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# Kari Jo Gray

Wyoming Supreme Court · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Wyoming Supreme Court
- State: Wyoming
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- American lawyer and judge who has held the role of a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court since October 9, 2018, appointed by Governor Matt Mead to replace Justice E. James Burke
- Director of the Wyoming Department of Family Services (1999–2000) under Governor Jim Geringer
- As a justice, she participates in the court’s role as the final arbiter of Wyoming state law cases, hears appeals from district courts, and helps shape legal precedent in the state

### Education

- University of Wyoming College of Law — J.D. (1987)
- Business Finance — University of Arkansas — B.S. (1983)
- University of Wyoming College of Law, where she held the role of comment editor for the Wyoming Law Review — J.D.

### Additional information

- Gray assumed office on October 9, 2018 and her current term runs until December 31, 2028.
- She was retained by voters in the November 3, 2020 statewide retention election with 80.2% of the vote.
- Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2018 marked the first time the court had a female majority in its history.
- Chief of Staff, Office of Governor Matthew Mead; 2011-2018
- Chief of Staff to Governor Matt Mead (2011–2018)
- Owner / operator, Howard's General Store; 2007-2017
- Head of Trust Operations, Converse County Bank; 2000-2007
- Attorney, Private practice, Douglas, Wyoming; 1987-1999
- Born September 20, 1960 in Lusk, Wyoming, Gray is a native and longtime resident of Douglas, Wyoming.
- Gray’s legal career began with 12 years in private practice in Douglas, Wyoming, partnering with attorney Frank D. Peasley.
- City attorney for Douglas, WY
- Creating a female majority on the Wyoming Supreme Court at the time
- Reflecting Wyoming’s judicial selection process, where the governor appoints from a list of three nominees submitted by the Judicial Nominating Commission
- Previously Douglas private practitioner, Department of Family Services director, Converse County Bank trust operations head, business owner, and chief of staff to Governor Matt Mead.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### cameras and communication devices

Scope: courtwide

Wyoming Supreme Court Rule 5 restricts recording and wireless device use during its proceedings. Counsel may use muted internet-capable laptops at counsel table unless otherwise ordered; other wireless devices require express permission.

Evidence excerpt: Use of Cameras: Communication Devices (Rule 5. of Rules of Sup. Court).

[Use of Cameras: Communication Devices, Rule 5 of the Rules of the Supreme Court](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court)
Source checked: 2026-07-29


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court/)
- [Official roster](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court/)
- [Wyoming Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court/)
- [Use of Cameras: Communication Devices, Rule 5 of the Rules of the Supreme Court](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court)
- [Wyoming Supreme Court official biography: Kari Jo Gray](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court/)
- [Wyoming Supreme Court current justices and official biographies](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court/)
- [Rules of the Supreme Court of Wyoming, Rule 5](https://www.wyocourts.gov/app/uploads/2025/03/Use-of-CamerasCommunication-Devices-Rule-5.-of-Rules-of-Sup.-Court.pdf)
- [Wyoming Supreme Court official biography: Kari Jo Gray](https://www.wyocourts.gov/supreme-court/)

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