Debra H. Lambert

Debra Lambert
Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 6, 2025
Preceded byLaurance B. VanMeter
Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
Preceded byDaniel J. Venters
Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
In office
January 5, 2015  January 7, 2019
Preceded byMichael Caperton
Succeeded byJonathan Spalding
Judge of the 28th Kentucky Circuit Court
In office
September 1, 1999  January 1, 2007
Preceded byCircuit created by 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517
Succeeded byWalter F. Maguire
Personal details
SpouseJoseph Sharpe
EducationEastern Kentucky University (BA)
University of Kentucky (JD)

Debra Hembree Lambert is an American lawyer who has served as the chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court since 2025; serving concurrently as a justice since 2019. She previously served as a judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 2015 to 2018.