Justice Ann Walsh Bradley
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is a native of Richland Center, Wisconsin. She was a high school teacher before entering the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she earned her law degree.
Justice Bradley began her judicial career as a circuit court judge in Marathon County. She was first elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1995, becoming the first woman in the state's history to join the Court by being elected rather than appointed to the position. She was twice re-elected in 2005 and 2015.
Continuing her interest in education, Justice Bradley has served as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Judicial Academy and as an international lecturer for the Academy, the American Bar Association's Asia Law Initiative, the U.S. Department of State, and the International Law Development Organization. She also served as a state coordinator of iCivics, a civics education program founded by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and as an Associate Dean of the Wisconsin Judicial College.
Currently, Justice Bradley serves as Chair of the Board of Managerial Trustees of the International Association of Women Judges and is a member of its Board of Directors. Among other organizations, she is an elected member of the American Law Institute as well as a member of the State Bar Bench-Bar Committee and the Board of Visitors of the UW Law School. Her previous service includes the Federal-State Judicial Council, Commissioner of the National Conference on Uniform Laws, Chair of the Wisconsin Rhodes Scholarship Committee, the Wisconsin Equal Justice Task Force, the Wisconsin Judicial Conference and the Wisconsin Judicial Council.
Justice Bradley and her husband, Mark, live in Wausau where they raised their four children.