Applicants for Wisconsin Court of Appeals announced
October 20, 2009
Wisconsin: 11 candidates have applied for the upcoming vacancy on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Fourth District. Current judge Burnie Bridge has announced that she will leave the court in January of 2010. Her term does not expire until 2014, so whomever is appointed will not have to run for re-election until then. Governor Doyle will make the appointment.[1]
Among the 11 applicants is Democratic Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard. This is the first judicial appointment that Blanchard has sought, and he has indicated that if he does not receive it, he will also apply for the open seat coming up in mid-2010 with the retirement of Charles Dykman. "If I don't prevail in that, I'm happy to continue being district attorney," Blanchard said.[2]
Other applicants for judge Bridge's seat are: Wisconsin Circuit Courts judges Andrew Bissonnette of Dodge County and Edward Leineweber of Richland County; state Representative Gary Sherman (D), of Port Wing; attorneys Eric Barber, Katherine Stadler, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Mark Neuser, Eileen Hirsch, Jennifer Nashold, and Charles Facktor.[2]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin
State courts:
Wisconsin Supreme Court • Wisconsin Court of Appeals • Wisconsin Circuit Courts • Wisconsin Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Wisconsin • Wisconsin judicial elections • Judicial selection in Wisconsin
