William D. Kirkland Senior Member

William D. Kirkland, a native of Boyle County, is a graduate of Centre College and Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he was on the Moot Court and was named the Outstanding Associate Justice. Upon graduation from Vanderbilt he moved to Frankfort and worked as an attorney for the old Department of Highways, Department of Natural Resources and Department of Economic Security. There he performed a variety of legal services, including administrative matters, litigation, agency hearings and appeals to Franklin Circuit Court. He was the sole attorney representing the Division of Reclamation for two years. After three years in state government he was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney where he primarily prosecuted federal felony cases, but he also handled administrative matters and defended federal condemnation cases related to Cave Run Lake. He was given the U.S. Department of Justice Award of Merit and was selected to teach in the Attorney General’s Trial School in Washington, D.C.