Judge Thomas B. Wine

Fourth Appellate District
First Division

Kentucky Court of Appeals
700 W. Jefferson St., Suite 1010
Louisville, KY 40202-4724
Phone: 502-595-3430

Judge Thomas B. Wine was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in August 2006 to serve Division 1 of the 4th Appellate District, which consists of Jefferson County. He was subsequently elected to the Court of Appeals in November 2006.

Judge Wine was elected to the Circuit Court bench in November 1991 and re-elected in 1999. Judge Wine served as chief judge of Jefferson Circuit Court in 2000 and 2001, and as president of the Louis D. Brandeis American Inns of Court in 2002 and 2003.

Before embarking on his judicial career, Judge Wine worked in the Commonwealth's Attorney Office in Jefferson County from 1979 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1990. He worked in the Office of the Attorney General in Frankfort from 1984 to 1988. He was in private practice from 1990 until assuming the duties of circuit judge.

Judge Wine was born in Louisville. He graduated from the University of Louisville with a bachelor's degree in 1977 and a juris doctor in 1980.

He and his wife, Annie, have two children, Daniel Jacob and Matthew Joseph.