Louisville lawyers select 2005 Judge of the Year Award
Hon. Thomas Russell was awarded the 2005 "Judge of the Year" at this years Bench and Bar Dinner of the Louisville Bar Association.
Judge Thomas Russell graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1970. He was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky in 1994 and has served as a Federal Judge for 11 years.
He was defined by his nominators as illustrating the “best of our profession.” In a recent editorial, The Courier Journal praised him for his courage in ruling in a manner that protected “constitutional safeguards” provided by the Fourth Amendment.
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