| David Buckingham | |
| Office: | Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | April 8, 2019 |
| Term End: | December 11, 2019 |
| Appointer: | Matt Bevin |
| Predecessor: | Bill Cunningham |
| Successor: | Christopher Shea Nickell |
| Office1: | Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals |
| Term Start1: | December 1996 |
| Term End1: | May 1, 2006 |
| Appointer1: | Paul E. Patton |
| Predecessor1: | J. William Howerton |
| Successor1: | Donna L. Dixon |
| Office2: | Judge of the 42nd Kentucky Circuit Court |
| Term Start2: | November 1986 |
| Term End2: | December 1996 |
| Predecessor2: | John Clay Lovett |
| Successor2: | Dennis Ray Foust |
| Office3: | Judge of the 42nd Kentucky District Court |
| Term Start3: | January 4, 1982 |
| Term End3: | November 1986 |
| Predecessor3: | Sid Easley |
| Successor3: | Max Wallis Parker |
| Education: | Murray State University University of Louisville School of Law (JD) |
David Buckingham is a former Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Buckingham graduated from Murray State University in 1974 and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1977.[1] [2]
He began his 29-year judicial career in 1982 as a district judge for the 42nd Judicial District. Following that role, Judge Buckingham served as a circuit judge for the 42nd Judicial Circuit from 1986 to 1996. Judge Buckingham served as a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge from 1996 to 2006 and as the senior judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 2006 to 2010.[1] [2]
Buckingham was one of three candidates to put forth his name for consideration.[3] On March 27, 2019, Governor Matt Bevin appointed Buckingham to the Supreme Court, to the seat vacated by the retirement of Bill Cunningham.[1] [2] Buckingham remained on the court until December 11, 2019, when former Kentucky Court of Appeals judge Christopher S. Nickell, who had won a special election in November 2019, was sworn in.