This coming Friday Evening (March 26) at 7:30 p.m. on Wyoming Chronicle my interview with Wyoming Supreme Court Justice, Marilyn Kite will air. I have known Marilyn for many years, so I was pleased to talk with her about her 10-year career as the first female to be appointed as a Wyoming Supreme Court Justice. We did the interview in the basement of the Hathaway building in Cheyenne on a very snowy day. Justice Kite took her lunch hour off to conduct the interview. She spent the entire rest of her day (and week) sitting “on the bench” listening to cases in the newly remodeled Wyoming Supreme Court Building.

Now Justice Kite has acheived another female first in Wyoming history! This past week it was reported that she is the new Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. She is the first woman to have that distinction. Apparently, the job entails a lot of administrative responsibilities, including being head of the Judicial Nominating Commission and as chairman of the Board of Judicial Policy and Administration, which includes district and circuit court judges. Congratulations to Justice Kite on this new milestone in her career!

The public is able to sit the Wyoming Suprement Court room and watch the Supreme Court Justices in action! Just visit the official web site at http://www.courts.state.wy.us to obtain information about what cases are scheduled to be heard. You can also read about past opinions handed down by the Wyoming Supreme Court. Very educational!