Samuel Steinfeld

Samuel Steinfeld (February 15, 1906 in Louisville, Kentucky – November 22, 2007) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1966 and became chief justice in 1972; when the Kentucky courts were reformed in 1975, he became the first chief justice of the newly formed state Supreme Court. See also List of Jewish American jurists References 1906 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American Jews American centenarians Chief Justices of the Kentucky Supreme Court Men centenarians Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky University of Louisville alumni