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Thomas Cane
Thomas Cane is a former board member of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), a governmental agency administering elections and ethics laws in Wisconsin. His term expired May 1, 2013.[1]
Education
Cane graduated from Marquette University Law School and also served in Okinawa as a captain in the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps from 1964 to 1967.[2]
Professional career
Cane served several years as a private practice area in the Appleton suburbs Kaukauna and also served several more as an assistant district attorney in Outagamie County before being a circuit court judge from 1972 until his appointment to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in 1981 by Governor Lee Dreyfus.[2]
Court of Appeals
Cane was appointed to the District III Wisconsin Court of Appeals serving Northeast and Northwest Wisconsin from 1981 to his retirement in 2007. Cane also served as the court's Chief Judge from 1999 to 2007 and also served as the Deputy Chief Judge from 1989 to 1998 and also served as the presiding judge from District III from 1984 to 1998.[2]
Government Accountability Board
- See also: Government Accountability Board
Cane was appointed to the board by Governor Jim Doyle (D) in 2007 and was confirmed to the Board on a vote by the Wisconsin State Senate.[3] His term ended in 2013.[1]
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).[4] In October 2015, state Rep. Dean Knudson (R) introduced a reform plan that "would split the GAB into two separate commissions, one regulating ethics laws and the other covering elections. It would be similar to the system the GAB replaced in 2007." According to an article by Wisconsin Public Radio, "[ma]ny conservatives have cited the GAB’s involvement in the John Doe as the primary reason the agency should be eliminated. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said it was a factor."[5]
External links
- Listing of Members of the Government Accountability Board
- Listing of Past Members of the Government Accountability Board
- Judge Cane's Biography at the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Government Accountability Board, "Past Members of the Government Accountability Board," accessed February 24, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Biography of William Eich May 18, 2009
- ↑ "Wisconsin Legislative Spotlight" Michael Brennan Confirmed to Government Accountablity Board, July 30, 2007
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Wisconsin Public Radio, "GAB Chair Blasts Conservatives On Wisconsin Supreme Court," October 7, 2015
