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The Milwaukee County Circuit Court is the largest circuit court in the Country of Wisconsin.[ane] The court consists of 47 branches and has 22 court commissioners. There are about 150,000 cases filed annually in the court. The court comprises the Commencement Judicial District of the Land of Wisconsin. The chief judge is Jeffrey Kremers and the clerk of excursion court is John Barrett.[2] Hearings are held in 5 split buildings: the Milwaukee Canton Courthouse, the Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Eye, the Safety Building, the Behavioral Health Segmentation, and the Criminal Justice Facility.[3]

The work of the court is done in five separate divisions: felony, misdemeanor/traffic, ceremonious (including probate and small-scale claims) and family and children'due south. Judges rotate from one division to another every 3 to four years; almost one-quarter of the judges rotate each twelvemonth.[3]

Milwaukee County Courthouse

Much of the court'southward work is done with the help of 22 courtroom commissioners, appointed by the court, who handle preliminary and uncontested matters and brand other of import decisions subject to the review of circuit court judges.[2]

Judges

Onetime judges

  • Brett Blomme
  • Rebecca Bradley
  • William Brash
  • Karen Christenson
  • Thomas Cooper
  • Rebecca Dallet
  • Paul Dedinsky
  • Jean DiMotto
  • John DiMotto
  • Martin Joseph Donald
  • Thomas Donegan
  • Timothy Dugan
  • Michael Dwyer
  • Clare Fiorenza
  • Mel Flanagan
  • Daniel Gabler
  • Bonnie Gordon
  • Michael Guolee
  • David Allen Hansher
  • Andrew Jones
  • Jeffrey Kremers
  • Mary Kuhnmuench
  • Daniel Lee Konkol
  • Dennis Moroney
  • Daniel Noonan
  • Nelson W. Phillips, 3
  • Paul Rifelj
  • Richard John Sankovitz
  • John Siefert
  • Maxine White

Run into too

  • Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin Circuit Courts
  • News: Race betwixt Stark and Phillips comes down to the wire, March 27, 2012

External links

  • Milwaukee County Website, "Clerk of Circuit Courtroom"

Elections

Encounter as well: Wisconsin judicial elections

Wisconsin is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more than about judicial selection in Wisconsin, click here.

  • Wisconsin local trial court judicial elections, 2022
  • Wisconsin local trial courtroom judicial elections, 2021
  • Wisconsin local trial court judicial elections, 2020
  • Wisconsin local trial courtroom judicial elections, 2019
  • Wisconsin local trial court judicial elections, 2018
  • Wisconsin local trial court judicial elections, 2017
  • Wisconsin local trial court judicial elections, 2016
  • Wisconsin judicial elections, 2015
  • Wisconsin judicial elections, 2014
  • Wisconsin judicial elections, 2013
  • Wisconsin judicial elections, 2012
  • Wisconsin judicial elections, 2011
  • Wisconsin judicial elections, 2010

Choice method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

The 241 judges of the Wisconsin Circuit Courts are elected in nonpartisan elections to six-year terms. All judges must run for re-election if they wish to proceed serving after their term expires.[4]

The master judge of each excursion court is chosen by the state supreme court to serve a two-year term. [iv]

Qualifications
To serve on the circuit courts, a judge must exist:[4]

  • a qualified elector in the state;
  • a qualified elector of his or her circuit (for circuit judges); and
  • licensed to exercise law in the state for at to the lowest degree five years.

Election rules

Chief ballot

A primary is held on the third Tuesday in February to nominate judicial candidates for the spring election. Candidates seeking election must file past the start Tuesday in January preceding the leap general election.[5] A main is required if more than than two candidates file for nomination to the supreme court, the same district of an appellate court, or for the same branch of a circuit court.[five] If the number of candidates for role does not exceed twice the number to exist elected to the office a primary is not held and all the candidates will announced on the ballot in the jump ballot.[v] The 2 candidates who receive the nearly votes in a principal race advance to the general election.[6]

Full general election

A spring election is held on the first Tuesday in April.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wisconsin Courts, "Circuit Court Judges," accessed July 28, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Milwaukee County Website, "List of Court Officials," accessed April 16, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 iii.1 Milwaukee County Website, "Courtroom Services," accessed April 16, 2014
  4. ↑ iv.0 4.i iv.ii American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Wisconsin," archived October 3, 2014
  5. ↑ 5.0 five.1 5.2 5.three Wisconsin Legislative Council, "Overview of the Election Police force in Wisconsin," archived March 31, 2014
  6. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Wisconsin," accessed March 31, 2014