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Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham is retiring early next year.
According to Kentucky Today, Justice Cunningham announced Thursday he will step down from the high court February 1, 2019. Cunningham has represented the First Supreme Court District since November 2006. Cunningham was re-elected to another term in 2014. Justice Cunningham and Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr., are the longest-serving members of the Court.
When he made the announcement Thursday, Cunningham said “Sometimes duty requires us to go on. Sometimes duty requires us to go home. The most important part of being anywhere is knowing when to leave.”
Cunningham’s retirement from the Supreme Court brings an end a more than 40-year career in public service. Cunningham served as Eddyville City Attorney from 1974 to 1991, public defender for the Kentucky State Penitentiary from 1974 to 1976.
He served as 56th Circuit Commonwealth’s Attorney from 1976 to 1988. He served as 56th Circuit Judge from 1992 until he joined the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2007.
