Catherine D. Kimball

Catherine D. Kimball is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. 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.

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 worked as a sole practitioner from 1975 - 1982 and as ADA from 1978 - 1982.
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. At that time she was a resident of Ventress, Louisiana.
She retired from the Louisiana Supreme Court bench in January 2013; she was succeeded by Judge Jefferson D. Hughes, III.

Legacy

In 2011, Justice Kimball was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
She has received the CASA Association President’s Award and Judge of the Year Award.