William Odis Bertelsman (born January 31, 1936) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
William Odis Bertelsman
Kentucky Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Born 1936 in Cincinnati, OH
FJC ID: 162
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 36/year
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 1979–2001
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
- Salmon P. Chase College of LawAdjunct professor of law · 1989–present
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2005–2006
- Private practice, Newport, Kentucky1962–1979
Lecturer · 1965–1972
U.S. Army captain1963–1964
Appointments
1979–2001 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Education
- J.D. · 1961
- Xavier University, OhioA.B. · 1958