Debra Hembree Lambert

Lambert received her bachelor's degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 1983 and her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1989.[4]

Lambert began her legal career practicing law in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, while also serving as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney and as city attorney for the city of Mount Vernon. In 1999, Gov. Paul E. Patton (D) appointed her as a family court judge for the 28th Circuit Court. While serving as a family court judge, she created the first drug court in the area. In 2007, Lambert returned to private practice until her election to the court of appeals in 2014.[5]

Lambert was a judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, representing the 3rd Appellate District, Division 1, from 2015 to 2018.

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