Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7, 1945)Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball
biography at Louisiana Supreme Court official website (accessed May 27, 2010) is the retired Chief Justice of the

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. She was also the first woman elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court, in 1992. Before that, in 1983, she was the first female judge in the 18th Judicial District.

Biography

Kimball was born in

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, and is married to Clyde W. Kimball, a former Louisiana state representative and deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. A graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria, she received her J.D. from the

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in 1970. She is currently a resident of

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. Kimball had a stroke on January 10, 2010 and underwent post-stroke rehabilitation therapy at the Neuromedical Rehabilitation Hospital in

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until her release on February 19, 2010."Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice released from hospital"
AP in ''

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'', February 23, 2010.

Legacy

In 2011, Justice Kimball was inducted into the

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