Chad Meredith
Chad Meredith | |
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| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Washington and Lee University (BA) University of Kentucky (JD) |
S. Chad Meredith is an American lawyer who served as the solicitor general of Kentucky from 2019 to 2021.
Early life and education
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Meredith is the son of Stephen Meredith, a member of the Kentucky Senate. Meredith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Lee University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.[1]
Career
Meredith is a member of the Federalist Society. He served as a law clerk for Judge John M. Rogers and Judge Amul Thapar before joining Frost Brown Todd as a litigator. Meredith later worked for Ransdell & Roach. Meredith served as chief deputy general counsel for Governor Matt Bevin and was appointed solicitor general of Kentucky by Attorney General Daniel Cameron.[2] In late June 2022, it was reported that President Joe Biden would nominate Meredith to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.[3] The nomination announcement was originally scheduled for June 24, the same day the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision was released. The plan to nominate Meredith, which was brokered between Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was criticized due to Meredith's anti-abortion stances.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Hon. S. Chad Meredith". fedsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ↑ Wolfson, Mike Trautmann, Joe Sonka and Andrew. "Who is Chad Meredith, the anti-abortion Republican President Biden plans to make a judge?". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ↑ CNN, Maegan Vazquez, Daniella Diaz and MJ Lee. "Biden intends to nominate a conservative, anti-abortion lawyer to federal judgeship, Kentucky Democrats say". CNN. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ↑ Stern, Mark Joseph (2022-07-01). "The Biden-McConnell Deal to Make an Anti-Abortion Advocate a Federal Judge Is Still On". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ↑ "Biden's Planned Nomination of Anti-Abortion Judge Outrages Left". Bloomberg.com. 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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