Mary C. Noble at a glance
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- Former Judge
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- Kentucky Supreme Court
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- Kentucky · State
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Mary C. Noble
Former Judge · Kentucky Supreme Court
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, Kentucky Supreme Court, 2007-present
- In December 2019, Governor Andy Beshear appointed Noble as Secretary of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
- Kentucky Supreme Court Justice (2006–2017): Elected in 2006 to the 5th Supreme Court District, she was re‐elected in 2008
- In 2010, Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. appointed her Deputy Chief Justice, making her the first woman to hold that role
- Fayette County Circuit Judge (1991–2006): Elected in 1991 and re‐elected in 2000, Noble became the first woman to serve two consecutive terms as Chief Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court, one of Kentucky’s original circuit courts
Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law in — J.D. (1981)
- Austin Peay State University — B.A.
Additional information
- Retirement: Noble retired from the bench in January 2017
- She was elected to the court in November 2006 to fill a vacancy and was re-elected to an eight-year term in 2008.
- Practitioner, 2006-2006
- Born March 21, 1949, in Jackson, Kentucky.
- Date of birth: 1949-01-01
- overseeing more than 7,000 employees and agencies including Corrections, Juvenile Justice, and the Kentucky State Police.
- She oversaw major courthouse construction and co‐founded the state’s first drug court program J David Rosenberg College of Law
- She also became the first woman to preside over an oral argument before the Kentucky Supreme Court
- Retired American jurist best known for her service as a Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, Deputy Chief Justice, and Secretary of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
- During her tenure, Noble chaired the Family Court Rules Committee and Juvenile Court Rules Committee, drafting Kentucky’s first procedural rules for these courts.
- She was a member of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals Hall of Fame and played a key role in expanding the state’s drug court program J David Rosenberg College of Law
- Birth place: Jackson
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Sources
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