Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce

2015 Supreme Court Candidate Bios

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley was elected to the Supreme Court in 1995 and re-elected in 2005.

A native of Richland Center, Wis., Justice Bradley received a bachelor’s degree from Webster University in St. Louis. She was a high school teacher before entering the UW Law School, where she earned her law degree.

Justice Bradley was in private practice until becoming a circuit court judge in Marathon County in 1985. She is a winner of the American Judicature Society’s Harley Award, a national honor that is reserved for judges whose outstanding efforts and long-term contributions have resulted in substantial improvements to the justice system.

Justice Bradley is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Judicial Academy and has served as a lecturer for both the Academy and the American Bar Association’s Asia Law Initiative. Currently she serves as the state co-chair of iCivics, serves as the North American delegate to the Board of Directors of the International Women Judges Association, and is an elected member of the American Law Institute as well as a member of the American Judicature Society, the State Bar Bench-Bar Committee, the Board of Visitors of the UW Law School, the Judicial Conference Executive Committee, and the Federal-State Judicial Council. She is a past associate dean of the Wisconsin Judicial College and has formerly served as a Commissioner of the National Conference on Uniform Laws, Chair of the Wisconsin Rhodes Scholarship Committee, and a member of the Wisconsin Judicial Council.

Some Endorsements: Judges ♦ Judge John Albert - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Michael Cotter – Village of East Troy ♦ Judge Peter Anderson - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Jon Counsell - Clark Co. ♦ Judge John Anderson - Bayfield Co. ♦ Judge Steven Cray - Chippewa Co. ♦ Judge Jeffrey Anderson - Polk Co. ♦ Judge James Czajkowski - Crawford Co. ♦ Judge Steven Anderson - Rusk Co. ♦ Judge Rebecca Dallett - Co. ♦ Judge Carl Ashley - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge John Damon - Trempealeau Co. ♦ Judge Angela Bartell (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Craig Day - Grant Co. ♦ Judge David Bastianelli - Kenosha Co. ♦ Judge Chris Dee - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Ann Knox Bauer - Taylor Co. ♦ Judge Peter Diltz - Door Co. ♦ Judge Gary Bendix - Manitowoc Co. ♦ Judge Joe Donald - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Ellen Berz - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Tom Donegan (Ret.) - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Daniel Bissett - Winnebago Co. ♦ Judge Jamie Duvall - Buffalo/Pepin Cos. ♦ Judge Andrew Bissonette (Ret.) - Dodge Co. ♦ Judge Michael J. Dwyer - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Todd Bjerke - La Crosse Co. ♦ Judge Charles Dykman (Ret.) - Court of Appeals ♦ Judge Mike Bloom - Oneida Co. ♦ Judge Tom Eagon - Portage Co. ♦ Judge David L. Borowski - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Steven Ebert (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Terence Bourke – Sheboygan Co. ♦ Judge Todd Ehlers - Door Co. ♦ Judge Patrick Brady (Ret.) – Marathon Co. ♦ Judge Stephen Ehlke - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Howard Cameron - St. Croix Co. ♦ Judge James Evenson - Sauk Co. ♦ Judge Rod Cameron - Chippewa Co. ♦ Judge Jill Falstad - Marathon Co. ♦ Judge Tom Cane (Ret.) - Court of Appeals ♦ Judge John Finn - Portage Co. ♦ Judge Jane V. Carroll - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Claire Fiorenza - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Karen Christenson (Ret.) - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge David Flanagan - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Dennis R. Cimpl - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Mel Flanagan - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Vicki Clussman - Waupaca Co. ♦ Judge Frederic Fleishauer (Ret.) – Portage Co. ♦ Judge Juan Colas - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Tom Flugaur - Portage Co. ♦ Judge Pedro Colon - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Chris Foley - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Jeff Conen - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Kathryn Foster - Waukesha Co. ♦ Judge Charles Constantine - Racine Co. ♦ Judge C. William Foust - Dane Co.

127 S. Spring Street, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Phone: (920) 887-8879 Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce

2015 Candidate Bios

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley

♦ Judge Douglas Fox - Price Co. ♦ Judge Michael Nowakowski (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Jerome Fox - Manitowoc Co. ♦ Judge Dale Pasell (Ret.) - La Crosse Co. ♦ Judge Mark Frankel (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Laura Perez - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Jeffrey Froehlich - Calumet Co. ♦ Judge James Peterson - Dunn Co. ♦ Judge Michael Gage - Outagamie Co. ♦ Judge William Pocan - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Molly Gale Wyrick - Polk Co. ♦ Judge Janet Protasiewicz - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz - Racine Co. ♦ Judge Sarah O’Brien (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Shelley Gaylord - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Frank Remington - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Daniel George - Portage Co. ♦ Judge Guy Reynolds - Sauk Co. ♦ Judge Gregory Gill - Outagamie Co. ♦ Judge John David Rice - Monroe Co. ♦ Judge George Glonek - Douglas Co. ♦ Judge John Roemer - Juneau Co. ♦ Judge Ramona Gonzalez - La Crosse Co. ♦ Judge Mark Rohrer - Manitowoc Co. ♦ Judge Mark Goodman - Monroe Co. ♦ Judge Fred Rosa - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Lindsey Grady - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Michael Rosborough - Vernon Co ♦ Judge James Gramling (Ret.) - Milwaukee Muni. Court ♦ Judge Stephanie Rothstein - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Gregory Grau - Marathon Co. ♦ Judge Robert Russell - Lincoln Co. ♦ Judge Marc Hammer - Brown Co. ♦ Judge Mark Sanders - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge William Hanrahan - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Richard Sankovitz - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge David Hansher - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Michael Schumacher - Eau Claire Co. ♦ Judge Eugene Harrington -Washburn Co. ♦ Judge William Andrew Sharp - Richland Co. ♦ Judge Glen Hartley (Ret.) - Lincoln Co. ♦ Judge Gary Sharpe - Fond du Lac Co. ♦ Judge Tim Hinkfuss - Brown Co. ♦ Judge Gary Sherman - Court of Appeals ♦ Judge Scott Horne - La Crosse Co. ♦ Judge John Siefert - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Greg Huber - Marathon Co. ♦ Judge Karen Seifert - Winnebago Co. ♦ Judge Raymond Huber - Waupaca Co. ♦ Judge Rod Smeltzer - Dunn Co. ♦ Judge Lamont Jacobson - Marathon Co. ♦ Judge Diane Sorensen (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge John Jude - Racine Co. ♦ Judge Carolina Stark - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Fred Kawalski (Ret.) - Langlade Co. ♦ Judge Lisa Stark - Court of Appeals ♦ Judge Barbara Hart Key - Winnebago Co. ♦ Judge Leon Stenz - Forest/Florence Co. ♦ Judge Robert Kinney (Ret.) - Lincoln Co. ♦ Judge John Storck - Dodge Co. ♦ Judge Philip Kirk - Waupaca Co. ♦ Judge Maryann Sumi (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Barbara Kluka (Ret.) - Kenosha Co. ♦ Judge Angela Sutkiewicz - Sheboygan Co. ♦ Judge Jeff Kremers - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge David Swanson - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Moria Krueger (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Patrick Taggart - Sauk Co. ♦ Judge Nancy Krueger - Outagamie Co. ♦ Judge Kelly Thimm - Douglas Co. ♦ Judge Mary Kuhnmuench - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Raymond Thums (Ret.) - Marathon Co. ♦ Judge Kenneth Kutz - Burnett Co. ♦ Judge Jay Tlusty - Lincoln Co. ♦ Judge Rhonda Lanford - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Mary Triggiano - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Dan LaRoque (Ret.) - Court of Appeals ♦ Judge Timothy Van Akkeren - Sheboygan Co ♦ Judge Elliott Levine - La Crosse Co. ♦ Judge Robert VanDeHey - Grant Co. ♦ Judge Dennis Luebke (Ret.) - Outagamie Co ♦ Judge Paul VanGrunsven - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Patrick John Madden - Iron Co. ♦ Judge Ed Vlack - St. Croix Co. ♦ Judge Mike Malmstadt (Ret.) - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Mary Wagner - Kenosha Co. ♦ Judge Wayne Marik - Racine Co. ♦ Judge Thomas Walsh - Brown Co. ♦ Judge John Markson - Dane Co. ♦ Judge J. D. Watts - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Robert Mawdsley (Ret.) - Waukesha Co. ♦ Judge James E. Welker (Ret.) – Rock Co. ♦ Judge Tom McAdam - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Jennifer Weston - Jefferson Co. ♦ Judge Mark McGinnis - Outagamie Co. ♦ Judge Alan White - Portage Co. ♦ Judge Mitchell Metropulos - Outagamie Co. ♦ Judge Maxine White - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Anthony Milisauskas - Kenosha Co. ♦ Judge S. Michael Wilk - Kenosha Co. ♦ Judge Dan Moeser (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Scott Woldt - Winnebago Co. ♦ Judge Michael Moran - Marathon Co. ♦ Judge Virginia Wolfe (Ret.) - Columbia Co. ♦ Judge Marshall B. Murray - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Gerald Wright - Sawyer Co. ♦ Judge Scott Needham - St. Croix Co. ♦ Judge Glen Yamahiro - Milwaukee Co. ♦ Judge Diane Nicks (Ret.) - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Edward Zappen (Ret.) - Wood Co. ♦ Judge Neal (Chip) Nielson - Vilas Co. ♦ Judge Todd Ziegler - Monroe Co. ♦ Judge Richard Niess - Dane Co. ♦ Judge Donald Zuidmulder - Brown Co. ♦ Judge Michael Nolan (Ret.) - Lincoln Co.

127 S. Spring Street, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Phone: (920) 887-8879 Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce

2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Bios

Judge James Daley

“If elected, I will work to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. I will serve the citizens of the State of Wisconsin as I have the citizens of Rock County - as an independent voice focused on applying the rule of law.” - Judge James Daley

Rock County Circuit Court Judge James P. Daley was appointed circuit court judge by Gov. in January of 1989 after being elected to three terms as Rock County District Attorney. After his appointment as Circuit Court Judge he was re- elected five times to the bench and has been the presiding judge in Rock County since 1998. Daley has handled all types of cases from civil and family to juvenile and criminal. The Wisconsin Supreme Court appointed Daley Chief Judge of the 5 th Judicial Circuit (Dane, Rock, Green and Lafayette counties) in August of 2013.

While serving as District Attorney, Daley was instrumental in creating the Rock County Victim-Witness Assistance Program, a program designed to support victims and help them and their families through the legal process. He also established the “Pro-Arrest Policy” in Rock County in 1987 for domestic battery. All law enforcement agencies agreed to arrest every person accused by a victim of committing a domestic battery and keeping them in custody until bond could be set in court. This policy predated the present Domestic Violence legislation that requires the same response from law enforcement. As presiding judge, Daley was instrumental in establishing three specialized diversion courts, a drug court in 2006, the first veteran’s regional diversion court in the state in 2009 and an OWI court in 2013.

Daley was also instrumental in pushing for and creating the Rock County Board Citizens Criminal Law Advisory Committee that is made up of stake holders and individual citizens representing various demographic groups within the Rock County Community. Establishing the committee as well as creating the diversion courts, the Victim/Witness Program, and even the pro-arrest policy required working in a collaborative fashion with other county, state, and local agencies, departments, governmental and citizen leaders. All had to agree on a common vision, and find ways to plan, fund, organize and implement new and innovative criminal justice programs to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Rock County.

Daley, 67, grew up in Elkhorn, WI and received his undergraduate degree from Carroll University in 1977. He received his law degree from in 1981. A decorated war veteran, Daley enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966, served in an infantry battalion in Vietnam, and was released from active duty as a sergeant in 1969. In addition to numerous commendations and service medals, he was awarded the Bronze Star with “V” Device for Valor, the Purple Heart Medal, a Meritorious Mast, and the Combat Action Ribbon.

Daley joined the Wisconsin Army National Guard in 1974 as an infantry sergeant. He obtained his commission as an infantry officer and held various command positions including Commander of the 32 nd Infantry Brigade, the largest unit in the state guard. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He retired as a Brigadier General after 36 years of service.

Daley and his wife, Shirley have been married for 45 years. They have four daughters, two of whom also served in the active military services, one in the Army and one in the Marine Corps.

127 S. Spring Street, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Phone: (920) 887-8879 Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce

2015 Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Bios

Judge James Daley

Some Endorsements: Sheriffs Endorsements ♦ Shawano County Sheriff Randy Wright (Ret.) ♦ Brown County Sheriff John Gossage ♦ Sheboygan County Sheriff Todd Priebe ♦ Buffalo County Sheriff Michael Schmidtknecht ♦ St. Croix County Sheriff John Shilts “ ♦ Burnett County Sheriff Ron Wilhelm ♦ Taylor County Sheriff Bruce Daniels “ ♦ Chippewa County Sheriff James Kowalczyk ♦ Trempealeau County Sheriff Richard Anderson ♦ Columbia County Sheriff Dennis Richards ♦ Vernon County Sheriff Gene Cary (Ret.) ♦ Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt ♦ Vernon County Sheriff John Spears ♦ Dodge County Sheriff Todd Nehls (Ret.) ♦ Walworth County Sheriff Kurt Picknell ♦ Dodge County Sheriff Patricia Ninmann (Ret.) ♦ Walworth County Sheriff Dave Graves (Ret.) ♦ Door County Sheriff Steve Delarwelle ♦ Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden ♦ Door County Sheriff Terry Vogel (Ret.) ♦ Washington County Sheriff Dale K. Schmidt ♦ Dunn County Sheriff Dennis Smith ♦ Waukesha County Sheriff Dan Trawicki (Ret.) ♦ Florence County Sheriff Jeff Rickaby ♦ Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson ♦ Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mylan Fink ♦ Waushara County Sheriff Jeff Nett ♦ Grant County Sheriff Nate Dreckman ♦ Winnebago Sheriff John Mat z ♦ Green County Sheriff Mark Rohloff ♦ Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podell District Attorneys Endorsements ♦ Iowa County Sheriff Steven Michek ♦ Brown County District Attorney David Lasee ♦ Juneau County Sheriff Brent Oleson ♦ Dodge County District Attorney Kurt Klomburg ♦ Kewaunee County Sheriff Matthew Joski ♦ Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney ♦ La Crosse County Sheriff Steve Helgeson ♦ Monroe County District Attorney Kevin Croninger ♦ Lafayette County Sheriff Scott Pedley (Ret.) ♦ Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol ♦ Langlade County Sheriff William Greening ♦ Washington County District Attorney Mark Bensen ♦ Lincoln County Sheriff Jeff Jaeger ♦ Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper ♦ Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve ♦ Waushara County District Attorney Scott Blader ♦ Marquette County Sheriff Kim Gaffney “ ♦ Winnebago County District Attorney Christian ♦ Monroe County Sheriff Scott Perkins Gossett ♦ Oconto County Sheriff Mike Jansen ♦ Oneida County Sheriff Grady Hartman Association Endorsements ♦ Outagamie County Sheriff Brad Gehring ♦ Independent Business Association of Wisconsin - ♦ Ozaukee County Sheriff Jim Johnson Steve Kolmann, IBAW Executive Director. ♦ Ozaukee County Sheriff Maury Straub (Ret.) “ ♦ The Milwaukee Police Association - Mike Crivello, ♦ Pepin County Sheriff John Andrews (Ret.) MPA President. ♦ Polk County Sheriff Peter Johnson ♦ Wisconsin Right to Life - Don Kapla, Wisconsin ♦ Portage County Sheriff John Charewicz (Ret.) State Lodge President ♦ Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt ♦ Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling ♦ Rock County Sheriff Joe Black (Ret.) ♦ Rock County Sheriff Fred Falk (Ret.) ♦ Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden ♦ Rusk County Sheriff Jeff Wallace ♦ Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister ♦ Sawyer County Sheriff Mark Kelsey

127 S. Spring Street, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Phone: (920) 887-8879