Lisabeth Hughes Abramson

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Lisabeth Hughes Abramson
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Current Court Information:
Kentucky Supreme Court
Title:   Justice
Service:
Appointed by:   Gov. Ernie Fletcher
Active:   2007-2014
Preceded by:   William McAnulty
Past post:   Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals
Past term:   2006-2007
Past post 2:   Judge, 30th Judicial Circuit
Past term 2:   1999-2006
Personal History
Undergraduate:   University of Louisville, 1977
Law School:   University of Louisville School of Law, 1980

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Lisabeth Hughes Abramson is an associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. She was sworn in as a justice of the court on September 10, 2007, after being appointed by Governor Ernie Fletcher. She represents the state's 4th Supreme Court district. Her current term expires in 2014.[1]

Education

Abramson received her B.A. in English from the University of Louisville in 1977 and her J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1980.[2]

Career

Awards and Associations

Associations

  • Past president, University of Louisville School of Law Alumni Council
  • Master, Louis D. Brandeis Inn of Court
  • Trustee, Kentucky Judicial Form Retirement System Board[1]

Elections

2008 election

Justice Abramson successfully ran for re-election on November 4, 2008 against challenger Jim Shake. She won 55% of the vote to retain her seat. [3]

Notable rulings

Dad's paternity dissent

Justice Abramson is one of three justices that dissented from the Kentucky Supreme Court's 4-3 decision to deny a biological father access to his son. Justice Abramson said the majority was wrong in their assertion that the boy in question is better off not knowing who is father is, until a time appointed by his mother and her husband. "Our world is full of inconvenient truths. We accomplish nothing for families, the broader community and our justice system when we deny those truths." she wrote.[4]

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