Alumni Spotlight
Mr. Jeffrey T. Burdette
Jeffrey T. Burdette graduated from Cumberland College in 1986 with a B.A. in History, and from Salmon P. Chase College of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1989. He began his legal career as an associate with Farmer, Keller and Kelley Attorneys in London, Ky. He began his own law firm in his hometown of Mt. Vernon, Ky. in 1991, and was elected Rockcastle County Attorney three terms. After serving over a decade as the elected prosecutor, the Governor, in 2003, appointed Burdette Circuit Judge for the 28th Judicial Circuit comprised of Lincoln, Pulaski, and Rockcastle counties. Elected twice to that position, Burdette now serves as Chief Circuit Judge after being selected by his peers to be the administrative director of the circuit. Kentucky Chief Justice John Minton also chose Burdette to serve as Vice-Chief Regional Circuit Judge of the 23 counties in the Cumberland region. While at Cumberland College, Burdette was President of the Phi Alpha Theta chapter and was active in student government and the campus newspaper. His wife Twila is the Director of Rockcastle Regional Hospital’s Child Development Center, and they make their home on their Brindle Ridge farm in Rockcastle County. They have two children, Thomas age 12 and Zoe age 10.
