Noma Gurich

Noma D. Gurich (born September 26, 1952) is an American attorney and jurist who is serving as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gurich was appointed the State's highest court by Governor Brad Henry in 2010 and assumed office on February 15, 2011. Gurich was appointed to the Court following the death of long-time Justice Marian P. Opala. Gurich is the third woman in state history after Alma Wilson and Yvonne Kauger to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

Early life, education, and family Gurich was born on September 26, 1952, in South Bend, Indiana. She received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1975 from Indiana State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1978. While at OU she served as the editor of the American Indian Law Review. Gurich is married to John E. Miley, an attorney with Legal Aid. Justice Gurich and her husband have been married for 36 years.

Workers Compensation and District Court She was a lawyer in private practice in Oklahoma City ten years later when Republican governor Henry Bellmon appointed her to serve as a member of the Judiciary of Oklahoma, serving as a judge of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court. She was reappointed for a second term to that court by Democratic governor David Walters in 1994.

In July 1998, Republican governor Frank Keating appointed Gurich as judge of the District Court for Oklahoma County, a position she was then reelected to in 2002, 2006, and 2010. She served as Vice Chief Justice beginning on December 1, 2017. On November 18, 2018, she was elected chief justice by her peers. Her term as chief justice beginning January 1, 2019 and ended on December 31, 2020. Justice Gurich was retained in office in 2012, 2018 and 2024.

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