Evelyn Wilson

Evelyn Zabel Wilson (born December 6, 1959) is a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.

Education
Wilson graduated from Bethany College in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in business and from Washburn University School of Law in 1985.

Career
Wilson practiced law for 19 years in private practice. Her experience includes time as a managing partner, and time as an adjunct professor at Washburn University School of Law.

State court service
She served Shawnee County as a District Judge from 2004 until her appointment as Chief Judge in 2014. She was reappointed Chief Judge in 2017.

Kansas Supreme Court
Wilson was one of seventeen applicants to apply for the position. On October 19, 2019, the Supreme Court Nominating Commission submitted Wilson's name, along with two others to the Governor. On December 16, 2019, Governor Laura Kelly appointed Wilson to the seat on the Kansas Supreme Court vacated by the retirement of Lee A. Johnson on September 8, 2019. She was sworn in on January 24, 2020.

Personal
A native Kansan, Wilson was born in Smith Center, Kansas. Wilson and her husband, Mike, are members of First Lutheran Church in Topeka, where she also serves as a Stephen Minister.