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K. Christopher Jayaram
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court
Background: Jayaram's career experience includes working as a civil litigation attorney with Horn, Aylward & Bandy and Smith, Freed, Heald & Chock.
At a glance
- Court
- Kansas Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly (D) (July 13, 2026)
- Appointed by
- Gov. Laura Kelly (D)
- Appointment date
- July 13, 2026
- Took office
- August 3, 2026
- Current term ends
- January 8, 2029
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of Kansas
- Law: Lewis and Clark College Northwest School of Law
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Bar-controlled commission)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on K. Christopher Jayaram’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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