Eli Best (2011-2012)
![eli-best Shirley Abrahamson, seated, and holding a baby as Eli Best crouches next to her and smiles at the camera](https://www.shirleyabrahamson.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eli-best-260x150.jpg)
I am grateful to have started my career clerking for Chief Justice Abrahamson. She was a generous mentor and maintained incredibly good humor despite the intense demands and challenges of the job. I was inspired by her passion for reaching a fair, defensible result in every case and by her boundless commitment to serving the public. Chief Justice Abrahamson inspired me to become a judge and I was lucky to know her.