Margaret Chutich

Margaret H. Chutich


Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office March 17, 2016
Appointed by	Mark Dayton
Preceded by	Wilhelmina Wright
Associate Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
In office December 27, 2011 – March 17, 2016
Appointed by	Mark Dayton
Preceded by	Gordon Shumaker
Succeeded by	Diane B. Bratvold
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-18) June 18, 1958
Spouse(s)	Penny Wheeler
Residence	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alma mater	University of Minnesota University of Michigan Law School

Margaret Helen Chutich (born June 18, 1958) 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.^[1] She previously served as a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Chutich worked in the office of the Minnesota Attorney General, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. In 2008, she was appointed assistant dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. In 2011, Governor Dayton appointed her to the appeals court.^[2]^[3]

Chutich is a graduate of Anoka High School and the University of Minnesota, as well as Michigan Law.^[4] She is married to Allina Health CEO Penny Wheeler, and is the first openly gay justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.^[1] Chutich is one of nine LGBT state supreme court justices currently serving in the United States.

References

Legal offices
Preceded by Gordon Shumaker	Associate Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals 2011-2016	Succeeded by Diane B. Bratvold
Preceded by Wilhelmina Wright	Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 2016–present	Incumbent

Minnesota Supreme Court Justices

Territorial (1849–1858)	Goodrich Cooper Meeker Fuller Hayner Chatfield Sherburne Welch R. Nelson Flandrau

State (since 1858)	Flandrau Atwater Emmett T. Wilson McMillan Berry Gilfillan Ripley Young Cornell Mitchell Clark Dickinson Vanderburgh Collins Buck Canty Start C. Brown Lovely Lewis Douglas Jaggard Elliott O'Brien Simpson Bunn P. Brown Holt Hallam Schaller Quinn Dibell S. Wilson Stone Hilton Olsen Loring Devaney Olson H. Peterson H. Gallagher Streissguth Pirsig Youngdahl T. Gallagher Magney Matson W. Christianson F. Gallagher Knutson T. Christianson Dell M. Nelson Murphy Loevinger Otis Rogosheske Sheran C.D. Peterson F. Kelly Todd MacLaughlin Yetka Scott Wahl Amdahl Simonett G. Kelley Coyne Popovich Keith Tomljanovich Ogren Page P. Anderson Stringer Blatz Gilbert R. Anderson Ericksen Meyer Hanson G.B. Anderson Gildea Dietzen Magnuson Stras Wright Lillehaug Hudson Chutich McKeig

Current statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of Minnesota

Executive	Mark Dayton, Governor Tina Smith, Lieutenant Governor Steve Simon, Secretary of State Rebecca Otto, State Auditor Lori Swanson, Attorney General

Senate	Sandy Pappas, President Tom Bakk, Majority Leader David Hann, Minority Leader

House of Representatives	Kurt Daudt, Speaker Joyce Peppin, Majority Leader Paul Thissen, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Chief Justice Barry Anderson David Stras David Lillehaug Natalie Hudson Margaret Chutich Anne McKeig

Court of Appeals	Edward Cleary, Chief Judge Randolph Peterson Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks Renee Worke Kevin Ross Matthew Johnson Heidi Schellhas Francis Connolly Michelle Ann Larkin Larry Stauber Louise Dovre Bjorkman John Rodenberg Carol Hooten Michael Kirk Denise Reilly Peter Reyes Lucinda Jesson Tracy Smith Diane Bratvold

U.S. Senators	Amy Klobuchar Al Franken

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