Presiding Judge Lisa K. Stark
Court of Appeals–District III
2100 Stewart Avenue, Suite 310
Wausau, WI 54401
Current term expires July 31, 2025.
Career history
Appellate Judge, Court of Appeals – District III (appointed 2013; elected 2013, 2019); Deputy Chief Judge, Court of Appeals (2015 – 2023); Presiding Judge, District III; Circuit Court Judge, Branch 1, Eau Claire County (2000-2013); Attorney, Private Practice (1982-2000)
Law-related activities
Dean of Wisconsin Judicial College 2011 to present and Associate Dean from 2005 to 2011; Former Chair and member, Civil Jury Instruction Committee; Judicial Education Committee member; Former Member of Council on Offender Reentry; Effective Justice Strategies Sub Committee of PPAC; Former Board member of Wisconsin Association of Trial Judges; Former presiding Judge for Eau Claire County Drug Court Program; Former President of Eau Claire County Restorative Justice Program; Recipient of Aulik Award from Wisconsin Association of Treatment Court Professionals (2010); Recipient of Women in the Law Award (2010); Justice Reinvestment Initiative Legislative sub committee (2009)
Education
UW Eau Claire, B.A. (1979); UW Madison Law School (1982)
Family
Married (Thomas J. Misfeldt); one son, three stepsons, and three grandchildren
Interests
Reading, traveling, art and art history, golf, running and other sports, gardening