Kate M. Fox

Kate M. Fox (born 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from 2021 to 2025. She served as a justice of the court from 2014 to 2025.

Fox moved to Wyoming when she was 16, after her family bought a ranch near Dubois. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Wyoming in 1976, and a Juris Doctor at the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1989. She was editor-in-chief of the Land & Water Law Review. The Wyoming Judicial nominating commission submitted the names of three possible replacements to the Governor Matt Mead. Fox was one of the candidates, along with attorneys Patrick R. Day and Robert Tiedeken.

Governor Matt Mead announced on November 21, 2013, that he had selected Fox for the vacancy. She was re-elected to a new eight-year term in November 2018. On July 1, 2021, Fox became Chief Justice after Michael K. Davis's term as Chief Justice ended. She is the second woman Chief Justice in Wyoming history.