Karl Spillman Forester (May 2, 1940 – March 29, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Karl Spillman Forester
Kentucky Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Born 1940 in Harlan, KY
Died 2014 in Lexington, KY
FJC ID: 780
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 64/year
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 1988–2014
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
- Private practice, Harlan, Kentucky1966–1988
Appointments
1988–2014 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1966- University of KentuckyB.A. · 1962