Melissa Taylor Standridge (born July 12, 1962) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court since 2020.
In 1993 she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.
[1] On November 30, 2020, Governor Laura Kelly announced Standridge as her appointment to the Kansas Supreme Court to the seat vacated by Justice Carol A. Beier who retired on September 18, 2020.
[4] Standridge is involved with the Kansas Bar Association as a representative on the Board of Governors, and she is President of the Earl E. O'Connor American Inns of Court.
In 2004 she received the Sandra Day O'Connor Award for Professional Service from the National American Inns of Court.