Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
William Brash
William Brash was a judge for District I of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He assumed office on December 11, 2015. He left office on July 31, 2023.
Brash ran for re-election for the District I judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He lost in the general election on April 4, 2023.
Brash was appointed to the court by Republican Governor Scott Walker on October 28, 2015, effective December 11, 2015. He succeeded Rebecca Bradley, who was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on October 9, 2015.[1]
The Wisconsin Supreme Court appointed Brash chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, effective August 1, 2021. He replaced Judge Lisa Neubauer.[2]
Education
Brash received his B.A. from St. Norbert College and his J.D. from Marquette University Law School in 1978.[3]
Career
Judge Brash was an attorney in private practice for 24 years and served as a municipal judge in the Village of Fox Point, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.[4] He left the municipal bench in 1997 and ran unsuccessfully for circuit court judge.[5] Brash served 17 years as a municipal judge, spending 13 years with the Village of Fox Point and four years as reserve municipal judge for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. On January 1, 2002, Governor Scott McCallum appointed Brash to complete retired Judge Stanley Miller's term on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.[6] Brash was elected to another six-year term on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in 2014, but left the court when he was appointed to the court of appeals in 2015.[7]
Elections
2023
See also: Wisconsin intermediate appellate court elections, 2023
General election
General election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I
Sara Geenen defeated incumbent William Brash in the general election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sara Geenen (Nonpartisan) | 68.2 | 130,030 |
 | William Brash (Nonpartisan) | 31.2 | 59,587 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,088 | ||
| Total votes: 190,705 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent William Brash and Sara Geenen advanced from the primary for Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I.
2017
Judge Brash filed to stand for election in 2017 in order to remain on the bench for a full six-year term.[8] Brash won re-election unopposed on April 4, 2017.
2014
See also: Wisconsin judicial elections, 2014
Brash ran for re-election to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on April 1, 2014.
[7]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
William Brash did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Star Tribune, "Walker appoints Milwaukee County judge to replace Bradley on Wisconsin Court of Appeals," October 28, 2015
- ↑ NBC 12, "Supreme Court appoints Court of Appeals chief judge, re-appoints five circuit court chief judges," July 1, 2021
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Judge Profile: William W. Brash, III," accessed March 21, 2013
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Circuit judges Martens and Brash defeat challengers," April 3, 2002
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Fox Point judge running for municipal position," January 2, 1997
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Candidates for judge point to experience," March 29, 2002
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election, 2014 Spring Election," January 23, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "Candidate Tracking by Office, 2017 Spring Election - 4/4/2017," accessed January 5, 2017
| ||||||||||
