Stan Billingsley is a retired judge, having served in the District and Circuit trial courts. Before being elected a judge, he served as an Administrative Assistant to Gov. Edward T. Breathitt and later was elected to the Kentucky Legislature. He served on the Ky. Judicial Conduct Commission. In 1995 the Ky. Bar Association voted him the Judge of the Year. Judge Billingsley is Senior Editor of LawReader.com, a company that provides online legal research resources to the legal profession. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the law. He lives in Carrollton, Ky. near the Ohio River, with his wife Gwen.