Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Wisconsin

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The Milwaukee County Circuit Court is the largest circuit court in the state of Wisconsin. The court consists of 47 branches. It also has 22 court commissioners. There are nearly 150,000 case filings annually. It comprises the First Judicial District of the State of Wisconsin. The Chief Judge is Jeffrey Kremers, the Clerk of Circuit Court is John Barrett and the District Court Administrator is Bruce Harvey. Hearings are held in five separate buildings: the Milwaukee County Courthouse, the Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center, the Safety Building, the Behavioral Health Division and the Criminal Justice Facility. [1]

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]

Milwaukee County Courthouse

Much of the court's work is done with the help of 22 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] The Administrative Court Commissioner is Laura Gramling Perez, the Probate Court Commissioner is Patricia Baker and the Family Court Commissioner is Michael Bruch.

Judges

Former judges

See also

References

  1. ↑ Milwaukee County Circuit Court
  2. ↑ Milwaukee County Circuit Court Local Rule 146
  3. ↑ Circuit Court Judges By Division
  4. ↑ List of Court Officials
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2013

See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2013
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CandidateIncumbencyOfficePrimary VoteElection Vote
SwansonDave Swanson   ApprovedANoBranch 1198.25%   ApprovedA
UrferGilbert Urfer    NoBranch 4511% 
ProtasiewiczJanet Claire Protasiewicz    NoBranch 4529%ApprovedA46.77%   DefeatedD
BradleyRebecca Bradley   ApprovedAYesBranch 4559%ApprovedA53%   ApprovedA
PocanWilliam Pocan   ApprovedAYesBranch 2698.4%   ApprovedA

2012

See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2012
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CandidateIncumbencyBranchPrimary VoteElection Vote
GordonBonnie Gordon   ApprovedAYesBranch 46n/a100%   ApprovedA
StarkCarolina Maria Stark   ApprovedANoBranch 1735.3%ApprovedA56%   ApprovedA
LipscombChristopher R. Lipscomb    NoBranch 1730.8% 
MoroneyDennis Moroney   ApprovedAYesBranch 20n/a100%   ApprovedA
DuganHannah C. Dugan    NoBranch 23n/a40%   DefeatedD
CarrollJane Carroll   ApprovedAYesBranch 39n/a100%   ApprovedA
WagnerJeffrey Wagner   ApprovedAYesBranch 38n/a100%   ApprovedA
GradyLindsey Grady   ApprovedANoBranch 23n/a60%   ApprovedA
SandersMark A. Sanders   ApprovedANoBranch 28n/a100%   ApprovedA
MurrayMarshall Murray   ApprovedAYesBranch 43n/a100%   ApprovedA
FlanaganMel Flanagan   ApprovedAYesBranch 4n/a100%   ApprovedA
Phillips, IIINelson W. Phillips, III    YesBranch 1734%ApprovedA44%   DefeatedD
SosnayWilliam Sosnay   ApprovedAYesBranch 8n/a100%   ApprovedA

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