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Its headquarters are in Madison, the state capital, with main offices in the Risser Justice Center in downtown Madison. The Attorney General of Wisconsin oversees the agency. The attorney general is Josh Kaul, who was elected to his first four-year term in November, 2018, and assumed the office on January 7, 2019. [1]
The attorney general is the chief law officer of the state of Wisconsin, and amongst other duties has charge and conduct for the state of all suits instituted for and against the government thereof, certifies all bonds issued by the state, protects the School Trust Funds managed by the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, and provides written opinions on questions of law to either ...
First female U.S. Attorney for Wisconsin: John R. Byrnes 1981 – 1987: Ronald Reagan: Joseph Peter Stadtmueller: 1981 – 1987: Patrick J. Fiedler: 1987 – 1991: Resigned to become secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections: Patricia J. Gorence 1987 – 1988: John E. Fryatt 1988 – 1993: George H. W. Bush; Kevin C. Potter 1991 ...
And in Dane County, Wisconsin, the Justice Department is now working with the sheriff’s office on its first-ever written policy on how to respond to incidents involving people with limited ...
OPR's primary mission is to ensure that DOJ attorneys perform their duties in accordance with professional standards. The OPR promulgates independent standards of ethical and criminal conduct for DOJ attorneys, while the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has jurisdiction of non-attorney DOJ employees.
Attorney General Josh Kaul's inquiry into clergy abuse is entering its third year and has so far resulted in charges against three people. Wisconsin DOJ inquiry into clergy abuse reaches 3 years ...
Initially, the chief justice and associate justices were separate offices elected by the public, but a constitutional amendment ratified in 1889 converted all members of the court to "justices" and deemed that the "chief justice" would always be the justice who had served longest on the court (seniority).
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Department of Justice is receiving $7 million in a federal grant for opioid and substance abuse treatment. The funds will go toward the Wisconsin Deflection ...