Judicial District. [3] [4]
Kimball was born in Alexandria,Louisiana,and is married to Clyde W. Kimball,a former Louisiana state representative and deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. A graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria,she received her J.D. from the Louisiana State University law school in 1970.
She worked as a sole practitioner from 1975 - 1982 and as ADA from 1978 - 1982. [5]
Kimball had a stroke on January 10,2010 and underwent post-stroke rehabilitation therapy at the Neuromedical Rehabilitation Hospital in Baton Rouge until her release on February 19,2010. [6] At that time she was a resident of Ventress,Louisiana. [1]
She retired from the Louisiana Supreme Court bench in January 2013; [5] she was succeeded by Judge Jefferson D. Hughes,III.
In 2011,Justice Kimball was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. [5]
She has received the CASA Association President’s Award and Judge of the Year Award. [7]