December 24, 2024

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Being a judge is more than wearing the robe

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District Judge Elizabeth Best presides over initial appearances on June 24, 2021, at the Cascade County Courthouse.

Above all, it’s Elizabeth Best’s experience that sets her apart as a Cascade County District Judge. And as someone who says she’s as old as the dinosaurs (she’s only 65, not 65 million), that experience is nothing to sneeze at.

Kentucky-born, Best has been in Great Falls since she was 4 years old. Her dad was an Army doctor who was the first board-certified OB-GYN in Montana and delivered about 7,000 babies in Great Falls.

Best’s family arrived in Montana after her grandfather was kidnapped in Detroit by a group known as “The Purple Gang.” This was during the Great Depression, but Best said the group thought all doctors must be rich even though her grandfather was working for chickens and bags of flour.

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