Judicial Disciplinary Hearing

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WI Supreme Court

Case Name: Wisconsin Judicial Commission v. the Honorable Kenneth W. Gorski

Case No.: 2020 WI 5

Focus: Judicial Disciplinary Hearing

We review, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.91 (2017-18), a Judicial Conduct Panel’s findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation for discipline for the Honorable Kenneth W. Gorski, a part-time court commissioner for the Wood County circuit court. Based on Commissioner Gorski’s answer, the Judicial Conduct Panel found that the facts alleged in the complaint filed by the Wisconsin Judicial Commission were established as true and determined that those facts supported the legal conclusion that Commissioner Gorski had willfully violated several rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which constitutes judicial misconduct under Wis. Stat. § 757.81(4)(a).4 The Judicial Conduct Panel recommends that Commissioner Gorski be publicly reprimanded for his judicial misconduct. We adopt the Judicial Conduct Panel’s findings of fact, we agree that those facts demonstrate that Commissioner Gorski committed judicial misconduct, and we publicly reprimand him for that misconduct.

Public reprimand imposed

Concur:

Dissent:

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.