Debra H. Lambert
Debra Lambert | |
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| Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Laurance B. VanMeter |
| Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office January 7, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel J. Venters |
| Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | |
| In office January 5, 2015 – January 7, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Caperton |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Spalding |
| Judge of the 28th Kentucky Circuit Court | |
| In office September 1, 1999 – January 1, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Circuit created by 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 517 |
| Succeeded by | Walter F. Maguire |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Joseph Sharpe |
| Education | Eastern 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.