Judge James M. Rice In 1849 was appointed by Governor Crittenden circuit judge, filled the office until the adoption of the new constitution, and in 1867 1868
Judge George Newman Brown 1880 - 1886
Judge William C. Ireland 1874-1880
Judge John M. Burns 1886-1892
Judge Stephen Girard Kinner 1892 - 1910
Judge Clarence Halbert 1916, 1921, & 1927
Judge Henry L. Woods 1924 - 1933
Judge Marc I. Rosen 2000 - 2009
Judge C. David Hagerman  
Colonel Eldred E. Adams, Sr 1954 - 1955
Judge Daniel R. Sparks 2000 - 2006
Judge John E. Gardner  
Judge James A. Knight 1980 - 1999
Judge John David Preston  - Present
Judge Stephen Frazier  
Judge W. D. Sparks 1956 - 1975
Judge Watt M. Prichard 1934 - 1958
Judge Janie Carol Wells  - Present
Judge William B. Hazelrigg 1977 - 1983
Judge Archibald Borders  1850 - 1858  - First Judge of Lawrence Co., KY
Judge Fred M. Vinson  March 4, 1933 – May 27, 1938
Judge John McConnell Rice 1883 and 1884; 1890 - 1898 upon his death
Judge John Melvin Hall  Served 4 years & United States Commissioner for Eastern Kentucky
Judge James W. Turner 1946-1954
Judge E. Poe Harris 1957 - 1961
Judge Chesley A. Lycan 1961 - 1970
Judge J.E.M. Robinson 1966 - 1974
Judge Charles Sinnette 1973 - 1992
Judge Kelley Asbury 1979 - 2000
Judge Marc I. Rosen 2000 - 2009
Judge C. David Hagerman  
Colonel Eldred E. Adams, Sr 1954 - 1955
Judge William Fanning 1971 - 1979
Judge Daniel R. Sparks 2000 - 2006
Judge Frederick Moore Vincent  
Judge J. F. Bailey 1916 - 1945
Judge Andrew Jackson Kirk 1904 - 1915
Judge Andrew Jackson Auxier 1898 - 1903
Judge John S. Patton 1892 - 1897
Judge Susan Mullins Johnson  
Judge John Kevin Holbrook