Milwaukee County Circuit Court

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The Milwaukee County Circuit Court is the largest county court in the state of Wisconsin. The court consists of 47 branches. Two branches were recently vacant, but were filled by the election that took place on April 7, 2009. Ellen Brostrom was elected to Branch 6 and J.D. Watts was elected to Branch 15. They will begin their terms as of August 1, 2009, unless they are appointed by the Governor before then to serve the remainder of the current term.^[1]

Divisions

The work of the court is done in five separate divisions: felony, misdemeanor/traffic, civil (including probate and small claims), family and children's. Judges rotate from one division to another every three to four years; about one-quarter of the judges rotate each year.^[2]

Currently, 13 judges are assigned to the felony division, 8 to the misdemeanor division, 12 to the civil division, 6 to the family division and 8 to the children's division.^[3]

Much of the court's work is done with the help of 21 court commissioners, appointed by the court, who handle preliminary and uncontested matters and make other important decisions subject to the review of circuit court judges.^[4]

Judges

Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers Judge Dominic Amato Judge Carl Ashley Judge David Borowski Judge William Brash Judge-elect Ellen Brostrom Judge Jane Carroll Judge Karen Christenson Judge Dennis Cimpl Judge Jeffrey Conen Judge Thomas Cooper Judge Rebecca Dallett Judge Jean DiMotto Judge John DiMotto Judge Martin Joseph Donald Judge Thomas Donegan

Judge Timothy Dugan Judge Michael Dwyer Judge Clare Fiorenza Judge Mel Flanagan Judge Christopher Foley Judge Bonnie Gordon Judge Michael Guolee Judge David Allen Hansher Judge Charles F. Kahn Judge Daniel Lee Konkol Judge Mary Kuhnmuench Judge Elsa Lamelas Judge Kevin Martens Judge Patricia McMahon Judge Dennis Moroney Judge Marshall Murray

Judge Daniel Noonan Judge William Pocan Judge Frederick Rosa Judge Stephanie Rothstein Judge Richard John Sankovitz Judge John Siefert Judge William Sosnay Judge Mary Triggiano Judge Paul Van Grunsven Judge Jeffrey Wagner Judge Francis Wasielewski Judge-elect J.D. Watts Judge Maxine White Judge Timothy Witkowiak Judge Glenn Yamahiro

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