Catherine D. Kimball

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| name = Catherine D. "Kitty" Kimball

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| office = Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

| term_start = January 12, 2009

| term_end = February 1, 2013

| preceded = Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.

| succeeded = Bernette Joshua Johnson

| office2 = Member of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Place Five)

| term_start2 = January 1, 1993

| term_end2 = February 1, 2013

| preceded2 = Luther F. Cole

| succeeded2 = Jefferson D. Hughes III

| office3 = Judge of the 18th Judicial District in Louisiana

| term_start3 = 1983

| term_end3 = 1991

| preceded3 = Dan Kimball

| succeeded3 = James J. Best

| birth_name = Catherine Dick

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|2|7}}

| birth_place = Alexandria, Rapides Parish
Louisiana, U.S.

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|occupation = Judge; Attorney

| residence = Ventress, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, U.S.

| spouse = Clyde Kimball

| children = 3

| party = Democrat
Independent

| alma_mater = Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University Law Center {{small|(J.D.)}}

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}}

Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7, 1945)[http://www.lasc.org/justices/kimball.asp Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619231932/http://lasc.org/justices/kimball.asp |date=2010-06-19 }} biography at Louisiana Supreme Court official website (accessed May 27, 2010) is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.[http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/37376319.html "Kimball to take oath as 1st female chief justice" - 2 The Advocate] 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.[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB477268E915DB8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Kimball to be sworn in to state Supreme Court" - News Library][http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB476EC71D13414&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Judge becomes 4th candidate for Cole's Supreme Court seat" - The Advocate]

Biography

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 is currently a resident of Ventress, Louisiana.

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.[http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/02/louisiana_supreme_court_chief_1.html "Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice released from hospital"], AP in Times-Picayune, February 23, 2010.

Legacy

In 2011, Justice Kimball was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.

References

External links

[http://www.modelsforchange.net/reform-progress/Progress-updates/kimball0.html "Catherine Kimball named Chief Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court" - Models For Change]

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|before=Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.

|title=Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

|years=2009–2013

|after=Bernette Joshua Johnson}}

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|before=Luther F. Cole

|title=Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

|years=1993–2013

|after=Jefferson D. Hughes III}}

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|before=Dan Kimball