Karl Spillman Forester
Senior Judge, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1988-d.2014
Karl Spillman Forester served as a judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1988 to 2014. Forester was born on May 2, 1940 in Harlan, Kentucky. He received a bachelor?s degree from the University of Kentucky in 1962 and a law degree from the UK College of Law in 1966. Following law school, Forester settled into private practice in Harlan until 1988. President Ronald Reagan nominated Forester on March 30, 1988 to serve as a judge on the Eastern District Court, to a seat newly authorized by 71 Stat. 586. The Senate confirmed his nomination on July 26, 1988. Forester assumed senior status on May 2, 2005 and served in that capacity until his passing on March 29, 2014.