Catherine D. "Kitty" Kimball
Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
In office
January 12, 2009 – February 1, 2013
Preceded byPascal F. Calogero, Jr.
Succeeded byBernette Joshua Johnson
Member of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Place Five)
In office
January 1, 1993 – February 1, 2013
Preceded byLuther F. Cole
Succeeded byJefferson D. Hughes III
Judge of the 18th Judicial District in Louisiana
In office
1983–1991
Preceded byDan Kimball
Succeeded byJames J. Best
Personal details
Born
Catherine Dick

(1945-02-07) February 7, 1945
Alexandria, Rapides Parish
Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyDemocrat
Independent
SpouseClyde Kimball
Children3
Residence(s)Ventress, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma materLouisiana State University
Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D.)
OccupationJudge; Attorney

Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7, 1945)[1] is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.[2] 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.[3][4]

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.[1]

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.[5]

Legacy

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

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