FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Newly elected Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Christopher Shea Nickell will be sworn in during a formal ceremony in Frankfort next week.
Nickell, who was elected in November to fill the vacancy resulting from Justice Bill Cunningham’s retirement in February, was sworn in Nov. 24 in Paducah by Cunningham. His investiture ceremony is set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Supreme Court Courtroom in Frankfort. Kentucky Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. will administer the oath of office.
Nickell will serve the 1st Supreme Court District, which is made up of 24 western Kentucky counties.
He has been a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge for the past 13 years.
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