Vol 28 No 1 HIGHLIGHTS REGULAR FEATURES: Fall/ 3 TAD Grants assigned 9 D3 offers personal safety training 2 Awards Winter 5 Lavinia Goodell website launched 10 Neuroscience focus of Conference 4 Retirements 6 Conference focuses on permanency 11 Interpreters “sign” mock trial 7 New Faces 2019-20 6 Data reveals CHIPS case trends 12 WSLL outreach efforts expand 7 Obituaries 8 M unicipal court bill signed 17 CCAP security training required 13 Wisconsin Connects 15 News and Notes

Justice on Wheels reconnects Montello with ‘home town boy who made good’

he 2019 edition of the Supreme Court’s Justice on TWheels program not only “took the show on the road” to Marquette County, it reacquainted a community with one of its most important – yet nearly forgotten – historical figures. a publication of the Wisconsin Judiciary a publication of the Wisconsin The late Justice George R. Currie, who served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1951 to 1968, was born in nearby Princeton but grew up in Montello. He was a “hometown boy who made good,” but somehow his childhood connection with Montello faded, said local historian and Marquette County Board member Kathleen McGwin. Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of Justice on Wheels at the Marquette County Courthouse in see Wheels on page 16 Montello on Oct. 14. Davis, Donald, White join Court of Appeals ov. Tony Evers has made a number of Gappointments to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and circuit courts since Aug. 1:

Judge Jeffrey O. Davis District II Court of Appeals On Sept. 4, Gov. Tony Evers announced the appointment of Judge Jeffrey O. Davis to the District II Court of Appeals. Davis fills the vacancy created by Justice Brian K. Hagedorn’s election to the Supreme Court. Before his appointment to the bench, Davis was in private practice from 1987 to 2019 and Judge Jeffrey O. Davis Judge M. Joseph Donald Chief Judge Maxine A. represented a number of large businesses in White the Milwaukee area, and served as an adjunct organizations and serves professor of insurance law at Marquette University Law as a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro School. He’s a board member of Milwaukee Bar Foundation; Milwaukee. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Miami served as Milwaukee Regional Coordinator of State Bar of University and a law degree from Ohio State University – Wisconsin High School Mock Trial (1995-2009), and Moritz College of Law. Chair/Treasurer/Member of State Bar of Wisconsin Appellate Practice Section (2000-2005). Davis has been an advocate for a number of community see New Judges on page 19 Treatment court growth driven by strategy By Katy Burke, Office of Court Operations and Kacie Terranova, Office of Research and Justice Statistics

The Third Branch he number of specialty courts across Wisconsin has The increase is due, in part, to national awareness of the Tgrown remarkably since the first treatment court opened potential benefits, state support for implementation, training in 1996. Also called “problem-solving” courts, these courts and technical assistance, and an increase in state and federal work across several disciplines in partnership with other grant dollars. The 2019-2021 state budget added $1.5 million institutions to address underlying issues related to to Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) funding for participants’ criminal behavior. new or expanded treatment court programs. This increases Ninety specialty courts were operating across Wisconsin the total TAD funding by approximately $14.4 million over through early 2019, with seven new treatment courts under development through 2020. see Specialty Courts on page 3 www.wicourts.gov 2

Fall/ Judge Gonzalez heads National Council Winter 2019-20 of Juvenile and Family Court Judges THE THIRD BRANCH a Crosse County Circuit Court Judge Ramona A. LGonzalez was elected president of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) board of directors, the council announced Aug. 9. “The NCJFCJ has been fortunate to have Judge Ramona A. Gonzalez as an active and highly-sought after judicial expert in educating her peers on matters that affect our most vulnerable population – the children and families who seek justice,” said Joey Orduna Hastings, NCJFCJ’s chief executive officer. “Her commitment to promoting diversity while exercising judicial leadership will make her a great leader of the NCJFCJ.” Gonzalez wasted little time in representing the organization, making a Nov. 21 appearance at the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence dinner hosted at La Crosse County Circuit Court Judge Ramona A. Gonzalez with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts. The hosted The William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence event presented Gonzalez with an opportunity for a dinner at the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 21. Gonzalez keepsake photo with the chief justice. attended the event in her role as the president of the National The Reno, Nevada-based council is the nation’s oldest Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). judicial membership organization and focuses on improving the effectiveness of juvenile and family courts nationwide. Wisconsin Judicial Committee on Child Welfare and of the Born in the Dominican Republic, Gonzalez becomes the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families’ Advisory first foreign-born NCJFCJ president, according to the Council of Juvenile Justice. On a national level, she is a organization. member of the National Juvenile Defender Center Judicial Gonzalez is recognized as a leading expert nationally and Council, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, internationally on a wide range of family law issues. Earlier American Judges Association, and the National American this year, she testified before the House Judiciary Indian Court Judges Association. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Gonzalez was first elected to the circuit court in 1995 and on the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act was re-elected in 2001, 2007, 2013 and 2019. She holds a (VAWA). bachelor’s degree in political science from Loyola In Wisconsin, Gonzalez served on the Wisconsin Anti- University in Chicago and law degree from the Marquette Human Trafficking Task Force and is a member of the University Law School. n

AWARDS Judge Foley named girl take the bench for a few minutes. Foley previously served as presiding judge of the ‘Angel in Adoption’ Milwaukee County Circuit Court Children’s Division and On Nov. 14, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge has served on the Juvenile Benchbook Committee and Christopher R. Foley was recognized as an “Angel in Adoption” by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption see Awards on page 18 Institute (CCAI). Foley was nominated by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who presented Foley with the honor at the advocacy group’s 20th annual recognition event in Washington, D.C. Foley has presided over hundreds of adoptions over the years, and is widely recognized for his efforts to unite children in need with good families. In 2016, he was featured on the front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and on ABC’s Good Morning America, when he made an unusual public plea to help find a 12-year-old boy an adoptive home. In 2015, Foley was featured in the Journal Sentinel when a newly minted graduate of Marquette University Law School credited him with inspiring her to become a lawyer. Foley had presided over the woman’s adoption hearing in 2003, when she was 13 years old. At that U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin presents Milwaukee County Circuit time, Foley made the memorable gesture of letting the Court Judge Christopher R. Foley with an “Angels in Adoption” recognition pin during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 13. 3

Specialty Courts continued from front page Fall/ the two years. The many types of specialty courts Winter across the state fall into one of the five broad 2019-20 categories, shownin the stacked bar chart THE THIRD BRANCH accompanying this article. The chart tracks the rise of treatment courts by category, showing that the number of these courts doubled from 2011 to 2015, compared to the previous five-year period, and that growth continues.

Peer review guides Rock, Grant county Due to the particularly large increase in drug- related treatment courts, it is more important now than ever for the court system to implement evaluations of their efficiency. This year, Rock and Grant County engaged in a peer review process in which court officials from each county took turns visiting and evaluating numerous facets of the other county’s drug treatment court program. The peer review process, which was developed by NPC Research, creates a learning environment where treatment This chart tracks treatment courts growth statewide by category. court teams utilize the Wisconsin Treatment “In almost every case where a participant was struggling, Court Standards to identify strengths and areas of treatment adjustments were pursued over incarceration,” Van improvement in each program. Each team received four De Hey said, citing that research indicates that, when hours of training on the peer review process, conducted dealing with addiction, incarceration is less effective, more interviews of each team member, as well as with a panel of expensive, and more detrimental to families than alternative treatment court participants from each team. approaches. As explained by Rock County Circuit Court Judge Barbara According to Elizabeth Pohlman McQuillen, justice W. McCrory: “It’s important to have peers reviewing your system manager in Rock County, “the peer review process treatment court. We speak the same language. Peers was an excellent opportunity to observe another treatment understand the struggles our participants face… We believe court program in the state and learn from each other how to in the difference treatment courts can make in a person’s make our programs even stronger.” life. Peer review helps us do that job better.” Kristin Schier, treatment court program coordinator in Chief Judge Robert P. VanDeHey, Grant County Circuit Grant County, said the Peer Review process was worthwhile. Court, said it is interesting how similar the drug court teams “It was an effective method to learn from our peers on operate despite the very different challenges faced: “Rock how to identify and better implement the best practices for County has Janesville and Beloit, and a heroin problem. program improvement. I also enjoyed hearing from Rock Grant County, on the other hand, is a large rural county, with County on their successes and challenges and then share no real public transportation, and where methamphetamine with them our program’s struggles and successes,” Schier is the issue.” said. Despite these differences, representatives from law Through the peer review process, court officials also had enforcement, the District Attorney’s office, the Public the opportunity to interview drug court graduates in Grant Defender’s office, the County Treatment service, and County. One participant credited the treatment court Probation and Parole offices were able to sit around a table program there with saving his life: “It was nice to be heard with a judge and arrive at a consensus on how each by more than just the Grant County drug court team. The participant should be addressed in order to enhance public n safety in their county, VanDeHey said. Peer Review team seemed like they cared.”

TAD grants support treatment court growth hree Wisconsin counties and one tribe are expected to Josh Kaul announced where the additional money will be Testablish treatment or specialty court programs, and made available. The state Department of Justice administers seven counties plan to expand existing programs, thanks to the program in partnership with Department of Corrections, an additional $1.5 million in TAD (Treatment and Department of Health Services, Director of State Courts Diversion) funding approved in the 2019-2021 state budget. Office, and State Public Defender’s Office. TAD funding during the biennium totals almost $14.4 The new TAD-funded programs include the following: million and supports treatment courts and diversion • Door County is awarded more than $140,000 to create programs for three tribes and 53 Wisconsin counties. an adult drug court. On Nov. 18, Gov. Tony Evers and state Attorney General see TAD Grants on page 9 4

Fall/ RETIREMENTS Winter 2019-20 Editor’s Note: This edition of the Third Branch features classes; travel with Joe and friends; and first and foremost, articles on judicial retirements through 2019. Other judges hanging with my kids, grandkids, and mom,” Brennan said. THE THIRD BRANCH who have retired since then or have announced upcoming retirements will be featured in a future edition, including: Judge William Atkinson Judge Joan Kessler, District I Court of Appeals; Judge Lee S. Dreyfus, Waukesha County Circuit Court; Judge Andrew Brown County Circuit Court T. Gonring, Washington County Circuit Court; and Judge The Green Bay Press Gazette featured an article on Brown David M. Bastianelli, Kenosha County Circuit Court. County Circuit Court Judge William Atkinson, who retired in August to spend more time with his family and grand children: Judge Kitty K. Brennan “Judge William Atkinson still Court of Appeals District I remembers the very first time he After a 42-year legal career, including 25 years on the set foot in the Brown County bench, District I Court of Appeals Judge Kitty K. Brennan Courthouse. Just 7 years old, he retired Sept. 6. climbed the steps of that august, Before being appointed to the Renaissance Revival structure, in Court of Appeals, Brennan had all its exalted, solemn splendor, served on the Milwaukee County and he deposited a dead fox on Circuit Court from 1994 to 2008 and the county clerk’s desk… ‘The previously as chief judge and deputy county paid a bounty for each chief judge of the First Judicial fox,’ Atkinson recalled. ‘You’d Administrative District. She bring a dead fox in, they’d cut previously worked in private Judge William Atkinson off one ear, and you’d get a $5 practice, from 1984 to 1994, and as check in the mail,’” Atkinson an assistant district attorney, from recounted to the newspaper. 1977 to 1984. The experience led to an interest in the courthouse that As a circuit court judge, Brennan lasted through his 28-year career as a circuit court judge. presided over a number of high- Atkinson, 66, announced his retirement on July 3, Judge Kitty K. Brennan profile cases, including a lawsuit effective Aug. 11. The announcement came as a surprise to resulting from a 1999 accident that many at four years into his fifth six-year term on the bench, killed several workers during the construction of Miller and some people thought there may have been a health Park. issue. “There were over a hundred motions, five active parties, “It wasn’t health; it was grandchildren, and they weren’t Japanese depositions, daily press coverage and a massive unexpected. Atkinson’s wife, Roberta, provides daycare for trial with logistical problems I had never faced before, like their daughter’s three little ones, and Atkinson began to fret the need for a second courtroom door,” Brennan recalled. mightily about how much work his wife was having to do,” But some of her most memorable cases involved small the Press-Gazette reported. claims, such as the elderly pro se litigant who urinated on Atkinson told the paper he probably enjoys playing in the the floor during presentation of his case, the two women sandbox as much as his grandchildren, and he allows one of fighting over a boyfriend that resulted in the losing litigant them to pretend she is giving him swimming lessons each biting her adversary on the way out of the courtroom. Sunday. Brennan taught “Making the Record” for the Judicial Atkinson was first elected to the bench in 1991 and re- College for seven years and found her contributions to elected in 1997, 2003, 2009, and 2015. He previously judicial education to be rewarding. served as Green Bay Municipal Court Judge from 1985 to “I will be forever grateful to (Judge) Lisa Stark (District 1991 and as an attorney in private practice from 1979 to III Court of Appeals) and (retired Milwaukee County Circuit 1991. Court Judge) Mel Flanagan for encouraging me to do it. I loved teaching “Making the Record” and Judge Michael J. Dwyer miss it still. Brennan said she will miss most the Milwaukee County Circuit Court people with whom she has worked. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Michael J. “Judging, for the most part, is a very Dwyer retired in September, after 22 years on the solitary job. Friendships with our fellow Milwaukee County Circuit Court. judges are a treasure and truly help us to Dwyer was first elected in 1997 and re-elected three do our job better. I’ll miss the time since, most recently in 2015. Before becoming a conversations in the halls and at judge, Dwyer was in private practice from 1975 to conferences,” Brennan said. 1997 and on the academic staff of the UW-Milwaukee Brennan said she is ready to begin School of Business, from 1978 to 1986. pursuit of other activities, along with her He held a number of leadership roles over the years, husband, Joseph G. Murphy. including presiding judge of the Family Division, Children’s Court Division and Probate Subdivision of “I’m really looking forward to doing Judge Michael J. Dwyer the things I’ve always postponed doing: more running, Yoga, art and Spanish see Retirements on page 15 Lavinia Goodell, some ofherpersonalstruggles? bring attentiontocrucialissuesofourtime,orevenshare at ReinhartBoerner Van Duren,S.C.inMilwaukee. Court whileresearchingsomeobscurepointasanassociate women admissiontopracticeinthe Wisconsin Supreme stumbled ontoChiefJusticeEdwardRyan’s opiniondenying Kopp, a Wisconsin SupremeCourtCommissioner. Ball lawyer forthe Wisconsin State PublicDefender, andNancy extensive researchconductedbyColleenBall,anappellate Wisconsin HumanitiesCouncil,istheculminationof children. laws thatwouldrequirementosupporttheirwivesand property rights,therightofwomentoobtainadivorce,and advocacy forwomen’s suffrage, temperance,women’s Lavinia’s questtobecomealawyer, theywilldiscoverher much moretoherstory. to practicebeforethe Wisconsin SupremeCourt,butthereis Wisconsin. Sheisbestknownforherbattletobeadmitted became thefirstwomanadmittedtopracticelawin I womanWisconsin’s lawyer first Website Lavinia Goodell, revisits life of Colleen BallandSupremeCourtCommissionerNancyKopp. authentic byGoodell’s family, after someresearchby Atty. Lavinia Goodell.Thephotoontherighthasbeenverifiedas The photoontheleft haslongbeenmistaken asalikenessof The creativeforcesbehindanewwebsitededicatedto Ryan’s jarringwordsstuckinBall’s mind: The website,whichissupportedbyagrantfromthe Not onlywillvisitorstothewebsitebeablelearnabout In 1874,Goodell(1839-1880),whowasfromJanesville, lawyer tweet? Would shepostonFacebookorblogto f shewasalivetoday, would Wisconsin’s first woman profession oflaw, are departure from the and sacred duties oftheirsex,asisthe women, inconsistent withtheseradical honor. And alllife-longcallingsof world andtheirmaintenancein love and and forthecustodyofhomes ofthe and nurture ofthechildren ofour race qualifies thefemalesexforbearing [“the lawofnature destinesand www.laviniagoodell.com say, ‘yes.’ Delaware. Butonce erroneousinformationison theInternet, Lavinia’s great-greatgrandniece,wholivesinBear, has triedtosettherecordstraight, ashasBeverly Wright, Kentucky. Stamps discoveredtheerror someyearsagoand Collections and Archives atBereacollegeinBerea, William GoodellFamilyCollection located intheSpecial early womenlawyers. The photomadeitswayintothe provided thewrongphototoawriterresearchingbookon Stamps, Lavinia’s greatgrandniece. traveled toNashvilleandmetwith92-year-old SarahFrost be ofLaviniaGoodell,isnotheratall.BallandKopp revealed thatthewidelydisseminatedphotographthoughtto her. Itdidn’t takelongtodiscoverIwaswrong,”shesaid. thought itwasdoubtfultheremuchmoretosayabout to beanimportantpartof Wisconsin’s legalhistory, butI first. treatment worthwhile.Koppadmitsshewasskepticalat undiscovered informationtomakeafullblownbiographical bit deeperintoGoodell’s lifetoseeiftherewasenough So, inthespringof2018,sheandKoppdecidedtodelvea in-depth biographicaltreatmentthanshehadyetreceived. firm in1879. and Angie King,whoformed Wisconsin’s firstfemalelaw at UW-Whitewater, shewroteahistorypaperonGoodell Atty. Tom Berg inJanesville. When Koppreturnedtoschool opinion inthe1970swhileworkingasalegalsecretaryfor certificate was donated to the certificate wasdonated to practicelawinWisconsin.certificate ofadmission The Goodell’sMunson holdsLavinia Simone Coordinator WisconsinDevelopment Society Collections Historical Wisconsinceremony Dec. after(not pictured).PicturedwithMunson aState Bar of Beverly Wright,wholivesinBear,Delaware grand-niece, awarded Goodell itsGoodell awarded LifetimeInnovatoraward. Nancy Kopp,left; and Atty.Ball, right.TheState Colleen Bar great, great-grandnephew, SupremeCourtCommissioner Stamps explainedhow, in1959,herfathermistakenly Kopp trackeddownseveralofLavinia’s relatives,who “I hadlongadmiredLavinia’s tenacityandconsideredher Ball hadlongthoughtLaviniaGoodelldeservedamore Kopp firstlearnedofLaviniaandreadRyan’s scathing treason againstit.”]. order ofnature; andwhenvoluntary, 6, are Atty. Steve society by Goodell’s great society byGoodell’s see Lavinia Bates, Goodell’s on page 21

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Fall/ Conference on Child Welfare and the Courts Winter 2019-20 focuses on timely permanence for children THE THIRD BRANCH By Kristen Wetzel, Children’s Court Improvement Program bout 550 people representing 63 counties, seven tribes, Aand a number of state and private organizations, attended the Conference on Child Welfare and the Courts: “Working Together to Effectuate Timely Permanence,” held Sept. 25-27 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The conference was sponsored by the Children’s Court Improvement Program (CCIP) of the Director of State Courts Office and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and was co-hosted by Judge Scott R. Needham, St. Croix County Circuit Court, and Melissa Blom, manager of the Outagamie County Department of Health and Human Services. At the Conference on Child Welfare and the Courts (left to The two-and-a-half day event provided a forum for state, right): Judge Scott Needham, St. Croix County Circuit Court; county, and tribal leaders to learn innovative practices to Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Drake achieve timely permanence for children. Roggensack; Outagamie County Department of Health and Human Services Manager, Melissa Blom; and Director of State Needham encouraged attendees “to explore the complex Courts, Randy R. Koschnick. challenges facing families, the need for innovative solutions, and the importance of timely permanence for children.” The plenary sessions focused on permanence, engagement, and the power of one caring adult. The workshop sessions provided practical examples and applications organized into four practice areas: judicial, legal, child welfare, and all disciplines. Participants were encouraged to attend as a multi- disciplinary team, which included: judicial officers, attorneys (prosecutors, adversary counsel, guardians ad litem), and child welfare directors and supervisors. Each county and County and tribal teams meet to discuss strategy during the tribe was given time to develop strategies to implement in Conference on Child Welfare and the Courts in Wisconsin Dells. see Conference on page 8

Data visualization reveals CHIPS trends By Kacie Terranova and Michael F. Thompson, Office of Research and Justice Statistics n conjunction with the 2019 Conference on generally have higher rates of CHIPS cases per This “data IChild Welfare and the Courts, the Office of 10,000 youth residents, with Burnett the highest visualization,” Research and Justice Statistics released a “data at 161, followed by Forest at 140 and Langlade created by the n Office of Research visualization” of state- and county-level trends in at 131. and Justice Child in Need of Protection or Services Statistics, shows a (CHIPS) cases. CHIPS cases typically five-year trend in arise from allegations of either child abuse, CHIPS case filings child neglect or both. Parties are heard on per capita (youth population) across what steps may be required in the best Wisconsin. The interest of the subject child. graphic was The data visualization revealed that created to help newly-opened CHIPS cases have been attendees at the rising across Wisconsin in recent years. In Conference on 2017 and 2018, for example, about 300 Child Welfare and the Courts visualize more cases where opened than in each of trends that may the previous three years. While populous otherwise be counties in Southeastern and South Central difficult to Wisconsin have higher numbers of cases, summarize. (Note: the map above adds perspective when each No recorded child welfare cases in county’s caseload is divided by the Menominee County county’s population of residents under the were conducted in age of 18. circuit court over Counties in the Northern part of the state this period, only Tribal Court). Human ResourcesfromtheState UniversityofNew York at administrator inPennsylvania1994. County inNew York andbeganhercareerasapersonnel previously servedasthedirectorofcivilservicefor Albany recently asexecutivebudgetandpolicymanager. She years atthestateDepartmentof Administration (DOA),most director formanagementservices. resources officer since April 30,2018,wasappointeddeputy Gov. TommyG. Thompson. and asspecialassistanttoformer Secretary MichaelJ.Sullivan; state DepartmentofCorrections Hollen; asassistanttoformer Attorney GeneralJ.B. Van and publicaffairs forformerstate assistant anddirectorofpolicy Commission, asexecutive chairman ofthe Wisconsin Parole system, Stensberg servedas Roggensack. Chief JusticePatienceDrake to Wisconsin SupremeCourt prior tothat,asexecutiveassistant services since Aug. 1,2017,and deputy directorformanagement courts. Stensberg hadservedas policy initiativesaffecting the over legislativeandbudgetary provide expertiseandassistance services, apositioncreatedto deputy directorforexecutive appointments, effective Dec.8. announced twodeputydirector Courts RandyR.Koschnick to newroles Stensberg, Frederickappointed community. Heserved aspresidentoftheMilwaukee School reserve judgefrom1995-2010. He continuedhisservicetothejudiciary byservingasa a judgeinMilwaukeeCountyuntil hisretirementin1995. published bytheMilwaukeeJournal Sentinel. Foley diedJune30atage90,according toanobituary Milwaukee County Judge JohnF. Foley, Frederick holdsaMaster’s Degree inPublicFinanceand Before joiningthecourtsystem,Frederickworked12 Caitlin M.Frederick,whoservedascourtsystemhuman Before joiningthecourt Dean Stensberg wasappointed On Dec.2,DirectorofState OBITUARIES Throughout hislife, FoleywasactiveintheMilwaukee Foley wasfirstelectedtothebench in1968andservedas Retired MilwaukeeCountyCircuitCourtJudgeJohnF. NEW FACES Caitlin Frederick Dean Stensberg in September. number ofcertifications. administration, withaminorinCriminalJustice,andholds Center, andahospital.Shehasbachelor’s degreein healthcare ataveteranscarefacility, Southern Wisconsin County. and marineofficer forthe Town ofDelavanin Walworth honor guardmember. Shepreviouslyworkedasaroadpatrol service, buildingroadpatrol,CPRinstructor, and Capitol Policeofficer inanumber of capacities:dignitary table. number ofitesm,includingtheCourt’s ornateconference unoccupied SupremeCourtHearingRoomanddamageda reported thatonNov. 26,amanentered theotherwise Supreme CourtHearingRoom. security fororalargument inahigh-profile caseinthe in Montello. Justice onWheels ensure asafeandwell-organized with theSupremeCourt,helping hearing andoralargument. law schooladmissions,apublic Room inearlyOctober, including in theSupremeCourtHearing She startedwithaflurryofactivity new jobasSupremeCourtMarshal. forget thefirstfewweeksonher Marshal Supreme Court Tammy Johnson University of Wisconsin andwas and master’s degreesatthe great-grandchildren. number ofgrandchildrenand Patricia, hisfourchildren,anda the obtituary. community awards,accordingto and receivedmanycivic Board fortwoyears(1965-1967) College. Albany, andanundergraduate degreefromRussellSage Johnson replacesformerMarshal Tina Nodolf,whoretired Before enteringlawenforcement,Johnsonworkedin Before joiningtheCourt,JohnsonworkedasaState Then, justwhenthingsseemedtobesettlingdown,police A weeklater, shewasoverseeingarrangementsand By Oct.14,shewasontheroad It’s unlikely Tammy Johnsonwill Foley earnedbothbachelor’s Foley issurvivedbyhiswife, see Obituaries n visit totheMarquetteCountyCourthouse on page 20 Judge JohnF. Foley Tammy Johnson

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On Jan. 21, Gov. Tony Evers signed 2020 Wisconsin Act 70, which makes 44 procedural updates to the handling of municipal court matters. The Wisconsin Municipal Judges Association worked with various stakeholders to promote the changes, which are intended to promote clarity, best practices, system efficiency, cost reduction, and the rights of both municipalities and defendants. In addition to Governor Evers, pictured, (left to right): Judge Todd Meurer, Municipal Judge, Towns of Madison, Middleton, and Verona (Dane County); Judge Jerry Jaye, Municipal Judge, Lakeside Municipal Court (Fond du Lac and Green Lake Counties); Judge Tom Hebl, Municipal Judge, City of Sun Prairie (Dane County); Judge Bob Kupfer, Municipal Judge, Village and Town of Somers (Kenosha County); Hon. Jason Hanson, Municipal Judge, Villages of DeForest and Windsor (Dane County); Judge Dan Koval, Municipal Judge, City of Madison (Dane County); State Rep. Gary Hebl (D-Sun Prairie); State Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac); and Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere).

Conference continued from page 6 their community to improve permanency outcomes for children. Examples of some strategies include: • Establishing treatment courts • Holding quarterly CHIPS review hearings • Conducting pretrial and family conferences • Appointing attorneys for parents in CHIPS cases • Revising Dispositional Order Conditions for Return • Meeting as a county/tribe on a regular basis, • Improving efforts to identify and engage fathers • Utilizing mediation in CHIPS cases • Creating a family friendly waiting area in the courthouse • Gathering data on continuances and adjournments, and • Exploring having a therapy dog in court. As one attendee noted, “the team meetings were extremely helpful and a fantastic way to collaborate and implement a plan to utilize the information from the conference.” CCIP will

follow up with each county and tribe to Photo courtesy of the Baraboo Public Library determine if progress has been made on their In September, the Wisconsin State Law Library loaned the Baraboo action plans and offer assistance with Public Library Nineteenth Amendment materials to supplement its own implementation. n display on women’s suffrage and Baraboo’s notable connections to it. The loaned display included biographical profiles, photos, and snapshots of front page headlines. 9

District 3 hosts personal safety training Fall/ Winter hirty-eight people, including Guardians Ad Litem (GALs), 2019-20 Tfamily court counselors, court commissioners, judges and court THE THIRD BRANCH staff, attended a personal safety seminar hosted by the Third Judicial Administrative District at the Waukesha County Courthouse on Sept. 17. Personal Safety Practices Away from the Courthouse was presented by U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Rob O’Connor, a Judicial Security Inspector for the U.S. Marshall Service. Dodge County Circuit Court Judge Joseph G. Sciascia came up with the idea for a district-wide seminar after attending O’Connor’s presentation at the 2019 Statewide Court Security Conference. In addition to judges, Sciascia and Chief Judge Jennifer R. Dorow, Waukesha County Circuit Court, extended an invitation to a range of people who conduct work at courthouses. GALs, counselors and others are often dealing with individuals and court matters that are emotionally charged, and should have access to training and information on safety away from the courthouse. O’Connor spoke about the need to focus on lighting, landscaping and locks as it relate to their home and office building. In addition, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin he spoke about the importance of security systems, types of Rob O'Connor, a Judicial Security Inspector for the U.S. Marshal Service, presents “Personal Safety windows, doors and what to do when people leave or return from Practices Away from the Courthouse” at the work. n Waukesha County Courthouse on Sept. 17.

TAD Grants continued from page 3 • Ho-Chunk Nation is awarded more than $70,000 to alternative to jail or prison confinement. These options support an established Healing to Wellness Court. typically involve drug and/or alcohol abuse treatment, case • Lafayette County is awarded more than $118,000 to management, and other risk reduction services. Diverting create an OWI court. non-violent offenders into substance abuse treatment can • Shawano County is awarded more than $107,000 to improve outcomes for individuals with a substance use support a newly established adult drug court. disorder, and help keep them out of jail and correctional The expanding programs include the following: facilities by addressing an underlying addiction. n • Adams County is awarded more than $21,000 to support funding a peer support specialist and a volunteer transportation service for their program participants. Calendar Year 2020 Wisconsin Counties and Tribes • Buffalo-Pepin counties are awarded more than $13,000 Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) Funded Programs to support a newly established driver program that will The courts in Vilas and Menominee counties represent programs operated by the Lac du Flambeau and Menominee Tribes. The Healing to Wellness court in Jackson County is provide needed transportation services for their diversion operated by the Ho-Chunk Nation. program participants. • Marinette County is awarded more than $78,000 to

Douglas Bayfield support a case manager position to help increase program 2!! capacity and address the waitlist for their adult drug court Iron Ashland Vilas

Washburn program. Burnett Sawyer Florence • Monroe County is awarded more than $57,000 to hire a 10 Price Oneida !2! Forest Polk Rusk Barron Marinette mental health provider, a needed service for their adult drug 9 Lincoln Langlade Tay lo r court program as well as their TAD-funded OWI treatment !2! 8 Menominee St. Croix 2!! Chippewa !2! Dunn !2! Oconto court program. Marathon Eau Claire Shawano Pierce Clark Door !2! • Portage County is awarded more than $76,000 to Pepin 2!! ! !2! !2! !2! !2 Wood Portage Waupaca Brown Outagamie Kewaunee support a case manager position to increase capacity of their Buffalo Jackson !2! woc established diversion program. The diversion program will Trempealeau Waushara Adams Calumet ! 2! Manito2!! La Monroe Winnebago receive TAD funding starting in 2020, in addition to their Crosse tte 4 Juneau Fond du Lac Lake existing TAD-funded adult drug court program. Marque Green Vernon Sheboygan 2!! Columbia Sauk Dodge • Polk County is awarded more than $83,000 to support a Richland Legend hington Crawford 2!!

!2! Diversion Program Was Ozaukee 2!! ñ Tribal Healing to Wellness Court 3 case manager position and implement a new diversion 7 Dane ñ Mental Health Court Iowa 5 !2! Jefferson 1 ñ Veterans Treatment Court Waukesha program to complement an existing TAD-funded adult drug Grant Milwaukee ñ Hybrid OWI / Drug Court 2!! Racine ñ Family Dependency Treatment Court Walworth Lafayette Green Rock court program ñ Designated OWI Court Kenosha ñ Co-Occurring Disorders Court 2 ñ Adult Drug Court The TAD program provides local jurisdictions with Judicial Districts options to give non-violent offenders an opportunity to enter TAD Funded Counties and Tribes diversion programs or treatment court programs as a safe Wisconsin Department of Justice Updated: 11/14/2019 10

Fall/ Winter Judicial Conference focuses on neuroscience 2019-20 ational presenters provided more than 280 judges with

THE THIRD BRANCH Ninsight on “Emerging Issues in Neuroscience” at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Judicial Conference Nov. 6-8 in Elkhart Lake. Among other topics addressed, judges learned how the brain functions and how it may be affected by drugs, violence and pain. “The world is changing rapidly, and that is reflected in the types of issues we meet in our courts,” Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack said in her State of the Judiciary remarks delivered at the two-and-a-half-day conference. “There are times when the problems generated through senseless violence and drug abuse cause us to be at a loss to understand how best to respond to them in a legally and socially sufficient way. There is no question that these are complex problems. They do not have one cause that is easily identified and addressed. This conference will present new Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack highlights a ideas on causation and hopefully give us more tools to address number of accomplishments for the Wisconsin Judiciary the concerns we all face,” Roggensack told judges. during her State of the Judiciary at the 2019 Annual Meeting Roggenack updated conference attendees on items in the of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference. Improved inter-branch state budget and developments in the court system in areas relations and stronger partnerships with other justice system stakeholders led to successes in the state budget, she said. such as the Office of Research and Justice Statistics, the commercial docket pilot project, the Children’s Court Improvement Program and treatment courts. In his remarks, Director of State Courts Randy R. Koschnick thanked judges for their efforts to educate legislators and others about the value of the work done by the Judiciary. Judges who appeared before the Joint Committee on Finance on Oct. 2 in support of legislation for new judgeships were particularly effective, he said. “Chief Judge Jim Morrison, Judge Anna Becker, Judge Guy Dutcher, Judge Rod Smeltzer, Judge Jeff Froehlich were all very persuasive, as was Diane Fremgen, Deputy Director for Court Operations. They explained in great detail some of the complexities of today’s judicial workload and what it takes to keep our courts running smoothly,” Koschnick said. Koschnick also highlighted a number of innovations in Judicial Education. “This year’s conference features national-level presenters we would not normally be able to attract. But we took advantage of the opportunity presented by a number of top- Director of State Courts Randy R. Koschnick updates judges notch national organizations, including the National Center on activity of the director’s office during his annual remarks at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Judicial for State Courts, American Association for the Advancement Conference. Koschnick thanked a number of judges for their of Science, the Federal Judicial Center, and the American Bar work in support of the judgeship bill, and he discussed some Association. This is a unique opportunity, and we are hopeful recent innovations in judicial education offerings. you can use what you learn here in your courtroom,” Koschnick told the judges. n

Retired Supreme Court Justice David T. Prosser discusses the status of a judgeship bill during a lunch session with At one of several district luncheons held during the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference, Circuit Court judges from the Ninth Judicial Administrative District at the Legal Advisor Kat Carpenter presents on digital court reporting. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference. opportunity for deaf interpreters for deaf opportunity Mock trialprovides ASLtraining realistic provided anoverwhelminglypositivelearningexperience. and observationsontheconductofproceedingagreedtrial common courtroomchallengesforCDIand ASL interpreters. opportunities, withanemphasisonbestpracticesforinterpretersand trial, Capatisaid. interpreters toaccuratelyandcompletelyinterprettheentiretyof interpreters. The trainingwasdemanding andcalledonthe opportunity toworkascounseltableinterpretersandwitness involved testimonyofthreedeafwitnesses. Sign Language)interpretersattendedtheday-longmocktrialthat judge andwithactualattorneyspresentingarguing theircase. improve theirskillsinacourtroomsettingunderthesupervisionof were alldeaf. mock murdertrialthatfeaturedlitigants,jurors,andwitnesseswho M Van Grunsven’s courtroominMay2019. Interpreters andotherparticipants inamocktrialtrainingprogramgatherMilwaukeeCountyCircuitCourtJudgePaulR. At theconclusionoftrialallparticipantssharedtheirthoughts Mock trialprogramcoordinatorsoffered teachingandlearning The interpretersrotatedplacesbetweenproceedings,creatingthe Twenty-two CertifiedDeafInterpreters(CDIs)and ASL (American The mocktrialpresentedauniqueopportunityfortheinterpretersto Court InterpreterProgramManagerCarmelCapatihosteda ilwaukee CountyCircuitCourtJudgePaulR. Van Grunsvenand n session than 20interpretersparticipated intheday-long Paul Van Grunsven’s courtroomlastyear. More mock trialinMilwaukeeCountyCircuitCourtJudge Language Interpretershonetheirskillsduringa Certified DeafInterpretersand American Sign Corey Steel. Administrator Court Nebraska State Shorba, left, and Administrator Jeff Court Minnesota State Koschnick are Pictured with Galveston, Texas. Administrators in State Court Conference of Meeting ofthe during theMidyear and courtreporting audio recording discussed digital on apanel that Koschnick served Courts RandyR. Director ofState In earlyDecember,

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Fall/ WSLL reaches out to public library librarians Winter 2019-20 By Carol Hassler, Wisconsin State Law Library

THE THIRD BRANCH ibrarians throughout Wisconsin are asked legal Lresearch questions every day, but answering these can be difficult. Librarians need to be careful not to provide legal advice, and budgets don’t often support the purchasing of legal books and subscriptions that may provide answers. More than half of the library’s research requests originate from members of the public who need information on a wide range of topics. In an effort to address this situation, the David T. Prosser, Jr. State Law Library has increased outreach efforts to provide local librarians and others with ideas, resources and the training they need to help patrons find the legal information and resources. Carol Hassler, web services librarian at the Wisconsin State Law Library, presents on the topic of Public Records at the 2019 Librarians Jaime Healy-Plotkin and Carol Hassler Wisconsin Library Association conference in Wisconsin Dells. have presented to a number of groups, offering a framework for evaluating research sources online and in print, and practical techniques for working with people who are researching a legal issue. In 2018, Healy-Plotkin presented a free webinar through UW-Madison’s iSchool (Information School) to give librarians advice on how to assist patrons with legal research. That webinar is still available online. In August, Healy-Plotkin and Hassler spoke to librarians from the South Central Library System and offered a session on legal research strategies and reference techniques. This was followed by a tour of the David T. Prosser Jr. State Law Library and its collections. Hassler presented a second webinar to librarians in the South Central Library System during As part of recent outreach efforts, Jaime Healy-Plotkin, cataloging the fall. This webinar was also recorded, and will librarian at the David T. Prosser, Jr. State Law Library, presents to attorneys, public defenders, and state agency legal staff during the Criminal Defense Conference in Milwaukee on Nov. 7, 2019. She see WSLL on page 23 discussed the benefits and resources available through the library. WSLL hosts state agency librarians, others By Jaime Healy-Plotkin, Wisconsin State Law Library

he Wisconsin State Law collections. Depending TLibrary recently hosted on schedules and a networking luncheon for availability, the state about a dozen members of agency librarians meet the state agency librarians around six times a year to group. The group includes network and learn library professionals who together. represent not only the three At its October meeting, branches of state the group exchanged government, but also some information about local specialty libraries. upcoming professional The Legislative development Reference Bureau serves opportunities and sat in On Nov. 8, 2019, the Wisconsin State Law Library hosted the bi- the legislative branch; the monthly meeting of the Council on Library and Network on a presentation about Wisconsin State Law Development (COLAND), an advisory council to the State publishers’ changes to Library serves the judicial Superintendent of Public Instruction (DPI). At this meeting, Jaime access to digital books. At branch; and several state Healy-Plotkin, cataloging librarian at the Wisconsin State Law past meetings, librarians agencies within the Library, gave a tour of the special library after presenting a have provided tours of executive branch maintain discussion of library and information trends. The gathering was their library locations, one of a number of recent events hosted by the library. libraries. Some of these showcased projects such libraries are open to the public, while others offer local as an update to a digital collection or website, and provided collections aimed at serving their employees. The group’s instruction on a variety of topics. n focus is to foster access to and promote use of the 13

WISCONSIN CONNECTS Fall/ Winter Justice Ann Walsh Bradley addresses 2019-20 women lawyers in Ukraine THE THIRD BRANCH Traveling to Kiev, Ukraine, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley spoke at the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association Second All-Ukrainian Forum entitled “Women in the Legal Profession: Visibility, Advocacy and Influence.” The program was sponsored by the USAID New Justice Program and the Ukraine-Canada Project. The forum brought together more than 200 women lawyers and judges from throughout Ukraine. Judges from all levels of courts and jurisdictions, including the Ukraine Supreme Court, members of the Ukraine Parliament and representatives from ministries, human rights advocates and experts on gender matters discussed ways to enhance gender policies in government. Participants were specifically Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley encouraged to develop strategies for promoting gender speaks in Kiev at the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association equality in the justice system. forum on women in the legal profession. The program was On the first day of the forum, Bradley participated in a sponsored by the USAID New Justice Program and the discussion of how to leverage collective efforts in Ukraine-Canada Project. advocating for human rights. On the second day, she spoke including the Ukraine Supreme Court, as well as of the history and work of the International Association of representatives from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry Women Judges. As a past board member of that of Education. organization and current member of its Board of Managerial Bradley shared the U.S. experience in implementing the Trustees, Bradley emphasized the importance of the iCivics program, a civic education program which she co- association’s work and the breadth of its reach, representing chairs in Wisconsin. The program was founded by former over 6,000 members world-wide. United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. While in Kiev, Bradley also led a roundtable discussion on the importance of civic education for youth. Present at the roundtable discussion were members of the judiciary, see Connects on page 21

Twenty-four judges from Shanghai, pictured here with Dane County court officials, traveled to Madison for an intensive three- week program, with events and instruction held at the Dane County Courthouse, UW Law School, and the federal courthouse. Topics addressed include judicial ethics, jury selection, evidence, treatment courts, pretrial services, access to justice, and alternative dispute resolution. State Law Library publishes annual report he David T. Prosser, Jr. State Law Library’s 2018 The report includes information about the library’s budget, TAnnual Report is now available online at: collections, and projects that were undertaken or completed wilawlibrary.gov. The report is believed to be the first of its during the year, as well as goals for the future and updates kind prepared by the library, said State Law Librarian Julie on each of the library’s locations. Robinson. “As we look forward..., our focus will continue to be on “The library of 2018 is different in many ways from the providing access to reliable legal information to all of our library of 1836; however, what has not changed is our user groups. We plan to continue to assess and evaluate both commitment to providing legal information. We are proud to our physical collection and our online presence to ensure serve the Wisconsin Court System, executive, and legislative that our resources are relevant, accurate and comprehensive. branches of State government. In addition, we serve federal, While doing that, we also need to ensure that we are county, city, and town government users…” Robinson wrote preserving Wisconsin’s legal materials for generations to in the report’s introduction. come,” the report states. n 14

Fall/ Women’s Council study finds one in four Winter 2019-20 circuit court judgeships now held by women THE THIRD BRANCH n Dec. 3, the Wisconsin Women’s Council issued a 1943 Opress release and factsheet, Women on the Wisconsin • First tŽŵĞŶŽŶ ƚŚĞ t/ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ ŽƵƌƚ͕ ϮϬϭϵ tŝƐĐŽŶƐŝŶtŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŽƵŶĐŝů Circuit Court, 2019, as part of its research series African- ĞĐĞŵďĞƌϮϬϭϵ benchmarking women in state and local government in American     Wisconsin. county judge:    ϵ  The council found that women now preside over about Judge Vel

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ƐŚůĂŶĚ 'ƌĞĞŶ>ĂŬĞ WŽůŬ ĂŶĞ ϭϳ ϴ ϰϳй women, according to the council. Schellinger, ĂLJĮĞůĚ /ƌŽŶ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ƵīĂůŽͬ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ WƌŝĐĞ DŝůǁĂƵŬĞĞ ϰϳ ϮϬ ϰϯй WĞƉŝŶ :ƵŶĞĂƵ ZŝĐŚůĂŶĚ tĂƵŬĞƐŚĂ ϭϮ ϯ Ϯϱй ĂůƵŵĞƚ <ĞǁĂƵŶĞĞ ZƵƐŬ ŚŝƉƉĞǁĂ >ĂĨĂLJĞƩĞ ^ĂǁLJĞƌ ZĂĐŝŶĞ ϭϬ Ϯ ϮϬй Even so, Wisconsin lags the national average of 33% and, Milwaukee ŽůƵŵďŝĂ >ĂŶŐůĂĚĞ ^ƚƌŽŝdž ^ƵďddŽŽƚĂů ϮϬϭ ϯϯ;ŽŽĨĨϲϰ ƚŽƚĂůůͿͿ ŽĚŐĞ >ŝŶĐŽůŶ dƌĞŵƉĞĂůĞĂƵ ŽŽƌ DĂƌŝŶĞƩĞ sŝůĂƐ ŽƵŐůĂƐ DĂƌƋƵĞƩĞ tĂƐŚďƵƌŶ ΎttŽŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ͞ũ͞ũƵĚŝĐŝĂů ĮƌƌƐƐƚƚƐƐ͟ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ 43 counties are without a woman judge, said Christine County, 1992 ƵŶŶ DĞŶŽŵŝŶĞĞͬ tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ ďĞƐƚŽŽĨĨ ŽƵƌ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͘ ddŚŚŝƐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌƌLJLJ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĨĨŽŽƌŵĂůůLJ  &ůŽƌĞŶĐĞͬ ^ŚĂǁĂŶŽ tĂƵƐŚĂƌĂ ƚƌĂĐŬĞĚďLJ ĂŶLJ ĂŐĞŶĐLJ Žƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͘ ͞&͞&ŝƌƌƐƐƚƐ͟  &ŽƌĞƐƚ DŽŶƌŽĞ tŽŽĚ ǁĞƌĞĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ďLJ ĐŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚƉƌŽŽĨĨĨĞĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͘ &ŽŶĚĚƵ >ĂĐ KĐŽŶƚŽ Lidbury, the council’s executive director. • First 'ƌĂŶƚ KŶĞŝĚĂ //ĨĨLJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů Žƌ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶŶĨĨĨŽŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕  ƉůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ͗ ǁŽŵĞŶƐĐŽƵŶĐŝůΛǁŝ͘ŐŽǀ͘

“Wisconsin has long been a national leader for women Hispanic dƌĂŝůďůĂnjĞƌƐ͗tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ :ƵĚŝĐŝĂů &ŝƌƐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ t/ ŽƵŶƚLJͬŝƌĐƵŝƚ ŽƵƌƚ ^LJƐƚĞŵ serving on the Supreme Court, but this has not been circuit court reflected in the circuit courts,” Lidbury wrote. judge: Judge The Dane County Circuit Court is near parity, with Elsa C. women holding 47%, or 8 of 17 branches. Milwaukee Lamelas, The percentage of women judges increased County is second highest at 43%. Among Courts with fewer Milwaukee from 19% in 2017 to 26-percent in 2019, than 5 judges, 75% do not have a female judge, according to County, 1993 according to a fact sheet released in the council’s findings. • First chief December by The Wisconsin Women’s The fact sheet also includes a timeline of “firsts” for judge: Kitty K. Council. women trial court judges. Brennan, First Judicial District (Milwaukee County), 2005. According to the council’s findings: • First Hmong-American circuit court judge: Kashoua • First county judge: Judge Verle E. Sells, Florence “Kristy” Yang Thao, Milwaukee County. County, 1936 The press release and related fact sheet can be found on • First Native American tribal judge: Judge Rhoda House, the council’s website at: http://womenscouncil.wi.gov. n

In July 2019, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Davis traveled along with members of the Milwaukee County Veterans Treatment Court, Adult Drug Treatment Court and Family Drug Treatment Court program to National Harbor, Maryland, for the 2019 All Rise national conference. More than 5,000 treatment court professionals attended the conference, sponsored by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, to learn about the latest evidence- based practices for serving individuals with substance use and mental health disorders.

Pictured in the photo from left to right are Mary Moore (Defense Attorney), J.C. Moore (Court Commissioner and President of the Wisconsin Association of Treatment Court Professionals), Dawn Rablin (Assistant State Public Defender), Lane Miller (Justice Point Case Manager), Cameron Overton (Adult Drug Treatment Court Coordinator), Zoe Plovanich (Assistant State Public Defender), Amy Pucilowski (Department of Corrections Agent), Judge Davis, Manuel Molina (Milwaukee Police Department Law Enforcement Officer), and Anna Linden (District Attorney Investigator). Not pictured but present at the conference: Jake Patten (Veterans Treatment Court Coordinator) and Rebecca Foley (Family Drug Treatment Court Coordinator). 15

NEWS AND NOTES Fall/ Winter Chief Justice Roggensack addresses counties association NBA’s Baker inspires drug court participants 2019-20

Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack addressed the Former Milwaukee Bucks player, and now-assistant coach, THE THIRD BRANCH Wisconsin Counties Association at the group’s annual Vin Baker provided advice and inspiration to participants in meeting Sept. 23 in Wisconsin Dells. the Kenosha County Drug Court Wisconsin counties and the state court system have during a program Aug. 28. developed a successful partnership to the benefit of the Baker, a four-time NBA All- people of Wisconsin, Roggensack told the group. Proof of American and Olympic gold that success can be seen in a number of recently approved medalist, was invited to address the state budget items, she said. group by Kenosha County Circuit “Together we persuaded the Court Judge Jodi L. Meier, who legislature to raise the rate for presides over the county’s drug court-appointed attorneys from treatment court program. $40 per hour to $70 per hour so “A lifelong Bucks fan, Meier said that those who cannot afford to Baker was her favorite player during hire a lawyer for a criminal his days with the team, and she has matter will have one provided. followed his career since. She said Judge Jodi L. Meier Forty dollars per hour was the she read his 2017 book about his statutory rate that was being paid recovery — “God and Starbucks: An in 1980, when I graduated from NBA Superstar’s Journey Through Addiction and Recovery” law school. But, by working — and thought he would be an inspiration to the people in together, counties and courts, we the program,” The Kenosha News reported. got it changed,” Roggensack said. Chief Justice Patience Baker said his own addictions cost him his basketball Drake Roggensack The partnership, which also career and led him from riches to poverty. He rebuilt his life includes prosecutors and public defenders, also helped after getting sober and by working as a Starbucks barista. persuade the Legislature to raise circuit court support “Now nine years sober, he said he was working as a payments to the counties by $3.6 million for the current manager at a Starbucks when the Bucks called to offer him a biennium. coaching job…” “I know that the counties could use more, but by working “Baker spent about an hour with drug court participants together, the Legislature and the governor listened to our and support staff, sharing his story, answering questions, concerns and we did make progress,” Roggensack said. giving advice, and — at 6 feet 11 inches tall towering over The partners also helped persuade the Legislature and the them as he handed out hugs, hand shakes and high-fives — governor to approve 65 new assistant district attorney congratulating each of the people in the program for their positions. days of sobriety.”

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RETIREMENTS continued from page 4 the Civil Division, and worked on issues related to including one which drafted rules allowing family law improving family court services to indigent and self- lawyers to act neutrally and draft and file legal pleadings on represented litigants. behalf of both parties. Last year, Dwyer received the “Judge of the Year,” award from the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Bench and Bar Judge Eugene D. Harrington Committee. The award honors a circuit court judge who has enhanced the judicial system by his or her leadership in Washburn County Circuit Court advancing the quality of justice, judicial education, or After nearly 22 years on the bench, Washburn County innovative programs. Circuit Court Judge Eugene D. Harrington retired Aug. 2. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Dwyer received his “It has been my privilege to serve undergraduate degree in political science from UW-Madison the citizens of Washburn County and and returned to his hometown after attending Georgetown the State of Wisconsin for nearly 22 University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He spent time years as a circuit court judge. Except at a small firm before deciding to found his own solo for my service as (a) United States practice. Marine from 1970 to 1972, nothing Dwyer discovered his passion for work in family court, he in my work career has been more told the Bar. rewarding. Nevertheless, I intend to “With that assignment I found -- almost accidentally -- retire as the circuit court judge for that family law suits my temperament and is the kind of Washburn County…” Harrington work that I love. The family court is a place where a judge wrote in his letter of resignation to can do the most to help people solve their problems, Gov. Tony Evers. provided we establish an efficient basis,” Dwyer said. Harrington was first elected in Dwyer served on two Supreme Court Committees, Judge Eugene D. see Retirements on page 22 Harrington 16

Fall/ Wheels continued from front page Winter McGwin said she was thrilled to 2019-20 be able to bring Currie “back to

THE THIRD BRANCH life” in a column she wrote in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s Justice on Wheels visit Oct. 14. “In preparation for the visit, security and public information court employees were here last week, and I was lucky enough to be asked to a meeting to offer up information about the history of the courthouse. I ended up learning something I didn’t know and had the opportunity to do more research…,” McGwin wrote. McGwin did some digging and found a number of historical photos featuring Currie and his Marquette County Circuit Court Judge Chad A Hendee welcomes Supreme Court justices to the Marquette County Courthouse in Montello. family. She produced a slide show of the photos and other to become a lawyer, in part, as a result of visiting the information that ran in a loop in the county board room at courthouse as a youth. She wondered if any of the nearly the courthouse during the Court’s visit. 200 students from the Montello area who attended the Currie moved with his family to Montello, when Currie Justice on Wheels program might someday end up taking an was just four months old, McGwin found. He graduated interest in the law or serving on the Supreme Court. from Montello High School in 1917 and attended Oshkosh Before oral argument got underway, Marquette County Teacher’s College. He then worked for a number of years as Circuit Court Judge Chad A. Hendee welcomed the Court to a teacher and principal outside the area before entering UW Montello and his courtroom, where the Court heard Law School. He graduated with honors in 1925 and spent argument in three cases. Local attorneys introduced each the next 26 years working in private practice out of case with a plain-language summary and explanation of Sheboygan. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in how it reached the Court. 1951. The Supreme Court also sponsored an essay contest about In her remarks at the Justice on Wheels opening the Wisconsin and U.S. constitutions for local fifth graders. ceremony, Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler re-traced some Justice Brian K. Hagedorn presided over the awards of Currie’s footsteps and accomplishments. Ziegler ceremony and presented awards to: First Place, Carley recounted an old newspaper report that Currie was inspired Schraufnagel, Endeavor Elementary School; Second Place, Gabrielle Richards, Endeavor Elementary School; and Third Place, McKenna Byers, Neenah Creek Elementary School. Marquette County is the 30th county outside Dane where the Court has held argument since the Justice on Wheels program started in 1993. The program gives people outside the Madison area, including students, teachers, and the general public, an opportunity to observe the Court at work, without having to travel to Madison. Other counties visited include: Brown, Eau Claire, Marathon, Milwaukee, La Crosse, Douglas, Rock, Kenosha, Sauk, Dodge, Oneida, Outagamie, Portage, Racine, Fond du Lac, Walworth, Waushara, Attorney Manager Mark Gumz of the State Public Defender’s Baraboo office St. Croix, Winnebago, Iowa, Washington, introduces a case to the audience during the Supreme Court’s Justice on Columbia, Green, Sheboygan, Waukesha, Wheels visit to Montello Oct. 14. Gumz was one of three local “warm-up Grant, Bayfield, Jefferson, and Monroe. n attorneys.” Others included Marquette County District Attorney Brian Juech and Atty. Erik Johnson. Annual cyber-security training required for all Annual cyber-securityrequired training businesses andgovernmentsystemsthathouselarge consumers, theseattackshavenowbecomefocusedon decrease inransomwareactivityagainstindividual venture forcybercriminals. 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Fall/ AWARDS continued from page 2 Winter 2019-20 Juvenile Jury Instruction Committee. He is a member of the Dec. 2 ceremony in Milwaukee.

THE THIRD BRANCH Wisconsin Judicial Committee on Child Welfare. Crowder has worked at the library for 25 years, having The CCAI “Angels in Adoption” Program recognizes started as a part-time cataloger in 1994. people and organizations that have made an extraordinary “As deputy law librarian at the Wisconsin State Law contribution on behalf of children in need of families. Since Library, Amy Crowder regularly contemplates ways to keep the program’s inception in 1999, more than 2,600 Angels the library’s 135,000 physical items and nearly five miles of have received this honor, according to the organization. bookshelves useful in an increasingly digital world,” the Wisconsin Law Journal reported. The publication recognized Judge Ashley wins Goldberg 21 “Unsung Heroes,” or people “who excel behind the scenes.” Distinguished Crowder has organized the Service Award library’s Judicial Council Milwaukee County collection of more than 6,400 Circuit Court Judge items, and cataloged more than Carl Ashley is one of 1,000 items in its rare-book two recipients of the collection. She also started the Wisconsin Law library’s website and now Foundation’s 2019 analyzes how people use the Charles L. Goldberg library’s print and electronic Distinguished Service collections. Award. The award was “Being able to understand a presented in Madison user’s needs and level of legal on Oct. 10 and knowledge – whether they be a recognizes Ashley’s judge, attorney or pro se litigant – Photo credit: Shannon Green, Bar of Wisconsin. State lifetime of service to Judge Carl Ashley, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, celebrates helps me best respond, as a the legal profession and winning the Wisconsin Law Foundation’s 2019 Charles L. reference librarian, to their the community. Goldberg Distinguished Service Award with his wife, Felita questions but also helps me, as “It’s humbling to Daniels Ashley, right; daughter Zoe, second from right; and deputy law librarian, develop a receive this daughter Elise, left library collection in the necessary distinguished award subject areas and formats to because I am also a beneficiary of so many people who provide equal access to the law,” Crowder told the Law work hard to make a difference in this world,” Ashley said. Journal. Ashley is considered by friends and colleagues as “a State Law Librarian Julie Robinson, who attended the change-agent” for reform on domestic violence and criminal award presentation, said Crowder is able to recommend justice issues, and for diversity and inclusion in the meaningful additions to the library’s print and online profession, according to an article on the award published in collections because of the value she places on dealing with the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Inside Track newsletter. library users. n Ashley is recognized as a national leader and educator on domestic violence issues, and as a leader in evidence-based diversion programs in the justice system. “He devotes time, effort, and understanding to advancing a diverse and inclusive legal profession that reflects the society it serves.” “He has done all of this with humility, honesty, and humor,” said Kathryn Bullon, one of several people who nominated Ashley for the award. “He helps us draft our own blueprint by which we can become the best person, the best lawyer and advocate possible,” Bullon said. Ashley earned his law degree at Marquette University Law School and began his legal career in 1983 as a public defender. He served in that position until 1992, when he opened his own solo law firm. He was elected to the Milwaukee County bench in 1997. The other award recipient was Madison attorney Earl Munson.

Library’s Crowder celebrated as ‘Unsung Hero’ Deputy Law Librarian Amy Crowder, right, poses Amy Crowder, deputy law librarian at the David T. with State Law Librarian Julie Robinson and Prosser, Jr. State Law Library, was honored with an Crowder’s “Unsung Hero” award Dec. 2 in “Unsung Hero” Award by the Wisconsin Law Journal at a Milwaukee. 19

Christina Hagedorn, wife of Fall/ Wisconsin Supreme Court Winter Justice Brian K. Hagedorn, presents her husband with 2019-20 his judicial robe during an THE THIRD BRANCH investiture ceremony held Aug. 14 in the Capitol Rotunda. Hagedorn, a former Court of Appeals judge, officially took office on the High Court Aug. 1, after winning a contested race in the Spring Election. The Hagedorn’s children assisted in the ceremony.

New Judges continued from front page She served on the Wisconsin Judicial Council from 2008 to Judge M. Joseph Donald 2014. District I Court of Appeals White was first appointed to the bench in 1992 and has Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge M. Joseph Donald been re-elected five times, most recently in 2017. Before was appointed by Gov. Tony Evers in September to fill the becoming a judge, White previously served as a legal vacancy on the District I Court of Appeals created by the advisor and instructor for the Federal Law Enforcement retirement of Judge Kitty K. Brennan. Training Center in Georgia, as an assistant U.S. attorney for Donald was first appointed to the circuit court bench by the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and as a manager in the former Gov. Tommy Thompson in 1996; he was elected in Social Security Administration. 1997 and re-elected three times. Judge White earned her law degree from Marquette Donald presided over thousands of civil, criminal, and University Law School, a master’s degree in public juvenile cases and helped create Milwaukee County’s administration from the University of Southern California, Family Drug Treatment Court program. and her undergraduate degree from Alcorn State University. Before becoming a judge, Donald served as Milwaukee assistant city attorney (1989-96) and as a law clerk for the Judge Angeline E. Winton Milwaukee County Circuit Court (1988-89). He is a Washburn County Circuit Court graduate of Marquette University and Marquette University On Aug. 13, Gov. Tony Evers School of Law. announced the appointment of Judge Angeline Winton to the Washburn Judge Maxine A. White County Circuit Court. The District I Court of Appeals appointment filled a vacancy created On Jan. 16, 2020, Gov. Tony Evers announced the by the retirement of Judge Eugene appointment of Chief Judge Maxine A. White, Milwaukee D. Harrington in July. County Circuit Court, to the District I Court of Appeals. The In 2016, Winton was elected as appointment fills a vacancy created by the retirement of district attorney in Washburn County Court of Appeals Judge Joan F. Kessler on Feb. 7. and served in that role until her “Judge White is a passionate, dedicated jurist who is appointment. Previously, she Judge Angeline E. committed to ensuring that all people – regardless of worked in private practice and Winton background – are treated fairly in our courts. She will add a served as an assistant district much-needed perspective to the Court of Appeals,” Evers attorney for both Washburn and Burnett counties. Winton said in a press release announcing the appointment. holds a bachelor’s degree from UW-Eau Claire and White is the first woman of color to serve on the graduated magna cum laude from William Mitchell College Wisconsin Court of Appeals, according to the governor’s of Law. office. White has served as chief judge of the First Judicial Judge Emily I. Lonergan Administrative District (Milwaukee County) since being Outagamie County Circuit Court appointed to that position by the Supreme Court 2015. She Gov. Tony Evers appointed Judge was chair of the Committee of Chief Judges for a one-year Emily I. Lonergan to the Outagamie term, ending in 2018 and had served as the district’s deputy County Circuit Court on Aug. 19 to chief judge since 2008. fill the vacancy left by the White has served in a variety of other leadership roles, retirement of Judge Nancy J. including as presiding judge of the Milwaukee County Krueger. Circuit Court Family Division, as a director of the Prior to her appointment, Wisconsin Judicial Conference, and as a member of its Lonergan worked in private practice, executive committee. She previously served as chair of the most recently with Peterson, Berk & Wisconsin Committee on Judicial Selection, the Governor’s Cross, S.C. Lonergan has received Task Force on Racial Profiling and as co-chair of the Judge Emily I. Lonergan Supreme Court Special Committee on Gender Neutrality. see New Judges on page 23 20

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THE THIRD BRANCH Law School in 1955. He began his career in private continued as a reserve judge after practice. his retirement. McCormack was born in Judge Warren Albert Grady Milwaukee in 1946 and was graduated from Bay View High Ozaukee County Court School in 1958. While earning a Judge Warren A. Grady, who served 32 years on the degree in Social Work part-time Ozaukee County bench, died Dec. 14 at the age of 95. at the UW-Milwaukee, he also Born March 3, 1924, Grady grew up in Port Washington worked at American Motors. He and West Bend. He was an was then employed as a social outstanding student-athlete, worker for Milwaukee County. competing in both football and track He was graduated from in addition to being in the National Marquette Law School in 1973. Judge Joseph D. Honor Society. He graduated from Before being elected, McCormack Port Washington High School in McCormack had served as 1942, according to an obituary. Ozaukee County Counsel from 1975 to 1979, and as an Grady enlisted in the Navy on July assistant district attorney from 1973 to 1975. 1, 1943. He achieved the rank of Outside of the courtroom, McCormack was active in his Lieutenant and served as an officer community. He was a member of the Grafton Lions Club on the LSM 395 in the Pacific Fleet and coached little league baseball. He also served on the during WWII. After military service, Ozaukee County Jail Literacy Advisory Board. Grady earned a bachelor’s degree McCormack is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jackie, his Judge Warren Albert from Northwestern University and a Grady two sons, Joseph and Timothy, his grandchildren, and five law degree from the University of siblings. Wisconsin Law School in 1951. He married Phyllis Witzlib of Port Washington in 1951, and together they raised 8 children. Ronald R. “Ron” Witkowiak Grady was elected City Attorney in Port Washington in Court Administrator (Ret.) April 1952, and to the first of four terms in the Wisconsin First Judicial Administrative District State Legislature in November that year. During the 1957 Ronald R. Witkowiak, a wide- session, Grady was chosen to be majority leader of the ranging talent who was appointed Assembly and helped pass legislation restructuring the as the Wisconsin court system’s state’s court system, according to the obituary. first district court administrator, In 1962, Grady was elected judge in Ozaukee County and died Oct. 9 at the age of 88. was re-elected to multiple terms, serving 32 years – the Witkowiak was a graduate of longest judicial tenure for any Ozaukee County Judge. Marquette University High School At the time of his death, Warren, and his wife, Phyllis, and attended Marquette were residents of Oak Park Place in Baraboo, Wisconsin, University. He was also a graduate though they also spent 17 years seasonally in Green Valley, of Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Arizona and time at their beloved cottage on Townline Lake Science and worked as a funeral in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. director for 56 years, according to Grady was preceded in death by his parents, his six an obituary published in the siblings and his eldest son, Jeffrey. He is survived by his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In loving wife, daughter-in-law Sandy (Jeffrey) of Madison; Ronald R. “Ron” addition, Witkowiak was a Real Witkowiak son, Kevin (Nancy) of Port Washington; daughter, Susan Estate Broker and Insurance (Mark) Voll of Bella Vista, Arkansas; daughter, Kim (Alan) Broker. Geisthardt of Fond du Lac; son, Thomas (Deona) of Witkowiak was a Korean War veteran, having served in Germantown; daughter, Karen (Dave) Stigen of Baraboo; the Air Force from 1950 to 1952, and with the 128th son, Derek of Madison; and son, Michael (Dawn) of Tactical Control Squadron of the Air National Guard from Oconomowoc. He is further survived by seventeen 1948 to 1979. He served as Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts in grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Milwaukee County until 1976. Later he was appointed District Court Administrator of the First Judicial Judge Joseph D. McCormack Administrative District, which includes all of Milwaukee Ozaukee County Circuit Court County’s circuit court branches. Judge Joseph D. McCormack, who served on the Ozaukee Ron Witkowiak is the father of Judge Timothy M. County Circuit Court for nearly 30 years before retiring in Witkowiak, who has served on the Milwaukee County 2009, died Oct. 19 at Lawliss Hospice in Mequon, Circuit Court since 2002. Ron Witkowiak is also survived according to an obituary. by his wife of 65 years, Patricia, and their other children, McCormack won a four-way race to fill a position created Sandy and Gary; a brother, Ken; and a number of n when the state’s county courts were reorganized as the grandchildren. Lavinia comprehensive lawprovidesacoordinated on genderbasedviolencecrimes. The colleagues abouttheOrganic Law 58 of2017 all over Tunisia toteachtheircourt the RuleofLawInitiative. Tunisia andthe American Bar Association in Professional Association of Women Judgesin Tunisia inSeptembertoassistthe Judge MelFlanagantraveledto Tunis, teaches inTunis Retired JudgeFlanagan delight atherbirth;othersmighttellofLavinia’s thrillat point inLavinia’s life,thoughnotinchronologicalorder. biography. Eachpostrepresentsasnapshot ofamomentor her viewsonFacebook,sotheydecidedtoblog living todayshewouldhaveblogged,tweetedandposted suffrage athand. resurrection wasnow, withthecentennialofwomen’s would takeyearsandtheyfeltthetimeforLavinia’s information intoatraditionalpublishedbiography, butthat They alsolocatedsomeofLavinia’s courtfiles. most ofwhichhavenotbeenseenfornearly150years. Lavinia’s publications,somedatingbackasfar1860, diaries. Inaddition,BallandKoppunearthedscoresof times. Lavinialeftbehindhundredsoflettersandmany which willserveasadigitalbiographyofGoodell’s lifeand Wisconsin HumanitiesCounciltodevelopthewebsite, Society andwereawardeda$10,000grantfromthe true identity.” photo comparisononawebpagededicatedtitled“Lavinia’s it isusuallytheretostay. outreach program. ChiefJudgeJenniferR.Dorow isseatedatDittrich’s right;JudgeMichaelJ. Aprahamian toDittrich’s left. “Ride-along” visit inJuly. Dittrich satinonproceedingsJudge MichaelO.Bohren’s courtroomaspart ofthelegislative Rep. BarbaraDittrich, (R-Oconomowoc),center, discusses thecourtsystemwithWaukesha Countyjudicial officialsduringa Flanagan helpedtrainwomenjudgesfrom Retired MilwaukeeCountyCircuitCourt One postmightsharewithreadersLavinia’s father’s Ball andKoppsaidtheyfeelcertainthatifLaviniawere Ball andKoppcontemplatedturningthiswealthof Ball andKopppartneredwiththeRockCountyHistorical The websiteclearsupthephotomishapwithside-by-side WISCONSIN CONNECTS continued frompage 5 continued frompage13 self-defense. some timetoteachthejudgesaboutpersonal belt intheJapaneseartof Aikido, alsotook offenders effectively. support tovictimsofabuse,andprosecute women andgirls,toprotectprovide in aneffort tohelppreventviolence against women aswellharassmentinpublic. economic andpsychologicalabuseagainst government agenciesandoutlawsphysical, process forthehandlingofthesemattersby Flanagan, whoholdsa4thdegreeblack The policiesandprocedureswerecreated n Ball said. supporting theirfamiliesandmightbeabusingwives,” moral thingforher–iftheyweredrunk,wouldn’t be temperance wasthatwhenhusbandsdrank–itwasn’t justa movement. Partofthereasonshewassovocalon first Women’s March.Shewouldbeinfavorofthe#MeToo women’s suffrage. “Isuspectshewouldhavebeenatthe today shewouldcertainlybecelebratingthecentennialof the 21stcentury. BallbelievesthatifLaviniawerealive would claimherlifeatage40. institution; andhersearchforcurestheillnessthat Court; heragonyincommittingmothertoamental Justice Ryan overheradmissiontothe Wisconsin Supreme spinsterhood; herjailhouseschool;face-off withChief the storiesbehindhercases;reflectionsonmarriageand rigorous courseofstudyshepursuedtobecomealawyer; seeing President Abraham LincolninNew York City;the and Twitter,@Lavinia_Goodell. Lavinia alsohasapresenceonFacebook(LaviniaGoodell) about otherearlywomenlawyers.Inadditiontothewebsite, about Laviniaandhercontemporariesaswellstories an interactiveexperiencewithvisitorssharinginformation Ball andKopphopethat Many oftheissuesLaviniachampionedremainrelevantin www.laviniagoodell.com n Judge MelFlanagan will be

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Fall/ RETIREMENTS continued from page 15 Winter 2019-20 1997 and re-elected in 2003, 2009 and 2015. He worked in private practice from 1978 to 1997. Harrington served on THE THIRD BRANCH the Records Management Committee, Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Trial Judges Association and the Wisconsin Pro Se Working Group. Gov. Tony Evers appointed Judge Angeline E. Winton to fill the vacancy created by Harrington’s retirement.

Judge Nancy J. Krueger Outagamie County Circuit Court Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Nancy J. Krueger retired Sept. 4, 2019, after 12 years on the bench. She was first appointed in 2007; was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2014. Before becoming the county’s first woman judge, Krueger had served as staff attorney for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; as an assistant district attorney for Outagamie County (1980-82); was in Karla Baumgartner, Director of the Office of Judicial private practice, from 1982 to 1992; Education, acknowledges a standing ovation in Judge Nancy J. Krueger and worked as in-house counsel for appreciation for her years of service to the Judiciary. an insurance company from 1992 to Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack announced 2007. Baumgartner’s retirement in the State of the Judiciary on Nov. 6 at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Krueger had served as Outagamie County Drug and Judicial Conference in Elkhart Lake. Alcohol Treatment Court Judge, on the Civil Benchbook Committee and on Judicial Education Committee. She also around the state to foster horses for them when they need served as coach of the Appleton East Mock Trial Team and extra care or the rescues are full,” Baumgartner said. In was a member of the Steering Committee for Leadership addition, she has chickens, a pair of geese (Lyle and Fiona), Fox Cities. a variety of barn cats and a dog, Bentley. Shortly after becoming a judge, Krueger told UW-Green The couple has placed more than a dozen abused or Bay’s alumni magazine that she enjoyed the change from neglected horses over the years, and she hopes to continue lawyer to judge: that trend. “I love being a judge. In Outagamie we do a little of Baumgartner is approved by the Mustang Heritage everything (family law, adoptions, criminal cases, etc.). Foundation to work with the BLM to “gentle” wild horses Every day is something new and different. Most of it is and burros that are rounded up from public lands out West. interesting and important… Good court judges have to be This process makes the animal more attractive for adoption knowledgeable about a variety of areas of law; they need to through BLM by people who may have less experience be willing to listen; have a sense of caring about people; and raising horses. She also plans to research ways to use her they need to understand the stress those people are under. horses for equine-assisted therapy, such as “Horses for It’s important to have an even disposition…” Heroes” to help military veterans with post-traumatic stress Krueger is now a reserve judge. disorder. In January, Baumgartner scaled back to part-time and is Karla Baumgartner assisting in the office’s transition to a new director. Baumgartner previously worked as Judicial Education Judicial Education manager and as the legal editor for the five-volume The animals will have to wait a little longer for breakfast Wisconsin Judicial Benchbook. Prior to joining the Office of after Judicial Education Director Karla Baumgartner retires Judicial Education, she worked in private practice and as a in April, but the wait will likely be worth it. law clerk for the Dane County Circuit Court. She holds a After 18 years with the Office of Judicial Education, law degree from the University of Wyoming School of Law. Baumgartner plans to spend more time on her passion for Her “first career” was serving as Executive Director of the rescuing and raising horses on the 16-acre property in Rock Dane County Humane Society in Madison and as the County that she shares with her husband, municipal court Director of Metro Animal Control & Welfare in Casper, judge Thomas Alisankus. When retirement is official, the Wyoming. alarm clock will be dialed back a bit from 5 a.m., when she Baumgartner said she will miss the Judicial Education now wakes up to start chores, Baumgartner said. team, judges and other court staff with whom she has “I currently have five horses, including two Bureau of worked over the years. Land Management (BLM) Mustangs, two mules and two burros of my own. And, I work with various horse rescues see Retirements on page 26 National Guard. Hemost through the Wisconsin Army Advocate General’s Corps legal officer intheJudge Atkinson, earlierthatmonth. retirement ofJudge William M. fills thevacancycreatedby Sept. 20.Liegeois’ appointment Brown CountyCircuitCourton Judge BeauG. Liegoistothe Brown CountyCircuit Court Judge BeauG. Liegeois Marquette UniversityLawSchool. Governors. SheisagraduateofMarquetteUniversityand Grayson servedontheState Barof Wisconsin’s Boardof the districtattorney’s office. Untilherappointment, handled ChildreninNeedofProtectionorServicescasesfor defendants. Previously, she deferred prosecutionsforeligible focus wasintreatmentand Milwaukee County, whereher as anassistantdistrictattorneyin Michael J.Dwyer. retirement ofretiredJudge the vacancycreatedby Circuit CourtonSept.4.Shefills Evers totheMilwaukeeCounty was appointedbyGov. Tony Court Milwaukee CountyCircuit Judge BrittanyC.Grayson University LawSchool. Marquette Universityandherlawdegreefrom 2015. one of Wisconsin LawJournal’s UpandComingLawyersin from the Wisconsin LawFoundation.Shewasrecognizedas career includingtheGordonSinykin Award ofExcellence many awardsandaccoladesthroughoutherprofessional WSLL service deskflyerdesignedtoinformself-represented reaching thepublicthroughotherefforts, suchasapublic researching publicrecords. conference, forexample,andHasslerpresentedon presented theirlegalresearchtipsseminaratthe WLA work closelywiththepublic.Healy-PlotkinandHassler present otheropportunitiestoconnectwithlibrarianswho (WAAL) andthe Wisconsin Library Association (WLA), held bythe Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians soon beavailableforfreetolibrariansthroughoutthestate. New Judges Liegeois beganhiscareerasa Gov. Tony Eversappointed Grayson mostrecentlyworked Attorney BrittanyC.Grayson Lonergan receivedherundergraduate degreefrom The David T. Prosser, Jr. State LawLibraryisalso Professional libraryconferences,suchasthoserecently continued frompage 12 continued frompage 19 Judge BeauG. Liegeois Grayson Judge Brittany C. for eightyears,earning therankofsergeant. for 12yearsandservedintheU.S. MarineCorpsReserve degree fromMarquetteUniversity LawSchool. School ofManagement(DeVry University),andhislaw University (Louisiana),hisMBA fromKellerGraduate years. worked asapublicdefenderfor15 Public Defender’s Office, wherehe was amanagingattorneyintheState Appeals. Donald totheDistrictICourtof the appointmentofJudgeM.Joseph Childs fillsthevacancycreatedby Milwaukee CountyCircuitCourt. Judge MiltonL.Childstothe Milwaukee Judge MiltonL.Childs, from theUniversityof Texas SchoolofLaw. Stella holdsadegreefromUW-Madison andalawdegree Knight, and Town ofCary, aswellinprivatepractice. for theCityofHurley, Town of Corporation Counsel,asanattorney also servedasIronCounty and againfrom1995-1997.Hehad District Attorney from1986-1989 Judge PatrickJ.MaddenonJuly9. vacancy createdbythedeathof by Gov. Tony Everstofillthe County CircuitCourt,wasappointed Iron CountyCircuit Court Judge Anthony J.Stella, Jr. degree from Valparaiso UniversityLawSchool. expanding thecounty’s treatmentcourtprograms. in BrownCounty, wherehewasanactive leaderin recently hadserved11 yearsasanassistantdistrictattorney For more information,contactCarol Hassler, throughout thestate. public, wecanfurtheraccesstolegalinformation reaching outtoandtraininglibrarianswhoworkwiththe [email protected] available tothepublic. clerk ofcircuitcourtstaff, oranyoneinterestedinmakingit This flyermaybedownloadedandprintedbylibrarians, litigants aboutlegalresourcesavailablethroughthelibrary. Before attendinglawschool,Childs wasamathteacher Childs receivedhisBachelor’s degreefromXavier Prior tohisappointment,Childs On Oct.29,Gov. Eversappointed Stella servedasIronCounty Judge Anthony J.Stella, Jr., Iron Liegeois isagraduateofUW-Madison andholdsalaw Librarians canbeatthefrontlinesoflegalsystem.By The flyerisavailable n here , incolororblackandwhite. Stella Jr. J. Judge Anthony Judge MiltonL.Childs n

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THE THIRD BRANCH life coach. Staidl. Meier said she thought it was Staidl’s son-in-law, Ron McIntire, spoke at the event, important for drug court which he called an outstanding honor. participants to see that addiction “This is honoring five judges that should have been and downfall can happen to honored for doing outstanding judgeship work over the anybody, and that “anybody can years and it’s time that somebody should post their pull themselves out of it,” Meier photographs and recognize their service to Outagamie told the newspaper. County and the State of Wisconsin,” McIntire was quoted as saying by Fox11. Hansher officiates wedding of man he sentenced Chief Judge White addresses Milwaukee County Circuit Milwaukee Bar Court Judge David Allen Hansher Chief Judge Maxine A. White, hadn’t performed a wedding in Judge David Allen Milwaukee County Circuit Court, about a dozen years when he Hansher spoke at a Milwaukee Bar received an unlikely request. Association (MBA) luncheon on As reported by Milwaukee Journal Sentinal columnist Jim Oct. 8. Stingl on Sept. 27: She discussed the opportunities “In 1995, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Hansher and challenges of the First Judicial sentenced Ramiah Whiteside to 47 years in prison for Administrative District since she fleeing from police and causing a horrible crash that killed was first appointed chief judge by four people. Whiteside walked free on parole this month the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Chief Judge Maxine A, after serving 24 of those years and almost immediately, he 2015. White came looking for Hansher. Sounds ominous, I know. During her tenure, White said she has welcomed 16 new “But he was not bitter or seeking revenge. Whiteside fell judges who reflect diversity in a range of areas – experience in love while locked up and he had come to ask Hansher to and legal practice, gender (10 are women) and race (three officiate at his marriage to this woman.” are racial minorities). At the time of sentencing, Hansher said Whiteside should She outlined a number of accomplishments in therapeutic never be released on parole. But about a dozen years into courts and securing grant funding to support court initiatives Whiteside’s sentence, a newspaper reporter told Hansher and improvement programs. White acknowledged support that Whiteside had made progress toward rehabilitation. The from the court’s “partners in justice,” including the MBA, judge and convict began writing back and forth, and University of Marquette Law School, Milwaukee Area Hansher even visited Whiteside in prison. Technical College, the leadership in the Milwaukee Hansher said: “He’s been rehabilitated,… a goal of prison Community Justice Council, the Milwaukee Justice Center that goes beyond punishment. He recognized he was and Legal Action of Milwaukee. completely out of control as a youngster. He said, ‘You were White closed her remarks with a preview of anticipated right. I deserved the long challenges, which she said also bring new opportunities. sentence.’” These include working with the US Secret Service and other Hansher officiated the wedding partner agencies to prepare for the potential impact of the Sept. 18 at the courthouse, just Democratic National Convention in July 2020 and the across the hall from where he planned closure of Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake and 2017 had sentenced Whiteside 24 Wisconsin Act 185, which restructured the juvenile years earlier. corrections system.

Outagamie County judges Beilfuss Justice Center honored dedicated in Clark County On Sept. 9, 2019, Judge On Sept. 27, Chief Justice Vincent Biskupic, Outagamie Patience Drake Roggensack County Circuit Court, unveiled Judge Vincent Biskupic traveled to Neillsville for a portrait photos of judges who dedication ceremony of a portion served the county in the 1950s and 1960s. Biskupic began of the Clark County Courthouse doing research when he noticed the county had older and named in honor of the late Chief newer photographs of judges, but there was a period of time Justice Bruce Beilfuss, who died that was missing. He contacted family members, judges, in 1986. court staff, attorneys and police officers who helped fill in Beilfuss served on the Supreme the blanks. Court from 1964 to 1983, The new portraits were hung at the courthouse in an event including three years as chief covered by Green Bay television stations WHBY-TV and justice. He was born in the Clark Chief Justice Bruce Fox11. County community of Withee in Beilfuss The five judges whose photos were added include Judge Raymond P. Dohr, Judge Gerald E. Jolin, Judge Gustave J. see News and Notes on page 25 County’s opioidtreatment court. The courtwascreated in Brown Countyopioid treatment courtfeatured governing business. interpretation ofrightsandobligations underagreements against officers ordirectors,claimsinvolvingthe business organizations, suchasshareholderclaims,claims agreements. Othercasesinvolve internaldisputesin disputes concerningno-competeorconfidentiality activity, suchasunfaircompetition,antitrustclaims,or litigation. forward,” saidBrenner, whospecializesinbusiness be needed,isreallyhelpfultokeepthecasesmoving coming next,intermsofdiscoveryorwhatmightelsemay Laura Brennertold resolve numerouscommercialdisputes,Milwaukee Atty. County. to 80cases,withamajoritybeinghandledin Waukesha voluntarily transferredcasesfromotherjurisdictions. well as Waukesha County. The courtisalsoopento Waupaca intheEighthJudicial Administrative District,as Door, Kewaunee,Marinette,Oconto,Outagamie,and quickly, understandingtheeconomic realitiesinvolved.” helping toresolvethesecasesandmovingthemalong been pleasedthatjudgeswithbusinesslawexperienceare Inside Track Morrison, MarinetteCountyCircuitCourt,toldtheBar’s in thehandlingofbusinesscases. project, whichwasestablishedin2017toprovideexpertise updating theprogressofCommercialDocketpilot Commercial Docketcontinuesgrowth trend County Bar Association, saidattheceremony. the country,” saidJacobC.Brunette, presidentoftheClark elected totheSupremeCourtbya2-to-1margin. he defeatedfouropponentsintheprimaryelectionandwas U.S. Navy. 1948 andwasre-electedinabsentia,whileservingthe District Attorney in1941.Heservedthatpositionuntil Abbottsford from1938untilbeingelectedClarkCounty traveling asmany30,000milesperyear. jury trialsinfifty-fiveofthestate’s seventy-twocounties, time. Heheldthatpositionfor15yearsandpresidedover becoming theyoungestcircuitjudgein Wisconsin atthe a plaquewashunginhishonor. area wasre-namedtheBruceF. BeilfussJusticeCenter, and probate, corporationcounsel,andclerkofcircuitcourt. The courtrooms andoffices ofthedistrictattorney, registerin 1915 andgraduatedfromNeillsvilleHighSchool. WLUK-TV inGreen Bayrecentlyranafeatureon Brown Many commercialcasesinvolveprohibitedbusiness “Their familiaritywiththeissuesandwhatcouldbe The expertiseofjudgeswhohandlethecaseshashelped Since itsinception,theBusinessCourthashandledclose The pilotformallyserveseightcounties,includingBrown, “It hasbeenquitesuccessful,”ChiefJudgeJames A. On Dec.4,theState Barof Wisconsin publishedanarticle “He’s donesomuchforthecounty, forthestate,and While runningforthe Wisconsin SupremeCourtin1963, Before hewasajudge,Beilfusspracticedlawin At age33,Beilfusswasappointedacircuitjudgein1948, The fourthfloorofthebuildingencompassestwo NEWS AND NOTES newsletter. “Thevastmajorityoflawyershave Inside Track . continued frompage 24 told WLUK. clean andsober. And they’reremainingemployed,” Walsh majority ofpeoplehavebeengettingout. They arestaying putting peopleinprisonjustwasn’t solvingtheproblem. opioid abuse,andheroin,wasgettingworseworse. And Judge whopresidesoverthecourt,saidproblemof and doitforyourself,”saidHampton. did thebestthatIcould. And youreallyhavetowantit... they werereallyjusttheretosupportmeandhelpme,I some strugglesandIwouldtestthewater. ButIsawthat been completelychangedeversince,”Hamptonsaid. work. And Igraduatedin August of2016,andmylifehas of-jail freecard.It’s not.It’s verytimeconsuming.It’s hard Green Bay, whowasamongthecourt’s firstgraduates. station reported. with moreandcases,involvingopioidabuse,the 2014 becausethecriminalcourtsystemwasgettingclogged Deanne Alsbury; BobbieReinke;andTammy Vucenic. Chief JudgeMaureenD.Boyle,Barron CountyCircuitCourt; Court JudgeJamesC.Babler;and LauraFornell.Backrow: row: KarenSchaaf,DebbieNichols; BarronCountyCircuit collected non-perishablefooddonations. Left toright,front and socksthatweregiventolocalpeopleinneed.Staff also Rotunda. The“decorations”includedmittens,hats, scarves, Giving Tree” whichtheydecoratedintheJusticeCenter Barron CountyCircuitCourtjudgesandstaff poseby“The “Our treatmentcourthasbeenworkingquitewell. The Judge Thomas J. Walsh, theBrownCountyCircuitCourt “It wasalittlebitbumpyinthebeginning.Idefinitelyhad “I didit.Itwasveryhard.Ithoughtitlikeaget-out- The coveragehighlightedthestoryofSamanthaHampton, n

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Fall/ RETIREMENTS continued from page 22 Fall/ Winter Summer “There are also many people that I’ve come assistant to a Supreme Court justice. Winter Chief2019-20 Justice Patience2017 Drake Roggensack to consider not just ‘stakeholders’ but also “I’ve been blessed to work with so many 2019 THE THIRD BRANCH Director of State Courts friends,” Baumgartner said. amazing people during my career.” Hon. Randy R. Koschnick After catching up on some sleep, Dixon said she will keep the friendships she Baumgartner said she also plans to visit has made along the way, but will miss seeing Editor Tom Sheehan daughters, Cheyenne and Samantha. Both many of those friends regularly at work. Dixon daughters live in Minnesota and both are said she looks forward to finally having time Contributing Writers planning to get married in 2020. So, if she for traveling, kayaking, biking, and just Katy Burke happens to miss the work involved in planning enjoying her family and golden retrievers. Carol Hassler for Judicial Education events, she’ll still have Jaime Healy-Plotkin some things to plan for. Rhonda Menor Tom Sheehan Alisankus, who is the judge for the joint Kacie Terranova municipal court of Evansville-Union Township Court Reporter Michael F. Thompson is not retiring but is looking to slow down a bit, After nearly 40 years working as a court Kristen Wetzler Baumgartner said. “Some people have hobbies, reporter in Marinette County Circuit Court, Tom has jobs,” Baumgartner said. Rhonda Menor’s retirement didn’t go Graphic Design/Layout Although Baumgartner’s not likely to be idle, unnoticed. In fact, it was front-page news in the Sara Foster The Third Branch she literally does intend to ride off into the Marinette Eagle Herald on Dec. 10. Menor, only the second Branch 1 court The Third Branch is a sunset. “I have a lot of hobbies to keep me busy, but reporter since 1941, took advantage of the quarterly publication of the newspaper interview to educate people about Director of State Courts the horses will consume most of my time, stenographic court reporting, as did Branch 1 Office, providing news of including trail riding and camping with them in interest to the Wisconsin Wisconsin and Minnesota,” Baumgartner said Judge David G. Miron. court system. “Many people have jobs where an occasional Jane Dixon daydream or brief lack of concentration has Send questions, comments, no major impact. Not so with court reporters, and article ideas to: Judicial Assistant who are required to listen to and document Tom Sheehan After 40 years every word – make that every syllable – of a Court Information Officer P.O. Box 1688 with the Wisconsin court hearing,” wrote editor Dan Kitkowski. Madison, WI 53701-1688 court system, Jane Menor said the advancements in technology phone Dixon, Judicial are the biggest changes she has seen on the job. (608) 261-6640 Assistant to Her first stenographic machine was a manual e-mail Wisconsin Supreme model, much like a manual typewriter, and she [email protected] Court Justice initially would have to transcribe notes using an fax Rebecca Frank electric typewriter, Menor told the paper. (608) 267-0980 Dallet, will retire in “Now, I don’t even look at my paper notes,” February. she said. “As I’m writing on my steno machine, Dixon began her my software is translating it into English. I can career in January put a computer screen in front of someone who 1980 as an assistant, is deaf or hard of hearing and they can instantly and eventually Jane Dixon read what’s going on in the courtroom. It’s like administrative closed captioning,” Menor told the paper. assistant, to Erica Miron said most people don’t understand the Moeser, then-director of the Board of Attorneys importance of a court reporter’s job. Professional Competence (now the Board of “I don’t think they have a clue what she Bar Examiners). Among other duties in her 11 does,” Miron said. “I mean, she’s responsible years with the Board, Dixon assisted with for taking down every word that’s said in that administration of the Wisconsin bar exam. She courtroom. Absolutely every word. She’s got to made sure exam materials were ready and in be on top of her game the entire time that she’s place on time, even when it meant she was sitting there…” driving around a carload of hard copy exams. Menor, a 1978 graduate of Appleton East Dixon also worked for the Court of Appeals, High School, was a free-lance court reporter first as a staff attorney assistant for 14 years, after graduating from Gateway Technical and then as judicial assistant to now-retired College in Kenosha, in 1980. She lived in Judges David G. Deininger, Burnie Bridge, and Appleton, but did some work in Brown and Gary E. Sherman for 13 years. For the last Marinette counties before being recruited to year and a half, Dixon said she was fortunate to work in Marinette by now-retired Marinette have reached her goal of serving as judicial County Circuit Court Judge Charles Heath. n

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