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 * Marilyn Stebner Kite **


 * Supreme Court Justice March 30, 2000 - August 3, 2015**

Marilyn S. Kite, a native of Laramie, was appointed by Governor Jim Geringer to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Richard Macy. Justice Kite was sworn into office June 2, 2000. She received her B.A. from the University of Wyoming in 1970 with Honors and her J.D. from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1974. Prior to her appointment as the first woman on the Wyoming Supreme Court, she served as Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wyoming from 1974 through 1978. She joined the law firm of Holland & Hart in 1979. At the time of her appointment, she was a partner in the firm’s Jackson office. In 2012, she became the first female Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court and served in that capacity until 2014. Justice Kite retired from the Supreme Court on August 3, 2015.

In September 2015, Justice Kite received the Larry L. Lehman Award for Judicial Excellence from the Wyoming State Bar and the Wyoming Supreme Court.