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 courtseach 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 courtsthe present Wisconsin Circuit Courts. The act also created the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.[2]

Chief Judges (1978Present)

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 (1978Present)

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 (20152020)
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 (19911999)
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 (20052008)
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 (19871991)
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 (19992003)
David L. Borowski 2003
13 Victor Manian 1978 2004 Chief Judge (19811987)
Mary Triggiano 2004 Chief Judge (2020present)
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 (19781980)
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 (20032005)
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 (20082015)
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 (19962002)
Jason A. Rossell 2011 Chief Judge (2017present)
3 John E. Malloy 1978 1984
Bruce Schroeder 1984
4 Michael S. Fisher 1978 2005 Chief Judge (19841990)
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 (20082014)
7 S. Michael Wilk 1994 2016
Jodi L. Meier 2016
8 Chad G. Kerkman 2009
Racine 1 John C. Ahlgrimm 1978 1988 Chief Judge (19781984)
Gerald P. Ptacek 1988 2016 Chief Judge (20022008)
Appointed by Tommy Thompson
Wynne Laufenberg 2016
2 Thomas P. Corbett 1978 1979
Stephen A. Simanek 1979 2010 Chief Judge (19901996)
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 (20142017)
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 (20132017)
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 (19911995)
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 (19952001)
Richard Congdon 2009 2010 Appointed by Jim Doyle
Mark Gundrum 2010 2011
Jennifer R. Dorow 2011 Chief Judge (2017present)
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 (19851991)
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 (19781995)
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 (20072013)
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 (20012007)
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 (19901992)
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 (20112017)
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 (20072011)
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 (20012007)
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 (19841990)
Thomas J. Gritton 2000 2018
Teresa S. Basiliere 2018
2 Edmund P. Arpin 1978 1982
Robert A. Haase 1982 2004 Chief Judge (19952001)
Scott C. Woldt 2004 Appointed by Jim Doyle
3 Thomas S. Williams 1978 1998 Chief Judge (19921995)
Barbara Hart Key 1998 Chief Judge (2017present)
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 (19781982)
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 (19881994)
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 (2019present)
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 (19821988)
Juan B. Colas 2008
11 Daniel R. Moeser 1980 2012 Chief Judge (19942001)
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 (20012007)
Julie Genovese 2009
14 George Northrup 1985 1998
C. William Foust 1998 2016 Chief Judge (20072013)
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 (20132019)
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 (20062012)
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 (19851986)
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 (19982006)
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 (19861992)
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 (19921998)
Appointed by Martin J. Schreiber
Gregory J. Potter 2001 Appointed by Scott McCallum
Chief Judge (20122018)
Transitioned to District 9
2 Frederick A. Fink 1978 1985 Chief Judge (19841985)
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
BuffaloPepin X Gary B. Schlosstein 1978 1990
Dane Morey 1990 2005
James J. Duvall 2005 2018 Chief Judge (20132017)
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 (2017present)
2 William L. Reinecke 1978 1991
George S. Curry 1991 2009
Craig R. Day 2009
Iowa X James P. Fiedler 1978 1996 Chief Judge (19831989)
William D. Dyke 1997 2016 Appointed by Tommy Thompson
Chief Judge (20072013)
Margaret M. Koehler 2016
Jackson X Louis S. Dricktrah 1978 1986 Reached mandatory retirement
Robert W. Radcliffe 1986 2002 Chief Judge (19952001)
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 (19891995)
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 (19781983)
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 (20012007)
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 (20122016)
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 (19821988)
Susan Bischel 1992 2012 Chief Judge (20062012)
Tammy Jo Hock 2012
4 Clarence W. Nier 1978 1982 Chief Judge (19781982)
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 (2016present)
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 (20002006)
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 (19881994)
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 (19942000)
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
ForestFlorence 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 (19781983)
Michael W. Hoover 1988 1997 Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Dorothy L. Bain 1997 2009 Appointed by Tommy Thompson
Chief Judge (20042008)
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 (2016present)
3 Daniel L. LaRocque 1978 1985 Chief Judge (19831985)
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 (20082012)
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
ShawanoMenominee 1 Michael G. Eberlein 1978 1983
Earl W. Schmidt 1983 2002 Chief Judge (19921998)
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 (19851992)
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 (19982004)
Neal A. Nielsen III 2003 Appointed by Jim Doyle
Chief Judge (20122016)
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 (18481978)

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 (19001978)

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

References

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