Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Tripp Clement (born October 8, 1977) is an American lawyer who serves as the chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2022.
She has served as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2017, after being appointed by Governor Rick Snyder.
Before opening her own firm, Clement served as a legislative aide to State Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Rogers[2] and a policy advisor and legal counsel to state Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop from 2006 through 2010.
Mary Beth Kelly was elected in November 2010, but announced her resignation from the Court in August 2015, to return to private practice effective October 1, 2015.
[11] Early in her tenure on the court, Clement faced backlash from conservative activists over her being one of two Snyder appointees (along with Justice David Viviano) to join the Court's two Democratic justices to allow a proposal that would create an independent commission to draw the state's Congressional boundaries to proceed to the November ballot.