The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court

Appellate court

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 in the state of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, above the Wisconsin Circuit Court

Wisconsin Circuit Court

Circuit Courts are the primary trial courts in Wisconsin, United States. They hear and decide cases involving a wide variety of topics, including contracts, personal injury, family law, children in need of protection and/or services, juvenile delinquency, probate, traffic, small claims,...

s but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.-Location:...

. The court of appeals was created in 1977 to assist the Wisconsin court system handle the rising number of appellate cases.

The primary function of the Court of Appeals is to correct errors that occurred at the circuit court level. The published opinions of the Court of Appeals are considered binding precedent

Binding precedent

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 until overruled by the Supreme Court. The Court generally sits in three-judge panels to decide the merits of an appeal, but some categories of cases, such as small claims, municipal ordinance violations, and misdemeanor cases may be decided by a single judge.

Composition

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is composed of sixteen judges from four geographic districts. The judges are elected to six-year terms in district-wide, non-partisan elections. Vacancies are filled by gubernatorial appointment, but an appointee is required to stand for election to a full six-year term the following year.

Districts

• District I is headquartered in Milwaukee
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
  
   and contains only Milwaukee County.

• District II is headquartered in Waukesha
  Waukesha, Wisconsin
  Waukesha is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. The population was 70,718 at the 2010 census, making it the largest community in the county and 7th largest in the state. The city is located adjacent to the Town of Waukesha...
  
   and contains Calumet
  Calumet County, Wisconsin
  Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is included in the Appleton, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the county's population was 48,971. The county seat is Chilton.-History:...
  
  , Fond du Lac
  Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
  Fond du Lac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 97,296. Its county seat is Fond du Lac. The United States Census Bureau's Fond du Lac Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Fond du Lac County. The county name is French for "bottom of the...
  
  , Green Lake
  Green Lake County, Wisconsin
  Green Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 19,105. Its county seat is Green Lake. The center of population of Wisconsin is located in Green Lake County in the city of Markesan.-Geography:...
  
  , Kenosha
  Kenosha County, Wisconsin
  -Demographics: As of the census of 2000, there were 149,577 people, 56,057 households, and 38,455 families residing in the county. The population density was 548 people per square mile . There were 59,989 housing units at an average density of 220 per square mile...
  
  , Manitowoc
  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Manitowoc County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 82,887. Its county seat is Manitowoc. The United States Census Bureau's Manitowoc Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Manitowoc County.-Government:...
  
  , Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth
  Walworth County, Wisconsin
  Walworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population was 102,228. Its county seat is Elkhorn.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Washington, Waukesha
  Waukesha County, Wisconsin
  Waukesha County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2008, the population was 380,629. Its county seat is Waukesha.-History:The part of Wisconsin that Waukesha County now occupies was a part of Michigan when Milwaukee County was organized in September 1834. On July 4, 1836, the...
  
  , and Winnebago
  Winnebago County, Wisconsin
  Winnebago County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2009, the population estimate was 163,370. Its county seat is Oshkosh. Winnebago County is included in the Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Neenah, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
   counties.

• District III is headquartered in Wausau
  Wausau, Wisconsin
  Wausau is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city. The city is adjacent to the town of Wausau.According to the 2000 census, Wausau had a population of 38,426 people...
  
   and contains Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo
  Buffalo County, Wisconsin
  Buffalo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 13,804. Its county seat is Alma.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Burnett, Chippewa
  Chippewa County, Wisconsin
  Chippewa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 55,195. Its county seat is Chippewa Falls. The United States Census Bureau's Eau Claire Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Chippewa County...
  
  , Door
  Door County, Wisconsin
  Door County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 27,961. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. Door County is a popular vacation and tourist destination, especially for residents of Wisconsin and Illinois....
  
  , Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire
  Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
  Eau Claire County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population estimate was 98,736. Its county seat is Eau Claire....
  
  , Florence
  Florence County, Wisconsin
  Florence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 5,088. Its county seat is Florence.Florence County is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Forest
  Forest County, Wisconsin
  Forest County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,304. Its county seat is Crandon.-Indian Reservations:...
  
  , Iron
  Iron County, Wisconsin
  Iron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 6,861. Its county seat is Hurley.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Kewaunee
  Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
  Kewaunee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 20,187. Its county seat is Kewaunee. Kewaunee County is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Langlade
  Langlade County, Wisconsin
  Langlade County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 20,740. Its county seat is Antigo.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water...
  
  , Lincoln
  Lincoln County, Wisconsin
  Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 29,641. Its county seat is Merrill.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Marathon
  Marathon County, Wisconsin
  Marathon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is part of the Wausau, WI, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 134,063. Its county seat is Wausau.-Geography:...
  
  , Marinette
  Marinette County, Wisconsin
  Marinette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 43,384. Its county seat is Marinette.Marinette County is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Menominee, Oconto
  Oconto County, Wisconsin
  Oconto County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 35,634. Its county seat is Oconto.Oconto County is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was established in 1851.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Oneida
  Oneida County, Wisconsin
  Oneida County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 36,776. Its county seat is Rhinelander.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,236 square miles , of which 1,124 square miles is land and 111 square...
  
  , Outagamie
  Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  Outagamie is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Its county seat is Appleton. As of the 2009 census estimate, its population was 177,155....
  
  , Pepin, Pierce
  Pierce County, Wisconsin
  Pierce County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population was 41,019. Its county seat is Ellsworth. Pierce County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area .-Geography:...
  
  , Polk, Price
  Price County, Wisconsin
  Price County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 15,822. Its county seat is Phillips.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water...
  
  , Rusk
  Rusk County, Wisconsin
  Rusk County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 15,347. Its county seat is Ladysmith. Founded in 1901, Rusk County was originally named "Gates" County. It was formed out of the northern portion of Chippewa County....
  
  , Sawyer
  Sawyer County, Wisconsin
  Sawyer County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 16,196. Its county seat is Hayward.-History:The county is named for Philetus Sawyer, who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 19th century.-Geography:According to...
  
  , Shawano
  Shawano County, Wisconsin
  Shawano County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 40,664. Its county seat is Shawano.-History:...
  
  , St. Croix
  St. Croix County, Wisconsin
  St. Croix County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population was 84,345. Its county seat is Hudson. St. Croix County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area . It is the fastest growing county in Wisconsin.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Taylor
  Taylor County, Wisconsin
  Taylor County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population was 20,689. Its county seat is Medford.-History:The earliest recorded event in Taylor county probably occurred in 1661, when Wisconsin was part of New France...
  
  , Trempealeau
  Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
  Trempealeau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2009, the population estimate was 27,754. Its county seat is Whitehall.-History:Patches of woodland are all that remain of the brush and light forest that once covered the county...
  
  , Vilas
  Vilas County, Wisconsin
  Vilas County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 21,033. Its county seat is Eagle River.-Settlement:Vilas County was set off from Oneida County on April 12, 1893 and named for William Freeman Vilas...
  
  , and Washburn
  Washburn County, Wisconsin
  Washburn County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 16,036. Its county seat is Shell Lake.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
   counties.

• District IV is headquartered in Madison
  Madison, Wisconsin
  Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
  
   and contains Adams
  Adams County, Wisconsin
  Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Sources differ as to whether its name is in honor of the second President of the United States, John Adams, or his son, the sixth President, John Quincy Adams. As of 2000, the population of Adams County was 18,643. Its county seat is...
  
  , Clark, Columbia
  Columbia County, Wisconsin
  -Unincorporated communities:*Anacker*Belle Fountain*Durwards Glen*East Friesland*Harmony Grove*Ingle*Keyeser*Lake Wisconsin*Leeds*Lowville*Marcellon*North Leeds*Okee*Otsego-External links:***...
  
  , Crawford, Dane
  Dane County, Wisconsin
  As of the census of 2000, there were 426,526 people, 173,484 households, and 100,794 families residing in the county. The population density was 355 people per square mile . There were 180,398 housing units at an average density of 150 per square mile...
  
  , Dodge
  Dodge County, Wisconsin
  Dodge County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2010, the population was 88,759. Its county seat is Juneau.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Grant
  Grant County, Wisconsin
  Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 49,597. Its county seat is Lancaster. Estimates for 2008 show a population of 49,238...
  
  , Green
  Green County, Wisconsin
  Green County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 33,647. Its county seat is Monroe.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Iowa
  Iowa County, Wisconsin
  Iowa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 22,780. Its county seat and largest city is Dodgeville.Iowa County is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Jackson
  Jackson County, Wisconsin
  Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2009, the population estimate was 19,886. Its county seat is Black River Falls. Jackson County was formed from Crawford County in 1853.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Jefferson
  Jefferson County, Wisconsin
  Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 74,021. Its county seat is Jefferson.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Juneau
  Juneau County, Wisconsin
  Juneau County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the population was 24,316. Its county seat is Mauston. It should not, however, be confused with the city of Juneau, Wisconsin, to which it has no connection.-Geography:...
  
  , La Crosse, Lafayette
  Lafayette County, Wisconsin
  Lafayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 16,137. Its county seat is Darlington.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Marquette
  Marquette County, Wisconsin
  Marquette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 15,832. Its county seat is Montello.-Geography:...
  
  , Monroe
  Monroe County, Wisconsin
  Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 40,899. Its county seat is Sparta.-Geography:According to the U.S...
  
  , Portage
  Portage County, Wisconsin
  Portage County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 67,182. Its county seat is Stevens Point. The United States Census Bureau's Stevens Point Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Portage County.-Geography:...
  
  , Richland, Rock
  Rock County, Wisconsin
  -Unincorporated communities:-Further reading:* . Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879.* Brown, William F. , Chicago: Cooper, 1908.* Brown, William F. , Chicago: Cooper, 1908....
  
  , Sauk
  Sauk County, Wisconsin
  Sauk County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 55,225. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. Sauk County is included in the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area and in the Madison Combined Statistical Area....
  
  , Vernon
  Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Vernon County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2009, the population estimate was 29,324. Its county seat is Viroqua.-History:...
  
  , Waupaca
  Waupaca County, Wisconsin
  -Demographics: As of the census of 2000, there were 51,731 people, 19,863 households, and 13,884 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 22,508 housing units at an average density of...
  
  , Waushara, and Wood counties.

Judges

Name	District	Term of Service	Service as Chief or Presiding Judge
Harold M. Bode Harold M. Bode Harold M. Bode was a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He had been previously been a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Kenosha County, Wisconsin before serving on the Court of Appeals from 1978 to 1981. Bode passed away on December 3, 1993....	II	1978-1981
Robert C. Cannon Robert C. Cannon Robert C. Cannon was a Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Vice Presiding of the Milwaukee Brewers and Legal Advisor to the Major League Baseball Players Association.-Biography:...	I	1978-1981	Presiding Judge, 1978-1979
W. Patrick Donlin W. Patrick Donlin W. Patrick Donlin was a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus.-Biography:A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Donlin graduated from Saint Mary's College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. In 1985, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of St....	III	1978-1981
Rudolph T. Randa Rudolph T. Randa Rudolph T. Randa is an Article III United States judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Judge Randa is currently the Chief Judge of the Court serving as the Court's lead judicial administrative officer in conjunction with the clerk of that Court. Judge...	I	1981-1982
Clair H. Voss Clair H. Voss -Biography:Voss was born in Antigo, Wisconsin in 1920. He attended Marquette University, Marquette University Law School and the University of Notre Dame. At Marquette, he also played on the varsity football team. During World War II, he served as a combat platoon leader with the 5th Marine Division...	II	1978-1983	Presiding Judge, 1978-1983
John A. Decker John A. Decker John A. Decker was Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Decker graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Decker passed away in 2006. His wife, Margaret, predeceased him...	I	1978-1984	Chief Judge, 1978-1983
John P. Foley John P. Foley (judge) John P. Foley was a Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:Foley graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University Law School and served in the United States Army. He died on November 21, 1984.-Legal career:...	III	1978-1984	Presiding Judge, 1981-1984
Martha Bablitch Martha Bablitch -Biography:Babltich was born on October 28, 1944 in Lawrence, Kansas. Her mother, Maxine, also had a career in law. Bablitch grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan and moved to Wisconsin to attend Lawrence University. She later graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She was married to...	IV	1978-1985
Robert W. Dean Robert W. Dean Robert W. Dean was an American jurist and legislator from Wisconsin.Born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, Dean received his bachelors and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces. After college, he moved to Wausau,...	III	1978-1986	Presiding Judge, 1978-1981
Burton A. Scott Burton A. Scott -Biography:Scott was born in Hazel Green, Wisconsin in 1935. He attended high school in Randolph, Wisconsin and served in the United States Army before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School. In 1957, he married Evelyn C. Magnuson. They would...	II	1980-1991	Chief Judge, 1983-1989
William R. Moser William R. Moser William R. Moser was an American, Democratic politician and jurist from Wisconsin.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moser served in the United States military during World War II. Moser graduated from St. Norbert College and received his law degree from Marquette University Law School. From 1957 until...	I	1978-1992	Presiding Judge, 1979-1983 Presiding Judge, 1985-1992
Paul C. Gartzke Paul C. Gartzke Paul Coulter Gartzke was a Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.Gartzke was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and graduated from Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin before attending Milwaukee State Teachers College, the University of Iowa, Harvard Law School and the University...	IV	1978-1996	Presiding Judge, 1978-1996
Michael T. Sullivan Michael T. Sullivan Michael T. Sullivan was a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:Sullivan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1924. He would graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Having contracted poliomyelitis during childhood, Sullivan passed away from post-polio syndrome. He was...	I	1984-1996
Robert D. Sundby Robert D. Sundby -Biography:A native of Dunkirk, Wisconsin, Sundby graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he was later a member of the faculty, and served in World War II. Sundby was married to Analee Grove-Sundby, with whom he had four children and two stepchildren...	IV	1986-1996
Daniel L. LaRocque Daniel L. LaRocque -Biography:LaRocque attended Marquette University Law School and the New York University School of Law. He and his wife are residents of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.-Career:...	III	1985-1997
Gordon Myse Gordon Myse -Biography:Myse was born in Kaukauna, Wisconsin in 1935. He is a graduate of Beloit College and the University of Michigan Law School. Myse is married with three children.-Career:...	III	1986-1999	Presiding Judge, 1998-1999
William Eich William Eich -Biography:Eich was born in Park Ridge, Illinois. He graduated from Beloit College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Eich and his wife, Lynne, have four children.-Career:...	IV	1985-2000	Chief Judge, 1989-1998
Patience D. Roggensack Patience D. Roggensack Patience Drake Roggensack is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was elected to the Supreme Court in 2003. Her current term expires July 31, 2013.Justice Roggensack was born in Joliet, Illinois...	IV	1996-2003
Charles B. Schudson Charles B. Schudson -Biography:Schudson was born Charles Benjamin Schudson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1950. He is graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Schudson and his wife, Karen, have two children, one of whom is a rabbi.-Career:...	I	1992-2004
Thomas Cane Thomas Cane -Biography:A graduate of Marquette University Law School, Cane served in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps during the Vietnam War. He would achieve the rank of captain. Following his career in the military, Cane worked in a private practice in Kaukauna, Wisconsin...	III	1981-2007	Chief Judge, 1998-2007
Richard S. Brown Richard S. Brown Richard S. Brown is Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:Brown was born on March 31, 1946 in Racine, Wisconsin. His father, Manny, was a lawyer and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly...	II	1978-present	Chief Judge
Charles P. Dykman Charles P. Dykman -Career:Dykman was a Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1978 to 2010. He served as a Presiding Judge twice. First, from 1996 to 2001, and second, from 2009 to 2010. Previously, he had been an attorney in the private sector for more than decade. Since his retirement from public service, he has...	IV	1978-2010	Presiding Judge, 1996-2001 2009-2010
Neal Nettesheim Neal Nettesheim Neal Nettesheim is a former Deputy Chief Judge and Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Career:Nettesheim began practicing law in 1966 following graduation from Marquette University Law School. His judicial career began in 1975 after he was elected a Waukesha County, Wisconsin Judge....	II	1983-2007	Presiding Judge, 1990-1993 2001-2003
Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr. Ted E. Wedemeyer, Jr. -Biography:Wedemeyer was born on August 30, 1932 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He would graduate from Marquette University Law School. Active in promoting soccer in Wisconsin, he was inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 1992. He was also involved with Easter Seals, Volunteers...	I	1982-1988, 1992-2009	Presiding Judge, 1983-1985 1993-2007
Ralph Adam Fine Ralph Adam Fine -Career:Fine was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge from 1979 to 1988. He has been a Judge of the Court of Appeals since 1988....	I	1988-present
Daniel P. Anderson Daniel P. Anderson Daniel P. Anderson is a former Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:A native of Plymouth, Wisconsin, Anderson served in the United States Air Force, achieving the rank of captain. He earned the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster during his service time...	II	1990-2011	Presiding Judge, 1993-1996 2003-2005 2007-2009
Harry G. Snyder Harry G. Snyder Harry G. Snyder is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:Snyder was born on February 11, 1938 in Davenport, Iowa. He graduated from Oconomowoc High School in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and attended Ripon College, the University of...	II	1991-2010	Presiding Judge
Margaret J. Vergeront Margaret J. Vergeront -Biography:Vergeront was born on May 6, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School.-Career:...	IV	1994-present
Patricia S. Curley Patricia S. Curley -Biography:Curley was born on October 25, 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of Marquette University Law School.-Career:Curley was Assistant District Attorney of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin from 1973 to 1978. Later, she served as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge from 1978 until 1996,...	I	1996-present	Presiding Judge
David G. Deininger David G. Deininger David G. Deininger is an American Republican politician and jurist from Wisconsin.Born in Monroe, Wisconsin, Deininger graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1969. He served in the United States Navy on a submarine until 1975. In 1978, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law...	IV	1996-2007
Michael W. Hoover Michael W. Hoover -Biography:Hoover was born on December 21, 1951 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School...	III	1997-present	Presiding Judge, 1999-present
Gregory A. Peterson Gregory A. Peterson -Biography:Peterson was born on August 24, 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Iowa and University of Wisconsin Law School.-Career:...	III	1999-present
Paul Lundsten Paul Lundsten -Biography:Lundsten was born on August 11, 1955 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Lundsten is married with three children.-Career:...	IV	2000-present	Presiding Judge, 2001-2007
Paul B. Higginbotham Paul B. Higginbotham Paul B. Higginbotham is a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He is the first African American to serve in that position.-Biography:Higginbotham was born on October 14, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was a civil rights activist and marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. during...	IV	2003-present	Presiding Judge, 2007-present
Joan F. Kessler Joan F. Kessler -Career:Kessler was a United States Attorney from 1978 to 1981. Later, she became an attorney with the firm Foley & Lardner, where she eventually was made a partner. She has also been a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School. Kessler has...	I	2004-present
Burnie Bridge Burnie Bridge Burnie Bridge was an appellate judge for the District IV in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. She was appointed in 2007, with her term set to expire on July 31, 2014...	IV	2007-2010
Edward R. Brunner Edward R. Brunner Edward R. Brunner is a former Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:A resident of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, Brunner is a graduate of Marquette University and the University of Akron School of Law. Additionally, he trained as an emergency medical technician at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical...	III	2007-2011
Lisa S. Neubauer Lisa S. Neubauer -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 and is a member of the Order of the Coif. Neubauer is married with three children and is Lutheran.-Career:...	II	2007-present	Presiding Judge
Gary Sherman Gary Sherman (Wisconsin politician) Gary E. Sherman is a jurist and legislator. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1998 to 2010 until he was appointed to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals....	IV	2010-present
Paul F. Reilly Paul F. Reilly Paul F. Reilly is a Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.-Biography:A native of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Reilly is a graduate of the Wisconsin School of Business and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Though his public position is officially a non-partisan one, Reilly is a Republican...	II	2010-present
Brian Blanchard Brian Blanchard -Biography:Blanchard was born on November 7, 1958 in State College, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Michigan and with honors from the Northwestern University School of Law. Blancard is married with three children.-Career:...	IV	2010-present

External links

• About the Court of Appeals
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals Operating Procedures
• Court of Appeals Judges