death_date birth_place office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
22 november 2007 louisville , kentucky kentucky court of kentucky court of appeals chief justice of the supreme february 15 , 1906 1966 1972 samuel_steinfeld , _ judge.jpg samuel steinfeld
 1972 1975 samuel steinfeld
samuel steinfeld

samuel steinfeld -lrb- february 15 , 1906 in louisville , kentucky - november 22 , 2007 -rrb- was the chief justice of the supreme court of kentucky .
he was elected to the kentucky court of appeals in 1966 and became chief justice in 1972 ; when the kentucky courts were reformed in 1975 , he became the first chief justice of the newly formed state supreme court .
