Biography

Neubauer was born on July 21, 1957. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Chicago Law School

University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School was founded in 1902 as the graduate school of law at the University of Chicago and is among the most prestigious and selective law schools in the world. The U.S. News & World Report currently ranks it fifth among U.S...

 and is a member of the Order of the Coif

Order of the Coif

The Order of the Coif is an honor society for United States law school graduates. A student at an American law school who earns a Juris Doctor degree and graduates in the top 10 percent of his or her class is eligible for membership if the student's law school has a chapter of the...

. Neubauer is married with three children and is Lutheran.

Career

Neubauer served as a law clerk to Barbara Brandriff Crabb

Barbara Brandriff Crabb

Barbara Brandriff Crabb is a United States federal judge nominated by President Jimmy Carter.-Early life and education:Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Crabb received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1960 and an LL.B. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1962...

 from 1987 to 1988. From there, she joined the law firm Foley & Lardner

Foley & Lardner

Foley & Lardner LLP is an international law firm started in 1842. According to The American Lawyer, the firm ranked 39th on The American Lawyer's 2011 AmLaw 100 rankings of U.S. law firms, with $633,000,000 in gross revenue in 2010. Foley & Lardner has been in The American Lawyer's annual AmLaw 100...

, where she eventually became a partner. She remained with the firm until her appointment to the Court of Appeals in 2007.