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# Lisabeth Hughes Abramson

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, Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 2014-present
- Judge, Kentucky Supreme Court, 2007-present
- Lisabeth Hughes Abramson (later Lisabeth Tabor Hughes) is an American jurist best known for her service as a Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court — 2007–2023
- Kentucky Court of Appeals: Judge 1997–1998 and again from 2006
- Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, Hirn Doheny Reed & Harper (partner from 1994), and Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice (founding partner from 1996)

### Education



### Additional information

- Practitioner, 2006-2006
- Born in Marion, Kentucky in 1955 and raised in Princeton, Hughes obtained a B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from the University of Louisville in 1977, and a J.D., magna cum laude, in 1980 from the University of Louisville School of Law, where she was Executive Editor of the law review and named Outstanding Graduate
- Date of birth: 1955
- She also appeared before the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Kentucky Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and various federal and state courts
- Notable work: During her tenure, she authored over 100 appellate opinions, including the highly cited Brown v
- Birth place: Marion

## 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/4497/lisabeth-hughes-abramson/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4497/lisabeth-hughes-abramson/)
- [Kentucky Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4497/lisabeth-hughes-abramson/)
- [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/4497/lisabeth-hughes-abramson/)
- [Hon. Lisabeth Hughes Abramson](http://www.citizensforbetterjudges.org/abramson.htm)
- [Wikidata: Lisabeth Hughes Abramson](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16146052)

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