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Stephen Chad Meredith
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Active service.
Confirmed 48 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- June 23, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 30, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 11, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 48 to 45
- Confirmed
- October 23, 2025
- Commissioned
- November 3, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1981, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. John M. Rogers, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2007-2008
- Law clerk, Hon. Amul R. Thapar, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 2008-2009
- Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 2009-2011
- Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky, 2011-2015
- Chief deputy general counsel, Gov. Matt Bevin, Kentucky, 2015-2019 (title changed to solicitor general, 2019)
- Solicitor general, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 2019-2021
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021-2025
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