Esther Jeanne Moellering Tomljanovich (born November 1, 1931) is an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
[2] She was inspired by the radio show Portia Moot, starring a woman lawyer of the same name who represented a very small minority of educated working women.
[3] Tomljanovich then attended Itasca Junior College for two years before moving to St.Paul for law school at age 19.
[3] She worked at Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company while attending classes at the St. Paul College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline).
[2] Tomljanovich served on the Lake Elmo Planning Commission and on North St. Paul-Maplewood School Board.