Timothy N. Philpot, American lawyer, author, and judge
Timothy Neil Philpot (born March 18, 1951) is an American lawyer, author and judge. He has served as a family court circuit judge in Fayette County, Kentucky, since 2004 and his present term expires in January 2023. He previously served as a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate from 1993 to 1998 and as the president of Christian Business Men's Connection from 1996 to 2003. As a judge, Philpot has been criticized for making controversial statements about LGBT people but also defended as not allowing his social views to influence his judicial decisions. Philpot is also an author, his most-recent book being a well-received semi-autobiographical novel drawing on cases he has heard and his experiences as a judge, explored from his socially conservative Methodist perspective.