The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center.
Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy is a Virginia jurist. She was the first woman named to the Virginia State Corporation Commission and later was the first woman named to be a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia,where she served until her retirement in 2007.
Lorie Skjerven Gildea is an American attorney. She served as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from her appointment by Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2010 until her retirement on October 1,2023. She served as an associate justice of the Court from 2006 to 2010 and as a district judge for Hennepin County in the Fourth Judicial District from 2005 to 2006.
Margaret Helen Chutich is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court since 2016,when she was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton. She previously served as a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge,appellate court judge and state supreme court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
Judith L. “Judi”French is an American jurist. She was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court by Governor John Kasich,to replace Evelyn Lundberg Stratton,who resigned. A graduate of The Ohio State University,she previously served as a judge of the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. She lost re-election in 2020 to Democratic appeals court judge Jennifer Brunner.
Four justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 4,2014,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Anne K. McKeig is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She is its first Native American justice and the first Native American Woman to serve on any State Supreme Court. She was a judge of the Minnesota Fourth District Court in Hennepin County from 2008 to 2016.
Charles Alan Lawson is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Florida from 2016 to 2022. He previously was a judge on the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal. He is a founding shareholder with Lawson Huck Gonzalez,PLLC and handles civil and administrative litigation,appeals,and government affairs.
Kimberly S. Budd is the chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and former justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Gordon L. Moore III is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was a judge of the Minnesota Fifth District Court in Nobles County from 2012 to 2020.
Jeffrey Marc Bryan is an American lawyer from Minnesota who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota since 2023. He previously served as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2019 to 2023.
Jennifer L. Frisch is an American lawyer from Minnesota who is a Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Theodora Gaïtas is an American lawyer serving as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Her appointment to the Minnesota Supreme Court to succeed Margaret Chutich is pending her retirement on July 31,2024.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 8,2022. All of Minnesota's executive officers were up for election,as well as all the seats in the Minnesota Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives,several judicial seats,Minnesota's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives,and several seats for local offices. Primary elections to nominate major party candidates and several judicial and local primary elections were held on August 9,2022.
Karl Procaccini is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. After a legal career that included private practice,public service,and teaching law,he was appointed by Governor Tim Walz in 2023.
Sarah E. Hennesy is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
