Prosecutor files papers for Milwaukee County judge run

By: Caley Clinton, [email protected]//January 4, 2013//

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Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Janet Protasiewicz is running for the Milwaukee County Circuit Court’s Branch 45 judicial seat.

She filed the required signatures Wednesday with the Government Accountability Board, according to a news release. The position previously was held by Judge Thomas Donegan, who retired in late 2012.

Protasiewicz joined the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office in 1988 after receiving her law degree from Marquette University Law School. She was recently appointed as an adjunct professor of law at Marquette Law School.

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