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Christopher Nickell
Justice, Kentucky Supreme Court · 1st District
Background: Nickell practiced law for 22 years before his election to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. He was a trial attorney, prosecutor, public defender, and an instructor at Murray State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
At a glance
- Court
- Kentucky Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- 1st District
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- December 11, 2019
- Current term ends
- January 6, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: DePauw University, 1981
- Law: University of Kentucky College of Law, 1984
- Prior offices
- Kentucky Court of Appeals 1st Division 1 (2007 - 2019)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Christopher Nickell’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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