Charles R. Simpson, III
(1945- )
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| Date of Birth |
- July 8, 1945, Cleveland, Ohio
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| Education |
- University of Louisville, B. A., 1967
- Phi Delta Epsilon
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Editor, University of Louisville newspaper, The Cardinal, 1965-1966
- University of Louisville, J. D., 1970
- Phi Alpha Delta
- Staff, The Louisville Lawyer
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| Private Practice |
- Rubin, Trautwein & Hays, Louisville, Kentucky, 1971-1975
- Levin, Yussman & Simpson, Louisville, Kentucky, 1975-1977
- Private Practice , Louisville, Kentucky, 1977-1986
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| Judicial Experience |
- Judge, U. S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 1986-present
- Chief Judge, U. S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 1994-2001
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| Judicial Committees & Activities |
- Judicial Conference of the United States, 2006-present
- Committee on International Judicial Relations, 2004-present; President, 2008-
- Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, 1996-2002
- Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, 1994-2001
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| Government Service |
- City Attorney, City of Druid Hills, Kentucky, 1977-1984
- Part time staff counsel to the Jefferson County Judge/Executive, 1978-1984
- Administrator, Jefferson County Alcoholic Beverage Control, 1983-1984
- City Clerk, City of Rolling Fields, Kentucky, 1985-1986
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| Professional Associations |
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Board of Directors, 1981, 1992-1993
- Federal Judges Association
- American Judges Association
- Master, Louis D. Brandeis American Inn of Court
- Louisville Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2000-2005
- University of Louisville Law Alumni Council, Board of Directors, 2000-present
- Member, Standing Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees, U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 1977-1986
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| Civic & Other Activities |
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Louisville, Inc., Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Legal Committee, 1982-1989
- Guest Lecturer in law at the following institutions
- Krasnoyarsk State University (Russia)
- Russian Legal Academy (Moscow)
- University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- Moscow State University
- Russian Academy of Justice (Moscow)
- Ivanovo State University (Russia)
- Volgograd Academy of State Service (Volgograd, Russia)
- Rostov Judicial Academy (Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
- Krasnodar Law Academy (Krasnodar, Russia)
- Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka (Rijeka, Croatia)
- Faculty of Law at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Faculty of law, Faculdades Metropolitanas Paulistas University (San Paulo, Brazil)
- Brazilian Society of Public Law (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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| Honors and Awards |
- Waggener High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame, 1996
- Outstanding Alumnus of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, 1999
- Louisville Bar Association Judge of the Year, 2000
- Kentucky Bar Association Outstanding Judge, 2005
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