David Buckingham | |
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Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court | |
In office April 8, 2019 –December 11, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Matt Bevin |
Preceded by | Bill Cunningham |
Succeeded by | Christopher Shea Nickell |
Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | |
In office December 1996 –May 1,2006 | |
Appointed by | Paul E. Patton |
Preceded by | J. William Howerton |
Succeeded by | Donna L. Dixon |
Judge of the 42nd Kentucky Circuit Court | |
In office November 1986 –December 1996 | |
Preceded by | John Clay Lovett |
Succeeded by | Dennis Ray Foust |
Judge of the 42nd Kentucky District Court | |
In office January 4,1982 –November 1986 | |
Preceded by | Sid Easley |
Succeeded by | Max Wallis Parker |
Personal details | |
Education | Murray State University University of Louisville School of Law (JD) |
David Buckingham is a former Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Buckingham graduated from Murray State University in 1974 and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1977. [1] [2]
He began his 29-year judicial career in 1982 as a district judge for the 42nd Judicial District. Following that role,Judge Buckingham served as a circuit judge for the 42nd Judicial Circuit from 1986 to 1996. Judge Buckingham served as a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge from 1996 to 2006 and as the senior judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 2006 to 2010. [1] [2]
Buckingham was one of three candidates to put forth his name for consideration. [3] On March 27,2019,Governor Matt Bevin appointed Buckingham to the Supreme Court,to the seat vacated by the retirement of Bill Cunningham. [1] [2] Buckingham remained on the court until December 11,2019,when former Kentucky Court of Appeals judge Christopher S. Nickell,who had won a special election in November 2019,was sworn in.
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