Ingrid Gustafson

Ingrid G. Gustafson (born December 11, 1961)[1] is an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court. She was appointed in December 2017 by Governor Steve Bullock to fill the seat of retiring Justice Mike Wheat.[2] She grew up primarily in Billings, Montana, where she returned to work in private practice and then became a District Judge for Montana's 13th Judicial District, Yellowstone County prior to her appointment to the state Supreme Court.

Ingrid Gustafson
Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 2018
Appointed bySteve Bullock
Preceded byMike Wheat
Personal details
Born (1961-12-11) December 11, 1961
Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.
EducationMontana State University (BS)
University of Montana (JD)

Background

Gustafson was born in Wyoming and moved to Montana in 1972, where she graduated from Billings West High School in 1979.[1] Attending Montana State University on a skiing scholarship,[1] she graduated in 1983. She obtained her law degree from the University of Montana Law School in 1988.[2][3]

Gustafson worked for the Social Security Administration for two years, and entered private practice in 1991. In that period, she also was a public defender in Rosebud County, Montana. From 1996 until 2004 she was a managing partner at the law firm Graves, Toennis and Gustafson in Billings, Montana.[1]

Gustafson was appointed as District Judge of Montana's 13th Judicial District by former Governor Judy Martz, and took the bench in 2004.[2] She succeeded retiring District Judge and former Montana Supreme Court justice Diane Barz.[1] She was re-elected to the bench in 2004, 2006 and 2012.[2] Gustafson helped create Yellowstone County's drug court in 2010.[4]

References
  1. Johnson, Charles S. (November 21, 2003). "Gustafson named to court seat by Martz". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. Tollefson, Phoebe. "Billings judge Ingrid Gustafson named to Montana Supreme Court". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  3. "Hon. Ingrid Gayle Gustafson Judge Profile on Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. Staff, ED KEMMICK Of The Gazette. "Judge Gustafson to launch adult drug court". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 2017-12-19.


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