Committees and boards
Benchbook Committees
Appointed by Office of Judicial Education, the Benchbook Committees assist in revising and updating each of the five Wisconsin Judicial Benchbooks on an annual basis. The benchbooks are desktop procedural reference texts for trial judges.
Current membership
Members serve three-year terms with five-year terms for chairs.
| Committee | Name | Term ending date |
| Civil | Judge Emily Mueller Racine County Circuit Court |
Chair, November 2013 |
| Judge Rick Niess Dane County Circuit Court |
November 2012 | |
| Judge Michael Schumacher Eau Claire County Circuit Court |
November 2012 | |
| Judge Timothy Dugan Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
November 2013 | |
| Judge Robert Wirtz Fond du Lac County Circuit Court |
November 2011 | |
| Criminal | Judge Richard Sankovitz Milwaukee County Circuit |
Chair, May 2015 |
| Judge William Foust Dane County Circuit Court |
May 2013 | |
| Judge Barbara Key Winnebago County Circuit Court |
May 2013 | |
| Court Commissioner Todd Meurer Dane County Circuit Court |
May 2013 | |
| Judge Michael Rosborough Vernon County Circuit Court |
May 2011 | |
| Judge Michael Bohren Waukesha County Circuit Court |
May 2013 | |
| Family | Judge Vincent Howard Marathon County Circuit Court |
Chair, September 2012 |
| Judge Timothy Van Akkeren Sheboygan County Circuit Court |
September 2013 | |
| Judge Charles Constantine Racine County Circuit Court |
September 2014 | |
| Judge Daniel Dillon Rock County Circuit Court |
September 2013 | |
| Juvenile | Judge Christopher Foley Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
April 2012 |
| Judge Shelley Gaylord Dane County Circuit Court |
April 2013 | |
| Judge John Hoffmann Waupaca County Circuit Court |
Chair, April 2015 | |
| Judge Mary Wagner Kenosha County Circuit Court |
April 2012 | |
| Probate | Attorney David Flesch | August 2013 |
| Judge Robert Van De Hey Grant County Circuit Court |
August 2012 | |
| Judge D. Todd Ehlers Door County Circuit Court |
August 2012 |