Laurie McKinnon

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Laurie McKinnon
Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 2013
Preceded byJames C. Nelson
Personal details
Born (1960-01-04) January 4, 1960 (age 62)
Baltimore, Maryland
Spouse(s)Gary
Children4
Alma materGoucher College
University of Baltimore School of Law (JD)

Laurie McKinnon (born January 4, 1960) is an Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court. She was elected to her first eight-year term in 2012.[1]

Background[]

McKinnon was born January 4, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland.[2] She attended Goucher College and received her undergraduate degree in 1982.[2] She attended the University of Baltimore School of Law and received her Juris Doctor in 1986.[2] She began practicing law in 1987 as a prosecutor in Baltimore for the State's Attorney's Office.[1] After that she started her own practice handling both civil and criminal litigation.[1] In 1995 she moved to Cut Bank, Montana[2] and later became a Deputy County Attorney for Glacier (1997-2000) and Teton County (2001-2006).[1][2] McKinnon won the election in 2006 and became judge of the 9th Montana District Court, which is Teton, Toole, Pondera, and Glacier counties, in 2007.[3][4] In 2010 McKinnon was awarded Judge of the year by the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Montana for her work in cases involving abused and neglected children.[1][3] In 2011, she received a grant from the United States Department of Justice to implement a drug court within the 9th Montana District Court.[1][5]

In 2012, McKinnon ran for and in November of that year was elected to the Montana Supreme Court. She was sworn in to start her eight-year term in January 2013.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Supreme Court of Montana Biographies". Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Laurie McKinnon bio". Ravalli Republic. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  3. ^ a b "District Judge McKinnon files for Montana Supreme Court Justice". Golden Triangle News. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  4. ^ Editor, Buck Traxler, I-O. "McKinnon challenges Buyske for Ninth Judicial District - The Independent-Observer". www.theindependentobserver.com. Retrieved 2018-01-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Bureau, Missoulian State. "District Judge McKinnon announces bid for Montana Supreme Court seat". Ravalli Republic. Retrieved 2018-01-08.

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Preceded by
Marc Buyske
 9th Montana District Court
2006–2012 		Succeeded by
Robert G. "Bob" Olson
Preceded by Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
2013–present 		Incumbent
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