David Allen Barber
{{Short description|American justice}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2021}}
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| name = David Allen Barber
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| office = Kentucky Supreme Court
| term_start = {{Start date|2015|3|23}}
| term_end = {{End date|2015|12}}
| nominator =
| appointer = Steve Beshear
| predecessor = Will T. Scott
| successor = Samuel T. Wright III
| alma_mater = University of Louisville School of Law
| education = Juris Doctor
| nationality = American
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David Allen Barber was a justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court from March 23, 2015, to December 2015 for the 7th district.{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court Justice David A. Barber to be sworn in Monday |url=https://www.lanereport.com/45980/2015/03/supreme-court-justice-david-a-barber-to-be-sworn-in-monday/ |access-date=12 July 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court Justice David Allen Barber |url=http://courts.ky.gov/courts/supreme/Pages/barber.aspx |access-date=12 July 2020 |date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911011246/http://courts.ky.gov/courts/supreme/Pages/barber.aspx |archive-date=September 11, 2015 }}
Education
He obtained a degree in communication in 1960 from University of Louisville, followed by a masters is speech communication in 1991 from the University of Illinois, then he obtained his Juris Doctor in 1994 from the University of Louisville School of Law.{{cite web |title=David Allen Barber |url=https://ballotpedia.org/David_Allen_Barber |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
Legal career
Barber was admitted to the Kentucky Bar Association on the May 7, 1981.{{cite web |title=David A. Barber |url=https://www.kybar.org/member/David_Barber |website=Kentucky Bar Association |access-date=29 August 2022}}
He served from 2000 until 2007 on the Kentucky Court of Appeals court for the 7th district, and had also worked as an attorney in both public and private practice. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Louisville School of Law.
Barber was appointed by Kentucky governor Steve Beshear to fill the vacant seat that the resignation of Will T. Scott had left.{{Cite web |title=David Allen Barber appointed Supreme Court justice |url=https://www.lanereport.com/45175/2015/03/gov-beshear-appoints-david-allan-barber-supreme-court-justice/ |access-date=12 July 2020}} The position was only until elections in November of the same year, when Samuel T. Wright III won the position, Barber did not run.{{Cite web |title=November 3, 2015Official 2015 General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2015/2015%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf |website=elect.ky.gov |access-date=12 July 2020}} Prior to the appointment he had been working as policy and legal advisor to Greg Stumbo.
In 2018 he ran for the Kentucky Court of Appeals but was defeated by Larry E. Thompson who gained 53.9% of the vote.{{cite web |title=Kentucky intermediate appellate court elections, 2018 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_intermediate_appellate_court_elections,_2018 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=29 August 2022 |language=en}}
In 2020 governor Andy Beshear appointed Barber to be circuit judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit, Division 2, of Kentucky.{{cite news |title=Beshear makes appointments to Ky. boards and commissions |url=https://www.lanereport.com/125505/2020/05/beshear-makes-appointments-to-ky-boards-and-commissions/ |access-date=29 August 2022}}
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Category:Justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court
Category:University of Louisville School of Law alumni