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# Bill Cunningham

Kentucky Supreme Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Kentucky Supreme Court
- State: Kentucky
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Kentucky Supreme Court, 2006-present
- William Harold Cunningham is an American former prosecutor and former Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court

### Education

- University of Kentucky College of Law in — J.D. (1969)
- Murray State University — B.A.

### Additional information

- He announced he would retire in early 2019
- Justice Bill Cunningham awarded an honorary doctorate at commencement presided over the counties of Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon and Trigg, where he served until being elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2007 and re-elected in 2014.
- Elected to the court in November 2006 to represent the first Appellate District.
- Elected in November 2006 to the 1st Supreme Court District seat.
- Judge, 2005-2005
- Born October 15, 1944.
- Date of birth: 1944-10-15
- Served the court system in several capacities before entering his judicial career.
- See more

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing platform

Scope: statewide

Kentucky Court of Justice publishes statewide instructions for using Zoom to participate in remote court proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: This page provides general instructions about how to use Zoom to participate in a remote court proceeding.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### video voice content sharing

Scope: statewide

Kentucky identifies Zoom as a platform that supports video, voice, and content sharing for desktops, mobile devices, phones, and room systems.

Evidence excerpt: Zoom is a videoconferencing platform that offers video, voice and content sharing for desktops, mobile devices, phones and room systems.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### county login information

Scope: statewide

Kentucky directs parties to obtain specific remote-court login information from the circuit court clerk for the county where they are scheduled to appear.

Evidence excerpt: To request specific login information for your court event, contact the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in the county in which you are scheduled to appear.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4507/bill-cunningham/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4507/bill-cunningham/)
- [Kentucky Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4507/bill-cunningham/)
- [Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4507/bill-cunningham/)
- [Bill Cunningham (Kentucky) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Cunningham_(Kentucky))
- [Justice Bill Cunningham awarded an honorary doctorate at commencement](https://www.murraystate.edu/news/posts/justice-bill-cunningham-honorary-doctorate.aspx)

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