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Catherine D. Kimball, known as Kitty Kimball (born February 7, 1945),〔(Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball ) biography at Louisiana Supreme Court official website (accessed May 27, 2010)〕 is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.〔("Kimball to take oath as 1st female chief justice" - 2 The Advocate )〕 She began her judicial career in her native Alexandria, Louisiana, as a law clerk to Judge Nauman Scott of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Formerly a Democrat, Kimball is listed in 2015 as a registered Independent voter by the office of Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catherine Kimball, February 1945 )〕 In 1992, Kimball carried all twelve parishes in the Louisiana Supreme Court Fifth District, including St. Landry and East Baton Rouge, to become her state's first female Supreme Court justice. She was an associate justice from 1993 to 2009, when she was elevated to Chief Justice, a position she held until her retirement in 2013. In 1983, she succeeded her husband's uncle, Dan Kimball, to become the first woman elected to the 18th Judicial District Court for Iberville, Pointe Coupee, and West Baton Rouge parishes.〔("Kimball to be sworn in to state Supreme Court" - News Library )〕〔("Judge becomes 4th candidate for Cole's Supreme Court seat" - The Advocate )〕 ==Biography== Kimball was the only daughter of five children born to an Alexandria couple. She graduated in 1963 from Bolton High School in Alexandria. In 1966, Kimball graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. In 1970, she received her Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Law Center, also in Baton Rouge. Her husband, Clyde Kimball, also an LSU graduate, is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and a former deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The couple first lived in New Roads, where in the 1970s she practiced law and was an assistant prosecutor. The couple now reside in Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish. They have three grown children.〔 They are Roman Catholic.〔 On January 10, 2010, Justice Kimball had a stroke and underwent post-stroke rehabilitation therapy at the Neuromedical Rehabilitation Hospital in Baton Rouge until her release five weeks later.〔("Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice released from hospital" ), AP in ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', February 23, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catherine D. Kimball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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