Irvin G. "Irv" Maze is an American lawyer who served as a judge of the

Kentucky Court of Appeals The Kentucky Court of Appeals is the lower of Kentucky's two appellate courts, under the Kentucky Supreme Court. Prior to a 1975 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky. The ...

from 2012 to 2023. He is a former circuit court judge in Jefferson County,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

(

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) and previously elected to three terms as

county attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or state attorney is the chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a loc ...

for Jefferson County. Maze graduated from

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

in 1972, and

University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law The University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, commonly referred to as The University of Louisville School of Law, U of L Brandeis School of Law, or the Brandeis School of Law, is the law school of the University of Louisville. ...

in 1975. He and his wife Peggy have 5 children. Prior to being elected Jefferson County Attorney, Maze was elected to multiple terms to the Jefferson County Fiscal Court before

and Jefferson County were merged in 2002. In winning his first term as Jefferson County Attorney, Maze defeated Republican nominee

Steve Pence Stephen B. Pence (born December 22, 1953, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American attorney who was the 53rd lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He took office with fellow Republican Ernie Fletcher in December ...

, who later served as

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(2003–07). In 2007, Maze ran for

as the running mate of

Jonathan Miller Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 19 ...

; however, they dropped out of the race prior to the primary election, and endorsed eventual general election winner

Steve Beshear Steven Lynn Beshear (born September 21, 1944) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980, was the state's 44th atto ...

. Maze won re-election to a third term as Jefferson County Attorney in 2006. In 2008 he was appointed to a vacant judgeship on the Jefferson County Circuit Court. In 2012, Maze was appointed to the

.Maze appointed to Court of Appeals
WLKY. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

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Miller-Maze Campaign website (archived)

Jim Pence interviews Irv Maze
Indiana University alumni Kentucky lawyers Kentucky state court judges Living people Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky American prosecutors Judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals 1958 births {{Louisville-stub

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