| Noma Gurich | |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2019 |
| Term End: | December 31, 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Doug Combs |
| Successor: | Richard Darby |
| Office1: | Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court |
| Appointer1: | Brad Henry |
| Term Start1: | February 15, 2011 |
| Predecessor1: | Marian P. Opala |
| Birth Place: | South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Education: | Indiana State University (BS) University of Oklahoma (JD) |
Noma D. Gurich (born September 26, 1952) is an American attorney and jurist who is serving as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gurich was appointed the State's highest court by Governor Brad Henry in 2010 and assumed office on February 15, 2011. Gurich was appointed to the Court following the death of long-time Justice Marian P. Opala. Gurich is the third woman in state history after Alma Wilson and Yvonne Kauger to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Gurich was born on September 26, 1952, in South Bend, Indiana. She received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1975 from Indiana State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1978. While at OU she served as the editor of the American Indian Law Review.[1] Gurich is married to John E. Miley, general counsel for the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Justice Gurich and her husband have been married for 17 years.[2]
She was a lawyer in private practice in Oklahoma City ten years later when Republican governor Henry Bellmon appointed her a judge of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court. She was reappointed for a second term to that court by Democratic governor David Walters in 1994.[3]
In July 1998, Republican governor Frank Keating appointed Gurich as judge of the District Court for Oklahoma County, a position she was then reelected to in 2002, 2006, and 2010.
In January 2011, following the death of long-time Justice Marian P. Opala, Democratic governor Brad Henry appointed Gurch to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.[4] On November 18, 2018, she was elected chief judge by her peers. Her term as chief judge started on January 1, 2019 and ended on December 31, 2020.[5]
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