{{Short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Samuel Steinfeld | image = Samuel_Steinfeld,_judge.jpg | alt = | office = Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | term_start = January 3, 1972 | term_end = January 1, 1973 | predecessor = James B. Milliken | successor = John S. Palmore | office1 = Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | term_start1 = January 2, 1967 | term_end1 = January 6, 1975 | predecessor1 = John R. Moremen | successor1 = Marvin J. Sternberg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|02|15}} | birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|11|22|1906|02|15}} | death_place = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | signature = | signature_alt = }} '''Samuel Steinfeld''' (February 15, 1906 in Louisville, Kentucky – November 22, 2007) was the Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals while it was the highest court in the state. He was elected to the court in 1966<ref>[http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/11785476.html Former Ky. chief justice Steinfeld dies at 101] at WKYT</ref> and became chief justice in 1972. He retired in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/139511758/|title=Sternberg to be sworn in as Court of Appeals justice|work=The Courior-Journal|date=January 3, 1975}}</ref>
== See also == * List of Jewish American jurists
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