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Laurie McKinnon
Justice, Montana Supreme Court
Background: She began her legal career as a law clerk for a Baltimore city circuit judge in 1986, and worked for the Baltimore City State Attorney’s Office from 1987 to 1991 and as an attorney in private practice from 1991 to 1995.
At a glance
- Court
- Montana Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- 2013
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2028
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Indeterminate (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Goucher College, 1982
- Law: University of Baltimore School of Law, 1986
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Laurie McKinnon’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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