Wisconsin Court of Appeals

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court which reviews contested decisions of the Wisconsin circuit courts. The Court of Appeals was created in August 1978[1] to alleviate the Wisconsin Supreme Court's rising number of appellate cases. Published Court of Appeals opinions are considered binding precedent until overruled by the Supreme Court; unpublished opinions are not. The Court hears most appeals in three-judge panels, but appeals of circuit court decisions in misdemeanor, small claims, and municipal ordinance cases are decided by a single judge.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
EstablishedAugust 1978
Jurisdiction Wisconsin
LocationMilwaukee (District I)
Waukesha (District II)
Wausau (District III)
Madison (District IV)
Composition methodNon-partisan election from within judicial district
Authorized byWis. Const. Art VII § 5
Wis. Stats. Chapter 752
Appeals toSupreme Court of Wisconsin
Appeals fromCircuit Court of Wisconsin
Judge term lengthSix years
Number of positions16
Websitewww.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/
Chief Judge
CurrentlyLisa Neubauer
SinceAugust 2, 2015
Lead position endsAugust 1, 2020
Deputy Chief Judge
CurrentlyLisa K. Stark
SinceAugust 2, 2015
Division map

Composition

The Court of Appeals comprises 16 judges elected to six-year terms in four geographic districts. Districts I and II have four judges each, three judges are chambered in District III, and five in District IV. The court is administered by a chief judge, appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, who is assisted by a deputy chief judge and a presiding judge in each district. Vacancies on the court are filled by gubernatorial appointment; following the appointment of a judge, a new election for that seat is scheduled in the next Spring election in which no other Appeals Court seat in that Appeals Court District is up for election, unless that election occurs less than five months from the date of the appointment.[2]

Districts

Current judges
Name Years on court Assumed office Current term end Law School
District I
Presiding Judge William W. Brash III 5 October 28, 2015 July 31, 2023 Marquette University
Judge 2 Timothy G. Dugan 4 December 10, 2016 July 31, 2024 Marquette University
Judge 3 M. Joseph Donald 1 September 4, 2019 July 31, 2020 Marquette University
Judge 4 Maxine Aldridge White 1 January 16, 2020 July 31, 2021 Marquette University
District II
Chief Judge Lisa S. Neubauer 13 December 2007 July 31, 2020 University of Chicago
Presiding Judge Paul F. Reilly 10 August 1, 2010 July 31, 2022 University of Wisconsin
Judge 3 Mark D. Gundrum 9 November 4, 2011 July 31, 2025 University of Wisconsin
Judge 4 Jeffrey O. Davis 1 September 4, 2019 July 31, 2021 Ohio State University
District III
Deputy Chief Judge (PJ) Lisa K. Stark 7 April 23, 2013 July 31, 2025 University of Wisconsin
Judge 2 Thomas F. Hruz 6 July 21, 2014 July 31, 2022 Marquette University
Judge 3 Mark A. Seidl 5 August 1, 2015 July 31, 2021 University of Wisconsin
District IV
Judge 1 Brian W. Blanchard 10 August 1, 2010 July 31, 2022 Northwestern University
Judge 2 JoAnne F. Kloppenburg 8 August 1, 2012 July 31, 2024 University of Wisconsin
Presiding Judge Michael R. Fitzpatrick 3 August 1, 2017 July 31, 2023 Drake University
Judge 4 Rachel A. Graham 1 July 4, 2019 July 31, 2020 University of Wisconsin
Judge 5 Jennifer E. Nashold 1 August 1, 2019 July 31, 2025 University of Wisconsin

Judges

District I
Judge District Start year End year Notes
Robert C. Cannon I 1978 1981 Presiding Judge (1978–1979)
John A. Decker I 1978 1984 Chief Judge (1978–1983)
William R. Moser I 1978 1992 Presiding Judge (1985–1992)
Presiding Judge (1979–1983)
Rudolph T. Randa I 1981 1982 Elevated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Michael T. Sullivan I 1984 1996
Charles B. Schudson I 1992 2004
Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr. I 1982 1988 Presiding Judge (1983–1985)
1992 2008 Presiding Judge (1993–2007)
Ralph Adam Fine I 1988 2014
Patricia Curley I 1996 2016 Presiding Judge (2007–2016)
Joan Kessler I 2004 2020
Kitty Brennan I 2008 2019
Rebecca Bradley I 2015 2015
William Brash I 2015 Presiding Judge (2019–Present)
Timothy Dugan I 2016
Joe Donald I 2019
Maxine Aldridge White I 2020

District II
Judge District Start year End year Notes
Harold M. Bode II 1978 1981
Clair H. Voss II 1978 1983 Presiding Judge (1978–1983)
Richard S. Brown II 1978 2015 Chief Judge (2007–2015)
Presiding Judge (1996–2001)
Presiding Judge (1983–1990)
Burton A. Scott II 1980 1991 Chief Judge (1983–1989)
Neal Nettesheim II 1983 2007 Deputy Chief Judge (1998–2007)
Presiding Judge (2001–2003)
Presiding Judge (1990–1993)
Daniel P. Anderson II 1990 2011 Presiding Judge (2007–2009)
Presiding Judge (2003–2005)
Presiding Judge (1993–1996)
Harry G. Snyder II 1991 2010 Presiding Judge
Lisa S. Neubauer II 2007 Chief Judge (2015–present)
Presiding Judge (2009–2015)
Paul F. Reilly II 2010 Presiding Judge (2015–present)
Mark Gundrum II 2011
Brian Hagedorn II 2015 2019 Elevated to Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jeffrey O. Davis II 2019

District III
Judge District Start year End year Notes
W. Patrick Donlin III 1978 1981
John P. Foley III 1978 1984 Presiding Judge (1981–1984)
Robert W. Dean III 1978 1986 Presiding Judge (1978–1981)
Thomas Cane III 1981 2007 Chief Judge (1998–2007)
Deputy Chief Judge (1989–1998)
Presiding Judge (1984–1998)
Daniel L. LaRocque III 1985 1997
Gordon Myse III 1986 1999 Presiding Judge (1998–1999)
Michael W. Hoover III 1997 2015 Deputy Chief Judge (2012–2015)
Presiding Judge (1999–2015)
Gregory A. Peterson III 1999 2007 Deputy Chief Judge (2007–2012)
Edward R. Brunner III 2007 2011
Mark Mangerson III 2011 2014
Lisa K. Stark III 2013 Deputy Chief Judge (2015–present)
Presiding Judge (2015–present)
Thomas F. Hruz III 2014
Mark Seidl III 2015

District IV
Judge District Start year End year Notes
Martha Bablitch IV 1978 1985
Paul C. Gartzke IV 1978 1996 Presiding Judge (1978–1996)
Charles P. Dykman IV 1978 2010 Presiding Judge (2009–2010)
Presiding Judge (1996–2001)
William Eich IV 1985 2000 Chief Judge (1989–1998)
Robert D. Sundby IV 1986 1996
Margaret J. Vergeront IV 1994 2012 Presiding Judge (2010–2011)
Patience D. Roggensack IV 1996 2003 Elevated to Wisconsin Supreme Court
David G. Deininger IV 1996 2007 Presiding Judge (2003–2005)
Paul Lundsten IV 2000 2019 Presiding Judge (2017–2019)
Presiding Judge (2011–2013)
Presiding Judge (2005–2007)
Paul B. Higginbotham IV 2003 2017 Presiding Judge (2007–2009)
Burnie Bridge IV 2007 2010
Gary Sherman IV 2010 2019
Brian Blanchard IV 2010 Presiding Judge (2013–2015)
JoAnne Kloppenburg IV 2012 Presiding Judge (2015–2017)
Michael R. Fitzpatrick IV 2017 Presiding Judge (2019–present)
Rachel A. Graham IV 2019
Jennifer E. Nashold IV 2019

See also

References
  1. Olive, Ralph D. (September 7, 1979). "Judges Studying Violent Crime Bail". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. "Wisconsin Statutes Ch. 8.50 (4) (f)". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
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