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The Wisconsin circuit courts were established by the Constitution of Wisconsin, ratified by referendum May 8, 1848. There were originally five circuit courts—each with one judge. In the first version of the constitution, and, until 1853, the circuit court judges also served as the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The number of courts was expanded via ...
The circuit court system is composed of 69 circuits, with 66 circuits serving a single county, and three circuits serving two counties each. [3] Buffalo and Pepin counties share a circuit, as do Florence and Forest counties, and Shawano and Menominee counties. [3] 26 circuit courts are served by a single judge. [3]
Courts of Wisconsin include: State courts of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Supreme Court (7 justices) [1] Wisconsin Court of Appeals (4 districts, 16 judges) [2] Wisconsin Circuit Court (9 judicial administrative districts (1-5; 7-10), 69 circuits, 261 judges) [3] Wisconsin Municipal Courts [4] Federal courts located in Wisconsin. United States District ...
Each county has a county seat, often a populous or centrally located community, where the county's governmental offices are located. Some of the services provided by the county include: law enforcement, circuit courts, social services, vital records and deed registration, road maintenance, and snow removal. County officials include sheriffs ...
Flynn then spent the rest of his career in public service, being selected as corporation counsel to Racine County in 1971, [4] then elected county judge in 1976. [5] Following the constitutional amendments reorganizing Wisconsin's court system in 1977, Flynn transitioned to a Wisconsin circuit court judgeship in 1978. He was subsequently re ...
On June 11, 2020, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced he was appointing Taylor to the Wisconsin circuit court in Dane County. Taylor replaced Judge Jill Karofsky, who had been elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the April 2020 General Election. [1] Taylor was subsequently elected to a full term as judge in the April 2021 election.
This category is for articles about those individuals who have served or who are currently serving as Wisconsin circuit court judges. Pages in category "Wisconsin circuit court judges" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total.
The court record summaries provided by the system are all public records under Wisconsin open records law sections 19.31-19.39 of the Wisconsin Statutes. WCCA was created in response to an increasing number of requests for court records from district attorneys , sheriffs’ departments, and other court business partners.