Kari Jo Gray (born September 20, 1960) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court since 2018.

Education

Gray has a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Arkansas and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law.

Kari Jo Gray

Legal career

She served in private practice at Gray & Associates in Douglas, Wyoming for twelve years before becoming Chief of Staff to the governor in 2011.

Kari Jo Gray

Wyoming Supreme Court service

Gray was one of three names submitted to the Governor by the judicial nominating commission for appointment to the Supreme Court. On September 4, 2018 Governor Matt Mead announced his selection of Gray to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of E. James Burke. Gray's ascension to the state's highest court marked the third female appointment for the governor and the first time the court had a female majority in state history. She began her tenure on October 9, 2018.

Kari Jo Gray

References

External links

Official Biography on Wyoming Supreme Court website

1960 births

Living people

20th-century American lawyers

21st-century American lawyers

21st-century American judges

People from Lusk, Wyoming

University of Arkansas alumni

University of Wyoming College of Law alumni

Wyoming lawyers

Justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court

21st-century American women judges

20th-century American women