David Buckingham (judge)

David Buckingham is a former Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.

David Buckingham
Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court
In office April 8, 2019 – December 11, 2019
Appointed by	Matt Bevin
Preceded by	Bill Cunningham
Succeeded by	Christopher Shea Nickell
Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
In office December 1996 – May 1, 2006
Appointed by	Paul E. Patton
Preceded by	J. William Howerton
Succeeded by	Donna L. Dixon
Judge of the 42nd Kentucky Circuit Court
In office November 1986 – December 1996
Preceded by	John Clay Lovett
Succeeded by	Dennis Ray Foust
Judge of the 42nd Kentucky District Court
In office January 4, 1982 – November 1986
Preceded by	Sid Easley
Succeeded by	Max Wallis Parker
Personal details
Education	Murray State University University of Louisville School of Law (JD)

Education

Buckingham graduated from Murray State University in 1974 and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1977.^[1][2]

State judicial career

He began his 29-year judicial career in 1982 as a district judge for the 42nd Judicial District. Following that role, Judge Buckingham served as a circuit judge for the 42nd Judicial Circuit from 1986 to 1996. Judge Buckingham served as a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge from 1996 to 2006 and as the senior judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 2006 to 2010.^[1][2]

Appointment to Kentucky Supreme Court

Buckingham was one of three candidates to put forth his name for consideration.^[3] On March 27, 2019, Governor Matt Bevin appointed Buckingham to the Supreme Court, to the seat vacated by the retirement of Bill Cunningham.^[1][2] Buckingham remained on the court until December 11, 2019, when former Kentucky Court of Appeals judge Christopher S. Nickell, who had won a special election in November 2019, was sworn in.