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Neal Nettesheim
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Neal Nettesheim is a former Wisconsin judge who served in Waukesha County. Nettesheim received his law degree from Marquette University. After graduating in 1966, he was in private practice until being elected to the Waukesha County Circuit Court in 1975. He was re-elected to the court for two more terms. He was appointed to the county's court of appeals in 1984. Nettesheim retired in 2007.[1]
Nettesheim continues to act as a consultant to attorneys and law firms and is a reserve judge.[1]
As a reserve judge, Nettesheim was selected to serve during the first of the two John Doe investigations related to Scott Walker (R).
John Doe investigations
Two John Doe investigations, beginning in 2010 and ending in 2015, were launched by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm (D) into the activities of staff and associates of Gov. Scott Walker (R).[2] Judge Nettesheim was appointed to preside over the first of two John Doe investigations related to Walker. The John Doe that Nettesheim was involved in was launched on May 5, 2010, over missing funds from a charity event hosted by Walker.[3][2][4] During the 2010 gubernatorial election, the John Doe investigation was expanded several times to include a Walker donor and Walker's county executive staff. According to documents from a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the investigations, Nettesheim allowed the investigation to be expanded 18 times and eventually signed an order to roll all of the first John Doe information into the second.[5][6]
See also
- Waukesha County Circuit Court
- Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II
- Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Circuit Courts
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wisconsin Court System, "Court of Appeals Former Judges, Neal Nettesheim," accessed May 19, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Milwaukee Division, "Eric O’Keefe, and Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc.," accessed February 23, 2015
- ↑ Free Republic, "Operation Freedom: Milwaukee County Zoo," July 1, 2005
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Authorities seize computer of Walker aide," August 23, 2010
- ↑ Wisconsin Watchdog, "‘Never-ending’ John Doe never ended, WSJ reports," June 9, 2014
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Another John Doe Disclosure," June 9, 2014
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
