The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Hanrahan to be chief judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District.
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High court reappoints circuit judges
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reappointed circuit court judges from Fond du Lac, Rock, Buffalo, Buffalo, Pepin and St. Croix counties to serve as chief judges of their judicial districts starting Aug. 1, according to a news release.
Read More »Spending on Supreme Court races tops $1.1M
Spending topped more than $1.1 million on television advertising on a pair of Wisconsin Supreme Court contests decided in Tuesday's election.
Read More »Bradley says victory shows voters want nonpartisan court
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says her re-election victory shows that voters want the Wisconsin Supreme Court to be nonpartisan.
Read More »Bradley beats Daley for 3rd term on Supreme Court
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley won re-election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, handily defeating Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley and conservatives who wanted to increase their majority on the officially nonpartisan court.
Read More »Supreme Court candidates make final push (UPDATE)
The candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court made a final push to connect with voters on Monday, with Justice Ann Walsh Bradley focusing on the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee while challenger Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley was in the more conservative Fox Valley.
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate’s daughter wanted by state
Online court records show Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate James Daley's daughter has been a fugitive since 2008.
Read More »Daley boosts coffers, but Bradley keeps edge in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court hopeful James Daley boosted his cash over the last month but incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley still has the edge on him in the money game.
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court race marked by cries of partisanship
Wisconsin Supreme Court races officially are nonpartisan affairs, but don't tell that to high court hopeful James Daley and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley.
Read More »Bradley, Daley to face off in televised debate
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Ann Walsh Bradley and James Daley are facing off for a live, televised debate just over a week before the April 7 election.
Read More »Court candidate blames justice for dysfunction
A judge looking to unseat Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley went on the offensive Wednesday, telling a civic group that Bradley has fostered dysfunction on the court, tried to advance a liberal agenda and wants to prevent democracy by opposing a plan that calls for the justices to elect their leader.
Read More »State Supreme Court candidates spar over partisan influences (UPDATE)
A longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and her challenger for re-election continued to spar Tuesday over partisan influences two weeks ahead of an election that will determine which of them gets a 10-year term on the state's highest court.
Read More »20 percent turnout predicted for Supreme Court election
Wisconsin's elections chief says he expects 20 percent turnout for the April 7 election.
Read More »Walsh Bradley launches first TV campaign ad
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has launched her first television campaign ad.
Read More »Bradley, Daley to meet at MBA forum
The Milwaukee Bar Association is hosting a judicial forum featuring Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Ann Walsh Bradley and James Daley.
Read More »State Supreme Court candidates agree to 3 appearances
The two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court have agreed to three joint appearances in the weeks leading up to the April 7 election.
Read More »Bradley outpaces challenger Daley in fundraising for court
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is far outpacing her challenger in fundraising in the race for the state's highest court.
Read More »Bradley outraises Daley in Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has raised $265,000 so far in her re-election campaign.
Read More »Daley wants to be first Wis. justice to vote for chief
Wisconsin Supreme Court challenger James Daley said Tuesday he wants to be the first justice to vote for a new chief of the high court.
Read More »Judge retirement age bill still in flux (UPDATE)
Setting a mandatory retirement age for judges isn't a priority, the Republican lawmaker floating the idea said Thursday, adding that details of any proposal remain very much in flux as he looks for enough support to pass it.
Read More »Supreme Court candidate has no opinion on retirement age (UPDATE)
One of the candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Thursday that doesn't have an opinion on proposals that would set a mandatory retirement age for judges and change the way the chief justice is selected, which wasn't the case two weeks ago.
Read More »Daley, Bradley set to square off for state Supreme Court (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will face Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley in a race that will determine whether the conservative majority on the state's highest court will grow.
Read More »Milwaukee judge Bradley won’t run for high court
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Bradley says she is not going to run for the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Daley kicks off state Supreme Court run
While announcing his candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday afternoon, Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley said it is important to keep a justice's individual's beliefs out of any decision he or she may make.
Read More »Top court refuses to grant new trial for killer (UPDATE)
A convicted Beloit man who used an insanity plea to defend against a murder charge is not entitled to a new trial, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Read More »Janesville man sentenced for stealing $1.8 million
A Janesville man convicted of stealing $1.8 million from his employer was sentenced this week to 2-½ years in prison, and the judge said he couldn't remember a bigger theft in Rock County in 30 years.
Read More »Man won’t be tried in neighbor’s shooting
A Wisconsin man who killed his neighbor has been sent for treatment at a mental hospital after a judge ruled that injuries from two suicide attempts and his age made the man unfit for trial.
Read More »Judge orders mental exam in neighbor shooting
A Rock County judge has ordered a competency hearing for a man charged with fatally shooting his neighbor.
Read More »State justices select chief judges
The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced Friday that it has selected Rock County Circuit Court James Daley and Judge James Duvall, who serves both Buffalo and Pepin county circuit courts, as new members of the Committee of Chief Judges, effective Aug. 1.
Read More »Editorial: Judging by the correct standards
Ten defendants have completed the Rock County Veterans Treatment Court program in the three years since the court’s founding, and not one has reoffended.