Lisa Holder White | |
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Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court | |
Assumed office July 8, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Rita Garman |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Decatur, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Lewis University (BA) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (JD) |
Lisa Holder White (born 1968) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court since July 2022. She previously served as a judge of the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court from 2013 to 2022, and as a trial judge in the Illinois Sixth Judicial Circuit Court from 2001 to 2013. She is the first Black woman to be elevated to the Illinois Supreme Court.[1]