Beth Baker | |
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Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | W. William Leaphart |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Spokane,Washington |
Alma mater | University of Washington University of Montana |
Beth Baker (born 1961) is an American lawyer who has served an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court. [1] Elected on November 2,2010 and sworn into office on January 3,2011,she became the fourth woman to serve on Montana's highest bench. [2] She took the seat of the retired Justice W. William Leaphart. [2] Originally from Spokane,Washington,she graduated magna cum laude in 1982 from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in Speech Communication. [1] Baker received her law degree,with high honors,from the University of Montana School of Law in 1985. [1]
Baker clerked for Judge Charles C. Lovell of the United States District Court for the District of Montana,from 1985 to 1989. [1] [3] For 11 years,from 1989 to 2000,she was an Assistant Attorney General with the Montana Department of Justice. [3] [1] During this time she served four years as Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General and four years as Chief Deputy Attorney General. [1] [3] She left state government to do private practice at the Helena,Montana law firm of Hughes,Kellner,Sullivan and Alke from 2000 to 2010. [1]
Baker has served for ten years on the Montana Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission,currently as its chair. [1] She also serves as an ex officio director of the Montana Justice Foundation. [1] In 2006,she was awarded the State Bar of Montana's Professionalism Award. [4]
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