William Hanrahan
William E. Hanrahan is an assistant chief immigration judge for the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review.[1] [2]
Hanrahan is a former judge for Branch 7 of the Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. He assumed office in 2007. He resigned on March 13, 2020, to become an administrative law judge.[1]
Hanrahan ran for re-election for the Branch 7 judicial seat of the Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. Hanrahan informally withdrew from the election to accept his new position as an assistant chief immigration judge, but still appeared on the ballot.[3][1]
Despite his withdrawal, Hanrahan won in the general election on April 7, 2020, running unopposed for the Branch 7 seat.[4] At the time, Hanrahan resided in San Francisco, California, and therefore no longer met the necessary qualifications to serve as a Dane County Circuit Court judge.[1]
Hanrahan's Branch 7 Dane County Circuit Court judicial seat was filled by a judicial appointment, in accordance with the judicial selection process of Wisconsin.
Education
Hanrahan earned his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 1982 with a major in urban studies.[5] He earned his J.D. from the Hamline University School of Law in 1988.[6]
Career
- 2007-2020: Judge, Dane County Circuit Court
- 1998-2007: Assistant Attorney General
- 2004-2007: Director, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
- 1988-1998: Assistant District Attorney, Milwaukee County[6]
Awards and associations
- Leader in the Law Award, Wisconsin Law Journal
- Stellman Justice for Women Award[7]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Dane County, Wisconsin (2020)
General election
General election for Dane County Circuit Court Branch 7
Incumbent William E. Hanrahan (Unofficially withdrew) won election in the general election for Dane County Circuit Court Branch 7 on April 7, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William E. Hanrahan (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew) | 98.9 | 127,673 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 1,468 | ||
| Total votes: 129,141 | |||
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Hanrahan ran for re-election for the Branch 7 judicial seat on the Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. Hanrahan informally withdrew from the election to accept his new position as an assistant chief immigration judge, but still appeared on the ballot.[3][1]
Despite his withdrawal, Hanrahan won in the general election on April 7, 2020, running unopposed for the Branch 7 seat.[4] At the time, Hanrahan resided in San Francisco, California, and therefore no longer met the necessary qualifications to serve as a Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin judge.[1]
Hanrahan's Branch 7 Dane County Circuit Court judicial seat was filled by a judicial appointment, in accordance with the judicial selection process of Wisconsin.
2014
See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2014
Hanrahan ran for re-election to the Dane County Circuit Court.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on April 1, 2014.
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Noteworthy cases
Babysitter convicted of rape gets 30-year sentence
Judge Hanrahan sentenced Lloyd Crompton to 30 years in prison on April 4, 2014 for raping a boy he had been babysitting. The Madison man, who was 23 at the time of the sentencing, was charged with multiple instances of sexual assault between March 2012 and May 2013. The boy was about 6-8 years old.
Though the family who hired Crompton did a background check on him, it failed to uncover his juvenile record. Crompton had been to court for sexually assaulting three children and had gone through sex offender treatment. Crompton's lawyer said that the young man had stopped taking medications and seeing his psychiatrist around the time that the assaults began.
Judge Hanrahan said to Crompton, "Beyond a shadow of a doubt, you are a child molester."[9] In addition to the 30 years in jail, he will also be required to spend another 20 years on extended supervision.[9]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Judge William E. Hanrahan Facebook Profile
- Baraboo News Republic, "Judge orders wife of accused killed to stand trial, too," February 14, 2013
- Wisconsin Court System, "Circuit Courts," accessed May 26, 2014
- Dane County Circuit Court
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Wisconsin State Journal, "Dane County Judge William Hanrahan leaving bench to become an immigration judge," February 24, 2020
- ↑ The United States Department of Justice, "Office of the Chief Immigration Judge," accessed April 20, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 League of Women Voters of Dane County, "Circuit Court Judge Branch 7," accessed March 26, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Herald Independent, "New faces join municipal boards," April 14, 2020
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named2014elect - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Wisconsin State Journal, "Babysitter gets 30-year prison sentence for repeated child sex assaults," April 5, 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
