Vol 18 No 2 H I G H L I G H T S Spring 1 Voters elect judges in ten counties 8 Leadership: Court staff making a difference 2010 3 New court administrators in Districts 14 Courts bid farewell to 14 judges Two, Six and Eight 17 eFiling marketing effort to begin 6 PPAC subcommittee to explore limited- scope representation Sandra Day O’Connor visits Wisconsin

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor visits with social studies teacher Willie Kolb of Cherokee Middle School in Madison and three of Kolb’s eighth grade students outside of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Room on May 6. O’Connor visited Wisconsin to promote her ‘Our Courts’ project, which is designed to engage middle school students

a publication of the Wisconsin Judiciary a publication of the Wisconsin in civics education through a variety of online games. In Wisconsin, O’Connor’s partner in the Our Courts program is Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. A former teacher, Bradley is steering Wisconsin’s court-related education initiatives. O’Connor was invited to Wisconsin by Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson. The retired U.S. Supreme Court justice delivered the keynote address at the State Bar Annual Convention while she was in Madison.

Voters elect new judges in ten counties and at the Court of Appeals isconsin voters in April chose new circuit court judges Court Judge Linda M. Van De Water. Win ten counties and at the Court of Appeals. Of the two Prior to his 2003 election to the bench, Reilly worked for sitting circuit court judges who faced opposition, one was re- 16 years in private practice. He also served as city attorney elected (Chief Judge William D. Dyke, Iowa County) and for the City of New Berlin. He is a former president of the one was defeated (Judge Richard A. Congdon, Waukesha Waukesha County Bar Association and a former member of County). the State Bar Board of Governors. Perhaps the biggest change was to the 16-member Court of Reilly is married with two children. Appeals, which will welcome three new judges to its ranks. Two of the three won election to six-year terms in April, and will take the bench on Aug. 1. The third, an appointee of Brian W. Blanchard Gov. Jim Doyle, will begin serving in May. Court of Appeals, District IV Here is the rundown; the articles’ varying lengths reflect Voters elected Dane County the candidates’ submissions. District Atty. Brian W. Blanchard to succeed Judge Charles P. Paul F. Reilly Dykman on the District IV Court of Appeals. Dykman is retiring Court of Appeals, after 32 years (see separate story). District II Blanchard’s opponent was Judge Judge Paul F. Reilly, who was Edward E. Leineweber, Richland elected to the Waukesha County County Circuit Court. Circuit Court in 2003 and re- Blanchard is a Madison native elected in 2009, won election to and a graduate of the University The Third Branch the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, of Michigan. He worked for six District II. He succeeds Judge years as a reporter at The Miami Harry G. Snyder, who is retiring Herald before enrolling in Atty. Brian W. Blanchard after 19 years on the Court of Northwestern University Law Judge Paul F. Reilly Appeals. Snyder also began his School in 1986. Blanchard was Order of the Coif and editor judicial career in Waukesha in chief of the Northwestern Law Review. County Circuit Court (see separate story). www.wicourts.gov Reilly’s opponent was fellow Waukesha County Circuit see Elect on page 4 2

Spring The legislative season ends 2010 Director’s column: By A. John Voelker, Director of State Courts

THE THIRD BRANCH ach spring, baseball coaches at every level of the game With the exception of a clean-up session, this legislative Edevelop strategies for the new season. Similarly, at the session has come to a close. But we will continue to stay on beginning of each legislative session, the court system top of our game and monitor developments. develops a strategy to accomplish its legislative goals. With the start of a new baseball season and the end of Joint Review Committee on Criminal another legislative session Penalties upon us, it seems like a good When the criminal penalty statutes were revised as part of time to look back to see what Truth-in-Sentencing, the Legislature created the Joint we accomplished. Review Committee on Criminal Penalties. This committee Due in part to the state’s was to report how legislative proposals would fit into the financial difficulties, we did penalty structures and categories of crimes created in 2001 not achieve all that we had Act 109. Unfortunately, the committee never met and bills hoped this session. For weren’t referred for review. Thanks in part to our example, we put on hold any prompting, the committee is meeting, and we have provided proposals to add judgeships. testimony on several bills considered by the committee. But I’m happy to report success in achieving many of Probation supervision in second- and third- the goals established by the offense OWI cases Legislative Committee of the A. John Voelker Statutes limited the effectiveness of courts in dealing Judicial Conference – goals with repeat drunk drivers by preventing probation until the aimed at providing more efficient use of judicial resources defendant was accused of at least a fourth offense. 2010 and improving the administration of justice. Act 100, effective July 1, 2010, allows the court to impose This agenda represents just one aspect of my office’s more restrictive conditions on the second and third offense legislative efforts; often, we are also called on to support or OWI offenders and allow the court to more closely oppose someone else’s proposal. For example, we recently monitor their behavior. worked with legislators and built support among advocacy groups to significantly modify a proposal that would have Pilot treatment program for second- and created an unnecessary burden for judges handling temporary restraining orders and injunctions. third-offense drunk drivers The nature of the legislative process requires us to keep a In the 2005 legislative session, the Legislature gave constant watch on legislative developments and to work statutory authority for Winnebago County to establish a year-round to build strong relationships with legislators. pilot program to offer incentives for OWI offenders to seek When the time comes, we need to be prepared to develop a treatment. The pilot has been successful in promoting strategy and react quickly. treatment and saving money on jails. 2010 Act 100 That’s true to some extent with our own initiatives, but the expanded statutory authority to all counties to establish this agenda adopted by the Legislative Committee also offers us type of program. an opportunity to be more proactive. We are able to pursue issues we know are important to judges and courts, such as OAR procedures and penalties a reduction in unnecessary proceedings and paperwork. Wisconsin has a large number of drivers with suspended Here are some of the highlights from the 2010-11 or revoked licenses, leading to substantial operating after legislative session: suspension and operating after revocation violations. These violations require significant judicial resources to process. Information sharing to assist in child welfare Some actions that can lead to suspension do not involve Senate Bill 375, which is nearing final consideration, violations of rules of the road. Failure to pay non-traffic would permit the director of state courts, the juvenile court fines or forfeitures, for instance, can lead to suspension of a and the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to driver’s license. The statutes also currently require the enter into an agreement to allow for the transfer of Department of Transportation to administratively revoke the electronic records that are contained in the CCAP system to license of a driver with four operating after suspension DCF and for the transfer of electronic records that are violations, regardless of whether these violations were contained in SACWIS (Statewide Automated Child Welfare related to the rules of the road. Information System) to the Director of State Courts Office. 2010 Act 8 allows a discretionary, rather than mandatory, The agreement must specify what types of information may suspension for violations of the controlled substance law. be transferred. These proposals were headed toward final Other legislation affecting OAR also was approved: 2010 approval at publication time. Act 17 requires that courts extend the opportunity to We are fortunate that the legislators who chair key defendants to pay traffic forfeitures in installments before committees are receptive to our ideas on how to improve the ordering suspension of drivers licenses; 2009 Act 103 courts. We also had the advantage of judges willing to take streamlines procedures for license reinstatement. the time to review the bills for potential problems. They helped our “batting average” this legislative session, and I think we won more than we lost. see Director’s column on page 11 in courtmanagement. arrive soonfromFlorida. All threebringyearsofexperience men cameto Wisconsin fromthe West Coast;theotherwill district courtadministrator. coalition offaithgroupsforhis“visionandleadership”in awardfroma He recentlywona‘SpiritofLeadership’ County districtattorney, andas adeputyattorneygeneral. year careerinprivatepractice.HealsoservedasBrown serve theremainderofherterm,whichrunsthroughJuly31. Brown CountyCircuitCourtjudge,andZuidmulderwill Office oftheCourts. promoted tomanagement positionsinthe Administrative systems analyst and programmer, andwenton tobe part-time fileclerkinprobatecourt. Hethenbecamea a $4millionbudget. manages 35professionalstaff and court’s technologydivision.He and assistantdirectorofthe management andcourtcontinuity, director ofemergency District inearlyJune,iscurrently Wisconsin’s SecondJudicial district courtadministratorin Graubard, whowillstartas and workingwithtechnology. affinity forprojectmanagement Graubard hasdevelopedan 700 courtstaff), Andrew M. the nation,with124judgesand (the fourthlargest trialcourtin District Two Andrew M.Graubard T SixandEight experience toDistrictsTwo, bring wealth of administrators Court Zuidmulder Chief JudgeDonaldR. T team District Eightwelcomes newmanagement Brown CountyCircuitCourtJudgeDonaldR.Zuidmulder Zuidmulder waselectedtothebenchin1997aftera22- Graubard beganhiscareerwith the Floridacourtsasa In his24yearswithFlorida’s EleventhJudicialCircuit have welcomednewadministratorsrecently. Two ofthe hree of Wisconsin’s tenjudicialadministrativedistricts is welcominganewchiefjudge,deputyand he EighthJudicialDistrict,headquarteredinGreenBay, activities andfamily of thetrialbench,community stepped downbecausedemands Judge SueE.Bischel,who Zuidmulder tosucceedChief administrator. the newdistrictcourt deputy chief;andJohnPowellis Michael T. Judgeisthenew County CircuitCourtJudge is thenewchiefjudge;Oconto judge duties.Bischelremainsa sufficient timetodevotechief commitments didnotallowher The SupremeCourtappointed Andrew M.Graubard counties. Kewaunee, Marinette,Oconto,Outagamieand Waupaca administrative matters. maintain courtcalendarsinadditiontohandling full-time administrator, chiefjudgesandtheirdeputies Milwaukee, wherethechiefjudgeisa judicial districts. With theexceptionof business ineachofthestate’s ten supervising judicialadministrative separate story system inMarch( Powell, whojoinedthe Wisconsin court District Court Administrator John served onaninterimbasisaschiefjudge. was Bischel’s deputyandwhoalso He succeedsJudgeD. Todd Ehlers,who working for32yearsinprivatepractice. elected tothebenchin2005after County CircuitCourt,toserveashisdeputy. Judgewas County DrugCourtprogram. establishing andsecuringfundingforthenewBrown keep theoffice running. Neimon haveworkedwithChiefJudgeMaryK. Wagner to Court Administrators BethBishopPerrigoandMichael vacant sinceKerryConnellyresignedoneyearago;District Walworth counties. The courtadministratorposthasbeen program models andideas. upon the Wisconsin courtsfor Ledford foundhimselfrelying During histenureinIllinois, Association ofCourtClerks. president oftheIllinois clerk ofcourtandeventuallyas where heservedasanelected began hiscourtcareerinIllinois, western NorthCarolina,Ledford who movedtoDistrictNine. Ledford succeededSusanByrnes, Waushara and Wood counties. Dodge, GreenLake,Juneau,Marquette,Portage,Sauk, Stevens Pointandencompasses Adams, Clark,Columbia, administrator inDistrictSix,whichisheadquartered court management–quietlytookoffice asdistrictcourt former Marinewhohasworkedformorethan25yearsin District Six Ronald E.Ledford The EighthJudicialDistrictencompassesBrown,Door, Chief judgesareresponsiblefor Completing themanagementteamis The SecondDistrictencompassesKenosha,Racineand Raised inthemountainsof littlemorethantwoyearsago,RonaldE.Ledford–a A Zuidmulder appointedJudgeMichael T. Judge,Oconto „ ). see Powell’s bioin see Administrators Ronald E.Ledford Judge MichaelT. Judge on page 9

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Spring Elect continued from front page 2010 After law school, Blanchard clerked for the late Judge Gary R. Sharpe Walter J. Cummings Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals, THE THIRD BRANCH Seventh Circuit. He also served as an assistant U.S. attorney Fond du Lac County Circuit Court for eight years in Illinois before accepting a position at the Atty. Gary R. Sharpe defeated Madison office of Quarles & Brady. Blanchard was elected Assistant District Atty. Scot Dane County district attorney in 2000, and was re-elected to Mortier to succeed Judge Steven that post four times. W. Weinke, who is retiring after Blanchard and his wife, Mary, who works for a renewable 24 years on the bench (a energy company, have three children, ages 14, 12 and 10. retirement story will appear in the summer edition). A graduate of Ripon College Gary Sherman and the UW Law School, Sharpe Court of Appeals, District IV has practiced law in Fond du Lac State Rep. Gary Sherman, a Democrat from the Bayfield for more than 33 years. He also County community of Port Wing, was appointed to fill the has served four terms on the Fond vacancy created by Judge Burnie L. Bridge’s retirement du Lac School Board. Since from the District IV Court of 2001, he has been a volunteer on Atty. Gary R. Sharpe Appeals. the State Bar Fee Arbitration Gov. Jim Doyle appointed Sherman Panel. effective May 10. His term runs Sharpe also has been active in civic organizations. He has through July 31, 2014. been a member of the board of directors of the local Red Sherman has served in the state Cross, the Fond du Lac Community Theater and the Fond du Legislature for 12 years. During his Lac Oratorio Chorus. tenure, he has served on the State Sharpe and his wife, Gail, have three daughters. His Superintendent’s Advisory Council hobbies include reading, yard work, boating and “attempting on Rural Schools, Libraries and to train the family’s 7-month-old St. Bernard puppy Louie.” Communities; the Group Insurance Board; the Employee Trust Fund William D. Dyke Board; the Governor’s Council on Rep. Gary Sherman Military and State Relations; the Iowa County Circuit Court State Tribal Justice Forum; and more. Chief Judge William D. Dyke, who has served on the A graduate of UW-Madison and the UW Law School, bench in Iowa County for 13 Sherman is a member of the American Law Institute and years, won election to a new term former president of the State Bar of Wisconsin. He is also a in April. He defeated challenger veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1970s. Rhonda R. Hazen, a municipal judge and volunteer mediator who practices with a Madison law James P. Czajkowski firm. Crawford County Circuit Court During his tenure on the bench, Atty. James P. Czajkowski ran unopposed to succeed Dyke has won accolades as a Judge Michael Kirchman, who retired from Crawford leader in a couple of key areas. County Circuit Court in December after 33 years on the He began the Iowa County Teen bench (see The Third Branch, winter Court, which has been running for 2010). 13 years, and was the first in the Czajkowski began his law career in state to offer mediation in Judge William D. Dyke the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate foreclosure actions. Corps during the Vietnam War from Dyke is a former Madison mayor (1969-73) who has also 1971-75. He continued his service as served as a family law mediator and consultant to several a judge advocate in the Active federal agencies. Reserves for several years following the war, while practicing law in Mark L. Goodman Prairie du Chien. Czajkowski has worked in private practice for 34 Monroe County Circuit Court years. He has also served as a court Atty. Mark L. Goodman defeated Monroe County commissioner since 1999. Corporation Counsel Kerry Sullivan Flock in the race to Atty. James P. Czajkowski A graduate of UW-Madison and the succeed Judge Michael J. McAlpine in Monroe County UW Law School, Czajkowski has Circuit Court. McAlpine is retiring after 18 years on the been an active member of his community, serving as bench, and will be profiled in the summer edition. president of the Prairie du Chien Rotary Club and president McAlpine’s retirement and the creation of an additional of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He branch in Monroe County mean big changes in this three- also has been very active in conservation groups including branch circuit. Two of the three judges – Goodman and J. Trout Unlimited and the Nature Conservancy. see Elect on page 5 Circuit Court Oconto County bench ( retiring after12yearsonthe Richard D.Delforge, whois Jay N.ConleywillsucceedJudge Monroe Countyfor31years,from1964-95. uncle, thelateJames W. Rice,servedonthebenchin Board ofDirectors. former presidentoftheSt. Mary’s HospitalFoundation Board, amemberoftheState BarBoardofGovernorsand related work.HeisapastpresidentoftheSpartaSchool Justice NathanS.Heffernan in1970-71. in Madison.Hebeganhiscareerasalawclerktothen- and apart-timeU.S.magistrateforthefederaldistrictcourt attorney fortheCityofSparta 1971. Hehasalsobeencity practice inMonroeCountysince is profiledabove. other isMarkL.Goodman,who in thisthree-branchcircuit. The created Branch3in2007. Circuit Court. The Legislature branch oftheMonroeCounty unopposed forthenewlycreated Circuit Court Monroe County J. DavidRice Legal DefenseProject. LawSchool,whereheparticipatedinthe law degreeatUW degree fromSouthDakotaState Universityandearnedhis Atty. MarkL.Goodman Elect public defender. attorney andformer assistantstate Burke Jr., ageneral practice Conley beatopponentEdwardD. Jay N.Conley Oconto CountyDistrict Atty. Rice andhiswife, Ann, havethreeadultchildren.Rice’s Rice hasbeenveryactiveinhiscommunityandlaw- Rice hasworkedinprivate Rice isoneoftwonewjudges Atty. J.DavidRiceran Goodman andhiswife,Nancy, havethreeadultchildren. see separatestory continued frompage 4 ). Goodman holdsamaster’s Chunk Nation Tribal Court. judge Association andhasservedasa the Wisconsin MunicipalJudges 1992. Heiscurrentlydirectorof municipal courtjudgesince 1986. HehasalsobeenSparta’s private practiceinSpartasince was electedin2007. The third,Judge Todd L.Ziegler, below –arenewtothebench. David Rice,whoisprofiled graduateofUW-Madison, A Goodman hasworkedin pro tempore Atty. J.DavidRice Atty. JayN.Conley in theHo- a son. Conley beganhiscareerinprivatepracticeOcontoFalls. Marquette UniversityandLawSchool, graduateof years, andhaspracticedlawfor32years. A three grandchildren. the UW-River FallsFoundation. Kinnic FallsHalfwayHouseandpresidentoftheBoard community. Heispresidentof theBoardofDirectors from 1971-75. having servedintheU.S. Air Force injury cases.Healsoisaveteran, criminal law, divorceandpersonal years. Hispracticehasfocusedon practice inRiverFallsfornearly30 Paul, Boleshasworkedinprivate William MitchellCollegeofLawinSt. Ellsworth. Loberg, aprivatepractitionerfrom 2010 bench ( who isretiringafter25yearsonthe Pierce CountyCircuitCourt Joseph D.Boles starting aspecial courtprogramforveterans. beginning aforeclosuremediation programinRacineand Panels. past chairoftheMedicalMediation judicial courtcommissioner, and isa served asamunicipalcourtjudge anda variety ofprofessionalpursuits.Hehas Court. Smith Jr. ontheMississippiSupreme career asalawclerktoJusticeL.A. Mississippi SchoolofLaw. Hebeganhis degree fromtheUniversityof Denver, Gasiorkiewiczearnedhislaw injury andprofessionalnegligencecases. plaintiff’s lawyerfocusingonpersonal worked inprivatepractice.Heisa pronouncer tohiscampaignletterhead:Gash-er-kev-itch) has Georgia Herrera. summer edition).GasiorkiewiczbeatCourtCommissioner 31 yearsonthebench(aretirementstorywillappearin will succeedJudgeStephen A. Simanek,whoisretiringafter Racine CountyCircuitCourt Gasiorkiewicz Eugene A. Conley ismarriedtoLindaandhastwodaughters Conley hasbeenOcontoCountydistrictattorneyfor19 Boles andhiswife,Della,havetwogrownchildren Boles hasbeenactiveinhis graduateofUW-River Fallsand A Atty. JosephD.BoleswillsucceedJudgeRobert W. Wing, During thecampaign,Gasiorkiewicz expressedinterestin Gasiorkiewicz hasbeenactiveina graduateofRegisCollegein A Since 1975,Gasiorkiewicz(whoaddedahelpful In RacineCounty, Atty. Eugene A. “Gene”Gasiorkiewicz ). Bolesdefeated Atty. RobertL. see The Third Branch The Third , winter see Atty. JosephD.Boles Gasiorkiewicz Atty. Eugene A. Elect on page 20

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Spring 2010 Criminal justice mental health task force begins work THE THIRD BRANCH By Theresa Owens, Executive Assistant to the Chief Justice new statewide task force that will focus on improving This project is part of a national effort called the Chief Athe criminal justice system’s response to people with Justices’ Criminal Justice Mental Health Leadership mental illness began its work with a summit in Madison on Initiative. The Council of State Governments’ Justice Center March 11. selected Wisconsin through a competitive process to Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson convened the task participate. The Chief Justice Initiative is a national project force to do three things: (1) identify current programs and designed to encourage collaborative efforts and assist state initiatives operating across the state, (2) analyze gaps in the supreme court justices in guiding efforts in their state to mental health and criminal justice systems, and (3) develop improve the response to people with mental illnesses in the a best-practices model of evidence-based, cost-effective criminal justice system. interventions that can be implemented early to improve responses to people with mental illness. see Task force on page 16 PPAC creates Limited Scope Representation Subcommittee By Ann Zimmerman, Statewide Pro Se Coordinator he Supreme Court Planning and Policy Advisory the courts and bar and supported with training, risk- TCommittee (PPAC) voted in March to establish a new management materials and court rules and forms.” subcommittee to focus on limited scope representation. Its Since 2004, PPAC has consistently identified as a top work will begin in the coming months. priority the issue of self-represented litigation, and in Limited scope representation is an attorney-client response the Wisconsin court system has implemented a relationship in which the lawyer does some, but not all, of spectrum of initiatives to provide self-represented litigants the work involved in the case. The client handles the access to justice and effectively manage internal resources. remaining tasks on his or her own, sometimes with coaching These initiatives include statewide pro se forms, judicial from the lawyer. This allows otherwise self-represented education and court staff training programs, collaborative litigants, who may not be able to afford full-service partnerships with public libraries and technology-based representation, to obtain some legal assistance targeted resources for court staff and litigants. where they need it most. Limited scope representation can The new subcommittee will research and discuss the also improve court effectiveness and efficiency in that self- feasibility of developing a statewide limited scope represented litigants may be better prepared and rely less on representation program and make recommendations to court staff. PPAC. Research will help to document current efforts in this Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson supported PPAC’s area throughout the state and nation with a focus on decision to form the subcommittee. identifying gaps and avoiding duplication of work already “For both the courts and the bar, we must identify models underway. „ that will help lawyers expand their ability to provide necessary legal services to litigants who cannot afford full- For further information, contact Ann Zimmerman at (608) service representation or who want to represent themselves,” 261-8297 or [email protected] or Shelly L. she said. “Many states have found that limited scope Cyrulik at (608) 266-8861 or [email protected]. representation can be a useful option when encouraged by Pilot program will help answer legal questions online A $5,000 grant from the State Bar Legal Assistance modify the software for use in Wisconsin, to recruit Committee to Judicare will help to launch a pilot program to volunteer attorneys and to publicize the Web site. enable eligible Judicare clients to ask questions of pro bono “This project is an excellent example of how civil equal attorneys online. justice in Wisconsin can be achieved for disadvantaged The Internet legal advice system will rely upon an people and communities through the collaborative efforts of administrator and volunteer attorneys. Judicare will fill the lawyers, courts and other organizations,” said Chippewa administrator role and the Wisconsin Tenth District Self- County Clerk of Circuit Court Karen Hepfler, chair of the Represented Litigants Committee will assist Judicare in Tenth District Self-Represented Litigants Committee. recruiting attorneys and publicizing the Web site. The 18-month pilot will initially target eligible Judicare The program will make use of software designed by Legal clients in four northern counties in the Tenth Judicial Services of Northern Michigan and Legal Services of District: Ashland, Bayfield, Sawyer and Washburn. If Northwest Minnesota to create a Web site where self- successful, it will likely be extended into other judicial represented litigants and residents with unmet legal needs districts covered by Judicare. „ can receive legal advice. The grant money will be used to of thesealternativesentencingpractices,programsand What worksandhowdowemeasure it? reducing recidivismandalternativestoincarceration. courts relatedtopublicsafety/problemsolvingstrategies, outcome measurescurrentlybeingutilizedin Wisconsin What iscurrently beingdonein Wisconsin courts? assist usinansweringthefollowingquestions: practices inaddressinglocaljusticesystemissues. exist throughout Wisconsin thatareusingevidence-based assist ouroffice inidentifyingthecourt-basedprogramsthat a toppriority. Inresponse,wehavesoughtgrantfundingto “sentencing reformsandstrategiestoreducerecidivism”as Planning andPolicy Advisory Committee(PPAC) identified fostering statewidesupportandreplicationofthesestrategies. recommendations relatedtothecourtsystem’s rolein address criminalandaddictivebehaviors,(2)todevelop strategies thatenhancepublicsafety, reducerecidivismand The goalsare(1)toidentifycourt-relatedevidence-based undertake aresearchprojectoneffective justicestrategies. Foley Judge ChristopherR. T By DonnaErez,Children’s CourtImprovementProgram cases involving domesticviolence focusDistrict trainings onsafe exchange in T By ErinSlattengren,SpecialProjectManager, OfficeofCourtOperations underway project research Effective justicestrategies Determine themosteffective andfundamental components Gain anunderstandingofprograms,initiativesand Over thenextyear, theNCSCwillgatherinformationto Over thepastseveralplanningcycles,SupremeCourt z z z z the NationalCenterforState Courts(NCSC)to he DirectorofState CourtsOffice hascontractedwith workshop forjudgesandcourtcommissionersentitled his fall,eachjudicialdistrictwilloffer aone-day how toidentifyand developresourcestoimplement strategies tokeepchildrenandabused caregiverssafe; the effects ofdomesticviolenceonsafeexchangeand safe familyinteractionprinciples inchildwelfareand contact tohealthychilddevelopment andattachment; safe familyinteraction strategies. and family interaction; family lawcases; Wisconsin. Children’s ServiceSocietyof Visitation Centersupervisoratthe and visitation;SandyStetzer, on attachment,childdevelopment Norma Ginther, anationalexpert Dale T. Pasell,LaCrosseCounty; R. Foley, MilwaukeeCounty, and will includeJudgesChristopher Interactions and Victims SafeinFamily Avoiding Tragedy: KeepingKids z learn: the importanceoffamily Workshop participantswill . Facultymembers [email protected]. project. Pleaseaddressquestionstomeat(608)261-0684or fall. visits inapproximately15countiesthroughoutthestatethis administering thesurvey, the NCSC willbeconductingsite information aboutspecificprogramtypes.Inadditionto with someindividualsinordertogainadditional follow-up surveyand/orinterviewwillbeconductedshortly moredetailed judges anddistrictcourtadministrators. A in April. This surveywentouttoallchiefjudges,presiding governor andLegislature. leadership onthestatelevelincludingbutnotlimitedto recommendations asa“roadmap”tocommunicateneeds foster systemimprovement. These entitieswillutilizethese promote furtherdevelopmentofbestpracticesstatewideand courts andPPAC abouteducationandoutreachstrategiesto plan ofaction? What shouldbethestatewidestrategyand the courtsystem. and fosterreplicationofprogrammaticoutcomesthroughout recommendations onhowtoassessongoingeffectiveness, innovative problem-solvingstrategiesandmake Program director, at Michelle Jensen Goodwin,Children’s CourtImprovement projects manager, at For more information,contactErin Slattengren, special Improvement Program. GrantandtheChildren’s Court Courts Office STOP Wisconsin Club,Milwaukee District 1:Friday, Oct.8, 7, Civil War Museum,Kenosha Districts 2and3: Thursday, Oct. Spring Green 30, HouseontheRockResort, Districts 5and7: Thursday, Sept. Hotel, Appleton Sept. 29,RadissonPaper Valley Districts 4and8: Wednesday, Trego Heartwood ConferenceCenter, District 10: Thursday, Sept.23, Convention Center, Stevens Point Districts 6and9: Tuesday, Sept.21,HolidayInn goodwin@wicour We willkeepyouinformedoftheprogressthisexciting The NCSCconductedaninitialsurveyofallcircuitcourts Make specificrecommendationstothedirectorofstate The trainingismadepossibleby theDirectorofState The trainingswilltakeplaceonthefollowingdates: ts.gov erin.slattengr michelle.jensen- . „ „ en@wicour Judge DaleT. Pasell ts.gov or

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Spring LEADERSHIP 2010 Court staffers make a difference THE THIRD BRANCH across Wisconsin cross the state, in spite of economic woes that have hit two.” Ahome, Wisconsin court system staffers are stepping up Right now, in all sorts of ways to make a difference in the lives of Baumgartner – others. Here are the stories of three court employees who are an attorney who contributing to their communities in very different ways. directs the municipal judge education Atty. Karla Baumgartner program and Manager of Municipal Judge Education, and edits the five editor of the Wisconsin Benchbooks Wisconsin Benchbooks – The list of “special needs” horses that Karla has a total of 11 Baumgartner has rescued, rehabilitated on her Justice-B- horses in her Dun Ranch and placed for adoption grows longer and more stables on 16 impressive each year. acres in Rock The first rescue was Cloud, a starving horse from South Karla Baumgartner with two of her horses. County’s Union These two are 30 years old; Baumgartner Dakota whose owner fell on hard times and couldn’t afford Township. They has had them for 29 years. proper feed. Next came Jones, who had a crooked leg that go through 33 Baumgartner and an expert farrier (a hoof trimmer) managed tons of hay in a year, and (mostly) peacefully coexist with a to correct. Soon after came Seymour, a horse so painfully menagerie of dogs, cats, geese, chickens and a rabbit. shy that he was too timid to compete with the other young Baumgartner’s husband, Evansville Municipal Court horses for his share of grain. Then there was Dillon, a horse Judge Thomas J. Alisankus, is perhaps more enthusiastic from Wyoming with a benign tumor in his brain that about the farm itself than the animals – a severe allergy to requires expensive medication. And a wild mustang, K.C., horses limits his contact with them and, although he is that had never been touched by a human. Then, a year ago, completely supportive of Baumgartner’s rescue efforts, he Baumgartner got word that 27 horses had been found half- more often then not refers to the horses as Baumgartner’s starved on an abandoned farm in Trempealeau County. She “juvenile delinquents.” Alisankus’ allergy means he does offered to take two of them. more of the heavy lifting and farm machinery operation, and “When the trailer pulled up and I looked inside, it was just Baumgartner spends extra time caring for the animals. heartbreaking,” she recalled. “They were so pathetic, “I get up at 5 a.m. to do chores, and it’s just so peaceful to standing there watch the sun come up and to be with these beautiful with no energy, animals,” she said. “I’m just so fortunate. I am living my just skin and dream.” bones.” Today, those two horses – a Crystal Brumley mother and son Deputy Clerk with rare, Dane County Clerk of Circuit Court Office champagne- For the past decade, Deputy Clerk Crystal Brumley, Dane colored coats – County Clerk of Circuit Courts Office, has dedicated herself are big, strong to collecting thousands of dollars for local charities through and healthy. After penny jars, soda sales, pet photo contests and more. Baumgartner Above is Slim, just after Karla Clerk of Circuit Court Carlo Esqueda calls Brumley “Our rehabilitated Baumgartner rescued him from a herd of one-woman Sunshine Club.” He shared the following note them she was 27 that were discovered starving to death from the director of Orion Family Services, the beneficiary able to place on a northern Wisconsin ranch. of one of Brumley’s fundraising efforts: them in good homes. Seven boys and several staff members from the “It used to be Akasha group home are on their way to Chicago easy to find for a field trip ... underwritten by a portion of your homes for donation. The itinerary includes a visit to the horses,” she said, Museum of Science and Industry and the Shedd “but that’s no Aquarium. I am sure that it is a first for all of longer true in this these kids (and probably one or two of the staff). It economy. I was was a great feeling to be able to say yes... really pleased that we were able to place these This is Slim today. see Leadership on page 9 Eighth JudicialDistrict inMarch.DistrictEight grandchildren. currently jobhunting,havethree childrenandthree He wasdeployedtotheUSSGuadalcanalforthreeyears. served intheU.S.MarineCorpsasahelicoptercrewchief. that areeffective, efficient andeconomical. evaluating, developingandimplementingbusinesssystems he hasdevelopedaspecialinterestandexpertisein Austin, Texas, andtheninthestateof Washington. Hesaid part ofaNationalCenterforState Courtsdelegation. Shelton inthemid1980swhentheybothwenttoChinaas excellence.” be partofanorganization thathas such arichhistoryof court management,”Ledfordsaid.“Soit’s excitingtonow one oftheleadersindevelopingandimplementingeffective Administrators died fromLeukemiaafterafive-yearstruggle,”hesaid.“I of theleukemiaandLymphoma Society. Alaska, aspartofthe Team in Training fundraisingprogram ran hisfirstmarathon. The runtook placein Anchorage, CCAP Senior technicalsupportengineer Art Saffran charities wedonateto)whoneedahelpinghand.” know thatwe’rehelpingoutourfellowneighbors(the eventsarealwaysahugesuccess. And we and giving,(so)the “The staff oftheClerkCourtsOffice isvery, verygenerous camaraderie amongtheoffice’s employees. Orion FamilyServices to theSecondHarvestFoodBank;andsodasalesbenefiting Humane Society;apennyjarfunddrivewithproceedsgoing as prizeswithproceedsgoingto WAGS andDaneCounty annual petphotocontestwithgiftcardsfromlocalstores used itemswithproceedsgoingtotheRainbowProject;an which Brumleyandherco-workersdonateneworgently initiatives. ensure thecontinuedsuccessofavarietyfundraising in theUnited Way CombinedCampaign. supervisor askedifshemightbeinterestedinparticipating never organized acharityfundraiser. That changedwhena District Eight John Powell District Court Administrator JohnPowelljoinedthe graduateofSouthernIllinoisUniversity, Ledfordalso A After heleftIllinois,Ledfordwasascourtadministratorin Sam Ledford alsogottoknowformerDistrictSixDCA “As aclerk,Ioftenlookedtothecourtsof Wisconsin as “I ranthatmarathoninmemoryofmybestfriendwho Art Saffran’s lifechangedin2004,when–atage49he “I workwithawonderfulgroupofpeople,”Brumleysaid. The sidebenefitofthesemanydiverseinitiativesis Those initiativesincludeasilentauction/bakesalefor Enthusiastic colleagueskeepBrumleymotivated–and “I seemedtotakealikingit,”shesaid. When Brumleyjoinedtheoffice 11 yearsago,shehad LEADERSHIP Ledford andhiswife,Sue,adeputyclerkofcourtwhois . continued frompage 3 continued frompage 8 photography, drawing, stampcollectingandhiking. adult childrenandtwodogs. He andhiswife,Leslie,haveablended familyincluding master’s degreefromBakerUniversityinKansas1992. affairs assignments. U.S. Army inanumberofinfantry, specialforcesandpublic administrator inRochester, Minn.,andLawrence,Kan. Before hetookthejobinNevada,Powellworkedasacourt president oftheNevada Association ofCourtExecutives. administrator inReno,Nev., wherehealsoservedasvice program toupgradecourttechnology. with theOregoneCourtprogram,amajormulti-year prepare forimplementationofvariousprojectsassociated Bay involvedhelpingtrialcourtsthroughoutthestateto Oregon eCourtReadinessProjectpriortocomingGreen technology specialist.Powell’s workasananalystonthe where hewasfirstacourtadministratorandthen Outagamie and Waupaca counties. encompasses Brown,Door, Kewaunee,Marinette,Oconto, research ina10-weekperiod.” compete toseewhocanraisethemostmoneyforleukemia fundraising competitioninwhichseveralmenandwomen campaign, afriendly Woman ofthe Year Madison chapter’s Man& to participateinthe have alsobeennominated chapter,” Saffran said.“I coach fortheMadison participants andarun fundraising mentorto Team that continuetogrow. volunteer commitments own consultingfirmand balances thatworkwithhis (CCAP). Today, he Automation Programs Consolidated Court Department, tojointhe Computer Services State Bar, whereheledthe his 20-yearpositionatthe first marathon,Saffran left from lymphoma.” little morethanayearago the state,passedawaya fact, mycolleagueRobbieBrooks,whowasknownacross lives havebeentouchedbysomeformofbloodcancer. In am constantlysurprisedbythenumberofpeoplewhose Powell’s interestsincludehistory, buildingscalemodels, graduateoftheUniversity ofIowa,Powellearneda A Powell isalsoaveteran.Heservedfrom1979-92inthe Prior tohispositioninOregon,Powellworkedasacourt Powell cameto Wisconsin fromthestateofOregon, Saffran’s fundraisinggoalis$15,000.Heplansto “I nowserveasa Around thetimeofthat Lymphoma Society. raise moneyfortheLeukemiaand running marathonsin2004to Chicago Marathon.Saffranbegan crosses thefinishlineat2005 support engineeratCCAP, Art Saffran,aseniortechnical see Leadership on page 20 „

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Winter AWARDS 2010 Three Eau Claire judges selected for THE THIRD BRANCH top honors The State Bar of Wisconsin selected two Eau Claire judges for its most prestigious annual awards, while the Wisconsin Law Journal named a third as one of its 2010 ‘Women in the Law’. Reserve Judge Thomas H. Barland received the 2009 State Bar Lifetime Jurist Achievement Award, while Chief Judge Benjamin D. Proctor was honored with the 2009 Judge of the Year Award at a ceremony in Madison. Judge Lisa K. Stark will be honored along with 20 other women at a ceremony on May 21 in Milwaukee. The Women in the Law Award honors “outstanding achievement by the top women in the practice of law,” according to the Law Journal. Judge Lisa K. Stark poses with Chief Justice Shirley S. Lifetime Jurist Achievement Award Abrahamson and Chief Judge Benjamin D. Proctor after Reserve Judge Thomas H. Barland receiving the Aulik Award from the Wisconsin Association of Treatment Court Professionals. Presenting the award was a Barland is one of Wisconsin’s graduate of the Eau Claire County Drug Court program, longest-serving judges, and his where Stark presides. work has had a profound impact Professionals recognized Stark’s extraordinary commitment on the justice system. He took the by presenting her with the Aulik Award. That award is bench in Eau Claire County in named for the late Judge Jack Aulik, who created Dane 1967 and served there until his County’s Drug Treatment Court program. retirement in 2000. Barland Stark teaches judges across the state about developments continues to handle a variety of in drug and alcohol treatment, and she has been a leader on cases as a reserve judge, and also the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a “get smart on crime” works on projects to address project. She now is a member of the Legislative Council issues such as jail overcrowding. Committee that oversees the Justice Reinvestment Initiative. Barland is the first Eau Claire Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson recently appointed judge to win the Lifetime Jurist Stark as dean of the Judicial College. Judge Thomas H. Achievement Award. Barland Needham named Judge of the Year Award Chief Judge Benjamin D. Proctor ABOTA The winner of the Judge of the Judge of the Year Year Award, Proctor, was first The Wisconsin Chapter of the elected to the bench in Eau Claire American Board of Trial County in 1988. He was re- Advocates (ABOTA) has chosen elected in 1994, 2000 and 2006. St. Croix County Circuit Court In 2005, the Supreme Court Judge Scott R. Needham as its selected him to serve as chief Judge of the Year. judge for the Tenth Judicial The Wisconsin chapter presents District. In addition to his chief the award each year to a member judge duties, Proctor continues to of the Wisconsin judiciary Judge Scott R. Needham handle a caseload in Eau Claire “whose thorough preparation, County Circuit Court. breadth of knowledge of the law, decisive rulings and courtesy to litigants, jurors and members of the bar have Chief Judge Benjamin D. Women in the Law Award Proctor consistently advanced the interest of justice and the dignity Judge Lisa K. Stark of the judicial process,” according to the nominating committee. In her 10 years on the bench in Eau Claire, Stark has “Judge Needham is being recognized for all those dedicated herself to finding better, smarter ways to address qualities and more,” said Atty. Mark S. Young, president of crime and recidivism. Her hard work earned her two awards ABOTA’s Wisconsin Chapter. Young described Needham as this spring. The Wisconsin Law Journal will honor Stark conscientious and diligent about his legal research. with its Women in the Law Award, on the heels of her Needham is deputy chief judge of the Tenth Judicial recognition as the 2010 Aulik Award winner. District, and has been on the bench since 1994. A recognition Stark runs the Eau Claire County Drug Treatment Court dinner in his honor was held May 5 in Madison. Program, which opened its doors in 2004. This spring, the Wisconsin Association of Drug Treatment Court see Awards on page 11 Bs f listincludesstate judges ‘Best of’ in theLaw named Leaders Wisconsin judges,courtstaff Wasielewski. Milwaukee CountyCircuitCourtJudgeFrancis T. sponsorsannually. Lastyear’s winnerwas ABOTA the judgeinamocktrialduringseminar judge forthepast19years. The recipientservesas organization haspresentedthisawardtoa Wisconsin purpose ofpreservingtheciviljurytrial. The Administrator DawnR.Caldart. Justice Center Mosley andMilwaukee Court JudgeDerekC. Milwaukee Municipal Judge M.JosephDonald, County CircuitCourt winners wereMilwaukee February.the Among 2010 ataneventinlate Leaders intheLawfor Journal ug’honors. Judge’ took ‘BestCircuitCourt Court JudgeJohnDiMotto Milwaukee CountyCircuit and Appeals Judge’ voted ‘BestCourtof Richard S.Brownwas of Appeals ChiefJudge title,whileCourt Justice’ ‘Best SupremeCourt S. Abrahamson wonthe Court ChiefJusticeShirley repeat winners. includes anumberof sectionthat subscribers yieldedalengthy‘Bestof’ Judge RichardS. Brown The The wasestablishedin1957fortheprimary ABOTA Wisconsin Supreme AWARDS Wisconsin LawJournal Wisconsin Law recognized its „ continued frompage 10 Abrahamson Chief JusticeShirleyS. Judge JohnDiMotto Judge M.JosephDonald ’s annualsurveyofits Director’s column Liaison NancyRottier, system nextlegislativesession,pleasesendthemtoLegislative prosecutorial meritbeforebeingrequiredtoscheduleahearing. statutes toallowthecourtdeterminewhetherapetitionhas Doe petitions.2007 Act 24,approvedinJune2009,amended statutes gavethecourtlittlediscretiononhowtodealwithJohn the districtattorneyhasfailedtobringacriminalaction.However, proceeding ifheorshebelievesacrimehasbeencommittedand Statutes allowapersontopetition the courtdirectlyforaJohnDoe John Doeproceedings eliminated by2009 Act 28. spent onthistaskwassubstantial. The oralnotificationwas held everyyear, thecumulativeamountoftimeandresources consequences. Becauseofthethousandssentencinghearings advise defendants,bothorallyandinwriting,of“badtime” defendants orforthepublic.Forexample,judgeswererequiredto longer courtproceedings,withoutprovidinggreaterprotectionfor Unnecessary procedures practices. order tobringcurrentstatutesinlinewiththerealityofsentencing 973.017(2)(a)and(10),in 2009 Act 28repealed Wis. Stat. § requirements asiftheSentencingCommissioncontinuedtoexist. statutes continuedtorequirejudgesabidebythesame sentencing guidelineswerenotbeingrevised.Nevertheless,the Sentencing guidelineworksheets 9733. It’s nevertooearlytostartpreparingfornextseason. at with assistancefrom intern Alexis Bowie. The catalog isavailable chief justice,headeduptheproject court-related workareincluded. initiatives thatinvolvevolunteers in and conflict-resolutioncenters, programs, Volunteers inProbation Teen Courtstoguardianship across thestate.FromCASAsto on morethan110 programsoperating Courts catalogpresentsinformation until now. The new Volunteers in the but nevercompletelyoverhauled– worthy programs. helped toencouragereplicationof initiatives wasimpressive,and The county-by-countyrosterof programs operatingin Wisconsin. M programs court-volunteer New catalog details If youhaveideasforlegislativechangethatwouldhelpthecourt We setouttoclarifyjudicialdiscretioninJohnDoeproceedings. Some statutoryrequirementscreatetheneedforadditionalor With thesunsetof Wisconsin SentencingCommission, Theresa Owens,assistanttothe The catalogwasupdatedovertime, www developed thefirst-evercatalogofcourt-relatedvolunteer ore thanadecadeago,theOffice oftheChiefJustice .wicourts.gov/services/volunteer/catalog.htm nancy continued frompage 2 [email protected] or (608)267- . „ „

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Spring 2010 Wisconsin team invited to discuss state – tribal court relations THE THIRD BRANCH By Shelly Cyrulik, Policy Analyst, Office of Court Operations n March, a team representing from the Ho-Chunk Nation. IWisconsin state and tribal Brunner and Mohr participated in a panel highlighting courts joined representatives from successful collaborative models from across the nation. They 16 other states in Connecticut for discussed Wisconsin’s development of and experience with the Northeast Regional State- the Teague Protocol, an agreement relating to allocating Tribal Forum called Extending jurisdiction between state and tribal courts, within the Ninth Project Passport. and Tenth judicial districts. Among the Forum’s goals was We had a very strong team to review past efforts of the to build upon the success of Wisconsin State-Tribal Justice Project Passport, which is Forum and work to identify areas designed to encourage states and of future focus. The team tribes to adopt uniform data discussed methods for improving elements and formatting of the Judge Edward R. communication between state and first page of orders of protection. Brunner tribal courts in light of the Uniformity improves recognition Discretionary Transfer Rule, and and enforcement of orders within and between states and also considered how to improve tribes. Wisconsin is among more than 30 states that have accessibility of tribal ordinances implemented these changes. and tribal court decisions. Tribal courts in Wisconsin are The Forum was sponsored by currently considering adoption. the National Center for State I served on the Wisconsin team, Courts in partnership with the along with Judge Edward R. U.S. Department of Justice, Shelly Cyrulik Brunner, Wisconsin Court of Office of Tribal Justice, the Office Appeals; and Judge J.D. McKay, on Violence Against Women and its tribal unit, the National Brown County Circuit Court. Congress of American Indians, and the National American Representing the Wisconsin tribal Indian Court Judges Association. „ courts were Judge James Mohr, a former Wisconsin circuit court For more information, contact Shelly Cyrulik at (608) 266- judge who now is a member of 8861 or [email protected]. the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Judge J.D. McKay Court, and Judge Todd Matha

OBITUARIES Terence John Owens invaluable employee and a delightful person. Calumet County “She was just fun and a Terence J. Owens, who served as clerk of circuit court in really hard worker,” said. “She Calumet County for 22 years, died Jan. 28. He was 75. was like sunshine on our floor A past president of the Clerk of Circuit Court Association, of the courthouse.” Owens was an active member of his community and a According to her obituary, proud Irishman. she loved gardening, mowing He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, along with three her lawn, working at the sons and four daughters. Richland County Courthouse with her friends and co- Mary K. Storms workers and spending time with her family and especially Richland County her grandchildren. Mary K. Storms Mary K. “Mema” Storms, deputy clerk of circuit court in Survivors include her Richland County, died March 31 at the age of 53 after a husband, David; two daughters, four grandchildren, three battle with cancer. step-grandchildren, siblings and others. „ Clerk of Circuit Court Stacy Kleist said Storms was an L anniversary first marks Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program Meddaugh, secretarialassistant, help withtheprogramalong Courts JohnBarrett.ChiefDeputy JimSmithandCheryl Milwaukee CountyCourthouseprovided byClerkofCircuit clerk ofProgramOperations—work outofanoffice inthe Coordinator Amy Koltz,andMaritza Amaro Hernandez, financialinterests. while protectingthelendinginstitutions’ forum todiscussoptionsface-to-facewiththehomeowner process alsobenefitslendersbyprovidinganon-adversarial solutions toanincrediblystressfulsituation. The mediation homeowners theopportunitytotelltheirstoryandseek must agreetomediate.Byparticipating,lendersprovide residents ofMilwaukeeCounty. Department ofJusticetoprovideforeclosuremediation funding fromthecityofMilwaukeeand Wisconsin dispute resolutionandpublicserviceprograms.Itreceived public serviceanddisputeresolution. Marquette UniversityLawSchoolstaff specializingin judges, representativesfromthecityofMilwaukee,and housing counselors,mediators,communityadvocates, counsel, bankruptcyattorneys, group includedlenders’ group ofstakeholderstodesigntheprogram. The working Doyle andStaff Atty. NicolePenegor, convenedadiverse Legal Aid Society, representedbyChiefStaff Atty. Catey mediation asoneofanumberinterventionstrategies. The which proposedusing Partnership Initiative, Milwaukee Foreclosure Tom Barrettconvenedthe alone. Inresponse,Mayor foreclosure filingsin2009 the state:6,323residential residential foreclosuresin the highestnumberof percent ofcases. been madeinabout20 report thatrequestshave mediation. Organizers more than800requestsfor the programhasprocessed program wasunderway. 2009, themediation of mediation.ByJuly notice oftheavailability directive thatrequired followed byenactinga Judge Jeffrey Kremers Mediation Program.Chief announced thecreationofMilwaukeeForeclosure University LawSchoolDeanJosephD.Kearney The programstaff—Chief MediatorDebra Tuttle, Program The programisvoluntary, andbothhomeownerlender Milwaukee Countyhas Nearly oneyearlater, The programisadministeredaspartofthelawschool’s Hollen, MilwaukeeMayor Tom Barrett,andMarquette ast spring, Wisconsin Attorney GeneralJ.B. Van clerk ofcircuitcourt. secretarial assistant totheclerkofcircuitcourt;and JohnBarrett, Jim Smith,chiefdeputyclerkofcircuitcourt;CherylMeddaugh, mediator; Amy Koltz,programcoordinator;and(toprow, fromleft): Hernandez, clerkofprogramoperations;DebraTuttle, chief Working Groupincludes(bottomrow, fromleft): Maritza Amaro The MilwaukeeForeclosureMediationProgram’s Courthouse law school’s ProBonoSociety. and earning knowledge oftheusedisputeresolutioninacourtsetting with aboutadozenlawstudentswhoaregainingfirsthand alternatives toforeclosure. willing toprovideassistanceany countylookingfor mediation modeliseasilyadapted, andtheprogramis Buffalo, Pepin,Outagamieand Waukesha counties. The The lawschoolalsoadministersforeclosuremediationfor currently handlingcasesinRockand Walworth counties. coordinator forDisputeResolution,trainedthemediators Tuttle andNatalieFleury, thelawschool’s program foreclosure mediationisnotlimitedtoMilwaukeeCounty. collaborative, efficient andproductiveway.” for homeownersandlenderstokeepupwitheachotherina rapidly changingenvironment,andmediationoffers away concrete steps,”saidChiefMediatorDebra Tuttle. “Thisisa his/her transitionoutofthehome. opportunity forthehomeownertohavesomecontrolover will notbeabletostayinthehomebyprovidingan serves thosesituationswhereitiscleartheborrowersimply Mediationalso developed toaddresstheforeclosurecrisis. and changingeveryweekasadditionalcreativesolutionsare individual circumstance. The available optionsarevaried unemployment forbearanceplans,dependingonthe modifications, listingagreementforbearanceplans,or forbearance plans,trialmodifications,permanent Marquette UniversityLawSchool’s involvementin “The mediationprocessguidescommunicationwithits pro bono hours toqualifyformembershipinthe „ repayment plans, can resultinagreementsfor program’s success. integral partofthe Counsel andHBC,arean Metropolitan FairHousing Enterprises, Milwaukee Housing, Ministry Milwaukee, Affordable Resources, Inc.,Select including Housing counseling agencies, from thehousing The expertiseandinsights financial information. objectively supported mediation arebasedon that takeplaceduring ensure thatanydiscussions the mediationsessionto housing counselorpriorto with aHUDcertified that homeownersmeet The mediationsession The programrequires

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Spring RETIREMENTS 2010 Courts bid farewell to 14 judges

THE THIRD BRANCH n the seven months between December 2009 and July I2010, the Wisconsin court system has, or will, bid farewell to 14 judges. In the winter edition of the newsletter, we profiled four of them (Judge Burneatta “Burnie” L. Bridge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals; and circuit court Judges Michael Kirchman, Crawford County; Michael J. McAlpine, Monroe County; and Robert W. Wing, Pierce County). In the current issue, we profile retiring Court of Appeals Judges Charles P. Dykman and Harry G. Snyder, along with Judges William H. Carver, Winnebago County; Richard D. Delforge, Oconto County; and Michael Gibbs, Walworth County. Judge Charles P. Dykman (back row, far right) poses with the In the summer issue, we hope to connect with Judges Wisconsin Court of Appeals in June 1979. Dykman’s retirement Frederick A. Henderson, Rusk County; Gary J. Langhoff, leaves Chief Judge Richard S. Brown (back row, third from right) Sheboygan County; Stuart A. Schwartz, Dane County; as the last remaining member of the original court. Stephen A. Simanek, Racine County; and Steven W. opportunity to know many of the people in District Four, Weinke, Fond du Lac County. and to learn...how to run [in] an election.” During his career at the Court of Appeals, Dykman went through six elections Long-serving appeals court judge will – three contested, three uncontested. On Aug. 1, Dane County District Atty. Brian W. Blanchard focus on teaching will succeed Dykman. Dykman expressed confidence in By Stephanie Hartwig, Court Information Intern Blanchard’s qualifications for the job, and said he would easily fit in with the other judges in the district. One of Wisconsin’s two longest-serving Court of Appeals “It’s a wonderful group, and it has been a very satisfying judges, Judge Charles P. Dykman, will step down this thing to do,” Dykman said. “I would do it all again.” summer, ending a 32-year career on the bench. Dykman’s departure will leave Chief Judge Richard S. Brown as the Judge who helped create Court of only Court of Appeals judge to have served since the creation of the court in 1978. Appeals to retire Dykman plans on remaining active as a Judge Harry G. “Spike” Snyder, who played an active role teacher in two very different venues. in the creation of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, will retire First, he will continue to teach his from the District 2 appellate court this summer. Waukesha immensely popular canning class at County Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Reilly will succeed him Madison’s Willy Street Co-op in the fall, (see separate story). and a seed-starting class in the spring. Prior to serving on the bench, Snyder was a state Dykman has been teaching these classes representative. When he ran for public office, he discovered for 10 years. Second, he will teach a the downside to the nickname that negligence seminar in fall 2010 at the his brother had bestowed upon UW Law School. him at birth. “I certainly don’t want to leave the law “I was the youngest of five kids alone,” he said. “I don’t intend to retire and my oldest brother Pete (age Judge Charles P. from the law if I can manage that. But 16 at time) tagged me with the Dykman that of course has to do with other people nickname before I arrived home who may or may not find the information I’ve obtained over from the hospital,” Snyder said. this time necessary.” “When I ran for the Wisconsin Dykman said he enjoyed the constant exposure to new State Assembly in 1974, some of issues during his time with the Court of Appeals. He called my high school classmates did not the job “a continual legal seminar” and said he would miss know who the ‘Harry G. Snyder’ “the challenge of examining and coming to a good on the ballot was.” Fortunately, voters puzzled it conclusion on the cases that get here.” Judge Harry G. Snyder But more than anything else, he will miss his colleagues out, and Snyder began a lifetime and, in particular, Judicial Assistant Rose M. Vine and Law of public service. He was one of Clerk Elizabeth J. Lawson. “Without them, I couldn’t have six members of the Legislative Conference Committee, accomplished as much,” he said. which in 1975 approved the constitutional resolution that led Dykman got to the Court of Appeals by surviving a to the 1978 reorganization of the court system and to the contested election in 1978. He ran after working in private creation of the Court of Appeals. practice for 13 years. Snyder said there was a debate about whether the state “It was a learning experience,” he said, “and my first see Retirements on page 15 his judicialcareer, heservedaspresidentofthe Wisconsin Winnebago County districtattorneyfrom1970-72. During LawSchoolgraduate,he also servedas UW six times. A is clearaboutonething:hewillmissthepeoplemostofall. decide whatchallengehe’lltacklenext. traveling tohiswife’s nativeIreland,andtakingtimeto looking forwardtovisitinghissonsandgrandchildren, pursuing law-relatedworkinretirement.Instead,he’s a memberoftheState Bar, Snydersaidhedoesnotplanon point, Iwassold.” amend juryinstructionsduringatrial,”herecalled.“Atthat computer age. admits hewas“draggedkickingandscreaming”intothe an ever-increasing andcomplexworkload,thoughhe that technologyhasplayedinthecourt’s abilitytohandle the appellatecourt’s success.Healsorecognizestherole and thecollegialityacumenofhisfellowjudgesfor credit for.” Snyder said.“It’s moreimportantthanalotofpeoplegiveit the work“superchallenging.” Appeals isa“moreremotetypeofexistence,”buthefinds involvement existinginthetrialcourt.HesaidCourtof misses thejurytrialsandhands-oncourthouse County, whereheservedfrom1980-91.Hesaidstill his judicialcareeronthecircuitcourtbenchin Waukesha court necessary. litigation pressuresthatmadetheintermediateappellate worked verywellandthatithasbeenabletorelievethe for aseparate,generaljurisdictioncourtofappeals. experience inprivatepracticehadpersuadedhimoftheneed specialized criminalintermediatecourt.ButSnyder’s intermediate court.Somelegislatorswantedtocreatea smaller groupsofjusticesratherthaninaseparate justices beexpanded,sothatcertaincasescouldheardby legislators suggestedthatthenumberofSupremeCourt should evenhaveanintermediateappellatecourt.Some Judge William H.Carver Oshkosh judgeends36-yearcareer Carver waselectedtothebench in 1973,andre-elected Looking backonhislongcareer, Judge William H.Carver After 30yearsonthebench,andapproaching50as “I changedmymindonceIsawhowquicklycould Snyder creditsthecontributionsofexcellentcourtstaff “The Courtof Appeals isthemiddleofsandwich,” Appointed totheCourtof Appeals in1991,Snyderbegan Snyder saidhebelievestheCourtof Appeals has RETIREMENTS separate story won the April 6election( District Atty. JohnJorgensen, who Winnebago County Assistant Court bench.Hissuccessorwillbe on the Winnebago County Circuit brings anendtohis36-yearcareer who haveappearedbeforehim. defense attorneysandprosecutors assistant, buthewillalsomissthe court reporterandjudicial experienced staff includinghis work withlong-serving,highly He saidhehasbeenfortunateto Carver’s retirementthisJuly continued frompage 14 ). see a member.” resource forcriminallawin Wisconsin. Iwashonoredtobe committee hasalwaysproducedthebestandmostcomplete Dave SchultzandthelateProfessorFrankRemington, leadership ofoutstandingacademicmemberslikeProfessor and mostexperiencedjudgesin Wisconsin. With the privilege ofmeetingandworkingwithsomethefinest Instructions Committeefortenyears,”hesaid.“Ihadthe the benchwasasamemberof Wisconsin Jury memorable, butthatoneexperiencestandsout. National JudicialCollege. Trial Judges Association and as afacultyadvisorforthe the vacancy( Conley waselectedon April 6tofill Oconto CountyDistrict Atty. JayN. chose nottorunforre-electiontheBranch2bench. two termsontheOcontoCountyCircuitCourt,Delforge include napping,golfing,anddoingnothing. After serving Have asenseofhumor Delforge tosuccessor: way ashechose torunforthejudgeship. after winningthe April electionbyasizeablemargin. no peaceuntilIwentforit.” andIgot voice inmyheadthatsaid‘you’ve gottodothis,’ practicing law, veryhappily, butIjustgotthisstill,small County,” hesaid.“Ihadnointerestinbeingajudge.Iwas back in1991,andanewbranchwascreated Walworth had anyintentionofbecomingajudge. part oftwodecadesonthebenchin Walworth County, never never intended Gibbs foundrewardsinacareerhe the numberof time, hesayshasnoticedarisein and re-electedin2004.Duringthat for hissuccessor:“Haveagoodsenseofhumor.” said therearemanyhewouldliketoforget. has hadmanymemorablemomentswhileonthebench,he what Delforge saidhewillmissthe most. And althoughhe Point andGonzagaSchoolofLaw. He isagraduateofUW-Stevens He alsoworkedinprivatepractice. Family CourtCounselingServices. Oconto Countyanddirectorof served asacourtcommissionerfor courtroom. “My mostrewardingexperienceduringmy36yearson Carver saidthatmanymomentsinhiscareerhavebeen Judge RichardD.Delforge’s plansforhisretirement Gibbs saidhemadethechoiceto retireinmuchthesame Court CommissionerDavidReddy willsucceedGibbs “I wasgoingalonghappily, mindingmyownbusiness Judge MichaelS.Gibbs,whoisretiringafterthebetter Delforge wasfirstelectedin1998, As heleavesthebench,offered thesewordsofadvice The excellentcourtstaff andgood attorneys intheareaare Prior tohiselection,Delforge see separatestory pro se cases inhis ). see Retirements Delforge Judge RichardD. on page 16

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Spring Task force continued from page 6 2010 The 80-member task force teams, crisis resource centers, treatment courts, and mental represents diverse stakeholders health assessment centers. Participants also analyzed THE THIRD BRANCH and policy makers including law different types of cross training of mental health, criminal enforcement, legislators, judges, justice, and first responder district attorneys, public professionals; encouraged the defenders, Department of breakdown of institutional, Corrections and Department of legislative, and funding barriers; Health Services staff, jail and reviewed the need for administrators, state mental health screening and assessment tools, directors, local mental health mental health resource lists, and providers, lawyers, non-profit ancillary services including organizations, consumers, housing and employment. hospital administrators and The work of the task force Chief Justice Shirley S. counsel, county board members will continue. One of the goals Abrahamson and county executives, and of the meeting was that task mental health advocates. force members learn more about At the summit, three circuit court judges served as Judge Lisa K. Stark other programs, start new facilitators for small-group roundtable discussions. They relationships with agencies or entities with which they could were Richard J. Sankovitz, Milwaukee County; Lisa K. collaborate, and promote services and programs that will Stark, Eau Claire County; and Gerald P. Ptacek, Racine minimize gaps within and across the criminal justice and County. Common themes were communication, mental health systems. collaboration, and community partnerships across the Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson encouraged task criminal justice and mental health systems. force members to consider The task force members shared information about implementing programs and ideas programs operating throughout the state that assist with discussed during the meeting and responses to persons with mental initiate further discussions with illnesses who are at risk of stakeholders on a local and incarceration or in contact with regional basis. the criminal justice system, The report will include a list of identified gaps in services and existing programs and communication in the mental information-sharing methods, health and criminal justice gaps in the criminal justice and systems, and discussed proposals mental health systems that were for further development of identified by task force members, methods and programs that will and proposals for innovative assist in improving responses. interventions that will assist in Judge Gerald P. Ptacek During the roundtable sessions improving responses to persons task force members discussed a with mental illnesses who are at risk of incarceration or in wide variety of existing programs Judge Richard J. contact with the criminal justice system. „ including mobile crisis response Sankovitz

RETIREMENTS continued from page 15 “Preparing for this year’s “I really liked the challenges and the excitement in the election in July of ’09, I started early years. Then I enjoyed the relationships that you develop getting that same feeling, ‘time to and that you get so experienced; you just learn so much.” stop.’ And I resisted it because I Like many judges, Gibbs said complicated civil cases didn’t want to quit. I enjoy the were among his favorites. “The attorneys were so good, the job, but I had no peace until I issues were complex, the arguments were clever…Civil was made that decision,” he said. always the easiest for me because I like the challenge of the Gibbs plans to keep busy in intellectual side of it.” retirement. He will organize Among the more difficult parts of the job was running for charitable services, such as food election. But Gibbs said campaigning helped him learn how pantries, in Walworth County, and to relate to the public. also will serve as legal counselor “You have to be out there everywhere, at all times. And at his church. In addition, he stick to your principles. You can’t tell people what they want Judge Michael S. Gibbs plans to take a long-anticipated to hear. You just have to tell them the truth, and hope they trip to Israel. It’s a trip his wife, Ellen, has already made and like that.” continues to rave about. In the end, the judge who never intended to become a As he prepared to tackle his last few months on the bench, judge cannot imagine a different career path. “It was very Gibbs reflected on why the job has continued to be rewarding, it was very challenging, and it was an honor,” rewarding after 18 years. Gibbs said. “It was an honor to have this position.” „ the Trempealeau CountyLawDayevent. Services Co-DirectorsJillClarkand Ann Bechard,whoplanned Clerk ofCircuitCourt Angeline Sylla(left) poseswithCourt A tobegin eFiling marketing effort O celebrate LawDay Wisconsin across Courts James, toteachthe othershowtocreateanaccount and Fremgen askedone experiencedlegalsecretary, Stacy ran atrainingsession forlegalsecretariesatarea firms. Fremgen conductedapresentation forlocalattorneysand cases is Winnebago, whereClerkofCircuitCourtDiane online, abrochureandmodelpress release. circuit courtwithatemplatefor presenting information associations. The effort isalsoexpected toprovideclerksof collection agencies(first-partyandthird-party)paralegal bar associations,lawfirmsthatfocusoncollections, reaching outtokeyaudiences. These audiencesincludelocal have optedintoeFilingtoraisetheprofileofthisservice. develop amarketingplandesignedtohelpthecountiesthat and CourtInformationOfficer Amanda K. Todd will will aimtochangethat. newmarketinginitiative counties, fewpartiesareusingit. A hassles, soitshouldbeapopularoption–butinmost combination ofthethree.eFilingcansavetime,moneyand developed thescenario,whichservedascatalystfor who isbustedfordrugsduringaroutinetraffic stop.Easton program centeredonafactscenarioinvolving15-year-old and health-relatedimplicationsofdrugalcoholuse. The for middleschoolgroupstoeducatestudentsaboutthelegal Assistant District Atty. JosephEastontodevelopaprogram took verydifferent forms.Forexample: conditions. In Wisconsin, celebrationsinvokingthattheme the lawischangingasitseekstoadaptnewglobal Challenges.” This themewasmeant tocapturetheideathat Association, was“Enduring Traditions, Emerging number oflawyersandjudgesalsovisitedlocalschools. community intothecourthouseforavarietyofactivities. A One countyalreadyworkingtoboost thenumberofeFiled The marketingplanwilloffer toolsandbestpracticesfor This summer, ChiefInformationOfficer JeanBousquet In The 2010LawDaytheme,assetbythe American Bar Kenosha County filing insmallclaims,civilorfamilycases,some bout 20 Wisconsin countiescurrentlyoffer electronic by invitingschoolchildrenandothermembersofthe n May1,courtsacross Wisconsin celebratedLawDay , JudgeChadKerkmanworkedwith more comfortablewiththeprocess.” increase,” shesaid,“astheword spreadsandusersbecome of participatingattorney, injustathree-weekperiod. cases, eitherelectronicallyfiled or convertedattherequest eFiled cases. After theoutreacheffort, Fremgenreported16 the countyreceivedjust19 (October 2009–March2010), the firstfivemonthsofeFiling received. recall theinformationtheyhad handouts tohelpparticipants could expect. process worksandwhatthey provided insightintohowthe helped toanswerquestionsand Clerk Leigh Anne Kohlsthen submit acase.ChiefDeputy for theevent. community members,courthousestaff andothersturnedout safely andresponsibly. shared strategiesforensuringthatthesespacesareused of onlineenvironmentsthatadolescentsarefrequenting,and Research Center. Patchinupdatedtheaudienceontypes who isco-directoroftheUW-Eau ClaireCyberbullying cyberbullying. They broughtinJustin W. Patchin,Ph.D., Chief JudgeJohn A. Damontodevelopaprogramon Clerk ofCircuitCourt Angeline SyllaworkedwithDeputy all tenjudicialdistrictslastyear. Responses toDrugand Alcohol Use entitled type ofLawDayprogramafterparticipatingintheseminar discussions inseveralschoolsthecounty. the county’s Law Dayactivities. speaks toeighth-gradersatLanceMiddleSchoolaspart of Kenosha CountyCircuitCourtJudgeG. ChadKerkman “We anticipatethatthosenumbers will continueto The resultsareimpressive.In Fremgen alsocreated An estimated130people,includingstudents,teachers, On thewesternedgeofstate,in Trempealeau County, Chief JudgeMaryK. Wagner wasinspired tocreatethis Stop theRevolvingDoor:EvidenceBased „ Diane Fremgen that waspresentedin „

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Spring PEOPLE 2010 hen a group of story in the Milwaukee high school Journal Sentinel, THE THIRD BRANCH W exchange students featured Judge from around the world William D. Johnston, stopped in the Capitol who is handling a case for a visit, Supreme involving a major bond Court Justice David insurer. The story, by T. Prosser Jr. was on reporter Rick Romell, hand to meet with begins like this: them and explain a bit “In the coming about the workings of months, this city of the justice system. 2,200 – too small for a Prosser met with Wal-Mart and with a students from Egypt, Super 8 as its main India, Germany, lodging – will be a bit Justice David T. Prosser Jr. explains oral argument to a group of international Indonesia and of an outpost of Wall visitors in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Room. Thailand who were Street. studying in Wisconsin as part of American Field Service And Johnston, a southwestern Wisconsin native who (AFS) Milwaukee. attended a one-room elementary school and hired out as a “Waukesha County’s pioneering alcohol court to see farmhand in his 100th graduate” headlined an article in The Freeman youth, will be the (Waukesha) on March 9. The article noted that the commanding Waukesha program — Wisconsin’s first alcohol-treatment officer. No court – has saved nearly 14,000 jail days by diverting problem. He’s been offenders into intensive treatment. The program began in doing this sort of 2006 under the leadership of Judge Kathryn Foster. Judge thing for 20 years.” James R. Kieffer now presides in the court. The case involves An original play by David Schanker, clerk of the $64 billion of what Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, was performed at the newspaper calls Madison’s Overture Center in March. The audience “shaky policies included Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson. Kiritsis is insuring mortgage-

based on the true story of real estate developer Anthony Photo credit: Michael Sears/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel backed securities Kiritsis who, in 1977, abducted a mortgage broker who and other troubled Judge William D. Johnston, who has been foreclosed on his property and held the man hostage for Lafayette County’s only judge for 25 years, assets.” three days. The play explores the relationship between the was recently featured in a front-page, When Judge two men – one volatile and anti-religious, the other Sunday story in the Milwaukee Journal James D. Babbitt, conservative and devout – in the pressure cooker of the Sentinel. Barron County hostage situation. Circuit Court, was Twenty-four Milwaukee County Circuit Court judges an assistant district attorney, he began a Polar Plunge braved rain and cold to continue their 10-year tradition of tradition in Eau Claire as a fundraiser for the Special marching in the annual downtown St. Patrick’s Day Parade Olympics. “I have plunged dressed as Elvis (the older on Saturday, March Elvis), Brett Favre, Randy Moss (lots of Viking fans up 13. The judges’ here), and sometimes just as a generic overweight old guy,” float featured a he wrote. leprechaun (Judge After taking the Dennis R. Cimpl) bench, Babbitt and was organized asked for an ethics by Judge Mary M. opinion on the Kuhnmuench. frigid jump, and After the parade, was told that he the judges gathered could continue. at a nearby Irish The Judicial pub to celebrate Conduct Advisory three birthdays: Committee wrote: Kuhnmuench, Deputy Chief We conclude that, Judge David A. even if some Continuing a 10-year tradition, 24 Barron County Circuit Court Judge Milwaukee judges marched in the city’s Hansher and Judge members of the James D. Babbitt is one of Wisconsin’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. Among them, Mel Flanagan. public may question intrepid Polar Plungers. left to right, were Judges Jane V. “In good hands,” why a person would Carroll, Mary M. Kuhnmuench, Mary a front-page, Triggiano, and Stephanie G. Rothstein. Sunday, April 18 see People on page 19 of Court say, Iwasveryimpressed,” Anderson wrote.“IknowClerk Courtroom withthenewtechnologyupgrades,andImust to thecounty. John P. Anderson results areimpressive.BayfieldCountyCircuitCourtJudge has justfinisheditsowncourthouserenovation–andthe expansion plan.” those directiveswouldfaroutweightheadditionsto new courthousecouldbebuilt. The costsofcomplyingwith court facilitiesand/orholdtrialsinothercountiesuntila was preparedtoforcethecountyintoeitherusingtemporary board thatiftheplanwasnotapproved,DistrictCourt vote, “BuildingCommitteeChair Lincoln CountyBoardtoremodelthecourthouseinMerrill. xsigfacilitieswithout losingthecharmand elegance of existing Anderson wrote, “istheywereabletoupgradewithin their one ofthemostbeautifuloldcourtrooms inthenorth,” installations inBarron,Bayfield and Taylor counties. presentation ofevidenceonlarge-screen monitors,similarto integrated videosystemforvideoconferencing and not liketoblowtheirownhorn,soIwilldoitforthem.” expanded. Wisconsin’s historicgems–willbe County Courthouse–oneof After 22yearsofdebate,theLincoln brought inmorethan$1,000fromhiscolleaguesacrossthe – andthathasworkedjustfine. This year’s solicitation fundraising: thecommitteetoldhimtostickfellowjudges unethical.” However, Babbittwasrestrictedinhis code. not demeanthejudicialofficewithinmeaningof conditions, thepublicparticipationinapolarplungedoes voluntarily subjecthimselforherselftosuchextreme “I tookatourthismorningofthe Ashland County One-hundred-fifty milestothenorthwest, Ashland County According tothe The Ashland CountyCourthousenowfeaturesan “Short answer,” saidBabbitt,“itmaybecrazy, butitisnot PEOPLE “What isremarkableabout Ashland County, whichhas Katie Colgrove continued frompage 18 shared hisimpressionsafterarecenttrip Foto News and Judge (Merrill), priortothe18-4 Richard Simon (Robert E.)Eaton decision bythe celebrating the Judicial Districtis judges, theNinth Circuit Court Lincoln County the supportof administrators with district court judges andfour successive chief effort bysix Olympics. for Special more than$100,000 plungers andraised included 900 Polar Plunge told, theEauClaire join inthefun. All up ontheoffer to of themtookhim state, althoughnone After a22-year told the do Racine County; and Mawdsley, Judge leadership teamatthestateJudicialCollege.Succeeding and reducingexpensesrecidivismrates. evidence-based practicesaimedatimprovingpublicsafety workshop providedfortheexchangeofideasonpromising Regional Workshop inMinneapolison March17. The National CriminalJustice Association (NCJA)Midwest Wisconsin justicesystememployeeswhoattendedthe2010 R. Storck associate deans,inadditiontoStark, areChiefJudge the maximumnumberoftermsatCollege. The departing dean; theothertwowillfillseatsofjudgeswhohaveserved appointment as Stark’s seat leftopenby One willfillthe associate deans. three new also appointed Court. County Circuit Eau Claire Lisa K.Stark 2009, isJudge from thebenchin his retirement from 1998until ran theCollege when peoplewillsnap….” you’re tryingtotakechildrenawayfromsomeone. That’s quoted assaying.“Theissueisinfamilylawactions,when criminal situationswheresecurityisanissue,” Wright was who questionedtheneedforbeefedupsecurity:“It’s notthe Gerald L. Wright doors arepartoftheproject. The newspaperquotedJudge larger jury roomandsecure offices inthecourthouse. A Board approvedaplantoremodelandexpandcourt-related plunge. The They shouldbeproud.” a modelforintegratingnewtechnologywitholdtraditions. is courtroom….Icanhonestlysay Ashland County the old deans arecircuitcourtJudges Warpinski tracked. The blogis at Wisconsin SupremeCourtand U.S.SupremeCourtarealso and addscolorfulcommentary. Casespendinginthe When acitableopinionisreleased, Tyroler summarizesit cases, civilcommitments,Chapter 980cases,andmore. interested incriminallaw, terminationofparentalrights staff, privatebarlawyers,judges,courtstaff andothers have developedanewblog,OnPoint,designedforSPD the Appellate DivisionoftheState PublicDefender’s Office, Chief JusticeShirleyS. Abrahamson hasnamedanew Abrahamson Director ofState Courts Sawyer Countyisalsoreadytotaketheconstruction Attys. Patrick L. Willis Robert Colleen D.Ball , DodgeCountyCircuitCourt,andJudge , BrownCountyCircuitCourt. The newassociate who Sawyer CountyRecord , Edward F. Vlack III , whorespondedtocriticsoftheplan Justice Association. a workshophostedbytheNationalCriminal Corrections, discussWisconsin initiativesat advisor atthestate Department of and Tony Streveler, anexecutivepolicy Director ofState Courts A. JohnVoelker, left, , ManitowocCounty. http://www and A. John Voelker William J. Tyroler Charles H.Constantine .wisconsinappeals.net/. reported thattheCounty , St. CroixCounty; was among , bothof Mark A. John , „

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Spring Elect continued from page 5 2010 Steven P. Anderson whom Gov. Jim Doyle appointed to the bench in February 2009 to THE THIRD BRANCH Rusk County Circuit Court succeed Judge Mark S. Gempeler, Steven P. Anderson, an assistant Rusk County district lost his bid for election. attorney who also works as corporation counsel in Taylor The Milwaukee Journal County, was elected without opposition to succeed Judge Sentinel reported that Gundrum Frederick A. Henderson in Rusk County Circuit Court. defeated Congdon by a wide Henderson, who is retiring after 25 years on the bench, will margin, taking about 77 percent be profiled in the summer edition. of the votes. This judicial campaign took a tragic turn when Anderson’s Gundrum served in Iraq as a opponent for the post, Atty. Carol A. Conklin of Ladysmith, judge advocate for nine months in suffered an aneurysm as she was leaving the courthouse in 2008. He has served 12 years as a January. She passed away a short time later. Republican state representative Anderson is a graduate of the University of Illinois Law from New Berlin. He served for Rep. Mark D. Gundrum School. seven years as chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee and also has served on the David M. Reddy Corrections and the Courts Committee and the Judiciary and Walworth County Circuit Court Ethics Committee. Walworth County Family Court Commissioner David M. A graduate of the UW Law School, Gundrum began his Reddy will succeed Judge Michael S. Gibbs, who is retiring career as a law clerk to federal Judge Rudolph Randa. He is after 18 years on the bench (see separate story). Reddy married with six children. defeated former District Atty. David A. Danz. Reddy has been a court John A. Jorgensen commissioner since 2005. He Winnebago County Circuit Court began his legal career in 1987 as Winnebago County Assistant an assistant district attorney in District Atty. John A. Jorgensen Waukesha County, and moved to will succeed Judge William H. Walworth County in 1993. Carver, who is retiring after 37 Between 1993 and 2005, Reddy years on the bench (see separate worked in private practice in story). Jorgensen defeated Atty. Elkhorn and Delavan. Edmund J. Jelinski, a former Reddy has also been active in assistant district attorney who his community and in the bar. He became a household name in the served for 10 years on the region after he helped to expose Walworth County Civil Service former Winnebago County Atty. David M. Reddy Board, which he ultimately District Atty. Joe Paulus, who was chaired, and also was chair of the convicted of misconduct in Wisconsin Lawyers Fund for Client Protection. He also public office. Atty. John A. Jorgensen served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from 1982-90. A graduate of Hamline A graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in New University Law School, Jorgensen is a U.S. Army Reserve York, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in marine officer who served as a judge advocate for 12 months during engineering, Reddy received his law degree from the Operation Enduring Freedom. He has worked as a Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. prosecutor in Winnebago County for 16 years. Jorgensen and his wife, Jenni, have four children. In his Mark D. Gundrum free time, Jorgensen serves as a coach for youth athletics Waukesha County Circuit Court and works with Big Brothers/Big Sisters. „ Mark D. Gundrum will succeed Judge Richard A. Congdon in Waukesha County Circuit Court. Congdon,

LEADERSHIP continued from page 9 accomplish that with fundraising letters, car washes, garage “I confess having come to this a bit late in middle age,” sales, and an art gallery evening featuring Wisconsin Public Saffran said, “but I have found so much personal Radio’s Jim Packard as emcee. He also has a Web site that satisfaction, emotional growth and a sense of community can accept donations. through these activities. I have found that the overused Thanks to Saffran and other equally passionate volunteers, saying, ‘You get more out of this than you put into it,’ is Team in Training has been an enormously successful very true.” „ program. Over 21 years, participants have raised more than $1 billion (yes, billion) for leukemia research and patient Information about the Man & Woman of the Year event is services. In 2009, the Society supported researchers with available at www.lls.org and www.mwoy.org/wi/what/. $70 million in grants. The Third Branch Ann Zimmerman A. JohnVoelker Amanda Todd Erin Slattengren Tom Sheehan Theresa Owens Intern Stephanie Hartwig Sara Foster Donna Erez Shelly Cyrulik Contributing Writers Sara Foster Associate Editor Tom Sheehan Amanda K.Todd Co-Editors A. JohnVoelker Director ofState Courts Shirley S. Abrahamson Chief Justice (608) 267-0980 fax [email protected] e-mail (608) 264-6256 phone Madison, WI53701-1688 P.O. Box1688 Court InformationOfficer Amanda Todd and articleideasto: Send questions,comments, court system. interest totheWisconsin Office, providingnewsof Director ofState Courts quarterly publicationofthe The ThirdBranch Sara Foster Graphic Design/Layout Court Iowa CountyClerkofCircuit Carolyn Olson Vernon CountyCircuitCourt Hon. MichaelJ.Rosborough Editorial Committee www.wicourts.gov is a new museum judge’sReserve fills hobby By Stephanie Hartwig,CourtInformationIntern years apart,but both aptlydemonstrate the collectionwere forged about400 mounted soldiersversusfootsoldiers. separates thearmamentsbasedon useby used theweaponsandarmor. The museum collection bytherankofsoldier who time period,Schlossteinisdividing the weaponry changes.” the armorchanges,andtypeof improves, thetypeofwarfarechanges, techniques,” hesaid.“Astechnique keeps changingandimprovingtheir changes, howthearmorerorblacksmith the weaponrychangesaswarfare show ishowformfollowsfunction, used. help toillustratehowthepieceswere period art.Hehopesthattheartworkwill different timeperiodswithreproduction mix armorandweaponryfromthe the Midwestwithacollectionofthiskind. and armorcollection,theonlyonein the UnitedStates withanextensive arms community of Alma, isoneofthefewin headquartered intheBuffalo County the past20years. counties whohasbeenareservejudgefor judge inBuffalo/Pepin longtime circuitcourt said Schlosstein,a interests grewolder,” early modernEurope. Renaissance andinto the Dark Ages andthe Roman Empirethrough period betweenthe collection spansthe history ofthesepieces. knowledge ofthe along withhisvast weaponry andarmor, to sharehisextensivecollectionof T a museum( ready forprimetime.InJune,hewillopen years later, Schlosstein’s collectionis secondhand shop. War muskethe’dspottedina big chunkofhisallowanceonaCivil Two ofSchlosstein’s favoritepieces in Rather thanorganize themuseumby “One oftheconceptsI’mtryingto Schlosstein isdevelopingexhibitsthat Schlosstein saidthathismuseum, “As Igrewolder, my Schlosstein’s He washooked. And now, morethan70 year-old GarySchlossteinspent a his storybeginsin1938,when10- www .castler ockmuseum.com have beenusedbetween1400-1450. Schlosstein’s collection. Thiswould distinctivevisored helmet from A ), information. www open June19.Visit The Castlerock Museumisscheduled to beauty andtheforminthem.” developed andchanged,see the there and…seehowthesethings bloodshed andwarcanwalkthrough that apersonwhoisn’t justinterestedin time,” hesaid.“I’mtryingtomakeitso attractive atthesame functional, yetvery shapes thatarevery in beautifulformsand coming atyouaredone of anotherpersonthat’s able tocatchtheblade the purposeofbeing that aredevelopedfor weaponry andarmor. in theevolutionof those withaninterest many people,notjust museum willappealto in paint.” period ofarthistoryinsteel,aswell Renaissance], itreallyendeduptobea well asimagesofrulersandvirtues. or theweapon’s user. The Crusadesword name ofeitherthesmithwhoforged them Schlosstein said,carriedtheengraved era, withoneexception.Mostswords, for slashingatenemies.Itistypicalofthe sword islong,double-edgedanddesigned Crusades inthelate11th century. The detail necessarytocraftarmaments. the highdegreeofskillandattentionto Alotofthethings “A Schlosstein hopesthe “As thearmordevelopedduring[the The firstisaswordusedinthe .castler

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