Jill Karofsky
Jill Karofsky | |
|---|---|
Karofsky in 2020 | |
| 29th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ann Walsh Bradley |
| Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Kelly |
| Judge of the Dane County Circuit Court Branch 12 | |
| In office August 1, 2017 – July 31, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Clayton Kawski |
| Succeeded by | Chris Taylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jill Judith Karofsky July 15, 1966 Middleton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Jason Knutson
(m. 1998; div. 2017) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Duke University (BA) University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA, JD) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Jill Judith Karofsky (born July 15, 1966) is an American attorney and jurist from Madison, Wisconsin. She is the 29th and current chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a position she has held since July 1, 2025. She has been a justice of the court since 2020, when she defeated incumbent justice Daniel Kelly. Before being elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Karofsky served three years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Dane County (2017–2020). Earlier in her career, she served as an assistant district attorney in Dane County, and an assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Department of Justice.