| Catherine D. "Kitty" Kimball | |
| Term Start: | January 12, 2009 |
| Term End: | February 1, 2013 |
| Preceded: | Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. |
| Succeeded: | Bernette Joshua Johnson |
| Office2: | Member of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Place Five) |
| Term Start2: | January 1, 1993 |
| Term End2: | February 1, 2013 |
| Office3: | Judge of the 18th Judicial District in Louisiana |
| Term Start3: | 1983 |
| Term End3: | 1991 |
| Preceded3: | Dan Kimball |
| Succeeded3: | James J. Best |
| Birth Name: | Catherine Dick |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Alexandria, Rapides Parish Louisiana, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Judge |
| Residence: | Ventress, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Clyde Kimball |
| Children: | 3 |
| Party: | Democrat Independent |
Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7, 1945)[1] is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.[2] She was also the first woman elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court, in 1992. Before that, in 1983, she was the first female judge in the 18th Judicial District.[3] [4]
Kimball was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, and is married to Clyde W. Kimball, a former Louisiana state representative and deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. A graduate of Bolton High School in Alexandria, she received her J.D. from the Louisiana State University law school in 1970. She is currently a resident of Ventress, Louisiana.[1]
Kimball had a stroke on January 10, 2010 and underwent post-stroke rehabilitation therapy at the Neuromedical Rehabilitation Hospital in Baton Rouge until her release on February 19, 2010.[5]
In 2011, Justice Kimball was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.