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Four finalists recommended for Wisconsin's vacancy on the Seventh Circuit
January 25, 2010
Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin U.S. Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl sent four finalists to the President for Wisconsin's vacant spot on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
The four finalists to replace Terence Evans who went on senior status are current Eastern District of Wisconsin federal judge Lynn Adelman, Wisconsin Law Professor Victoria Nourse (dead link), Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Richard John Sankovitz, and Madison Attorney Dean Strang.
It is up to President Obama to nominate one of the four candidates before any further action can be taken in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The four finalists came from a list of six candidates recommended by the Wisconsin Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.[1]
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
