Celebrating 200 Years

Catherine D. Kimball (born 1945)

Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, December 31, 1992 – December 31, 2008

Chief Justice, January 1, 2009 to January 31, 2013

Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, February 7, 1945 • Graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria, 1963 • Juris Doctorate degree, Louisiana State University, 1970 • Law Clerk, United States District Court, 1970 • Special Counsel, Office of Louisiana Attorney General, 1971-73 • General Counsel, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, 1973-1981 • Solo practitioner, 1975-82 • Assistant District Attorney, 18th Judicial District, 1978-82 • Judge, 18th Judicial District Court, 1982-92, Chief Judge, 1990-92 • Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1992 • Re-elected 1998 and 2008 • Sworn in as Chief Justice, January 1, 2009 • Chaired Louisiana Supreme Court’s Case Management Information System Task Force, Louisiana Supreme Court Technology Committee, Judicial Budgetary Control Board, and Southeast Louisiana Criminal Justice Recovery Task Force’s Justice Subcommittee, Vice-Chair of Juvenile Justice Implementation Commission • Inducted into Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame, 2006 • Louisiana CASA Judge of the Year Award, 2008 • LSU Women’s Center Esprit de Femme Award, 2009 • Married since June 1967 to Clyde W. Kimball • Mother of Catherine, Kevin and Lyria, and grandmother of six grandchildren •