COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Donald C. Wintersheimer, who served on the state’s high court for 24 years, has died. He was 89.
Wintersheimer died Feb. 18 at home in Covington, Middendorf Funeral Home said.
He was elected to the Supreme Court in 1982 and served until his retirement in 2006. He previously served six years on the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Wintersheimer earned his law degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1960 and worked in private practice and as city solicitor for Covington for 14 years.
He taught business law at Thomas More College and then Kentucky constitutional law at Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University for more than 20 years, the funeral home said.
Wintersheimer’s funeral was Wednesday.
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