Joseph Merle Whittle

Background

Whittle, Joseph Merle was born on February 7, 1933 in Brownsville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Lillian Maude (Skaggs) Whittle.

Education

Student, Transylvania U., 1949-1950; student, Washington University, St. Louis, 1950-1952; Juris Doctor, U. Louisville, 1955.

Career

Staff attorney, Reynolds Metals Company, Louisville, 1955-1956; attorney, United States Army Corps Engineers, Glasgow, Kentucky, 1960-1963; private practice, Leitchfield, Kentucky, 1963-1985; United State Attorneys, Western District Kentucky, Louisville, 1986-1993; private practice mediator, Louisville, since 1993; counsel, Shefer Hoffman, Louisville, 1995-1996; partner, Pedley, Zielke, Gordinier, Olt & Pence, Louisville, since 1996. Board directors, treasurer Houchin and Whittle Reality, Inc., Leitchfield, since 1985, Nolin Enterprises, Louisville, since 1965. Board directors Aid Acres Nursing, Inc., 1972-1985, president, 1979.

Board directors Western Kentucky Cmty. Defender, Inc., Louisville, since 1995. Member United States Attorney General's Advisory Committee, 1988-1992, chairman, 1990-1991, member finance litigation subcommittee, 1987-1989, chairman, 1989, member office management subcommittee, 1987-1989.

Member of law enforcement coordinator subcommittee,1987-1989.

Achievements

• Joseph Merle Whittle has been listed as a reputable Lawyer, mediator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Republican Party Kentucky, 1984-1985. Republican nominee for Kentucky Attorney General, 1975;board directors Cedar Lake Lodge Foundation, Inc., Lagrange, Kentucky, since 1997. Member board regents Murray (Kentucky) State University, 1968-1972, vice chairman, 1970-1972.

President Leitchfield Lions Club, 1968-1969, Grayson County Chamber of C., 1975-1976. First lieutenant United States Army, 1956-1959. With United States Navy, 1956.

Member Omicron Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, fishing, traveling.

Connections

Married Annalee Johnson, June 9, 1956 (divorced May 1970). Children: Patrick, Kimberly, Dennis, Daniel, Barry, Stacy Lorraine. Married Mary Leura Armstrong, September 4, 1970.

Father:

Charles Edward Whittle

Mother:

Lillian Maude (Skaggs) Whittle

Spouse:

Mary Leura Armstrong

Spouse:

Annalee Johnson

child:

Daniel Whittle

child:

Kimberly Whittle

child:

Patrick Whittle

child:

Barry Whittle

child:

Dennis Whittle

child:

Stacy Lorraine Whittle