Edward Huggins Johnstone

Edward Huggins Johnstone served as a judge for the Western District of Kentucky from 1977 to 2013. Johnstone was born on April 26, 1922 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and grew up in Paducah, Kentucky. He served in World War II as a US Army sergeant in the 9th Infantry Division. Following the War, he attended University of Kentucky College of Law and received his juris doctorate in 1949. Johnstone then settled in Princeton, Kentucky, where he practiced law until 1976. During these years, he was named city attorney for Princeton and neighboring towns of Kuttawa and Fredonia; judge for the Princeton Kentucky Police Court (1954-1969); and Judge for the Fifty-Sixth Judicial Court (1976-1977). President Jimmy Carter nominated Johnstone on August 25, 1977 to serve as a judge for the Western District Court, to a seat vacated by Judge James F. Gordon. The Senate confirmed his nomination on October 7, 1977. Johnstone served as a chief judge from 1985 to 1990 and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1991 to 1993. He assumed senior status on October 22, 1993 and continued to serve in that capacity until his death on June 26, 2013.