Category Former Chief Justices

Chief Justice Scott Bales (ret.) served on the Arizona Supreme Court for fourteen years, including as Chief Justice for five years before his retirement in 2019.  He chaired the Appellate Judges Conference of the ABA’s Judicial Division and the ABA’s…

Michael L. Bender served as Chief Justice of the seven-member Colorado Supreme Court. He was selected by his peers to serve as Chief Justice on December 1, 2010, following the retirement of Mary Mullarkey. Justice Bender was appointed to the…

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is a native of Richland Center, Wisconsin. She was a high school teacher before entering the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she earned her law degree. Justice Bradley began her judicial career as a circuit…

Eric S. Brown was the ninth chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland appointed Brown to serve as chief justice to complete the term of Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, who died in office on April…

Retired Chief Justice Anne M. Burke was a member of the Illinois Supreme Court representing the First Judicial District. She was appointed to the Supreme Court on July 6, 2006, was elected in 2008, and was retained in November 2018.…