Margaret Chutich

Margaret Helen Chutich (born June 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court since 2016, when she was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton.[1] She previously served as a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Margaret H. Chutich
Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office March 17, 2016
Appointed by	Mark Dayton
Preceded by	Wilhelmina Wright
Associate Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
In office December 27, 2011 – March 17, 2016
Appointed by	Mark Dayton
Preceded by	Gordon Shumaker
Succeeded by	Diane B. Bratvold
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-18) June 18, 1958
Spouse(s)	Penny Wheeler
Children	Olivia Chutich
Residence	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alma mater	University of Minnesota University of Michigan Law School

Chutich worked in the office of the Minnesota Attorney General and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. In 2008, she was appointed assistant dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. In 2011, Dayton appointed her to the appeals court.[2][3]

Chutich is a graduate of Anoka High School, the University of Minnesota, and Michigan Law.[4] She is married to Allina Health CEO Penny Wheeler, and is the first openly gay justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.[1] The couple had one child, Olivia Chutich, who was found dead outside a sorority house at Iowa State University on January 22, 2021. Foul play was not suspected.[5][6]