Former judges

Judge Joan F. Kessler

Judge Joan F. Kessler

Court of Appeals–District I: 2004–2020
Presiding Judge: 2018–2019

Career history

Appellate Court Judge (2004-present); Attorney, Private Practice (1981-2004); United States Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin (1978-1981); Attorney, Private Practice; Law Clerk, Honorable John W. Reynolds, U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Wisconsin (1968-69)

Law-related activities

Member/Board of Directors, Milwaukee Bar Association; Chair, Section of Individual Rights Responsibilities, American Bar Association; Referee, Office of Lawyer Regulation; Member, American Law Institute; Member, Seventh Circuit Bar Association; Member, Wisconsin Bar Association; Member, Lawyers Association for Women; Member, Milwaukee Young Lawyers Former Member, Judicial Council of Wisconsin; Former Member, Supreme Court Decorum Committee

Education

University of Kansas, B.A. (1966); Marquette University of Law School, J.D., cum laude 1968

Interests

Travel, cooking, reading novels, drawing and painting

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