Shabaz finalists also apply for Crabb’s seat

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The four finalists for U.S. District Court Judge John C. Shabaz’s seat have also put in their names for the new opening Judge Barbara Crabb has created by announcing her plans to seek senior status.

The Federal Nominating Commission has released the names of the 21 people hoping to succeed Crabb on the bench. Among them are former state Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler Jr., La Crosse County Circuit Court Judge Ramona A. Gonzalez, William M. Conley of Foley & Lardner LLP, and Stephen J. Meyer of Meyer Law Office.

The commission passed those four names to U.S. Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold last month as finalists for Shabaz’s seat. The senators will likely forward one or more of those candidates to President Barack Obama.

Now, the commission will review the 21 applicants for Crabb’s seat and, once again, forward a list of finalists to Kohl and Feingold. The 17 other applicants include:

· Eric G. Barber
· James R. Cole
· Hon. Stephen L. Crocker
· David L. De Bruin
· Anuj C. Desai
· Kendall W. Harrison
· Hon. Paul B. Higginbotham
· David E. Jones
· JoAnne F. Kloppenburg
· James D. Peterson
· Hon. Ralph M. Ramirez
· John N. Schweitzer
· Robert E. Shumaker
· Stephen P. Sinnott
· Hon. Lisa K. Stark
· Michelle M. Umberger
· Timothy L. Vocke