Lisa Holder White

Lisa Holder White
Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Assumed office
July 8, 2022
Preceded byRita Garman
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationLewis 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]

  1. ^ "Lisa Holder White sworn in as first Black woman on state Supreme Court: 'We need not limit our dreams or settle for less'". Chicago Sun-Times. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-07-11.