Beth Baker

Beth Baker (born November 29, 1961) is an American lawyer who is an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court. Elected on November 2, 2010 and sworn into office on January 3, 2011, she became the fourth woman to serve on Montana's highest bench. She took the seat of the retired Justice W. William Leaphart.

Originally from Spokane, Washington, she graduated magna cum laude in 1982 from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in Speech Communication. For 11 years, from 1989 to 2000, she was an Assistant Attorney General with the Montana Department of Justice. In her campaign, she promoted a non-partisan judiciary. Even so, she was backed by left-leaning groups.