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Joseph H. McKinley, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Senior status since June 9, 2019.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- May 24, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 18, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), August 4, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- August 11, 1995
- Commissioned
- August 14, 1995
- Senior status
- Since June 9, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1954, 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
- Private practice, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1979-1991
- Commissioner, Kentucky Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 1982-1990
- Assistant county attorney, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1985-1987
- Hearing officer, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, 1990-1991
- Judge, Kentucky Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, First Division, 1992-1995
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