Governor Steve Beshear Appoints Three African Americans To Jefferson County Judicial Posts. WOW. Thanks, Governor.

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Beshear notes diversity in appointment of 3 judges in Jefferson County

FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear filled three judicial vacancies in Jefferson County Wednesday, naming Olu Stevens, Sadiqua Reynolds and Erica Lee Williams to the bench.

All three appointees are African-Americans. Reynolds is inspector general for the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Beshear called the appointments “record-breaking” and said they mark “the greatest judicial diversity in Jefferson County history, as well as the greatest diversity ever seen by any Kentucky county.”

Before the appointments and since the inception of the unified court system in Kentucky in 1975, only eight African-Americans in the state have been elected circuit or district court judge.

Stevens has been appointed circuit judge of the 30th Judicial Circuit, Division 6. He is the immediate past president of the Louisville Bar Association.

His appointment replaces Martin F. McDonald, who resigned. A selection committee trying to fill the vacancy also nominated Angela McCormick Bisig and Robert S. Silverthorn Jr.

Reynolds has been appointed district judge for the 30th Judicial District, Division 11. She currently is inspector general in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Her appointment replaces Matthew K. Eckert, who resigned. Wanda Mitchell Baker and Jennifer Bryant Wilcox were also nominated by the selection committee.

Williams has been appointed district judge for the 30th Judicial District, Division 17.

She replaces Judith K. Bartholomew, who resigned. Sheila Berman and William H. Mooney were also nominated by the selection committee.

–Jack Brammer

Editor's comment: I am beginning to see that I may be supporting and voting AGAIN for the Governor to re-elect him.

With these appointments, he has done more for African Americans than any Kentucky Governor I can imagine!