Kari Jo Gray (born September 20, 1960) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the
Wyoming Supreme Court
The Wyoming Supreme Court is the supreme court, highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming from a list of three nominees sub ...
since 2018.
Education
Gray has a
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
in finance from the
University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkansas ...
and a
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of Wyoming College of Law
The University of Wyoming College of Law is the law school of the University of Wyoming and the only law school located in Wyoming. It is situated in the Rocky Mountains in Laramie, Wyoming at 7,165 ft. between the Laramie Mountains and Snowy ...
.
Legal career
She served in private practice at Gray & Associates in
Douglas, Wyoming
Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,120 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Converse County and the home of the Wyoming State Fair.
History
Douglas was platted in 1886 when the Wyoming C ...
for twelve years
before becoming Chief of Staff to the governor in 2011.
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
Matthew Hansen Mead (born March 11, 1962) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the ...
announced his selection of Gray to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of
E. James Burke
E. James Burke (born c. 1949) is a former justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is app ...
.
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.
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
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