McNeill to be sworn in as Court of Appeals judge
FRANKFORT, Ky. – After winning the election in November, Court of Appeals Judge J. Christopher McNeill will be sworn into office on Friday by Supreme Court of Kentucky Justice Christopher Shea Nickell. The investiture will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Zoom and the public is invited to watch it on the Kentucky Court of Justice YouTube channel.
Judge McNeill has served the 1st Appellate District, Division 1 since April 2020, when he was appointed by the governor to succeed Justice Nickell, who was elected to the Supreme Court in 2019. Judge McNeill will fill that seat’s unexpired term through 2022.
The 1st Appellate District is composed of the commonwealth’s 24 westernmost counties: Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Simpson, Todd, Trigg and Webster.
Judge McNeill previously served the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy for 19 years where he managed the KDPA’s Paducah trial office as directing attorney. He received his juris doctor from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law.
