Chad Meredith | |
|---|---|
| 1st Solicitor General of Kentucky | |
| In office 2019–2021 | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Matt Kuhn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lexington,Kentucky |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relations | Stephen Meredith (father) |
| Education | Washington and Lee University (B.A.) University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D.) |
Stephen Chad Meredith [1] (known professionally as Chad Meredith) is an American lawyer who served as solicitor general of Kentucky from 2019 to 2021. He is currently a nominee for United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Meredith is currently a partner at the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs. [2]
A native of Lexington,Kentucky,Meredith is the son of Stephen Meredith,a member of the Kentucky Senate. Meredith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Washington and Lee University in 2004. While at Washington and Lee,Meredith was inducted as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies. [3] He earned his Juris Doctor,summa cum laude and Order of the Coif,from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2007. [4] [5]
Meredith is a member of the Federalist Society. [4]
After law school,Meredith served as a law clerk for Judge John M. Rogers and Judge Amul Thapar before joining Frost Brown Todd as a litigator. He later worked for Ransdell &Roach before joining the administration of Governor Matt Bevin in 2015 as chief deputy general counsel. In December 2019,Attorney General Daniel Cameron appointed Meredith as the commonwealth's first solicitor general,a position he would continue to hold until 2021. [6]
In 2020,Meredith was vetted to possibly be nominated by President Donald Trump to the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky following the elevation of Judge Justin R. Walker to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. However,Meredith was passed over in favor of Benjamin Beaton. [7]
In late-June 2022,it was reported that President Joe Biden would nominate Meredith to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. [8] The nomination announcement was originally scheduled for June 24,the same day the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision was released. The plan to nominate Meredith,which was struck between Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,was criticized due to Meredith's anti-abortion stances. [9] [10] Despite McConnell's support,the nomination was never formally put forward by Biden in accordance with the blue slip rule due to opposition from Senator Rand Paul. [11]
On June 18,2025,President Trump announced his intention to nominate Meredith to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to a seat vacated by Senior Judge Danny C. Reeves. The nomination was formally transmitted to the United States Senate on June 23,2025,and is currently pending before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. [12] [13] Senator Paul has stated he will support Meredith's nomination despite his previous opposition in 2022. [11]
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