Jennifer Lynne Burcham Coffman (born January 8, 1948) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Jennifer B. Coffman
Kentucky Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Born 1948 in Union City, TN
FJC ID: 467
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 4/year
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 1993–2013Kentucky Western District Court · 1993–2013
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky1977–1993
Adjunct instructor · 1979–1981
Appointments
1993–2013 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
1993–2013 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- J.D. · 1978
- University of KentuckyM.S. · 1971
- University of KentuckyB.A. · 1969