Laura Gramling Perez
Laura Gramling Perez is a judge for Branch 32 of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. Her current term ends on August 1, 2026.
Perez ran for re-election for the Branch 32 judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. She won in the general election on April 7, 2020.
Education
Perez graduated from Rufus King High School and earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. She earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Michigan Law School in 1996.[1]
Career
After law school, Perez worked as an attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York. In 1999 she returned to Milwaukee County and joined Reinhart, Boerner Van Deuren S.C. There, she handled complex cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States. In 2004 Perez was elected Shareholder at the firm. She was appointed Presiding Court Commissioner for the Milwaukee County Circuit Court by former Chief Judge Kitty Brennan.[1][2]
Awards and associations
- Charles Dunn Award, State Bar of Wisconsin
- Pro Bono Award, Association for Women Lawyers
- Member, Veterans' Legal Workgroup of Milwaukee
- Member and Steering Committee Member, Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic.
- Member, Milwaukee Bar Association
- Member, Association for Women Lawyers
- Member, Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association
- Member, Wisconsin Association of Judicial Court Commissioners
- Past Board Member, Legal Action of Wisconsin
- 2005-Present, Chairperson, Milwaukee Bar Association’s Legal Services to the Indigent Committee
Perez has also coached the Rufus King High School Mock Trial team and co-chairs a committee for her children’s school’s PTO.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (2020)
General election
General election for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 32
Incumbent Laura Gramling Perez won election in the general election for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 32 on April 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Laura Gramling Perez (Nonpartisan) | 99.2 | 126,227 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 1,079 | ||
| Total votes: 127,306 | |||
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2014
See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2014
Perez ran for election to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
General: She defeated Cedric Cornwall in the general election on April 1, 2014, receiving 59 percent of the vote.
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Laura Gramling Perez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Laura Gramling Perez Campaign Website, "About," accessed January 17, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Election Watch, "Laura Gramling Perez," accessed January 17, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election, 2014 Spring Election," January 23, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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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
