Charles B. Schudson

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The Honorable
Charles B. Schudson
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Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for the 1st district
In office
August 1, 1992 –July 31, 2004
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Charles Benjamin Schudson (born 1950) is a retired American lawyer, jurist, and author from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served 12 years as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and served 10 years before that as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County. He previously served as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee.

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Biography

Schudson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1950. [1] He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (Class of 1972) and the University of Wisconsin Law School. [2] Schudson and his wife, Karen, have two children and five grandchildren.

Career

Schudson worked as a state and federal prosecutor from 1975 until 1982, when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Circuit Court by Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus. In 1992, he was elected to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, where he served twelve years. Subsequent to his judicial career, he served as senior counsel at von Briesen & Roper, S.C., and as General Counsel for La Causa, Inc.

Throughout and following his judicial career, Schudson served on the faculties of Marquette University Law School, University of Wisconsin Law School, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the National Judicial College. For Lawrence University, he has served as the “Law and Literature Scholar in Residence,” and, for fifteen years and currently, as a presenter for Lawrence’s “Björklunden Seminars.”  Teaching at law schools in Bolivia, Germany, and Peru, 2009-14, he served as a Fulbright Scholar.

Schudson has presented keynotes and seminars at approximately three hundred judicial and professional conferences throughout the world. He has testified before congressional committees and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on battered women; he was the lead witness before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on child sexual abuse. He has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered , PBS’s The MacNeil-Lehrer Report , and Oprah .  

For his work in the investigation and prosecution of Medicaid fraud and nursing home crimes, Schudson received the U.S. Justice Department’s Award for Superior Performance. During his judicial career, he received honors including: Wisconsin Judge of the Year; Foundation for the Improvement of Justice Award; and the National Human Rights Leadership Award.

Schudson has authored hundreds of published appellate decisions and other works, including: On Trial / America’s Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children ( Beacon Press 1989; 2d ed., 1991); and Independence Corrupted / How America’s Judges Make Their Decisions (University of Wisconsin Press, 2018; Amazon Kindle 2022), winner of the Figure Foundation grant, and a nominee for the ABA Silver Gavel Award, the Chautauqua Prize, and the National Book Award.  

Electoral history

Wisconsin Circuit Court (1983, 1989)

Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 1 Election, 1983 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
General Election, April 5, 1983
Nonpartisan Charles B. Schudson (incumbent) 40,585 58.69%
Nonpartisan James F. Blask28,56241.31%
Total votes'69,147''100.0%'
Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 1 Election, 1989 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
General Election, April 4, 1989
Nonpartisan Charles B. Schudson (incumbent) 95,304 100.0%
Total votes'95,304''100.0%'+37.83%

Wisconsin Court of Appeals (1992, 1998, 2004)

Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District I Election, 1992 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
General Election, April 7, 1992
Nonpartisan Charles B. Schudson 173,545 100.0%
Total votes'173,545''100.0%'
Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District I Election, 1998 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
General Election, April 7, 1998
Nonpartisan Charles B. Schudson (incumbent) 52,173 100.0%
Total votes'52,173''100.0%'-27.79%
Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District I Election, 2004 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
General Election, April 6, 2004
Nonpartisan Joan F. Kessler 106,640 50.62%
Nonpartisan Charles B. Schudson (incumbent)102,98048.89%
Scattering1,0350.49%
Total votes'210,655''100.0%'+213.87%

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References

  1. ↑ "Charles Benjamin Schudson". Wisconsin Court System. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Charles B. Schudson". University of Wisconsin Law School. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1983). "Elections in Wisconsin". The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 865. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1989). "Elections in Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin 1989-1990 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 885. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1993). "Elections in Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin 1993-1994 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 876. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ Barish, Lawrence S.; Meloy, Patricia E., eds. (1999). "Elections in Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin 1999-2000 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 852. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ Results of Spring General Election (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. April 22, 2004. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
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