Mary Jane Theis

Mary Jane Theis
2010 portrait
Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Assumed office
October 26, 2022
Preceded byAnne M. Burke
Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Assumed office
October 26, 2010
Preceded byThomas Fitzgerald
Personal details
Born
Mary Jane Wendt

(1949-02-27) February 27, 1949
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJohn Theis
RelativesKen Wendt (father)
EducationLoyola University Chicago (BA)
University of San Francisco (JD)

Mary Jane Theis (born February 27, 1949) is a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court for the First Judicial District in Cook County. In 2022, she became chief justice after the retirement of then-chief justice Anne M. Burke.