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Justice Catherine D. Kimball: Timeline

Timeline of Important Dates

1945   born in Alexandria on February 7

1970   Graduated with law degree from Louisiana State University; Law Clerk to Judge Nauman S. Scott, United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana

1971   Special Counsel to Attorney General 

1973   General Counsel, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice 

1975 - 82  Sole Practitioner in New Roads

1978    Assistant District Attorney, 18th JDC

1982    District Court Judge, 18th JDC

1990    Chief Judge, 18th JDC

1992    Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court

1998    Re-elected without opposition

2009    Chief Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court

2013    retires from Louisiana Supreme Court

A black and white photograph of Kimball