| Küllike Jürimäe | |
| Office: | Judge at the General Court of the European Union |
| Termstart: | 2004 |
| Termend: | 2013 |
| Office2: | Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union |
| Termstart2: | 2015 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Tartu |
| Citizenship: | Estonia |
Küllike Jürimäe (born 1962) is an Estonian jurist and a current judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
In 1981 Jürimäe entered law school at the University of Tartu, from where she graduated in 1986.[1]
Following her graduation, Jürimäe entered the public administration and became an assistant to the Public Prosecutor of Tallinn from 1986 until 1991.[2] From 1991 onwards she followed up on her studies at the Estonian school of diplomacy from where she obtained her diploma in 1992. Besides, she was a legal adviser from 1991 and a general counsellor from 1992, both at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Estland. She became a Judge at the Court of Appeal of Tallinn in 1993, a post she held until 2004.[3] Between 2002 and 2003 she followed up on her studies at the Universities of Padua and Nottingham and graduated with a European Master's degree in Democratization and Human Rights.[4]
On 12 May 2004 Jürimäe became a Judge at the General Court of the European Union,[5] from where she resigned on 23 October 2013.[6] On 1 April 2015, she was one of the six newly nominated judges at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg for a six year term beginning on 7 October 2015.[7] In 2021, she was re-appointed for another term until 2027.[8]