Bill Cunningham (judge)

Bill Cunningham
Cunningham in 2016
Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court
In office
January 1, 2007 – February 1, 2019
Preceded byWilliam Graves
Succeeded byDavid Buckingham
Judge of the 56th Kentucky Circuit Court
In office
January 6, 1992 – January 1, 2007
Preceded byWillard B. Paxton
Succeeded byC. A. Woodall III
Commonwealth's Attorney for
the 56th Kentucky Circuit Court
In office
November 1976 – January 4, 1988
Preceded byCircuit created by 1976 (ex. 1) Ky. Acts ch. 14
Succeeded byG. L. Ovey Jr.
Personal details
Born
William Harold Cunningham

(1944-10-15) October 15, 1944 (age 79)
Eddyville, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePaula Trull
ChildrenJoe, John, David, Luke, and Joshua Cunningham
ResidenceKuttawa, Kentucky
Alma materMurray State University (BA)
University of Kentucky (JD)

William Harold Cunningham (born October 15, 1944)[1] is an American former prosecutor and former Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was elected to the court in November 2006 to represent the first Appellate District. He announced he would retire in early 2019.[2]

  1. ^ Trigg Co, Kentucky Veterans Turner Publishing Company; 2002
  2. ^ "Cunningham To Step Down From Kentucky Supreme Court". www.wkms.org. December 28, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2020.