David Louis Bunning (born 1966) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Bunning is the son of former Republican Senator Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher who represented Kentucky in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2011.
David L. Bunning
Kentucky Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Born 1966 in Fort Thomas, KY
FJC ID: 2919
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 24/year
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 2002–
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
Eastern District of KentuckyAssistant U.S. attorney · 1991–2002- U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of KentuckyLaw clerk · 1991
Appointments
2002–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1991- University of KentuckyB.A. · 1988