Kentucky Lawyer - Hardcover

by Mac Swinford (Author)

Judge Mac Swinford was one of the longest-serving federal judges in United States history. During his lengthy tenure in the Kentucky courts, he came to know and appreciate the deep complexity of the law, understanding that it could be solid and fluid, broad and narrow, kind and harsh, changeless yet always evolving. In this service to the state and to the law, he felt that it was often his fellow lawyers who touched and educated him most. Kentucky Lawyer presents the most humorous, enlightening,

Author Biography

Mac Swinford (1899--1975) was appointed the U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky in 1937. From 1963 to 1967, he served as Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Kentucky and remained on both district courts until his death.