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Conference of Chief Justices
Chairmen and presidents (1949–present)
| Chief Justice |
State |
Year Served |
| Laurence M. Hyde |
Missouri |
1949–1950 |
| Edward W. Hudgins |
Virginia |
1950–1951 |
| John T. Loughran |
New York |
1951–1952 |
| John E. Hickman |
Texas |
1952–1953 |
| Arthur T. Vanderbilt |
New Jersey |
1953–1954 |
| Carl V. Weygandt |
Ohio |
1954–1955 |
| William H. Duckworth |
Georgia |
1955–1956 |
| Edmund W. Flynn |
Rhode Island |
1956–1957 |
| John R. Dethmers |
Michigan |
1957–1958 |
| Albert Conway |
New York |
1958–1959 |
| Harvey McGehee |
Mississippi |
1959–1960 |
| John E. Martin |
Wisconsin |
1960–1961 |
| Raymond S. Wilkins |
Massachusetts |
1961–1962 |
| James Edward Livingston |
Alabama |
1962–1963 |
| Frank R. Kenison |
New Hampshire |
1963–1964 |
| William M. McAllister |
Oregon |
1964–1965 |
| Theodore G. Garfield |
Iowa |
1965–1966 |
| Carleton Harris |
Arkansas |
1966–1967 |
| Robert B. Williamson |
Maine |
1967–1968 |
| Roger J. Traynor |
California |
1968–1969 |
| Oscar R. Knutson |
Minnesota |
1969–1970 |
| Robert W. Calvert |
Texas |
1970–1971 |
| James S. Holden |
Vermont |
1971–1972 |
| William S. Richardson |
Hawaii |
1972–1973 |
| Edward E. Pringle |
Colorado |
1973–1974 |
| Joseph R. Moss |
South Carolina |
1974–1975 |
| Charles S. House |
Connecticut |
1975–1976 |
| Howell T. Heflin |
Alabama |
1976 |
| C. William O'Neill |
Ohio |
1977–1978 |
| James Duke Cameron |
Arizona |
1978–1979 |
| Lawrence W. I'Anson |
Virginia |
1979–1980 |
| Robert J. Sheran |
Minnesota |
1980–1981 |
| Albert W. Barney |
Vermont |
1981–1982 |
| Lawrence H. Cooke |
New York |
1982–1983 |
| Ralph J. Erickstad |
North Dakota |
1983–1984 |
| W. Ward Reynoldson |
Iowa |
1984–1985 |
| Edward F. Hennessey |
Massachusetts |
1985–1986 |
| Robert C. Murphy |
Maryland |
1986–1987 |
| C.C. Torbert, Jr. |
Alabama |
1987–1988 |
| Gordon R. Hall |
Utah |
1988–1989 |
| Harry L. Carrico |
Virginia |
1989–1990 |
| Vincent L. McKusick |
Maine |
1990–1991 |
| Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. |
Pennsylvania |
1991–1992 |
| Robert F. Stephens |
Kentucky |
1992–1993 |
| Jean A. Turnage |
Montana |
1993–1994 |
| Ellen Ash Peters |
Connecticut |
1994–1995 |
| Thomas J. Moyer |
Ohio |
1995–1996 |
| Arthur A. McGiverin |
Iowa |
1996–1997 |
| Thomas R. Phillips |
Texas |
1997–1998 |
| David A. Brock |
New Hampshire |
1998–1999 |
| E. Norman Veasey |
Delaware |
1999–2000 |
| Gerald W. VandeWalle |
North Dakota |
2000–2001 |
| Annice M. Wagner |
Washington, D.C. |
2001–2002 |
| Judith S. Kaye |
New York |
2002–2003 |
| Ronald M. George |
California |
2003–2004 |
| Shirley S. Abrahamson |
Wisconsin |
2004–2005 |
| Randall T. Shepard |
Indiana |
2005–2006 |
| Robert M. Bell |
Maryland |
2006–2007 |
| Jean Hoefer Toal |
South Carolina |
2007–2008 |
| Margaret H. Marshall |
Massachusetts |
2008–2009 |
| Christine M. Durham |
Utah |
2009–2010 |
| Wallace B. Jefferson |
Texas |
2010–2011 |
| Eric T. Washington |
District of Columbia |
2011–2012 |
| Myron T. Steele |
Delaware |
2012–2013 |
| Michael G. Heavican |
Nebraska |
2013–2014 |
| Jim Hannah |
Arkansas |
2014–2015 |
| David Gilbertson |
South Dakota |
2015–2016 |
| John D. Minton, Jr. |
Kentucky |
2016–2017 |
| Maureen O'Connor |
Ohio |
2017–2018 |
| Paul L. Reiber |
Vermont |
2018–2019 |
| Mark Cady |
Iowa |
2019 |
| Nathan L. Hecht |
Texas |
2019–2021 |
| Paul A. Suttell |
Rhode Island |
2021–2022 |
| Loretta H. Rush |
Indiana |
2022–2023 |
| Anna Blackburne-Rigsby |
District of Columbia |
2023–2024 |
| Matthew Durrant |
Utah |
2024-2025 |
| Collins J. Seitz, Jr. |
Delaware |
2025-present |
