James Edward Doyle Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Wisconsin from 2003 to 2011. In his first election to the governorship,he narrowly defeated incumbent Republican governor Scott McCallum. Although in 2002 Democrats increased their number of governorships,Doyle was the only one of them to unseat a Republican.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest and final court of appeals in the state judicial system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. In addition to hearing appeals of lower Wisconsin court decisions,the Wisconsin Supreme Court also has the option to take original jurisdiction of cases,and serves as a regulator and administrator of judicial conduct and the practice of law in Wisconsin.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin is a federal court in the Seventh Circuit.
Ann Walsh Bradley is an American lawyer and jurist,and the longest currently-serving justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was elected to the Supreme Court in 1995 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2015. She has announced she will not run for re-election again;her term expires July 31,2025. She previously served ten years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Marathon County,Wisconsin.
Orsamus R. Cole was an American lawyer and judge. He served as the 6th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,and,until 2013,was the longest-serving justice in the Court's history,with nearly 37 years on the high court. He also represented Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 31st Congress (1849–1850). His name is frequently misspelled as Orasmus.
Roland Bernard Day was an American lawyer,politician,and jurist. He was the 24th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,in 1995 and 1996,after a 22-year career on the court.
James Edward Doyle Sr. was an American lawyer and jurist from Madison,Wisconsin. He served 22 years as a United States district judge for the Western District of Wisconsin,from 1965 until his death in 1987. Earlier in his life,as a former member of the disbanded Wisconsin Progressive Party,he played an important role in reshaping the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in the 1950s,and was the father of Jim Doyle,the 44th governor of Wisconsin.
Burneatta L. "Burnie" Bridge is a retired American lawyer and jurist from Wisconsin. She was a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Madison-based 4th appellate district. She was appointed by Governor Jim Doyle in 2007,and had previously served as his chief deputy when he was Attorney General of Wisconsin. She retired from the court in January 2010. Earlier in Doyle's gubernatorial administration,she served as chair of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and was administrator of the Division of Children and Family Services in the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
Silas Uriah Pinney was an American lawyer,jurist,and Democratic politician from Madison,Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1892 through 1898,and served as the 13th mayor of Madison. Outside of public office,Pinney was a renowned lawyer and legal scholar;he was the compiler and namesake of Pinney's Wisconsin Reports (Pin.),which are the official catalogue of Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions from 1838 through 1853. He also played an important role investing in the early development of the city of Madison;his mayoral term saw the establishment of the first public library in the city—the second public library in the state. He is the namesake of the Pinney Branch of the Madison Public Library.
Bruce Frederich Beilfuss was an American lawyer and jurist from Clark County,Wisconsin. He was the 22nd chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,from 1976 to 1983,and served a total of 20 years on the high court. He previously served 16 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge,and 7 years as district attorney.
JoAnne Fishman Kloppenburg is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals since 2012 in the Madison-based District IV. Kloppenburg was previously an assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Department of Justice and was a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2011 and 2016.
Samuel Crawford was an Irish American immigrant,lawyer,and Wisconsin pioneer. He was one of the first elected justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1853. He was also the first incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to be defeated seeking re-election.
Paul Lundsten is an American lawyer and retired judge. He served as a state Assistant Attorney General and as a judge on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for the Madison-based District IV court serving 24 counties.
The 2014 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 4,2014. Wisconsin's Governor,Lieutenant Governor,Attorney General,Secretary of State,and State Treasurer were all up for election,as well as Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives. The November general election in 2014 also featured a statewide referendum on an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin. The 2014 Wisconsin Fall Primary Election was held on August 12,2014.
Brad Schimel is an American lawyer,judge,and Republican politician. He was the 44th attorney general of Wisconsin,serving from 2015 to 2019. He was defeated seeking re-election in 2018,and was subsequently appointed a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Waukesha County,by Governor Scott Walker. Schimel is seeking election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2025 Spring election. He also previously served as district attorney of Waukesha County.
Jennifer Elise Nashold is an American attorney,currently serving as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. She was elected in 2019.
Jill Judith Karofsky is an American attorney who has served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since 2020. Karofsky served as a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge in Dane County from 2017 until her 2020 election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Rachel Anne Graham is an American lawyer,currently serving as judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Madison-based District IV court. She was appointed in 2019 by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers.
The 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election will be held on April 1,2025,to elect a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The incumbent justice,Ann Walsh Bradley,is retiring after 30 years on the court. Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are considered nonpartisan,Bradley has identified as a liberal and has voted with the liberal 4–3 majority on the court,meaning the outcome of this election will decide the ideological majority of the court for at least the next year.
Patrick J. Fiedler is an American lawyer,mediator,and jurist from Wisconsin. He was a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Dane County for 18 years,from 1993 to 2011. Earlier in his career,he was the 2nd secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections,in the cabinet of governor Tommy Thompson,and he served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin,appointed by President Ronald Reagan. In the year after he left the judgeship,Fiedler also served as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
