Charles Ralph Simpson III (born July 8, 1945) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Charles Ralph Simpson III
Kentucky Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Born 1945 in Cleveland, OH
FJC ID: 2196
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2/year
Kentucky Western District Court · 1986–2013
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2006–2007
- Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky1971–1986
- Rolling Fields, KentuckyCity clerk · 1985–1986
- Jefferson County [Kentucky] Judge/ExecutivePart-time staff counsel · 1978–1984
- Jefferson County [Kentucky]Alcoholic beverage control administrator · 1983–1984
Appointments
1986–2013 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- University of Louisville School of Law (now Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)J.D. · 1970
- University of LouisvilleB.A. · 1967