Court of Appeals

Career history

Chief Judge (2021-2023); Presiding Judge (2019-2021); Appellate Judge, Court of Appeals, District I (appointed 2015); Circuit Court Judge, Milwaukee County (appointed 2001; elected 2002-15); Municipal Judge, Village of Fox Point (1985-97); Reserve Municipal Judge, Milwaukee County (1997-2001); Village of Fox Point Trustee (1998-2001); Private Practice Attorney (1978-2001).

Law-related activities

Former Presiding Judge, Milwaukee County Civil/Probate Division; Faculty Member since 2006, National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada; State Planning and Policy Advisory Committee (PPAC); State Legislative Committee; Judicial Compensation Committee; Ozaukee County Bar Association; Milwaukee County Bar Association; Former Director, Milwaukee Volunteer Judges Association; and Thomas E. Fairchild American Inns of Court; Special Commendation Recipient, U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

Birth date/place

July 15, 1951; Panama

Education

St. Norbert College, B.A. (1973); Marquette Law School, J.D. (1978)

Interests

Cars, music, collecting watches

Back to former judges