The Wisconsin circuit courts were established by the Constitution of Wisconsin, ratified by referendum May 8, 1848. There were originally five circuit courts—each with one judge. In the first version of the constitution, and, until 1853, the circuit court judges also served as the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The number of courts was expanded via legislation as the population of the state grew. There are currently 69 circuit courts in the state with 249 current judges. The circuit courts are organized into nine judicial administrative districts.
On March 6, 2020, Governor Tony Evers signed bipartisan legislation to create 12 new circuit court branches to be elected in spring 2021 and take office in fall 2021.[1]
The current system was implemented by a 1977 act of the Wisconsin Legislature (1977 Wisconsin Act 187), authorized by an April 1977 referendum to amend the state constitution. The act combined the pre-1978 County Courts with the pre-1978 Circuit Courts to create a single level of trial courts—the present Wisconsin Circuit Courts. The act also created the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.[2]
Chief Judges (1978–Present)
[edit]District | Chief Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael T. Sullivan | 1978 | 1979 | |
Victor Manian | 1979 | 1986 | ||
Michael J. Barron | 1986 | 1990 | ||
Patrick T. Sheedy | 1990 | 1999 | ||
Michael Skwierawski | 1999 | 2003 | ||
Michael P. Sullivan | 2003 | 2005 | ||
Kitty K. Brennan | 2005 | 2008 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Jeffrey Kremers | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Maxine Aldridge White | 2015 | 2020 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Mary Triggiano | 2020 | 2023 | ||
Carl Ashley | 2023 | Current[3] | ||
2 | John Ahlgrimm | 1978 | 1984 | |
Michael Fisher | 1984 | 1990 | ||
Stephen A. Simanek | 1990 | 1996 | ||
Barbara A. Kluka | 1996 | 2002 | ||
Gerald P. Ptacek | 2002 | 2008 | ||
Mary K. Wagner | 2008 | 2014 | ||
Allan Torhorst | 2014 | 2017 | [4] | |
Jason A. Rossell | 2017 | Current[4] | ||
3 | Harold Wollenzien | 1978 | 1985 | |
Patrick L. Snyder | 1985 | 1991 | ||
James B. Schwalbach | 1991 | 1995 | ||
Mark S. Gempeler | 1995 | 2001 | ||
Kathryn W. Foster | 2001 | 2007 | ||
J. Mac Davis | 2007 | 2013 | ||
Randy R. Koschnick | 2013 | 2017 | ||
Jennifer R. Dorow | 2017 | 2023 | ||
Paul Bugenhagen Jr. | 2023 | Current[3] | ||
4 | Allan J. Deehr | 1978 | 1984 | |
William E. Crane | 1984 | 1990 | ||
Hugh F. Nelson | 1990 | 1992 | ||
Thomas S. Williams | 1992 | 1995 | ||
Robert A. Haase | 1995 | 2001 | ||
L. Edward Stengel | 2001 | 2007 | ||
Darryl W. Deets | 2007 | 2011 | ||
Robert J. Wirtz | 2011 | 2017 | ||
Barbara Hart Key | 2017 | 2022 | [4] | |
Guy D. Dutcher | 2022 | Current[4] | ||
5 | Richard Bardwell | 1978 | 1982 | |
Angela B. Bartell | 1982 | 1988 | ||
Robert R. Pekowsky | 1988 | 1994 | ||
Daniel R. Moeser | 1994 | 2001 | ||
Michael N. Nowakowski | 2001 | 2007 | ||
C. William Foust | 2007 | 2013 | ||
James P. Daley | 2013 | 2019 | ||
William E. Hanrahan | 2019 | 2020 | ||
Thomas J. Vale | 2020 | 2024 | ||
Julie Genovese | 2024 | Current[5] | ||
6 | Henry G. Gergen Jr. | 1978 | 1985 | |
Frederick A. Fink | 1985 | 1985 | Died in office | |
David C. Willis | 1985 | 1986 | Acting | |
Jon P. Wilcox | 1986 | 1992 | ||
Dennis D. Conway | 1992 | 1998 | ||
James Evenson | 1998 | 2006 | ||
John R. Storck | 2006 | 2012 | ||
Gregory Potter | 2012 | 2018 | ||
Abolished | ||||
7 | Albert L. Twesme | 1978 | 1983 | |
James P. Fiedler | 1983 | 1989 | ||
Peter G. Pappas | 1989 | 1995 | ||
Robert W. Radcliffe | 1995 | 2001 | ||
Michael J. Rosborough | 2001 | 2007 | ||
William D. Dyke | 2007 | 2013 | ||
James J. Duvall | 2013 | 2017 | ||
Robert P. VanDeHey | 2017 | 2023 | ||
Scott L. Horne | 2023 | Current[3] | ||
8 | Clarence W. Nier | 1978 | 1982 | |
William J. Duffy | 1982 | 1988 | ||
Harold Vernon Froehlich | 1988 | 1994 | ||
Philip M. Kirk | 1994 | 2000 | ||
Joseph M. Troy | 2000 | 2006 | ||
Sue Bischel | 2006 | 2012 | ||
Donald Zuidmulder | 2012 | 2016 | ||
James A. Morrison | 2016 | 2022 | [4] | |
Carrie A. Schneider | 2022 | Current[4] | ||
9 | Ronald D. Keberle | 1978 | 1983 | |
Daniel L. LaRocque | 1983 | 1985 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Gary L. Carlson | 1985 | 1992 | ||
Earl W. Schmidt | 1992 | 1998 | ||
James B. Mohr | 1998 | 2004 | ||
Dorothy L. Bain | 2004 | 2008 | ||
Gregory Grau | 2008 | 2012 | ||
Neal A. Nielsen III | 2012 | 2016 | ||
Gregory Huber | 2016 | 2022 | [4] | |
Ann Knox-Bauer | 2022 | Current[4] | ||
10 | Arthur A. Cirilli | 1978 | 1984 | |
William D. O'Brien | 1984 | 1990 | ||
Thomas J. Gallagher | 1990 | 1996 | ||
Gregory A. Peterson | 1996 | 1999 | Appointed by Tony Earl Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Edward R. Brunner | 1999 | 2005 | ||
Benjamin D. Proctor | 2005 | 2011 | ||
Scott Needham | 2011 | 2018 | ||
Maureen Boyle | 2018 | Current[4] |
Judicial Districts (1978–Present)
[edit]District 1 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milwaukee | 1 | Louis J. Ceci | 1978 | 1982 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Charles B. Schudson | 1982 | 1992 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Maxine Aldridge White | 1992 | 2020 | Chief Judge (2015–2020) Appointed by Tommy Thompson Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Jack Dávila | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | George A. Burns Jr. | 1978 | 1996 | ||
M. Joseph Donald | 1996 | 2019 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Milton L. Childs | 2019 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
3 | Patricia S. Curley | 1978 | 1996 | ||
Clare L. Fiorenza | 1996 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | |||
4 | Leah M. Lampone | 1978 | 1994 | ||
Mel Flanagan | 1994 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael J. Hanrahan | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
5 | Ralph J. Podell | 1978 | 1979 | ||
Patrick T. Sheedy | 1979 | 1998 | Chief Judge (1991–1999) | ||
Mary K. Kuhnmuench | 1998 | 2018 | |||
Paul Dedinsky | 2018 | 2020 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Brett R. Blomme | 2020 | 2021 | Removed | ||
Kristela Cervera | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
6 | Robert W. Landry | 1978 | 1993 | ||
George W. Greene Jr. | 1993 | 1994 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Kitty K. Brennan | 1994 | 2008 | Chief Judge (2005–2008) Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Ellen R. Brostrom | 2008 | 2024 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
John Remington | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
7 | John F. Foley | 1978 | 1997 | ||
Jean W. DiMotto | 1997 | 2014 | |||
Thomas J. McAdams | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
8 | Michael J. Barron | 1978 | 2000 | Chief Judge (1987–1991) | |
William Sosnay | 2000 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | |||
9 | Robert M. Curley | 1978 | 1983 | ||
Russell W. Stamper, Sr. | 1983 | 1996 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Robert W. Crawford | 1996 | 2002 | |||
Louis B. Butler Jr. | 2002 | 2004 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Paul R. Van Grunsven | 2004 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
10 | Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr. | 1978 | 1982 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Rudolph T. Randa | 1982 | 1992 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus Appointed to U.S. District Court, E.D. Wis. | ||
Timothy Dugan | 1992 | 2016 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Michelle Ackerman Havas | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
11 | Christ T. Seraphim | 1978 | 1980 | Suspended for misconduct | |
Michael T. Sullivan | 1981 | 1984 | Acting Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Christ T. Seraphim | 1984 | 1986 | Acting | ||
Frederick P. Kessler | 1986 | 1988 | |||
Dominic S. Amato | 1988 | 2013 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
David C. Swanson | 2013 | ||||
12 | Michael J. Skwierawski | 1978 | 2003 | Chief Judge (1999–2003) | |
David L. Borowski | 2003 | ||||
13 | Victor Manian | 1978 | 2004 | Chief Judge (1981–1987) | |
Mary Triggiano | 2004 | 2023 | Chief Judge (2020–2023) Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Ana Berrios-Schroeder | 2023 | ||||
14 | Leander J. Foley Jr. | 1978 | 1986 | ||
Christopher R. Foley | 1986 | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Amber Raffeet August | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
15 | Marvin C. Holz | 1978 | 1988 | ||
Ronald S. Goldberger | 1988 | 2000 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael B. Brennan | 2000 | 2008 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Jonathan D. Watts | 2009 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
16 | Fred St. Clair | 1978 | 1979 | ||
William D. Gardner | 1979 | 1997 | |||
Michael J. Dwyer | 1997 | 2019 | Retired | ||
Brittany Grayson | 2019 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
17 | Hugh R. O'Connell | 1978 | 1984 | ||
Francis T. Wasielewski | 1984 | 2011 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Nelson W. Phillips III | 2011 | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Carolina Maria Stark | 2012 | ||||
18 | Harold B. Jackson Jr. | 1978 | 1985 | ||
Patricia D. McMahon | 1986 | 2010 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Pedro Colón | 2010 | 2023 | Appointed by Jim Doyle Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Ronnie V. Murray II | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
19 | John E. McCormick | 1978 | 2005 | ||
Dennis R. Cimpl | 2005 | 2020 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Kori L . Ashley | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
20 | William J. Shaughnessy | 1978 | 1994 | ||
Dennis P. Moroney | 1994 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Joseph Wall | 2018 | ||||
21 | Michael T. Sullivan | 1978 | 1980 | Chief Judge (1978–1980) | |
Clarence R. Parrish | 1981 | 1992 | |||
Stanley A. Miller | 1992 | 2001 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
William W. Brash III | 2001 | 2015 | Appointed by Scott McCallum Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Cynthia M. Davis | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
22 | Terence T. Evans | 1978 | 1979 | Appointed to U.S. District Court, E.D. Wis. | |
William J. Haese | 1979 | 2002 | |||
Timothy M. Witkowiak | 2002 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | |||
23 | Frederick P. Kessler | 1978 | 1981 | ||
Janine P. Geske | 1981 | 1993 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Elsa C. Lamelas | 1993 | 2012 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Lindsey Grady | 2012 | 2023 | |||
Jorge Fragoso | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
24 | David V. Jennings | 1978 | 1992 | ||
Charles F. Kahn Jr. | 1992 | 2014 | |||
Janet Protasiewicz | 2014 | 2023 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Raphael Ramos | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
25 | Ralph G. Gorenstein | 1978 | 1987 | ||
John A. Franke | 1987 | 2010 | |||
Stephanie Rothstein | 2010 | 2022 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Nidhi Kashyap | 2022 | ||||
26 | Michael P. Sullivan | 1978 | 2006 | Chief Judge (2003–2005) | |
William S. Pocan | 2006 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
27 | Donald W. Steinmetz | 1978 | 1980 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
Thomas P. Doherty | 1980 | 2000 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Kevin E. Martens | 2000 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | |||
28 | Robert J. Miech | 1978 | 1994 | ||
Thomas R. Cooper | 1994 | 2012 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Mark A. Sanders | 2012 | ||||
29 | Gary L. Gerlach | 1978 | 1996 | ||
Richard J. Sankovitz | 1996 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Daniel J. Gabler | 2018 | 2020 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Rebecca Kiefer | 2020 | ||||
30 | William A. Jennaro | 1978 | 1984 | ||
Frank T. Crivello | 1984 | 1997 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Jeffrey A. Conen | 1997 | 2020 | |||
Jonathan D. Richards | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers[6] | |||
31 | Patrick J. Madden | 1978 | 1996 | ||
Daniel A. Noonan | 1996 | 2015 | |||
Paul J. Rifelj | 2015 | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Hannah C. Dugan | 2016 | ||||
32 | Michael D. Guolee | 1978 | 2014 | ||
Laura Gramling Perez | 2014 | ||||
33 | Laurence C. Gram Jr. | 1978 | 1999 | ||
Carl Ashley | 1999 | ||||
34 | Ralph Adam Fine | 1979 | 1988 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr. | 1988 | 1992 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Jacqueline D. Schellinger | 1992 | 2004 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Glen H. Yamahiro | 2004 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
35 | Rudolph T. Randa | 1979 | 1981 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Lee E. Wells | 1982 | 2004 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Frederick C. Rosa | 2004 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
36 | Joseph P. Callan | 1979 | 1992 | ||
Jeffrey A. Kremers | 1992 | 2018 | Chief Judge (2008–2015) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Laura Crivello | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
37 | Arlene D. Connors | 1983 | 1998 | ||
Karen E. Christenson | 1998 | 2014 | |||
T. Christopher Dee | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
38 | Jeffrey A. Wagner | 1988 | |||
39 | Michael G. Malmstadt | 1988 | 2006 | ||
Jane Carroll | 2006 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
40 | Louise M. Tesmer | 1989 | 2001 | ||
Joseph R. Wall | 2001 | 2008 | |||
Rebecca Dallet | 2008 | 2018 | Appointed by Jim Doyle Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Andrew A. Jones | 2018 | 2019 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Danielle L. Shelton | 2019 | ||||
41 | John J. Dimotto | 1990 | 2018 | ||
Audrey Skwierawski | 2018 | 2024 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Lena Taylor | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
42 | David A. Hansher | 1991 | 2020 | ||
Reyna Morales | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers[6] | |||
43 | Diane S. Sykes | 1992 | 1999 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
Marshall B. Murray | 1999 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | |||
44 | Daniel L. Konkol | 1992 | 2016 | ||
Gwen Connolly | 2016 | ||||
45 | Thomas P. Donegan | 1992 | 2012 | ||
Rebecca Bradley | 2012 | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Michelle Ackerman Havas | 2015 | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Jean Marie Kies | 2016 | ||||
46 | Bonnie L. Gordon | 1994 | 2014 | ||
David Feiss | 2015 | 2023 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Anderson Gansner | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
47 | John Siefert | 1999 | 2017 | ||
Kristy Yang | 2017 |
District 2 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenosha | 1 | Earl D. Morton | 1978 | 1984 | |
David M. Bastianelli | 1984 | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Larisa V. Benitez-Morgan | 2020 | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | ||
Gerad Dougvillo | 2021 | ||||
2 | William U. Zievers | 1978 | 1988 | ||
Paul F. Wokwicz | 1988 | 1989 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Barbara A. Kluka | 1989 | 2011 | Chief Judge (1996–2002) | ||
Jason A. Rossell | 2011 | Chief Judge (2017–present) Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
3 | John E. Malloy | 1978 | 1983 | Died in office | |
Bruce Schroeder | 1983 | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Frank Gagliardi | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
4 | Michael S. Fisher | 1978 | 2005 | Chief Judge (1984–1990) | |
Anthony Milisauskas | 2005 | ||||
5 | Burton A. Scott | 1978 | 1980 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Robert V. Baker | 1980 | 1996 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Wilbur W. Warren III | 1996 | 2014 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
David P. Wilk | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
6 | Jerold W. Breitenbach | 1985 | 1991 | ||
Mary K. Wagner | 1991 | 2021 | Chief Judge (2008–2014) | ||
Angelina Gabriele | 2021 | ||||
7 | S. Michael Wilk | 1994 | 2016 | ||
Jodi L. Meier | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
8 | Chad G. Kerkman | 2009 | |||
Racine | 1 | John C. Ahlgrimm | 1978 | 1988 | Chief Judge (1978–1984) |
Gerald P. Ptacek | 1988 | 2016 | Chief Judge (2002–2008) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Wynne Laufenberg | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Thomas P. Corbett | 1978 | 1979 | ||
Stephen A. Simanek | 1979 | 2010 | Chief Judge (1990–1996) Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Eugene Gasiorkiewicz | 2010 | ||||
3 | Jon B. Skow | 1978 | 1992 | ||
Emily S. Mueller | 1992 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Maureen M. Martinez | 2018 | 2023 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Toni L. Young | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
4 | William F. Jones | 1978 | 1979 | ||
Emmanuel J. Vuvunas | 1979 | 2004 | |||
John S. Jude | 2004 | 2016 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Mark Nielsen | 2016 | 2023 | |||
Scott Craig | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
5 | Richard G. Harvey Jr. | 1978 | 1981 | ||
Dennis J. Barry | 1981 | 2011 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus Died in office | ||
Michael E. Nieskes | 2011 | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Michael Piontek | 2012 | 2020 | |||
Kristin M. Cafferty | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
6 | Dennis D. Costello | 1978 | 1985 | ||
Wayne J. Marik | 1985 | 2015 | |||
David W. Paulson | 2015 | ||||
7 | James Wilbershide | 1978 | 1990 | ||
Nancy Wheeler | 1990 | 1996 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Charles H. Constantine | 1996 | 2018 | |||
Jon E. Fredrickson | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
8 | Dennis J. Flynn | 1978 | 2002 | ||
Faye M. Flancher | 2002 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | |||
9 | Allan B. Torhorst | 1991 | 2017 | Chief Judge (2014–2017) | |
Robert S. Repischak | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
10 | Richard J. Kreul | 1994 | 2012 | ||
Timothy D. Boyle | 2012 | ||||
Walworth | 1 | Erwin C. Zastrow | 1978 | 1982 | Disabled |
Robert H. Gollmar | 1978 | 1982 | Acting | ||
Robert Reed | 1982 | 1988 | |||
Robert J. Kennedy | 1988 | 2012 | |||
Phillip A. Koss | 2012 | ||||
2 | James L. Carlson | 1978 | 2016 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | |
Daniel S. Johnson | 2016 | ||||
3 | John J. Byrnes | 1978 | 1984 | ||
John R. Race | 1984 | 2014 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Kristine E. Drettwan | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
4 | Michael S. Gibbs | 1992 | 2010 | ||
David M. Reddy | 2010 |
District 3 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dodge | 1 | Brian A. Pfitzinger | 2008 | Appointed by Jim Doyle District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
2 | Martin J. De Vries | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
3 | Joseph G. Sciascia | 2013 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
4 | Steven Bauer | 2008 | 2020 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
Kristine A. Snow | 2020 | ||||
Jefferson | 1 | John B. Danforth | 1978 | 1991 | |
John M. Ullsvik | 1991 | 2009 | |||
Jennifer L. Weston | 2009 | 2018 | |||
William V. Gruber | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | William Brandel | 1978 | 1983 | ||
Arnold K. Schumann | 1983 | 1995 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
William F. Hue | 1995 | ||||
3 | Harold H. Eberhardt | 1979 | 1991 | ||
Jacqueline Rohloff Erwin | 1991 | 2013 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
David J. Wambach | 2013 | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Robert F. Dehring Jr. | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
4 | Randy R. Koschnick | 1999 | 2017 | Chief Judge (2013–2017) | |
Bennett J. Brantmeier | 2017 | ||||
Ozaukee | 1 | Walter J. Swietlik | 1978 | 2002 | |
Paul V. Malloy | 2002 | 2024 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | ||
Adam Gerol | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | Warren A. Grady | 1978 | 1994 | ||
Tom R. Wolfgram | 1994 | 2013 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Joe Voiland | 2013 | 2019 | |||
Steve Cain | 2019 | ||||
3 | Joseph D. McCormack | 1979 | 2009 | ||
Sandy A. Williams | 2009 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
Washington | 1 | J. Tom Merriam | 1978 | 1990 | |
Lawrence F. Waddick | 1990 | 2000 | |||
Patrick J. Faragher | 2000 | 2010 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
James Pouros | 2010 | 2022 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Ryan Hetzel | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | James B. Schwalbach | 1978 | 1997 | Chief Judge (1991–1995) | |
Annette Ziegler | 1997 | 2007 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
James K. Muehlbauer | 2007 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
3 | Richard T. Becker | 1978 | 2000 | ||
David C. Resheske | 2000 | 2010 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Todd K. Martens | 2010 | 2022 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Michael Kenitz | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
4 | Leo F. Schlaefer | 1988 | 2000 | ||
Andrew T. Gonring | 2000 | 2020 | |||
Sandra J. Giernoth | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Waukesha | 1 | William E. Gramling | 1978 | 1980 | Disabled |
Max Raskin | 1978 | 1980 | Acting | ||
Harry G. Snyder | 1980 | 1991 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Joseph Wimmer | 1991 | 2000 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael O. Bohren | 2000 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | |||
2 | Ness Flores | 1978 | 1984 | ||
Mark S. Gempeler | 1984 | 2009 | Chief Judge (1995–2001) Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Richard Congdon | 2009 | 2010 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Mark Gundrum | 2010 | 2011 | |||
Jennifer R. Dorow | 2011 | Chief Judge (2017–2023) Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
3 | David L. Dancey | 1978 | 1980 | ||
Roger P. Murphy | 1980 | 1999 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Ralph M. Ramirez | 1999 | ||||
4 | Patrick L. Snyder | 1978 | 2003 | Chief Judge (1985–1991) | |
Paul F. Reilly | 2003 | 2010 | |||
Kathleen Stilling | 2010 | 2011 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Lloyd V. Carter | 2011 | 2024 | |||
Bridget Schoenborn | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
5 | Harold J. Wollenzien | 1978 | 1990 | Chief Judge (1978–1995) | |
Lee S. Dreyfus Jr. | 1990 | 2020 | |||
J. Arthur Melvin III | 2020 | ||||
6 | Robert T. McGraw | 1978 | 1990 | ||
J. Mac Davis | 1990 | 1996 | |||
Patrick C. Haughney | 1996 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Brad Schimel | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
7 | Neal P. Nettesheim | 1978 | 1984 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Jess Martinez Jr. | 1984 | 1985 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Clair H. Voss | 1985 | 1997 | |||
J. Mac Davis | 1997 | 2015 | Chief Judge (2007–2013) | ||
Maria S. Lazar | 2015 | 2022 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Fred Strampe | 2022 | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | ||
Cody Horlacher | 2023 | ||||
8 | John P. Buckley | 1979 | 1985 | ||
James R. Kieffer | 1985 | 2015 | |||
Michael P. Maxwell | 2015 | ||||
9 | Willis J. Zick | 1979 | 1994 | ||
Donald J. Hassin Jr. | 1994 | 2014 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael Aprahamian | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
10 | Marianne Becker | 1985 | 2003 | ||
Linda Van De Water | 2003 | 2015 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Paul Bugenhagen Jr. | 2015 | Chief Judge (2023–present) | |||
11 | Robert G. Mawdsley | 1988 | 2010 | ||
William Domina | 2010 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
12 | Kathryn W. Foster | 1988 | 2018 | Chief Judge (2001–2007) | |
Laura Lau | 2018 |
District 4 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calumet | 1 | David H. Sebora | 1978 | 1979 | |
Hugh F. Nelson | 1979 | 1992 | Chief Judge (1990–1992) | ||
Donald A. Poppy | 1992 | 2012 | |||
Jeffrey S. Froehlich | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Carey John Reed | 2021 | |||
Fond du Lac | 1 | Jerold E. Murphy | 1978 | 1983 | |
John W. Mickiewicz | 1983 | 1996 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Dale L. English | 1996 | 2022 | |||
Anthony Nehls | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | John P. McGalloway, Jr. | 1978 | 1992 | ||
Peter L. Grimm | 1992 | 2022 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Laura Lavey | 2022 | ||||
3 | Hazen W. McEssy | 1978 | 1981 | ||
Henry B. Buslee | 1981 | 2003 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Richard J. Nuss | 2003 | 2021 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | ||
Andrew J. Christenson | 2021 | ||||
4 | Eugene F. McEssey | 1978 | 1986 | ||
Steven W. Weinke | 1986 | 2010 | |||
Gary R. Sharpe | 2010 | 2020 | |||
Tricia L. Walker | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
5 | Robert J. Wirtz | 1999 | 2021 | Chief Judge (2011–2017) | |
Paul G. Czisny | 2021 | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | ||
Douglas R. Edelstein | 2022 | ||||
Green Lake | X | Mark Slate | 2011 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
Manitowoc | 1 | Allan J. Deehr | 1978 | 1997 | |
Patrick L. Willis | 1997 | 2012 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Mark R. Rohrer | 2013 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Leon H. Jones | 1978 | 1989 | ||
Darryl W. Deets | 1989 | 2011 | Chief Judge (2007–2011) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Gary Bendix | 2011 | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Jerilyn M. Dietz | 2018 | ||||
3 | Harold W. Mueller | 1978 | 1981 | ||
Fred H. Hazlewood | 1981 | 2005 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Jerome L. Fox | 2005 | 2017 | |||
Bob Dewane | 2017 | ||||
4 | Anthony A. Lambrecht | 2023 | |||
Marquette | X | Bernard Ben Bult | 2013 | 2019 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 |
Chad A. Hendee | 2019 | ||||
Sheboygan | 1 | Daniel P. Anderson | 1978 | 1979 | Appointed by Martin J. Schreiber |
Ernest C. Keppler | 1979 | 1985 | |||
L. Edward Stengel | 1985 | Chief Judge (2001–2007) | |||
2 | John G. Buchen | 1978 | 1989 | ||
Timothy M. Van Akkeren | 1989 | 2016 | |||
Kent Hoffmann | 2016 | 2023 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Natasha L. Torry | 2023 | ||||
3 | John Bolgert | 1978 | 1987 | ||
Gary J. Langhoff | 1987 | 2010 | |||
Angela Sutkiewicz | 2010 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
4 | Daniel P. Anderson | 1979 | 1990 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
John B. Murphy | 1990 | 2003 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Terence T. Bourke | 2003 | 2015 | |||
Rebecca Persick | 2015 | ||||
5 | James J. Bolgert | 1994 | 2016 | ||
Daniel J. Borowski | 2016 | 2023 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
George Limbeck | 2023 | ||||
Waushara | 1 | Guy D. Dutcher | 2005 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
2 | Scott C. Blader | 2022 | |||
Winnebago | 1 | William E. Crane | 1978 | 2000 | Chief Judge (1984–1990) |
Thomas J. Gritton | 2000 | 2018 | |||
Teresa S. Basiliere | 2018 | ||||
2 | Edmund P. Arpin | 1978 | 1982 | ||
Robert A. Haase | 1982 | 2004 | Chief Judge (1995–2001) | ||
Scott C. Woldt | 2004 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
3 | Thomas S. Williams | 1978 | 1998 | Chief Judge (1992–1995) | |
Barbara Hart Key | 1998 | 2022 | Chief Judge (2017–2022) | ||
Bryan D. Keberlein | 2022 | ||||
4 | James G. Sarres | 1978 | 1982 | ||
Robert A. Hawley | 1982 | 2006 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Karen L. Seifert | 2006 | 2021 | |||
LaKeisha D. Haase | 2021 | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | ||
Mike Gibbs | 2022 | ||||
5 | William H. Carver | 1978 | 2010 | ||
John A. Jorgensen | 2010 | ||||
6 | Bruce K. Schmidt | 1991 | 2010 | ||
Robert A. Hawley | 2010 | 2011 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Daniel J. Bissett | 2011 |
District 5 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Columbia | 1 | Todd J. Hepler | 2015 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
2 | W. Andrew Voigt | 2011 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
3 | Troy D. Cross | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Dane | 1 | Richard W. Bardwell | 1978 | 1987 | Chief Judge (1978–1982) |
Robert A. DeChambeau | 1987 | 2008 | |||
John Markson | 2008 | 2017 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Timothy Samuelson | 2017 | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Susan M. Crawford | 2018 | ||||
2 | Michael B. Torphy, Jr. | 1978 | 1998 | ||
Maryann Sumi | 1998 | 2014 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Josann M. Reynolds | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
3 | P. Charles Jones | 1978 | 2000 | ||
John C. Albert | 2000 | 2014 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Jim Troupis | 2015 | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Valerie L. Bailey-Rihn | 2016 | 2022 | |||
Diane Schlipper | 2022 | ||||
4 | William F. Eich | 1978 | 1984 | ||
Paulette L. Siebers | 1984 | 1986 | |||
John Aulik | 1986 | 1998 | |||
Steven D. Ebert | 1998 | 2010 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Amy Smith | 2010 | 2016 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Everett Mitchell | 2016 | ||||
5 | Robert R. Pekowsky | 1978 | 2000 | Chief Judge (1988–1994) | |
Diane M. Nicks | 2000 | 2009 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Nicholas J. McNamara | 2009 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
6 | James C. Boll | 1978 | 1990 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfuss | |
Richard J. Callaway | 1990 | 2003 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Shelley J. Gaylord | 2003 | 2020 | |||
Nia Trammell | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
7 | Moria G. Krueger | 1978 | 2008 | ||
William E. Hanrahan | 2008 | 2020 | Chief Judge (2019–2020) Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Mario D. White | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
8 | Ervin M. Bruner | 1978 | 1982 | ||
Edward S. Marion | 1982 | 1984 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Susan R. Steingass | 1984 | 1993 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Patrick J. Fiedler | 1993 | 2011 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Frank D. Remington | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
9 | William D. Byrne | 1978 | 1988 | ||
Gerald C. Nichol | 1988 | 2004 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Richard Niess | 2004 | 2020 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Jacob B. Frost | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
10 | Angela B. Bartell | 1978 | 2008 | Chief Judge (1982–1988) | |
Juan B. Colas | 2008 | 2022 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Ryan D. Nilsestuen | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
11 | Daniel R. Moeser | 1980 | 2011 | Chief Judge (1994–2001) | |
Roger A. Allen | 2012 | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Ellen K. Berz | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker to start term early | |||
12 | Mark A. Frankel | 1980 | 2000 | ||
David T. Flanagan | 2000 | 2016 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Clayton Kawski | 2016 | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Jill J. Karofsky | 2017 | 2020 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Chris Taylor | 2020 | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | ||
Ann Peacock | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers[7] | |||
13 | Michael W. Nowakowski | 1985 | 2009 | Chief Judge (2001–2007) | |
Julie Genovese | 2009 | Chief Judge (2024–present) | |||
14 | George Northrup | 1985 | 1998 | ||
C. William Foust | 1998 | 2016 | Chief Judge (2007–2013) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
John D. Hyland | 2016 | ||||
15 | Stuart A. Schwartz | 1992 | 2010 | ||
Stephen Ehlke | 2010 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
16 | Sarah B. O'Brien | 1992 | 2012 | ||
Rebecca Rapp St. John | 2012 | 2013 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Rhonda L. Lanford | 2013 | ||||
17 | Paul Higginbotham | 1994 | 2003 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
James L. Martin | 2003 | 2010 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Peter C. Anderson | 2010 | 2020 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
David D. Conway | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Green | X | Franz W. Brand | 1978 | 1988 | |
John Callaghan | 1988 | 1994 | |||
David G. Deininger | 1994 | 1996 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
1 | James R. Beer | 1996 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
2 | Thomas J. Vale | 2009 | 2024 | Chief Judge (2020–2024) | |
Jane Bucher | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Lafayette | X | Daniel P. McDonald | 1978 | 1985 | |
William D. Johnston | 1985 | 2015 | |||
Duane M. Jorgenson | 2015 | 2024 | Died in office | ||
Jenna Gill | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Rock | 1 | Mark J. Farnum | 1978 | 1989 | |
James P. Daley | 1989 | 2018 | Chief Judge (2013–2019) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Karl R. Hanson | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Sverre Roang | 1978 | 1979 | ||
John H. Lussow | 1979 | 2004 | |||
R. Alan Bates | 2004 | 2018 | |||
Derrick A. Grubb | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
3 | Gerald W. Jaeckle | 1978 | 1991 | ||
Michael J. Byron | 1991 | 2008 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael R. Fitzpatrick | 2008 | 2017 | Appointed by Jim Doyle Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Jeffrey S. Kuglitsch | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
4 | Edwin C. Dahlberg | 1978 | 2000 | ||
Daniel T. Dillon | 2000 | 2022 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Ashely Morse | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
5 | John H. Lussow | 1978 | 1979 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | |
J. Richard Long | 1979 | 1996 | |||
John W. Roethe | 1996 | 2008 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Kenneth Forbeck | 2008 | 2015 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Mike Haakenson | 2015 | ||||
6 | Patrick J. Rude | 1979 | 1996 | ||
Richard T. Werner | 1996 | 2016 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
John M. Wood | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
7 | James E. Welker | 1988 | 2012 | ||
Barbara W. McCrory | 2012 | ||||
Sauk | 1 | Michael P. Screnock | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
2 | Wendy J. N. Klicko | 2016 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
3 | Patricia A. Barrett | 2018 |
District 6 Judges (abolished 2018)
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | X | Raymond E. Gieringer | 1978 | 1991 | |
Duane H. Polivka | 1991 | 2003 | |||
Charles A. Pollex | 2003 | 2015 | |||
Daniel Glen Wood | 2015 | Transitioned to District 7 | |||
Clark | 1 | Lowell D. Schoengarth | 1978 | 1986 | Branch abolished |
2 | Michael W. Brennan | 1978 | 2000 | ||
X | Jon M. Counsell | 2000 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | |
Columbia | 1 | Howard W. Latton | 1978 | 1984 | |
Earl J. McMahon | 1984 | 1991 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Daniel S. George | 1991 | 2015 | |||
Todd J. Hepler | 2015 | Transitioned to District 5 | |||
2 | Lewis W. Charles | 1978 | 2000 | ||
James O. Miller | 2000 | 2011 | |||
W. Andrew Voigt | 2011 | Transitioned to District 5 | |||
3 | Daniel C. O'Connor | 1978 | 1979 | Branch abolished | |
Richard L. Rehm | 1991 | 2006 | Branch re-established | ||
Alan White | 2006 | 2018 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Dodge | 1 | Henry G. Gergen, Jr. | 1978 | 1984 | |
Daniel Klossner | 1984 | 2008 | |||
Brian A. Pfitzinger | 2008 | Appointed by Jim Doyle Transitioned to District 3 | |||
2 | Joseph E. Schultz | 1978 | 1995 | ||
John R. Storck | 1995 | 2016 | Chief Judge (2006–2012) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Martin J. De Vries | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker Transitioned to District 3 | |||
3 | Thomas W. Wells | 1978 | 1989 | ||
Andrew P. Bissonnette | 1989 | 2013 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Joseph G. Sciascia | 2013 | Transitioned to District 3 | |||
4 | Steven Bauer | 2008 | Transitioned to District 3 | ||
Green Lake | X | David C. Willis | 1978 | 1992 | Acting Chief Judge (1985–1986) |
William M. McMonigal | 1992 | 2011 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Mark Slate | 2011 | Transitioned to District 4 | |||
Juneau | X | William R. Curran | 1978 | 1979 | |
Wallace A. Brady | 1979 | 1992 | |||
John W. Brady | 1992 | 2003 | Died in office | ||
Dennis Schuh | 2003 | 2004 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
1 | John Pier Roemer | 2004 | 2017 | ||
2 | Paul S. Curran | 2008 | Transitioned to District 7 | ||
Marquette | X | Andrew P. Cotter | 1978 | 1982 | |
Donn H. Dahlke | 1982 | 1995 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Richard O. Wright | 1995 | 2013 | |||
Bernard Ben Bult | 2013 | 2019 | Transitioned to District 4 | ||
Portage | 1 | James H. Levi | 1978 | 1981 | |
Frederic W. Fleishauer | 1981 | 2011 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Thomas B. Eagon | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker Transitioned to District 9 | |||
2 | Robert C. Jenkins | 1978 | 1988 | ||
John V. Finn | 1988 | 2015 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Robert J. Shannon | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker Transitioned to District 9 | |||
3 | Thomas T. Flugaur | 1994 | Transitioned to District 9 | ||
Sauk | 1 | James W. Karch | 1978 | 1982 | |
Robert Curtin | 1982 | 1994 | |||
Patrick J. Taggart | 1994 | 2015 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael P. Screnock | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker Transitioned to District 5 | |||
2 | James R. Seering | 1978 | 1986 | ||
James Evenson | 1986 | 2016 | Chief Judge (1998–2006) | ||
Wendy J. N. Klicko | 2016 | Transitioned to District 5 | |||
3 | Virginia Wolfe | 1988 | 2000 | ||
Guy D. Reynolds | 2000 | 2018 | |||
Waushara | X | Jon P. Wilcox | 1979 | 1992 | Chief Judge (1986–1992) Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Lewis R. Murach | 1993 | 2005 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Guy Dutcher | 2005 | Transitioned to District 4 | |||
Wood | 1 | Dennis D. Conway | 1978 | 2001 | Chief Judge (1992–1998) Appointed by Martin J. Schreiber |
Gregory J. Potter | 2001 | Chief Judge (2012–2018) Appointed by Scott McCallum Transitioned to District 9 | |||
2 | Frederick A. Fink | 1978 | 1985 | Chief Judge (1984–1985) Died in office | |
Thomas N. Hayden | 1985 | 1986 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
James M. Mason | 1986 | 2011 | |||
Nicholas J. Brazeau, Jr. | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker Transitioned to District 9 | |||
3 | Edward F. Zappen, Jr. | 1985 | 2009 | ||
Todd P. Wolf | 2009 | Transitioned to District 9 |
District 7 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | 1 | Daniel Glen Wood | 2015 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
2 | Tania M. Bonnett | 2022 | |||
Buffalo–Pepin | X | Gary B. Schlosstein | 1978 | 1990 | |
Dane Morey | 1990 | 2005 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
James J. Duvall | 2005 | 2018 | Chief Judge (2013–2017) Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Thomas W. Clark | 2018 | ||||
Clark | 1 | Lyndsey Boon Brunette | 2018 | ||
2 | William Bratcher | 2023 | |||
Crawford | X | Michael T. Kirchman | 1978 | 2010 | |
James P. Czajkowski | 2010 | 2016 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Lynn Marie Ryder | 2016 | ||||
Grant | 1 | John R. Wagner | 1978 | 1999 | |
Robert P. VanDeHey | 1999 | 2023 | Chief Judge (2017–2023) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Lisa A. Riniker | 2023 | ||||
2 | William L. Reinecke | 1978 | 1991 | ||
George S. Curry | 1991 | 2009 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Craig R. Day | 2009 | ||||
Iowa | X | James P. Fiedler | 1978 | 1996 | Chief Judge (1983–1989) |
William D. Dyke | 1997 | 2016 | Chief Judge (2007–2013) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Margaret M. Koehler | 2016 | 2022 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Matt Allen | 2022 | ||||
Jackson | X | Louis S. Dricktrah | 1978 | 1986 | |
Robert W. Radcliffe | 1986 | 2002 | Chief Judge (1995–2001) | ||
Gerald Laabs | 2002 | 2008 | |||
Eric F. Stutz | 2008 | 2008 | |||
Thomas Lister | 2008 | 2014 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Anna L. Becker | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Juneau | 1 | Stacy A. Smith | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |
2 | Paul S. Curran | 2008 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
La Crosse | 1 | Peter G. Pappas | 1978 | 1995 | Chief Judge (1989–1995) |
Ramona A. Gonzalez | 1995 | ||||
2 | Eugene A. Toepel | 1978 | 1983 | ||
Michael J. Mulroy | 1983 | 2007 | |||
Elliott Levine | 2007 | ||||
3 | Dennis G. Montabon | 1978 | 2006 | ||
Roger LeGrand | 2006 | 2007 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Todd Bjerke | 2007 | 2023 | |||
Mark A. Huesmann | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
4 | John J. Perlich | 1985 | 2006 | ||
Scott L. Horne | 2007 | Appointed by Jim Doyle Chief Judge (2023–present) | |||
5 | Dale T. Pasell | 1999 | 2014 | ||
Candice Tlustosch | 2015 | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Gloria L. Doyle | 2015 | ||||
Monroe | 1 | James W. Rice | 1978 | ||
Steven L. Abbott | 1995 | 2007 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Todd L. Ziegler | 2007 | ||||
2 | Michael J. McAlpine | 1992 | 2010 | ||
Mark L. Goodman | 2010 | ||||
3 | J. David Rice | 2010 | 2017 | ||
Rick Radcliffe | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Pierce | X | William E. McEwen | 1978 | 1980 | |
Robert W. Wing | 1980 | 2010 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Joseph D. Boles | 2010 | 2020 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Elizabeth Rohl | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Richland | X | Kent C. Houck | 1978 | 1997 | |
Edward E. Leineweber | 1997 | 2011 | |||
W. Andrew Sharp | 2011 | 2022 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Lisa McDougal | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Trempealeau | X | Albert L. Twesme | 1978 | 1983 | Chief Judge (1978–1983) |
Richard Galstad | 1983 | 1994 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Alan S. Robertson | 1994 | 1995 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
John A. Damon | 1995 | 2016 | |||
Charles Feltes | 2016 | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Rian W. Radtke | 2017 | ||||
Vernon | X | Walter S. Block | 1978 | 1986 | |
Michael J. Rosborough | 1986 | 2017 | Chief Judge (2001–2007) Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Darcy Rood | 2017 | 2023 | |||
Timothy J. Gaskell | 2023 |
District 8 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brown | 1 | Richard G. Greenwood | 1978 | 1997 | |
Donald R. Zuidmulder | 1997 | Chief Judge (2012–2016) | |||
2 | Robert J. Parins | 1978 | 1982 | ||
Vivi L. Dilweg | 1982 | 1999 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Michael G. Grzeca | 1999 | 2000 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Mark A. Warpinski | 2000 | 2012 | |||
Thomas J. Walsh | 2012 | ||||
3 | William J. Duffy | 1978 | 1992 | Chief Judge (1982–1988) | |
Susan Bischel | 1992 | 2012 | Chief Judge (2006–2012) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Tammy Jo Hock | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
4 | Clarence W. Nier | 1978 | 1982 | Chief Judge (1978–1982) | |
Alexander R. Grant | 1982 | 1991 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Carl R. Fenwick | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Died before taking office | ||||
John C. Jaekels | 1991 | 1991 | Reserve Judge | ||
Donald J. Hanaway | 1991 | 1995 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Died in office | ||
William C. Griesbach | 1995 | 2002 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Appointed to U.S. District Court, E.D. Wis. | ||
Kendall M. Kelley | 2002 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | |||
5 | James W. Byers | 1978 | 1981 | ||
Charles E. Kuehn | 1981 | 1987 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Peter J. Naze | 1987 | 2008 | |||
Marc A. Hammer | 2008 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
6 | N. Patrick Crooks | 1978 | 1996 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
John D. McKay | 1996 | 2012 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
John P. Zakowski | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
7 | John C. Jaekels | 1978 | 1988 | ||
Richard Dietz | 1988 | 2007 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Timothy A. Hinkfuss | 2007 | ||||
8 | William M. Atkinson | 1991 | 2019 | ||
Beau G. Liegeois | 2019 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Door | 1 | Edwin C. Stephan | 1978 | 1988 | |
John D. Koehn | 1988 | 2000 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
D. Todd Ehlers | 2000 | ||||
2 | Peter C. Diltz | 1994 | 2016 | ||
David L. Weber | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Kewaunee | X | John A. Curtin | 1978 | 1980 | |
S. Dean Pies | 1980 | 1992 | |||
Dennis J. Mleziva | 1992 | 2016 | |||
Keith A. Mehn | 2016 | 2022 | |||
Jeffrey R. Wisnicky | 2022 | ||||
Marinette | 1 | Charles D. Heath | 1978 | 2002 | |
David G. Miron | 2002 | 2020 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Jane M. Sequin | 2020 | 2024 | |||
Peggy Miller | 2024 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | William M. Donovan | 1978 | 1990 | ||
Tim A. Duket | 1990 | 2012 | |||
James A. Morrison | 2012 | Chief Judge (2016–2022) Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Oconto | 1 | Edward P. Herald | 1978 | 1980 | |
John M. Wiebusch | 1980 | 1993 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Larry L. Jeske | 1993 | 2007 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael T. Judge | 2007 | ||||
2 | Richard D. Delforge | 1998 | 2010 | ||
Jay N. Conley | 2010 | ||||
Outagamie | 1 | Gordon Myse | 1978 | 1984 | |
James T. Bayorgeon | 1984 | 2004 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Brad Priebe | 2004 | 2005 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Mark McGinnis | 2005 | ||||
2 | Urban Van Susteran | 1978 | 1985 | ||
Dennis C. Luebke | 1985 | 2007 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Nancy J. Krueger | 2007 | 2019 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Emily I. Lonergan | 2019 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
3 | Nick F. Schaeffer | 1978 | 1987 | ||
Joseph M. Troy | 1987 | 2007 | Chief Judge (2000–2006) | ||
Mitchell J. Metropulos | 2007 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
4 | R. Thomas Cane | 1978 | 1981 | ||
Harold Vernon Froehlich | 1981 | 2011 | Chief Judge (1988–1994) Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Gregory B. Gill Jr. | 2011 | 2021 | Appointed by Scott Walker Elected to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Yadira Rein | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
5 | Michael W. Gage | 1985 | 2017 | ||
Carrie Schneider | 2017 | Chief Judge (2022–present) Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
6 | Dee R. Dyer | 1988 | 2014 | ||
Vincent Biskupic | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
7 | John A. Des Jardins | 1994 | 2021 | ||
Mark G. Schroeder | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Waupaca | 1 | A. Don Zwickey | 1978 | 1980 | |
Philip M. Kirk | 1981 | 2017 | Chief Judge (1994–2000) Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Troy L. Nielsen | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Nathan E. Wiese | 1978 | 1985 | ||
John P. Hoffmann | 1985 | 2013 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Keith A. Steckbauer | 2014 | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Vicki L. Clussman | 2014 | ||||
3 | Raymond S. Huber | 2000 |
District 9 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forest–Florence | X | Frederick H. Fowle | 1978 | 1984 | |
James W. Karch | 1984 | 1989 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Robert A. Kennedy Jr. | 1989 | 2008 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Leon D. Stenz | 2008 | ||||
Iron | X | Alex J. Raineri | 1978 | 1981 | |
John P. Varda | 1982 | 1987 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Patrick John Madden | 1987 | 2019 | Appointed by Tony Earl Died in office | ||
Anthony J. Stella Jr. | 2019 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Langlade | X | Ralph J. Strandberg | 1978 | 1980 | Died in office |
James P. Jansen | 1980 | 2005 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Fred W. Kawalski | 2005 | 2014 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
John Rhode | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Lincoln | 1 | Donald E. Schnabel | 1978 | 1980 | |
John Michael Nolan | 1980 | 2004 | |||
Jay R. Tlusty | 2004 | 2022 | |||
Galen Bayne-Allison | 2022 | ||||
2 | Glenn H. Hartley | 1999 | 2012 | ||
John M. Yackel | 2012 | 2013 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Robert R. Russell | 2013 | ||||
Marathon | 1 | Ronald D. Keberle | 1978 | 1988 | Chief Judge (1978–1983) |
Michael W. Hoover | 1988 | 1997 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Dorothy L. Bain | 1997 | 2009 | Chief Judge (2004–2008) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Jill N. Falstad | 2009 | 2020 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Suzanne C. O'Neill | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | Leo D. Crooks | 1978 | 1988 | ||
Raymond F. Thums | 1988 | 2004 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Gregory Huber | 2004 | 2022 | Chief Judge (2016–2022) Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Rick Cveykus | 2022 | ||||
3 | Daniel L. LaRocque | 1978 | 1985 | Chief Judge (1983–1985) Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Ann Walsh Bradley | 1985 | 1995 | Appointed by Tony Earl Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Vincent K. Howard | 1995 | 2013 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Lamont K. Jacobson | 2013 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
4 | John W. Stevens | 1979 | 1982 | ||
Vincent K. Howard | 1982 | 1995 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
Gregory Grau | 1995 | 2016 | Chief Judge (2008–2012) | ||
Gregory J. Strasser | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
5 | Patrick Brady | 1999 | 2011 | ||
Michael K. Moran | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
6 | Scott M. Corbett | 2021 | |||
Menominee–Shawano | 1 | Michael G. Eberlein | 1978 | 1983 | |
Earl W. Schmidt | 1983 | 2002 | Chief Judge (1992–1998) Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
James R. Habeck | 2002 | 2020 | |||
Tony A. Kordus | Elected but declined to serve | ||||
Katherine Sloma | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | Thomas G. Grover | 1978 | 2011 | ||
William F. Kussel Jr. | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Oneida | 1 | Robert E. Kinney | 1978 | 2007 | |
Patrick F. O'Melia | 2007 | 2022 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Mary Roth Burns | 2022 | 2023 | Appointed by Tony Evers | ||
Michael W. Schiek | 2023 | ||||
2 | Mark A. Mangerson | 1988 | 2011 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Michael H. Bloom | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Portage | 1 | Thomas B. Eagon | 2012 | 2022 | Appointed by Scott Walker District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 |
Michael Zell | 2022 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
2 | Robert J. Shannon | 2015 | 2022 | Appointed by Scott Walker District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
Louis J. Molepske Jr. | 2022 | ||||
3 | Thomas T. Flugaur | 1994 | 2020 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
Patricia Baker | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
Price | X | David A. Clapp | 1978 | 1984 | |
Douglas T. Fox | 1984 | 2017 | |||
Kevin G. Klein | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Taylor | X | Peter J. Seidl | 1978 | 1979 | |
Gary L. Carlson | 1979 | 2008 | Chief Judge (1985–1992) | ||
Ann Knox-Bauer | 2008 | Chief Judge (2022–present) Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
Vilas | X | Timothy L. Vocke | 1978 | 1983 | |
James B. Mohr | 1983 | 2003 | Chief Judge (1998–2004) Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Neal A. Nielsen III | 2003 | 2021 | Chief Judge (2012–2016) Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
1 | Martha Milanowski | 2021 | Appointed by Tony Evers | ||
2 | Daniel Overbey | 2022 | |||
Wood | 1 | Gregory J. Potter | 2001 | Appointed by Scott McCallum District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
2 | Nicholas J. Brazeau Jr. | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
3 | Todd P. Wolf | 2009 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
4 | Timothy Gebert | 2023 |
District 10 Judges
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashland | X | William E. Chase | 1978 | 1994 | |
Robert E. Eaton | 1994 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Kelly J. McKnight | 2018 | ||||
Barron | 1 | Frederick E. Van Sickle | 1978 | 1979 | |
James C. Eaton | 1979 | 2004 | |||
James C. Babler | 2004 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
2 | Edward R. Brunner | 1988 | 2007 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
Timothy M. Doyle | 2007 | 2014 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
J. Michael Bitney | 2014 | 2023 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
3 | James D. Babbitt | 2008 | 2014 | ||
Maureen D. Boyle | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Bayfield | X | Robert N. Ledin | 1978 | 1982 | |
Thomas J. Gallagher | 1982 | 2003 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
John H. Priebe | 2003 | 2004 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | ||
John P. Anderson | 2004 | ||||
Burnett | X | Harry F. Gunderson | 1978 | 1992 | |
James H. Taylor | 1992 | 2002 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael J. Gableman | 2002 | 2008 | Appointed by Scott McCallum Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Kenneth L. Kutz | 2008 | 2017 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Melissia R. Mogen | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Chippewa | 1 | Robert F. Pfiffner | 1978 | 1984 | |
Roderick A. Cameron | 1984 | 2017 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Steven H. Gibbs | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Richard H. Stafford | 1978 | 1995 | ||
Thomas J. Sazama | 1995 | 2009 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
James Isaacson | 2009 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
3 | Steven R. Cray | 2008 | 2020 | ||
Benjamin Lane | 2020 | ||||
Douglas | 1 | Arthur A. Cirilli | 1978 | 1985 | |
Michael T. Lucci | 1985 | 2009 | |||
Kelly J. Thimm | 2009 | ||||
2 | Douglas S. Moodie | 1978 | 1983 | ||
Joseph A. McDonald | 1983 | 2002 | |||
George L. Glonek | 2002 | Appointed by Scott McCallum | |||
3 | Henry N. Leveroos | 1978 | 1980 | Branch abolished | |
Dunn | 1 | Donna J. Muza | 1978 | 1996 | |
William C. Stewart, Jr. | 1996 | 2014 | |||
James M. Peterson | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | James A. Wendland | 1991 | 1997 | ||
Rod W. Smeltzer | 1997 | 2021 | |||
Christina Mayer | 2021 | ||||
3 | Luke M. Wagner | 2021 | |||
Eau Claire | 1 | Thomas H. Barland | 1978 | 2000 | |
Lisa K. Stark | 2000 | 2013 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
Kristina M. Bourget | 2013 | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Brian Wright | 2015 | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
John F. Manydeeds | 2016 | ||||
2 | William D. O'Brien | 1978 | 1992 | ||
Eric J. Wahl | 1993 | 2007 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Michael Schumacher | 2008 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
3 | Karl F. Peplau | 1978 | 1983 | ||
Gregory A. Peterson | 1983 | 1999 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
William M. Gabler, Sr. | 1999 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Emily M. Long | 2018 | ||||
4 | Benjamin D. Proctor | 1988 | 2011 | ||
Jon M. Theisen | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
5 | Paul J. Lenz | 1994 | 2017 | ||
Shaughnessy Murphy | 2017 | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
Sarah Harless | 2018 | ||||
6 | Beverly Wickstrom | 2022 | |||
Polk | 1 | Robert O. Weisel | 1978 | 1984 | |
James Erickson | 1984 | 2002 | |||
Molly E. GaleWyrick | 2002 | 2016 | |||
Daniel J. Tolan | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Robert H. Rasmussen | 1991 | 2010 | ||
Jeffrey L. Anderson | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Rusk | X | Donald J. Sterlinske | 1978 | 1985 | |
Patrick A. Henderson | 1985 | 1986 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Frederick Henderson | 1986 | 2010 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
Steven P. Anderson | 2010 | 2022 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
Annette Barna | 2022 | ||||
Sawyer | 1 | Alvin L. Kelsey | 1978 | 1991 | |
Norman L. Yackel | 1991 | 2009 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Jerry Wright | 2009 | 2015 | |||
John M. Yackel | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Monica M. Isham | 2023 | |||
St. Croix | 1 | John G. Bartholomew | 1978 | 1990 | |
Eric J. Lundell | 1990 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
Scott J. Nordstrand | 2019 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
2 | Joseph W. Hughes | 1978 | 1983 | ||
Phillip Todryk | 1983 | 1989 | |||
Conrad A. Richards | 1989 | 2001 | |||
Edward F. Vlack III | 2001 | ||||
3 | Scott R. Needham | 1994 | |||
4 | Howard Cameron | 2008 | 2015 | ||
R. Michael Waterman | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
Washburn | X | Warren Winton | 1978 | 1997 | |
Eugene D. Harrington | 1997 | 2019 | |||
Angeline E. Winton | 2019 | Appointed by Tony Evers |
Numbered Circuits (1848–1978)
[edit]1st Circuit (1848)
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | X | Edward V. Whiton | 1848 | 1853 | Elected to Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Wyman Spooner | 1853 | 1853 | Appointed by Leonard J. Farwell | ||
James Rood Doolittle | 1853 | 1856 | |||
Charles Minton Baker | 1856 | 1857 | Appointed by William A. Barstow | ||
John M. Keep | 1857 | 1858 | |||
David Noggle | 1858 | 1865 | Appointed by Alexander Randall | ||
William P. Lyon | 1865 | 1871 | |||
Robert Harkness | 1871 | 1875 | |||
Ira C. Paine | 1875 | 1876 | |||
John T. Wentworth | 1876 | 1884 | |||
John B. Winslow | 1884 | 1891 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Frank M. Fish | 1891 | 1902 | Appointed by George Wilbur Peck | ||
Ellsworth Burnett Belden | 1902 | 1939 | |||
Alfred L. Drury | 1939 | 1956 | Appointed by Julius P. Heil | ||
M. Eugene Baker | 1956 | 1974 | Medically disabled | ||
1 | Gerald J. Boileau | 1972 | 1973 | Acting | |
Earl D. Morton | 1973 | 1978 | |||
2 | Harold M. Bode | 1966 | 1978 |
2nd Circuit (1848)
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | X | Levi Hubbell | 1848 | 1856 | 2nd Chief Justice of the original Wisconsin Supreme Court Impeached but not removed from office |
Alexander Randall | 1856 | 1857 | Appointed by Coles Bashford | ||
Arthur MacArthur Sr. | 1857 | 1869 | |||
Jason Downer | 1869 | 1869 | Appointed by Lucius Fairchild | ||
David W. Small | 1869 | 1880 | |||
Charles A. Hamilton | 1880 | 1888 | |||
Daniel Harris Johnson | 1888 | 1900 | Died in office | ||
1 | Lawrence W. Halsey | 1900 | 1924 | ||
Otto H. Breidenbach | 1924 | 1954 | |||
Leo B. Hanley | 1954 | 1966 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
George D. Young | 1968 | 1974 | Declared incapacitated in 1972 | ||
Elmer W. Roller | 1973 | 1974 | Acting | ||
Louis J. Ceci | 1974 | 1978 | |||
2 | Eugene S. Elliott | 1900 | 1902 | ||
Warren D. Tarrant | 1902 | 1912 | Died in office | ||
Oscar M. Fritz | 1912 | 1929 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Daniel W. Sullivan | 1929 | 1952 | Died in office | ||
Ronold A. Drechsler | 1952 | 1953 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. | ||
Michael T. Sullivan | 1954 | 1963 | |||
Max Raskin | 1963 | 1973 | Appointed by John W. Reynolds Jr. | ||
George Burns | 1973 | 1978 | |||
3 | Orrin T. Williams | 1904 | 1916 | ||
John J. Gregory | 1916 | 1939 | Died in office | ||
Roland J. Steinle | 1940 | 1953 | Appointed by Julius P. Heil | ||
Elmer W. Roller | 1954 | 1955 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. | ||
Myron L. Gordon | 1955 | 1961 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. | ||
John A. Decker | 1961 | 1978 | |||
4 | John C. Ludwig | 1907 | 1917 | ||
Walter Schinz | 1917 | 1954 | |||
Robert C. Cannon | 1954 | 1978 | |||
5 | William J. Turner | 1906 | 1919 | ||
Gustav G. Gehrz | 1919 | 1957 | |||
Elmer W. Roller | 1957 | 1972 | |||
Ralph Podell | 1972 | 1978 | |||
6 | Franz C. Eschweiler | 1911 | 1916 | ||
Edward T. Fairchild | 1916 | 1930 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
John C. Kleczka | 1930 | 1953 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Sr. | ||
Francis X. Swietlik | 1953 | 1959 | Resigned | ||
Robert W. Landry | 1959 | 1978 | Appointed by Gaylord Nelson | ||
7 | Augustus E. Braun | 1926 | 1953 | ||
Ronold A. Drechsler | 1953 | 1973 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. | ||
John F. Foley | 1973 | 1978 | |||
8 | Charles L. Aarons | 1926 | 1950 | ||
William I. O'Neill | 1950 | 1973 | |||
Michael J. Barron | 1973 | 1978 | |||
9 | Richard J. Hennessey | 1934 | 1940 | ||
William F. Shaughnessy | 1940 | 1960 | |||
Robert M. Curley | 1960 | 1978 | Appointed by Gaylord Nelson | ||
10 | Harvey L. Neelen | 1955 | 1977 | ||
Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr. | 1977 | 1978 | Transitioned to Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 10 | ||
11 | Herbert Steffes | 1962 | 1975 | ||
Christ T. Seraphim | 1975 | 1978 | |||
12 | John Louis Coffey | 1962 | 1978 | Elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
13 | Robert W. Hansen | 1960 | 1967 | ||
Maurice Spracker | 1967 | 1976 | |||
Victor Manian | 1976 | 1978 | |||
14 | Leander J. Foley Jr. | 1965 | 1978 | ||
15 | Marvin C. Holz | 1967 | 1978 | ||
16 | William R. Moser | 1967 | 1978 | ||
17 | Hugh R. O'Connell | 1968 | 1978 | ||
18 | Christ T. Seraphim | 1973 | 1974 | ||
Harold B. Jackson Jr. | 1975 | 1978 | Appointed by Patrick Lucey | ||
19 | John E. McCormick | 1976 | 1978 | Transitioned to Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 19 |
3rd Circuit (1848)
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | X | Charles H. Larrabee | 1848 | 1858 | |
A. Scott Sloan | 1858 | 1859 | Appointed by Alexander Randall | ||
John E. Mann | 1859 | 1867 | |||
David J. Pulling | 1867 | 1873 | |||
Eli C. Lewis | 1873 | 1874 | |||
David J. Pulling | 1874 | 1885 | |||
George W. Burnell | 1885 | 1922 | |||
Fred Beglinger | 1922 | 1937 | |||
Henry P. Hughes | 1937 | 1947 | |||
Helmuth F. Arps | 1947 | 1963 | |||
Arnold J. Cane | 1963 | 1968 | Died in office | ||
1 | William E. Crane | 1968 | 1978 | Transitioned to Winnebago Circuit, Branch 1 | |
2 | Edmund P. Arpin | 1970 | 1978 | Transitioned to Winnebago Circuit, Branch 2 |
4th Circuit (1848)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander W. Stow | 1848 | 1851 | Chief Justice of the original Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Timothy O. Howe | 1851 | 1853 | |
William R. Gorsline | 1853 | 1858 | |
David Taylor | 1858 | 1869 | |
Campbell McLean | 1869 | 1881 | |
Norman S. Gilson | 1881 | 1899 | |
Michael Kirwan | 1899 | 1929 | |
Edward Voigt | 1929 | 1935 | |
Henry A. Detling | 1935 | 1953 | |
Ferdinand H. Schlichting | 1953 | 1973 | |
Allan J. Deehr | 1973 | 1978 | Transitioned to Manitowoc Circuit, Branch 1 |
5th Circuit (1848)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Mortimer M. Jackson | 1848 | 1853 | |
Montgomery M. Cothren | 1853 | 1865 | |
Joseph T. Mills | 1865 | 1877 | |
Montgomery M. Cothren | 1877 | 1883 | |
George Clementson | 1883 | 1920 | |
Levi H. Bancroft | 1920 | 1921 | Appointed by Emanuel L. Philipp |
Sherman E. Smalley | 1921 | 1943 | |
Arthur W. Kopp | 1943 | 1955 | |
Richard W. Orton | 1955 | 1978 |
6th Circuit (1850)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Wiram Knowlton | 1850 | 1853 | |
George Gale | 1856 | 1863 | |
Isaac E. Messmore | 1861 | 1861 | Appointed by Alexander Randall, but the appointment was deemed illegal. |
Edwin Flint | 1863 | 1869 | |
Romanzo Bunn | 1869 | 1877 | Appointed by Lucius Fairchild |
Alfred W. Newman | 1878 | 1893 | |
Joseph M. Morrow | 1893 | 1894 | Appointed by George Wilbur Peck |
Orvis B. Wyman | 1894 | 1900 | |
John J. Fruit | 1900 | 1910 | |
Edward C. Higbee | 1910 | 1925 | |
Robert S. Cowie | 1925 | 1951 | Died in office |
Leonard F. Roroff | 1951 | 1952 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. |
Lincoln Neprud | 1952 | 1970 | |
Peter G. Pappas | 1970 | 1978 | Transitioned to La Crosse Circuit, Branch 1 |
7th Circuit (1854)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
George W. Cate | 1854 | 1875 | |
Gilbert L. Park | 1875 | 1884 | |
Charles M. Webb | 1884 | 1911 | |
Byron B. Park | 1911 | 1939 | |
Herman J. Severson | 1939 | 1950 | Died in office |
Herbert A. Bunde | 1950 | 1969 | Appointed by Oscar Rennebohm |
James H. Levi | 1969 | 1978 |
8th Circuit (1855)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
S. S. N. Fuller | 1855 | 1860 | |
Henry D. Barron | 1860 | 1861 | |
Lucien P. Wetherby | 1861 | 1866 | |
Herman L. Humphrey | 1867 | 1877 | Resigned after election to U.S. House. |
Egbert B. Bundy | 1878 | 1897 | |
Eugene W. Helms | 1897 | 1915 | |
George Thompson | 1915 | 1947 | Died in office |
Kenneth S. White | 1947 | 1957 | Appointed by Oscar Rennebohm |
Robert G. Varnum | 1957 | 1968 | |
John G. Bartholomew | 1968 | 1978 |
9th Circuit (1855)
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | X | Alexander L. Collins | 1856 | 1858 | |
Luther S. Dixon | 1858 | 1859 | Appointed by Alexander Randall | ||
Harlow S. Orton | 1859 | 1864 | Appointed by Alexander Randall | ||
Alva Stewart | 1864 | 1889 | |||
Robert G. Siebecker | 1890 | 1903 | |||
E. Ray Stevens | 1903 | 1926 | Appointed by Robert M. La Follette Sr. Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
Herman W. Sachtjen | 1926 | 1927 | Appointed by John J. Blaine | ||
1 | Albert G. Zimmerman | 1927 | 1936 | Died in office | |
Alvin C. Reis | 1936 | 1956 | Died in office | ||
Richard W. Bardwell | 1956 | 1978 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. | ||
2 | August C. Hoppmann | 1927 | 1943 | Died in office | |
Herman W. Sachtjen | 1943 | 1956 | |||
Edwin M. Wilkie | 1956 | 1967 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. | ||
Wilmarth L. Jackman | 1967 | 1975 | |||
Michael B. Torphy Jr. | 1975 | 1978 | |||
3 | Norris Maloney | 1958 | 1977 | ||
P. Charles Jones | 1977 | 1978 | |||
4 | William C. Sachtjen | 1966 | 1978 |
10th Circuit (1855)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Stephen Rossiter Cotton | 1855 | 1861 | |
Edwin Wheeler | 1861 | 1864 | Died in office |
Ganem W. Washburn | 1864 | 1870 | Appointed by James T. Lewis Redistricted out of office |
Ezra T. Sprague | 1870 | 1871 | Appointed by Thaddeus C. Pound (acting governor) |
Eleazor H. Ellis | 1871 | 1879 | |
George H. Meyers | 1880 | 1892 | |
John Goodland | 1892 | 1916 | |
Edgar V. Werner | 1916 | 1940 | |
Joseph McCarthy | 1940 | 1947 | Elected U.S. senator |
Michael G. Eberlein | 1947 | 1954 | |
Andrew W. Parnell | 1954 | 1972 | |
Gordon Myse | 1972 | 1978 |
11th Circuit (1864)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Solon H. Clough | 1864 | 1877 | |
Henry D. Barron | 1877 | 1882 | |
Solon H. Clough | 1882 | 1889 | |
Roujet D. Marshall | 1889 | 1895 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Aad J. Vinje | 1895 | 1910 | Appointed by William H. Upham |
Frank A. Ross | 1910 | 1919 | |
William R. Foley | 1919 | 1940 | Died in office |
Charles A. Taylor | 1940 | 1941 | |
Carl H. Daley | 1941 | 1967 | |
Allen Kinney | 1967 | 1976 | Died in office |
John P. Foley | 1976 | 1978 | Appointed by Patrick Lucey |
12th Circuit (1871)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
S. H. Conger | 1871 | 1883 | |
John R. Bennett | 1883 | 1899 | |
Benjamin F. Dunwiddie | 1899 | 1907 | |
George Grimm | 1907 | 1937 | |
Jesse Earle | 1937 | 1949 | |
Harry S. Fox | 1949 | 1959 | Died in office |
Arthur L. Luebke | 1959 | 1978 | Appointed by Gaylord Nelson |
13th Circuit (1877)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Alfred W. Newman | 1877 | 1878 | |
Vacant | 1878 | 1881 | |
A. Scott Sloan | 1881 | 1895 | |
Warham Parks | 1895 | 1896 | |
James J. Dick | 1896 | 1907 | |
Martin L. Lueck | 1907 | 1922 | |
Charles M. Davison | 1922 | 1939 | Died in office |
Henry Lockney | 1939 | 1942 | |
Edward J. Gehl | 1942 | 1949 | Elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Milton L. Meister | 1949 | 1951 | Appointed by Oscar Rennebohm |
William C. O'Connell | 1951 | 1960 | |
Henry G. Gergen, Jr. | 1960 | 1978 | Transitioned to Dodge Circuit, Branch 1 |
14th Circuit (1884)
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | X | Samuel D. Hastings Jr. | 1884 | 1914 | |
Henry Graas | 1914 | 1946 | |||
Edward M. Duquaine | 1947 | 1961 | |||
1 | Donald W. Gleason | 1961 | 1978 | ||
2 | Raymond J. Rahr | 1962 | 1967 | ||
Robert J. Parins | 1967 | 1978 | Transitioned to Brown Circuit, Branch 2 | ||
3 | William J. Duffy | 1968 | 1978 | Transitioned to Brown Circuit, Branch 3 |
15th Circuit (1888)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
John K. Parish | 1888 | 1912 | |
Gullick N. Risjord | 1912 | 1951 | Died in office |
Lewis J. Charles | 1951 | 1976 | |
W. Patrick Donlin | 1976 | 1978 |
16th Circuit (1891)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Charles V. Bardeen | 1891 | 1898 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Willis C. Silverthorn | 1898 | 1910 | Appointed by Edward Scofield |
Alexander H. Reid | 1910 | 1937 | |
George J. Leicht | 1937 | 1941 | |
Claire B. Bird | 1941 | 1943 | |
Gerald J. Boileau | 1943 | 1970 | |
Ronald D. Keberle | 1970 | 1978 | Transitioned to Marathon Circuit, Branch 1 |
17th Circuit (1891)
[edit]Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
William F. Bailey | 1891 | 1898 | |
James O'Neill | 1898 | 1922 | |
Emery Crosby | 1922 | 1947 | Died in office |
Bruce F. Beilfuss | 1948 | 1963 | Elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court |
Lowell D. Schoengarth | 1963 | 1978 | Transitioned to Clark Circuit, Branch 1 |
18th through 26th Circuits (1900–1978)
[edit]Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | X | Chester A. Fowler | 1905 | 1929 | |
Clayton F. Van Pelt | 1929 | 1944 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Sr. | ||
Louis J. Fellenz Sr. | 1944 | 1952 | Appointed by Walter Samuel Goodland | ||
Russell E. Hanson | 1953 | 1968 | Appointed by Walter J. Kohler Jr. | ||
Jerold E. Murphy | 1968 | 1878 | |||
19 | X | James Wickham | 1910 | 1944 | |
Clarence E. Rinehard | 1944 | 1968 | |||
Robert F. Pfiffner | 1968 | 1978 | |||
20 | X | William B. Quinlan | 1912 | 1928 | |
David G. Classon | 1928 | 1930 | Appointed by Fred R. Zimmerman | ||
Arold Francis Murphy | 1930 | 1966 | |||
James A. Martineau | 1966 | 1977 | |||
21 | X | Elmer D. Goodland | 1952 | 1968 | |
1 | Howard J. DuRocher | 1968 | 1978 | ||
2 | Thomas P. Corbett | 1969 | 1978 | ||
22 | X | Allen D. Young | 1952 | 1958 | |
1 | William E. Gramling | 1958 | 1978 | ||
2 | Clair H. Voss | 1960 | 1978 | ||
23 | X | Merrill R. Farr | 1958 | 1976 | Originally the 24th Circ. |
Thomas H. Barland | 1976 | 1978 | |||
24 | X | Milton L. Meister | 1960 | 1978 | Originally the 25th Circ. |
J. Tom Merriam | 1978 | 1978 | |||
25 | X | Robert H. Gollmar | 1962 | 1973 | |
Howard Latton | 1973 | 1978 | |||
26 | X | Ernst John Watts | 1965 | 1974 | |
Erwin C. Zastrow | 1974 | 1978 | Transitioned to Walworth Circuit, Branch 1 | ||
Robert H. Gollmar | 1977 | 1978 | Acting. Transitioned to Walworth Circuit, Branch 1 |
See also
[edit]- List of justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Wisconsin circuit courts
- Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- Wisconsin Supreme Court
Sources
[edit]- "Wisconsin–Historical Sketch: State Government" (PDF). The Wisconsin Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. 1913. p. 539.
- Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1970). "The Judicial Branch" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin Blue Book, 1970 (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 477.
- Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1979). "The Judicial Branch" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin 1979-1980 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 682–686.
- Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1989). "The Judicial Branch" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 1989-1990 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 658–662.
- Barish, Lawrence S.; Meloy, Patricia E., eds. (1999). "The Judicial Branch" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 1999-2000 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 525–531.
- "Statistics and Reference: Officials: Circuit court judges, April 2, 2019" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book 2019-2020 (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. 2019. pp. 637–641. ISBN 978-1-7333817-0-3.
- Canvass Results for 2020 Spring Election and Presidential Preference Vote - 4/7/2020 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. May 4, 2020. pp. 3–9.
References
[edit]- ^ Vetterkind, Riley (March 6, 2020). "Tony Evers signs bill adding 12 circuit court branches". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1979). "The judicial branch". The state of Wisconsin 1979-1980 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 658–659. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Court appoints new chief judges from Milwaukee, Waukesha, La Crosse". Wisconsin Court System (Press release). March 16, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Supreme Court appoints three new chief judges; re-appoints two". Wisconsin Court System (Press release). June 24, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ^ "Wisconsin Court System - Third Branch eNews". www.wicourts.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b Vielmetti, Bruce (September 22, 2020). "Evers appoints a former legislator and a public defender as judges in Milwaukee County". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
- ^ "Evers appoints Ann Peacock to Dane County Circuit Court". Wisconsin Law Journal. August 2, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.