Participating Judges
Judges from across the Federal Judiciary participate in the Heyburn Initiative’s programming.
Below is a select list of federal judges and justices who have generously contributed to our efforts, from speeches and conference panels to oral history and archival collections.
Links on this page go to University of Kentucky Libraries websites.
U.S. Supreme Court
Chief Justice
John Roberts,
2005-Present
Heyburn Keynote &
Judicial Conference speaker, 2017
Associate Justice
Neil Gorsuch,
2017-Present
Heyburn guest speaker, 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge Carl E. Stewart,
1994-Present
Heyburn Judicial Conference speaker, 2017
Judge Amul R. Thapar,
2017-Present
Heyburn Board Advisor, 2016
Heyburn oral history interview, 2019
Senior Judge Danny J. Boggs,
1986-Present
Heyburn oral history interviews, 2019-2021
Judge Roger L. Gregory,
2000-Present
Heyburn keynote speaker, 2019
Senior Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr.,
1979-2016
Archival collection donated, 2017
Judge John K. Bush, 2017-Present
Heyburn oral history interviews, 2019-2021
U.S. District Courts
Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell,
1994-Present
Heyburn oral history interviews, 2017
Senior Judge John G. Heyburn II, 1992-2015
Archival collection donated, 2016
Judge Karen K. Caldwell,
2001-Present
Heyburn oral history interview, 2019
Judge David J. Hale, 2014-Present
Heyburn Board Advisor, 2016
Heyburn oral history interview, 2017
Senior Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., 1995-Present
Oral history interview, 2018
Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, 2018-Present
Heyburn oral history interview, 2020