Margaret Chutich

Margaret Helen Chutich (born June 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2016 to 2024.

In 2008, she was appointed assistant dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

[2][3] Chutich is a graduate of Anoka High School, the University of Minnesota, and Michigan Law.

[4] She is married to Allina Health CEO Penny Wheeler, and is the first openly gay justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.

[1] The couple had one child, Olivia Chutich, who was found dead outside a sorority house at Iowa State University on January 22, 2021.