List of Wisconsin circuit court judges
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)
| District | Chief Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael T. Sullivan | 1978 | 1980 | |
| Victor Manian | 1981 | 1987 | ||
| Michael J. Barron | 1987 | 1991 | ||
| Patrick T. Sheedy | 1991 | 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 | Current | ||
| 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 | ||
| Jason A. Rossell | 2017 | Current | ||
| 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 | Current | ||
| 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 | Current | ||
| 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 | Current | ||
| 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 Van De Hey | 2017 | Current | ||
| 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 Morrison | 2016 | Current | ||
| 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 | Current | ||
| 10 | Arthur A. Cirilli | 1978 | 1984 | |
| William D. O'Brien | 1984 | 1990 | ||
| Thomas J. Gallagher | 1990 | 1996 | ||
| Gregory A. Peterson | 1996 | 1999 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
| Edward R. Brunner | 1999 | 2005 | ||
| Benjamin D. Proctor | 2005 | 2011 | ||
| Scott Needham | 2011 | 2018 | ||
| Maureen Boyle | 2018 | Current | ||
Judicial Districts (1978–Present)
District 1 Judges
| 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 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
| Maxine Aldridge White | 1992 | 2020 | Chief Judge (2015–2020) 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 to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
| Milton L. Childs | 2019 | ||||
| 3 | Patricia S. Curley | 1978 | 1996 | ||
| Clare L. Fiorenza | 1996 | ||||
| 4 | Leah M. Lampone | 1978 | 1994 | ||
| Mel Flanagan | 1994 | 2018 | |||
| Michael J. Hanrahan | 2018 | ||||
| 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 Blomme | 2020 | ||||
| 6 | Robert W. Landry | 1978 | 1994 | ||
| Kitty K. Brennan | 1994 | 2008 | Chief Judge (2005–2008) Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
| Ellen R. Brostrom | 2008 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
| 7 | John F. Foley | 1978 | 1997 | ||
| Jean W. DiMotto | 1997 | 2014 | |||
| Thomas J. McAdams | 2014 | ||||
| 8 | Michael J. Barron | 1978 | 2000 | Chief Judge (1987–1991) | |
| William Sosnay | 2000 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 10 | Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr. | 1978 | 1982 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
| Rudolph T. Randa | 1982 | 1992 | Appointed to U.S. District Court, E.D. Wis. | ||
| Timothy Dugan | 1992 | 2016 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
| Michelle Ackerman Havas | 2017 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Dave 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 | Chief Judge (2020–present) | |||
| 14 | Leander J. Foley Jr. | 1978 | 1986 | ||
| Christopher R. Foley | 1986 | ||||
| 15 | Marvin C. Holz | 1978 | 1988 | ||
| Ronald S. Goldberger | 1988 | 2000 | |||
| Michael B. Brennan | 2000 | 2008 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
| J. D. Watts | 2009 | ||||
| 16 | Fred St. Clair | 1978 | 1979 | ||
| William D. Gardner | 1979 | 1997 | |||
| Michael J. Dwyer | 1997 | 2019 | Retired | ||
| Brittany Grayson | 2019 | ||||
| 17 | Hugh R. O'Connell | 1978 | 1984 | ||
| Francis T. Wasielewski | 1984 | 2012 | |||
| Carolina Maria Stark | 2012 | ||||
| 18 | Harold B. Jackson Jr. | 1978 | 1986 | ||
| Patricia D. McMahon | 1986 | 2010 | |||
| Pedro Colón | 2010 | ||||
| 19 | John E. McCormick | 1978 | 2005 | ||
| Dennis R. Cimpl | 2005 | ||||
| 20 | William J. Shaughnessy | 1978 | 1994 | ||
| Dennis P. Moroney | 1994 | 2018 | |||
| Joseph Wall | 2018 | ||||
| 21 | Michael T. Sullivan | 1978 | 1980 | Chief Judge (1978–1980) | |
| Clarence R. Parrish | 1981 | 1992 | |||
| Stanley A. Miller | 1992 | 2001 | |||
| William W. Brash III | 2001 | 2015 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
| Cynthia M. Davis | 2015 | ||||
| 22 | Terence T. Evans | 1978 | 1979 | Appointed to U.S. District Court, E.D. Wis. | |
| William J. Haese | 1979 | 2002 | |||
| Timothy M. Witkowiak | 2002 | ||||
| 23 | Frederick P. Kessler | 1978 | 1981 | ||
| Janine P. Geske | 1981 | 1993 | |||
| Elsa C. Lamelas | 1993 | 2012 | |||
| Lindsey Grady | 2012 | ||||
| 24 | David V. Jennings | 1978 | 1992 | ||
| Charles F. Kahn Jr. | 1992 | 2014 | |||
| Janet Protasiewicz | 2014 | ||||
| 25 | Ralph G. Gorenstein | 1978 | 1987 | ||
| John A. Franke | 1987 | 2010 | |||
| Stephanie Rothstein | 2010 | ||||
| 26 | Michael P. Sullivan | 1978 | 2008 | Chief Judge (2003–2005) | |
| William Pocan | 2008 | ||||
| 27 | Donald W. Steinmetz | 1978 | 1980 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Thomas P. Doherty | 1980 | 2000 | |||
| Kevin E. Martens | 2000 | ||||
| 28 | Robert J. Miech | 1978 | 1994 | ||
| Thomas R. Cooper | 1994 | 2012 | |||
| Mark A. Sanders | 2012 | ||||
| 29 | Gary L. Gerlach | 1978 | 1996 | ||
| Richard J. Sankovitz | 1996 | 2018 | |||
| Daniel J. Gabler | 2018 | 2020 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Rebecca Kiefer | 2020 | ||||
| 30 | William A. Jennaro | 1978 | 1984 | ||
| Frank T. Crivello | 1984 | 1997 | |||
| Jeffrey A. Conen | 1997 | 2020 | |||
| Jonathan D. Richards | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers[3] | |||
| 31 | Patrick J. Madden | 1978 | 1996 | ||
| Daniel A. Noonan | 1996 | 2016 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Glen H. Yamahiro | 2004 | ||||
| 35 | Rudolph T. Randa | 1979 | 1981 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
| Lee E. Wells | 1982 | 2004 | |||
| Frederick C. Rosa | 2004 | ||||
| 36 | Joseph P. Callan | 1979 | 1992 | ||
| Jeffrey A. Kremers | 1992 | 2018 | Chief Judge (2008–2015) Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
| Laura Crivello | 2018 | ||||
| 37 | Arlene D. Connors | 1983 | 1998 | ||
| Karen E. Christenson | 1998 | 2014 | |||
| T. Christopher Dee | 2014 | ||||
| 38 | Jeffrey A. Wagner | 1988 | |||
| 39 | Michael G. Malmstadt | 1988 | 2006 | ||
| Jane Carroll | 2006 | ||||
| 40 | Louise M. Tesmer | 1989 | 2001 | ||
| Joseph R. Wall | 2001 | 2008 | |||
| Rebecca Dallet | 2008 | 2018 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
| Andrew A. Jones | 2018 | 2019 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Danielle Shelton | 2019 | ||||
| 41 | John J. Dimotto | 1990 | 2018 | ||
| Audrey Skwierawski | 2018 | ||||
| 42 | David A. Hansher | 1991 | 2020 | ||
| Reyna Morales | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers[3] | |||
| 43 | Diane S. Sykes | 1992 | 1999 | Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Marshall B. Murray | 1999 | ||||
| 44 | Daniel L. Konkol | 1992 | 2016 | ||
| Gwen Connolly | 2016 | ||||
| 45 | Thomas P. Donegan | 1992 | 2012 | ||
| Rebecca Bradley | 2012 | 2015 | 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 | ||||
| 47 | John Siefert | 1999 | 2017 | ||
| Kristy Yang | 2017 |
District 2 Judges
| 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 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
| 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) | |||
| 3 | John E. Malloy | 1978 | 1984 | ||
| Bruce Schroeder | 1984 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Wilbur W. Warren III | 1996 | 2014 | |||
| David P. Wilk | 2014 | ||||
| 6 | Jerold W. Breitenbach | 1985 | 1991 | ||
| Mary K. Wagner | 1991 | Chief Judge (2008–2014) | |||
| 7 | S. Michael Wilk | 1994 | 2016 | ||
| Jodi L. Meier | 2016 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2 | Thomas P. Corbett | 1978 | 1979 | ||
| Stephen A. Simanek | 1979 | 2010 | Chief Judge (1990–1996) | ||
| Eugene Gasiorkiewicz | 2010 | ||||
| 3 | Jon B. Skow | 1978 | 1992 | ||
| Emily S. Mueller | 1992 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
| Maureen Martinez | 2018 | ||||
| 4 | William F. Jones | 1978 | 1979 | ||
| Emmanuel J. Vuvunas | 1979 | 2004 | |||
| John S. Jude | 2004 | 2016 | |||
| Mark Nielsen | 2016 | ||||
| 5 | Richard G. Harvey Jr. | 1978 | 1981 | ||
| Dennis J. Barry | 1981 | 2012 | |||
| Mike Piontek | 2012 | ||||
| 6 | Dennis D. Costello | 1978 | 1985 | ||
| Wayne J. Marik | 1985 | 2015 | |||
| David W. Paulson | 2015 | ||||
| 7 | James Wilbershide | 1978 | 1990 | ||
| Nancy Wheeler | 1990 | 1996 | |||
| Charles H. Constantine | 1996 | 2018 | |||
| Jon E. Fredrickson | 2018 | ||||
| 8 | Dennis J. Flynn | 1978 | 2002 | ||
| Faye M. Flancher | 2002 | ||||
| 9 | Allan B. Torhorst | 1991 | 2017 | Chief Judge (2014–2017) | |
| Robert S. Repischak | 2017 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Daniel S. Johnson | 2016 | ||||
| 3 | John J. Byrnes | 1978 | 1984 | Reached mandatory retirement | |
| John R. Race | 1984 | 2014 | |||
| Kristine E. Drettwan | 2014 | ||||
| 4 | Michael S. Gibbs | 1992 | 2010 | ||
| David M. Reddy | 2010 |
District 3 Judges
| Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge | 1 | Brian A. Pfitzinger | 2008 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
| 2 | Martin J. De Vries | 2016 | 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 | ||||
| 2 | William Brandel | 1978 | 1983 | ||
| Arnold K. Schumann | 1983 | 1995 | |||
| William F. Hue | 1995 | ||||
| 3 | Harold H. Eberhardt | 1979 | 1991 | ||
| Jacqueline Rohloff Erwin | 1991 | 2013 | |||
| David J. Wambach | 2013 | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Robert F. Dehring Jr. | 2017 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Washington | 1 | J. Tom Merriam | 1978 | 1990 | |
| Lawrence F. Waddick | 1990 | 2000 | |||
| Patrick J. Faragher | 2000 | 2010 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
| James Pouros | 2010 | ||||
| 2 | James B. Schwalbach | 1978 | 1997 | Chief Judge (1991–1995) | |
| Annette Ziegler | 1997 | 2007 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
| James K. Muehlbauer | 2007 | ||||
| 3 | Richard T. Becker | 1978 | 2000 | ||
| David C. Resheske | 2000 | 2010 | |||
| Todd K. Martens | 2010 | ||||
| 4 | Leo F. Schlaefer | 1988 | 2000 | ||
| Andrew T. Gonring | 2000 | ||||
| Waukesha | 1 | William E. Gramling | 1978 | 1980 | Disabled |
| Max Raskin | 1978 | 1980 | Acting | ||
| Harry G. Snyder | 1980 | 1991 | 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) | ||
| Richard Congdon | 2009 | 2010 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
| Mark Gundrum | 2010 | 2011 | |||
| Jennifer R. Dorow | 2011 | Chief Judge (2017–present) | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 5 | Harold J. Wollenzien | 1978 | 1990 | Chief Judge (1978–1995) | |
| Lee Sherman Dreyfus Jr. | 1990 | 2020 | |||
| Jack Melvin | 2020 | ||||
| 6 | Robert T. McGraw | 1978 | 1990 | ||
| J. Mac Davis | 1990 | 1996 | |||
| Patrick C. Haughney | 1996 | 2018 | |||
| Brad Schimel | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| 7 | Neal P. Nettesheim | 1978 | 1984 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
| Jess Martinez Jr. | 1984 | 1985 | |||
| Clair H. Voss | 1985 | 1997 | |||
| J. Mac Davis | 1997 | 2015 | Chief Judge (2007–2013) | ||
| Maria S. Lazar | 2015 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Michael Aprahamian | 2014 | ||||
| 10 | Marianne Becker | 1985 | 2003 | ||
| Linda Van De Water | 2003 | 2015 | |||
| Paul Bugenhagen Jr. | 2015 | ||||
| 11 | Robert G. Mawdsley | 1988 | 2010 | ||
| William Domina | 2010 | ||||
| 12 | Kathryn W. Foster | 1988 | 2018 | Chief Judge (2001–2007) | |
| Laura Lau | 2018 |
District 4 Judges
| Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet | X | David H. Sebora | 1978 | 1979 | |
| Hugh F. Nelson | 1979 | 1992 | Chief Judge (1990–1992) | ||
| Donald A. Poppy | 1992 | 2012 | |||
| Jeffrey S. Froehlich | 2012 | ||||
| Fond du Lac | 1 | Jerold E. Murphy | 1978 | 1983 | |
| John W. Mickiewicz | 1983 | 1996 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
| Dale L. English | 1996 | ||||
| 2 | John P. McGalloway, Jr. | 1978 | 1992 | ||
| Peter L. Grimm | 1992 | ||||
| 3 | Hazen W. McEssy | 1978 | 1981 | Reached mandatory retirement | |
| Henry B. Buslee | 1981 | 2003 | |||
| Richard J. Nuss | 2003 | ||||
| 4 | Eugene F. McEssey | 1978 | 1986 | ||
| Steven W. Weinke | 1986 | 2010 | |||
| Gary R. Sharpe | 2010 | ||||
| 5 | Robert J. Wirtz | 1999 | Chief Judge (2011–2017) | ||
| 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 | ||||
| 2 | Leon H. Jones | 1978 | 1989 | ||
| Darryl W. Deets | 1989 | 2011 | Chief Judge (2007–2011) | ||
| Gary Bendix | 2011 | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Jerilyn M. Dietz | 2018 | ||||
| 3 | Harold W. Mueller | 1978 | 1981 | ||
| Fred H. Hazlewood | 1981 | 2005 | |||
| Jerome L. Fox | 2005 | 2017 | |||
| Bob Dewane | 2017 | ||||
| Marquette | X | Bernard Ben Bult | 2013 | 2019 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 |
| Chad A. Hendee | 2019 | ||||
| Sheboygan | 1 | Ernest C. Keppler | 1978 | 1985 | |
| L. Edward Stengel | 1985 | Chief Judge (2001–2007) | |||
| 2 | John G. Buchen | 1978 | 1989 | ||
| Timothy M. Van Akkeren | 1989 | 2016 | |||
| Kent Hoffman | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| 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 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| Waushara | X | Guy Dutcher | 2005 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
| 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 | Chief Judge (2017–present) | |||
| 4 | James G. Sarres | 1978 | 1982 | ||
| Robert A. Hawley | 1982 | 2006 | |||
| Karen L. Seifert | 2006 | ||||
| 5 | William H. Carver | 1978 | 2010 | ||
| John Jorgensen | 2010 | ||||
| 6 | Bruce K. Schmidt | 1991 | 2010 | ||
| Robert A. Hawley | 2010 | 2011 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
| Daniel J. Bissett | 2011 |
District 5 Judges
| 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 | |||
| Dane | 1 | Richard W. Bardwell | 1978 | 1987 | Chief Judge (1978–1982) |
| Robert A. DeChambeau | 1987 | 2008 | |||
| John Markson | 2008 | 2017 | |||
| Timothy Samuelson | 2017 | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Susan M. Crawford | 2018 | ||||
| 2 | Michael B. Torphy, Jr. | 1978 | 1998 | ||
| Maryann Sumi | 1998 | 2014 | |||
| Josann M. Reynolds | 2014 | ||||
| 3 | P. Charles Jones | 1978 | 2000 | ||
| John C. Albert | 2000 | 2014 | |||
| Jim Troupis | 2014 | 2016 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Valerie L. Bailey-Rihn | 2016 | ||||
| 4 | William F. Eich | 1978 | 1984 | ||
| Paulette L. Siebers | 1984 | 1986 | |||
| John Aulik | 1986 | 1998 | |||
| Steven D. Ebert | 1998 | 2010 | |||
| Amy Smith | 2010 | 2016 | |||
| Everett Mitchell | 2016 | ||||
| 5 | Robert R. Pekowsky | 1978 | 2000 | Chief Judge (1988–1994) | |
| Diane M. Nicks | 2000 | 2009 | |||
| Nicholas J. McNamara | 2009 | ||||
| 6 | James C. Boll | 1978 | 1990 | ||
| Richard J. Calloway | 1990 | 2003 | |||
| Shelley J. Gaylord | 2003 | ||||
| 7 | Moria G. Krueger | 1978 | 2008 | ||
| William E. Hanrahan | 2008 | Chief Judge (2019–present) | |||
| 8 | Ervin M. Bruner | 1978 | 1982 | ||
| Edward S. Marion | 1982 | 1984 | |||
| Susan R. Steingass | 1984 | 1994 | |||
| Patrick J. Fiedler | 1994 | 2012 | |||
| Frank D. Remington | 2012 | ||||
| 9 | William D. Byrne | 1978 | 1988 | ||
| Gerald C. Nichol | 1988 | 2004 | |||
| Richard Niess | 2004 | ||||
| 10 | Angela B. Bartell | 1978 | 2008 | Chief Judge (1982–1988) | |
| Juan B. Colas | 2008 | ||||
| 11 | Daniel R. Moeser | 1980 | 2012 | Chief Judge (1994–2001) | |
| Ellen K. Berz | 2012 | ||||
| 12 | Mark A. Frankel | 1980 | 2000 | ||
| David T. Flanagan | 2000 | 2016 | |||
| Clayton Kawski | 2016 | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Jill J. Karofsky | 2017 | 2020 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
| 13 | Michael W. Nowakowski | 1985 | 2009 | Chief Judge (2001–2007) | |
| Julie Genovese | 2009 | ||||
| 14 | George Northrup | 1985 | 1998 | ||
| C. William Foust | 1998 | 2016 | Chief Judge (2007–2013) | ||
| John D. Hyland | 2016 | ||||
| 15 | Stuart A. Schwartz | 1992 | 2010 | ||
| Stephen Ehlke | 2010 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Peter C. Anderson | 2010 | 2020 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Lafayette | X | Daniel P. McDonald | 1978 | 1985 | |
| William D. Johnston | 1985 | 2015 | |||
| Duane M. Jorgenson | 2015 | ||||
| Rock | 1 | Mark J. Farnum | 1978 | 1989 | |
| James P. Daley | 1989 | 2018 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Chief Judge (2013–2019) | ||
| 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 | 1992 | ||
| Michael J. Byron | 1992 | 2008 | |||
| 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 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | |||
| 5 | John H. Lussow | 1978 | 1979 | ||
| 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 | Pat Barrett | 2018 |
District 6 Judges (abolished 2018)
| 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 | ||
| Columbia | 1 | Howard W. Latton | 1978 | 1984 | |
| Earl J. McMahon | 1984 | 1991 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Dodge | 1 | Henry G. Gergen, Jr. | 1978 | 1984 | |
| Daniel Klossner | 1984 | 2008 | |||
| Brian A. Pfitzinger | 2008 | Transitioned to District 3 | |||
| 2 | Joseph E. Schultz | 1978 | 1995 | ||
| John R. Storck | 1995 | 2016 | Chief Judge (2006–2012) | ||
| Martin J. De Vries | 2016 | Transitioned to District 3 | |||
| 3 | Thomas W. Wells | 1978 | 1989 | ||
| Andrew P. Bissonnette | 1989 | 2013 | |||
| 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 | 2004 | |||
| 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 | |
| Frederick Fleishauer | 1981 | 2011 | |||
| Thomas B. Eagon | 2012 | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | Appointed by Scott McCallum Chief Judge (2012–2018) 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
| Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | X | Daniel Glen Wood | 2015 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
| Buffalo–Pepin | X | Gary B. Schlosstein | 1978 | 1990 | |
| Dane Morey | 1990 | 2005 | |||
| James J. Duvall | 2005 | 2018 | Chief Judge (2013–2017) | ||
| Thomas W. Clark | 2018 | ||||
| Clark | X | Lyndsey Boon Brunette | 2018 | ||
| Crawford | X | Michael T. Kirchman | 1978 | 2010 | |
| James P. Czajkowski | 2010 | 2016 | |||
| Lynn Marie Ryder | 2016 | ||||
| Grant | 1 | John R. Wagner | 1978 | 1999 | |
| Robert P. Van De Hey | 1999 | Chief Judge (2017–present) | |||
| 2 | William L. Reinecke | 1978 | 1991 | ||
| George S. Curry | 1991 | 2009 | |||
| Craig R. Day | 2009 | ||||
| Iowa | X | James P. Fiedler | 1978 | 1996 | Chief Judge (1983–1989) |
| William D. Dyke | 1997 | 2016 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Chief Judge (2007–2013) | ||
| Margaret M. Koehler | 2016 | ||||
| Jackson | X | Louis S. Dricktrah | 1978 | 1986 | Reached mandatory retirement |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| 4 | John J. Perlich | 1985 | 2006 | ||
| Scott L. Horne | 2007 | ||||
| 5 | Dale T. Pasell | 1999 | 2014 | ||
| Candice Tlustosch | 2015 | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Gloria L. Doyle | 2015 | ||||
| Monroe | 1 | James W. Rice | 1978 | ||
| Stephen L. Abbott | 1995 | 2007 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Joseph D. Boles | 2010 | ||||
| Richland | X | Kent C. Houck | 1978 | 1997 | |
| Edward E. Leineweber | 1997 | 2011 | |||
| W. Andrew Sharp | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| 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 | Appointed by Tony Earl Chief Judge (2001–2007) | ||
| Darcy Rood | 2017 |
District 8 Judges
| 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 | 2000 | |||
| Mark A. Warpinski | 2000 | 2012 | |||
| Tom Walsh | 2012 | ||||
| 3 | William J. Duffy | 1978 | 1992 | Chief Judge (1982–1988) | |
| Susan Bischel | 1992 | 2012 | Chief Judge (2006–2012) | ||
| Tammy Jo Hock | 2012 | ||||
| 4 | Clarence W. Nier | 1978 | 1982 | Chief Judge (1978–1982) | |
| Alexander R. Grant | 1982 | 1991 | |||
| Carl R. Fenwick | 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 | |||
| Peter J. Naze | 1987 | 2008 | |||
| Marc A. Hammer | 2008 | ||||
| 6 | N. Patrick Crooks | 1978 | 1996 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| John D. McKay | 1996 | 2012 | |||
| John P. Zakowski | 2012 | ||||
| 7 | John C. Jaekels | 1978 | 1988 | ||
| Richard Dietz | 1988 | 2007 | |||
| Timothy A. Hinkfuss | 2007 | ||||
| 8 | William M. Atkinson | 1991 | 2019 | ||
| Beau G. Liegeois | 2019 | ||||
| Door | 1 | Edwin C. Stephan | 1978 | 1988 | |
| John D. Koehn | 1988 | 2000 | |||
| D. Todd Ehlers | 2000 | ||||
| 2 | Peter C. Diltz | 1994 | 2016 | ||
| David L. Weber | 2016 | ||||
| Kewaunee | X | John A. Curtin | 1978 | 1980 | |
| S. Dean Pies | 1980 | 1992 | |||
| Dennis J. Mleziva | 1992 | 2016 | |||
| Keith A. Mehn | 2016 | ||||
| Marinette | 1 | Charles D. Heath | 1978 | 2002 | |
| David G. Miron | 2002 | 2020 | |||
| Jane Kopish Sequin | 2020 | ||||
| 2 | William M. Donovan | 1978 | 1990 | ||
| Tim A. Duket | 1990 | 2012 | |||
| James A. Morrison | 2012 | Appointed by Scott Walker Chief Judge (2016–present) | |||
| Oconto | 1 | Edward P. Herald | 1978 | 1980 | |
| John M. Wiebusch | 1980 | 1993 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus | ||
| Larry L. Jeske | 1993 | 2007 | |||
| Michael T. Judge | 2007 | ||||
| 2 | Richard D. Delforge | 1998 | 2010 | ||
| Jay N. Conley | 2010 | ||||
| Outagamie | 1 | Gordon Myse | 1978 | 1984 | |
| James T. Bayorgian | 1984 | 2004 | |||
| Brad Priebe | 2004 | 2005 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
| Mark McGinnis | 2005 | ||||
| 2 | Urban Van Susteran | 1978 | 1985 | ||
| Dennis C. Luebke | 1985 | 2007 | |||
| Nancy J. Krueger | 2007 | 2020 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | ||
| Emily I. Lonergan | 2020 | ||||
| 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 | Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus Chief Judge (1988–1994) | ||
| Gregory B. Gill Jr. | 2011 | ||||
| 5 | Michael W. Gage | 1985 | 2017 | ||
| Carrie Schneider | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| 6 | Dee R. Dyer | 1988 | 2014 | ||
| Vincent Biskupic | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| 7 | John A. Des Jardins | 1994 | |||
| Waupaca | 1 | A. Don Zwickey | 1978 | 1980 | |
| Philip M. Kirk | 1981 | 2017 | Chief Judge (1994–2000) | ||
| Troy L. Nielsen | 2017 | ||||
| 2 | Nathan E. Wiese | 1978 | 1985 | ||
| John P. Hoffman | 1985 | 2013 | |||
| Keith A. Steckbauer | 2014 | 2014 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Vicki Taggatz Clussman | 2014 | ||||
| 3 | Raymond S. Huber | 2000 | |||
District 9 Judges
| 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 | |||
| Patrick John Madden | 1987 | 2019 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson 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 | |||
| John Rhode | 2015 | ||||
| Lincoln | 1 | Donald E. Schnabel | 1978 | 1980 | |
| John Michael Nolan | 1980 | 2004 | |||
| Jay R. Tlusty | 2004 | ||||
| 2 | Glenn H. Hartley | 1999 | 2013 | ||
| 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 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson Chief Judge (2004–2008) | ||
| Jill N. Falstad | 2009 | ||||
| 2 | Leo D. Crooks | 1978 | 1988 | ||
| Raymond F. Thums | 1988 | 2004 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
| Gregory Huber | 2004 | Appointed by Jim Doyle Chief Judge (2016–present) | |||
| 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 | ||
| Mike Moran | 2011 | ||||
| Oneida | 1 | Robert E. Kinney | 1978 | 2007 | |
| Patrick F. O'Melia | 2007 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
| 2 | Mark A. Mangerson | 1988 | 2011 | Appointed to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
| Michael H. Bloom | 2012 | ||||
| Portage | 1 | Thomas B. Eagon | 2012 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | |
| 2 | Robert J. Shannon | 2015 | Appointed by Scott Walker District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
| 3 | Thomas T. Flugaur | 1994 | District 6 before Aug. 1, 2018 | ||
| Price | X | David A. Clapp | 1978 | 1984 | |
| Douglas T. Fox | 1984 | 2017 | |||
| Kevin G. Klein | 2017 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| Shawano–Menominee | 1 | Michael G. Eberlein | 1978 | 1983 | |
| Earl W. Schmidt | 1983 | 2002 | Chief Judge (1992–1998) | ||
| James R. Habeck | 2002 | 2020 | |||
| Tony A. Kordus | Elected but declined to serve | ||||
| Katie Sloma | 2020 | Appointed by Tony Evers | |||
| 2 | Thomas G. Grover | 1978 | 2011 | ||
| William F. Kussel Jr. | 2011 | Appointed by Scott Walker | |||
| Taylor | X | Peter J. Seidl | 1978 | 1979 | |
| Gary L. Carlson | 1979 | 2008 | Chief Judge (1985–1992) | ||
| Ann Knox-Bauer | 2008 | Appointed by Jim Doyle | |||
| Vilas | X | Timothy L. Vocke | 1978 | 1983 | |
| James B. Mohr | 1983 | 2003 | Appointed by Tony Earl Chief Judge (1998–2004) | ||
| Neal A. Nielsen III | 2003 | Appointed by Jim Doyle Chief Judge (2012–2016) | |||
| 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 | ||
District 10 Judges
| Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | X | William E. Chase | 1978 | 1994 | |
| Robert E. Eaton | 1994 | 2018 | |||
| Kelly J. McKnight | 2018 | ||||
| Barron | 1 | Frederick E. Van Sickle | 1978 | 1979 | |
| James C. Eaton | 1979 | 2004 | |||
| James C. Babler | 2004 | ||||
| 2 | Edward R. Brunner | 1988 | 2007 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | |
| Timothy M. Doyle | 2007 | 2014 | |||
| J. Michael Bitney | 2014 | ||||
| 3 | James D. Babbitt | 2008 | 2014 | ||
| Maureen D. Boyle | 2014 | ||||
| Bayfield | X | Robert N. Ledin | 1978 | 1982 | |
| Thomas J. Gallagher | 1982 | 2003 | |||
| John H. Priebe | 2003 | 2004 | |||
| John P. Anderson | 2004 | ||||
| Burnett | X | Harry F. Gunderson | 1978 | 1992 | |
| James H. Taylor | 1992 | 2002 | |||
| Michael J. Gableman | 2002 | 2008 | Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court | ||
| Kenneth L. Kutz | 2008 | 2017 | |||
| Melissia R. Christianson Mogen | 2017 | ||||
| Chippewa | 1 | Robert F. Pfiffner | 1978 | 1984 | |
| Roderick A. Cameron | 1984 | 2017 | |||
| Steven H. Gibbs | 2017 | ||||
| 2 | Richard H. Stafford | 1978 | 1995 | ||
| Thomas J. Sazama | 1995 | 2009 | |||
| James Isaacson | 2009 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2 | James A. Wendland | 1991 | 1997 | ||
| Rod W. Smeltzer | 1997 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Michael Schumacher | 2008 | ||||
| 3 | Karl F. Peplau | 1978 | 1983 | ||
| Gregory A. Peterson | 1983 | 1999 | Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals | ||
| William M. Gabler, Sr. | 1999 | 2018 | |||
| Emily M. Long | 2018 | ||||
| 4 | Benjamin D. Proctor | 1988 | 2011 | ||
| Jon M. Theisen | 2011 | ||||
| 5 | Paul J. Lenz | 1994 | 2017 | ||
| Shaughnessy Murphy | 2017 | 2018 | Appointed by Scott Walker | ||
| Sarah Harless | 2018 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Jeff Anderson | 2011 | ||||
| Rusk | X | Donald J. Sterlinske | 1978 | 1985 | |
| Patrick A. Henderson | 1985 | 1986 | Appointed by Tony Earl | ||
| Frederick Henderson | 1986 | 2010 | |||
| Steven P. Anderson | 2010 | ||||
| Sawyer | X | Alvin L. Kelsey | 1978 | 1991 | |
| Norman L. Yackel | 1991 | 2009 | Appointed by Tommy Thompson | ||
| Jerry Wright | 2009 | 2015 | |||
| John Martin Yackel | 2015 | ||||
| St. Croix | 1 | John G. Bartholomew | 1978 | 1990 | |
| Eric J. Lundell | 1990 | 2018 | |||
| 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 | 2020 | |||
| Angeline E. Winton | 2020 |
Numbered Circuits (1848–1978)
1st Circuit (1848)
| 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 | |||
| 1 | Gerald J. Boileau | 1973 | 1974 | Acting | |
| Earl D. Morton | 1974 | 1978 | |||
| 2 | Harold M. Bode | 1966 | 1978 |
2nd Circuit (1848)
| Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | X | Levi Hubbell | 1848 | 1853 | 2nd Chief Justice of the original Wisconsin Supreme Court |
| 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 | 1968 | |||
| George D. Young | 1968 | 1974 | |||
| Elmer W. Roller | 1973 | 1974 | Acting | ||
| Louis J. Ceci | 1974 | 1978 | |||
| 2 | Eugene S. Elliott | 1900 | 1902 | ||
| Warren D. Tarrant | 1902 | 1912 | |||
| Oscar M. Fritz | 1912 | 1929 | |||
| 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 | |||
| John C. Kleczka | 1930 | 1953 | |||
| Francis X. Suretlik | 1953 | 1959 | |||
| Robert Watson Landry | 1959 | 1978 | |||
| 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 | Reached mandatory retirement | ||
| 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 | Reached mandatory retirement | |
| 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 | 1975 | ||
| Harold B. Jackson Jr. | 1975 | 1978 | |||
| 19 | John E. McCormick | 1976 | 1978 | Transitioned to Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 19 |
3rd Circuit (1848)
| 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)
| 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 | Reached mandatory retirement |
| Allan J. Deehr | 1973 | 1978 | Transitioned to Manitowoc Circuit, Branch 1 |
5th Circuit (1848)
| 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 | 1918 | |
| Levi H. Bancroft | 1918 | 1921 | |
| Sherman E. Smalley | 1921 | 1943 | |
| Arthur W. Kopp | 1943 | 1955 | |
| Richard W. Orton | 1955 | 1978 |
6th Circuit (1850)
| 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)
| 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)
| Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. S. N. Fuller | 1855 | 1860 | |
| Henry D. Barron | 1860 | 1861 | |
| L. P. Wetherby | 1861 | 1866 | |
| Herman L. Humphrey | 1866 | 1877 | |
| E. 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)
| 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 | 1927 | Appointed by Robert M. La Follette Sr. | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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)
| Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Rossiter Cotton | 1855 | 1861 | |
| Edwin Wheeler | 1861 | 1863 | |
| Ganem W. Washburn | 1863 | 1870 | |
| Ezra T. Sprague | 1870 | 1872 | |
| Eleazor H. Ellis | 1872 | 1879 | |
| George H. Meyers | 1880 | 1892 | |
| John Goodland | 1892 | 1916 | |
| Edgar V. Werner | 1916 | 1940 | |
| Joseph McCarthy | 1940 | 1947 | |
| Michael G. Eberlein | 1947 | 1954 | |
| Andrew W. Parnell | 1954 | 1972 | |
| Gordon Myse | 1972 | 1978 |
11th Circuit (1864)
| 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 | 1975 | |
| John P. Foley | 1976 | 1978 |
12th Circuit (1871)
| Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. H. Conger | 1871 | 1883 | |
| John R. Bennett | 1883 | 1899 | |
| Benjamin F. Dunwiddle | 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)
| 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)
| Circuit | Branch | Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | X | Samuel D. Hastings | 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)
| Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John K. Parish | 1888 | 1912 | |
| Gullick N. Risjord | 1912 | 1951 | Died in office |
| Lewis J. Charles | 1951 | 1976 | Reached mandatory retirement |
| W. Patrick Donlin | 1976 | 1978 |
16th Circuit (1891)
| Judge | Beginning Year | End Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles V. Bardeen | 1891 | 1898 | |
| Willis C. Silverthorn | 1898 | 1910 | |
| 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)
| 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)
| 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 | Reached mandatory retirement | ||
| 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 | Reached mandatory retirement |
| 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 |
Sources
- "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.
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References
- Vetterkind, Riley (March 6, 2020). "Tony Evers signs bill adding 12 circuit court branches". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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- 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.
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