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Benchbook Committees

Appointed by Office of Judicial Education, the Benchbook Committees assist in revising and updating each of the five Wisconsin Judicial Benchbooks on an annual basis. The benchbooks are desktop procedural reference texts for trial judges.

Current membership

Members are limited to two consecutive three-year terms, five-year terms for chairs.

Committee
Name
Term ending date
* denotes second term
Civil Chief Judge Dorothy L. Bain
Marathon County Circuit Court, Branch 1
November 2007*

Judge William M. Gabler
Eau Claire County Circuit Court, Branch 3

November 2006*

Judge Jeffrey Kremer
Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 36

November 2007

Judge Emily S. Mueller
Racine County Circuit Court, Branch 3

Chair, November 2007*
Judge Diane Nicks
Dane County Circuit Court, Branch 5
November 2006
Criminal

Judge Michael O. Bohren
Waukesha County Circuit Court, Branch 1

May 2007*

Judge C. William Foust
Dane County Circuit Court, Branch 14

Chair, May 2007*

Judge Barbara Hart Key
Winnebago County Circuit Court, Branch 3

May 2008*

Atty. Todd E. Meurer
Court Commissioner, Madison

May 2007*

Chief Judge Michael J. Rosborough
Vernon County Circuit Court

May 2008*

Judge Richard J. Sankovitz
Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 29

May 2007
Family

Judge Vincent K. Howard
Marathon County Circuit Court, Branch 3

September 2006*

Judge Robert G. Mawdsley Chair
Waukesha County Circuit Court, Branch 11

Chair, September 2008*

Chief Judge Michael P. Sullivan
Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 26

September 2008*

Judge Timothy M. Van Akkeren
Sheboygan County Circuit Court, Branch 2

September 2007*
Juvenile

Judge Christopher R. Foley
Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 14

April 2006*

Judge Shelley J. Gaylord
Dane County Circuit Court, Branch 6

April 2007

Judge John P. Hoffmann
Waupaca County Circuit Court, Branch 2

Chair, April 2008*

Judge Maryann Sumi
Dane County Circuit Court, Branch 2

April 2006
Probate

Judge D. Todd Ehlers
Door County Circuit Court, Branch 1

August 2006

Atty. David Flesch
Dane County Court Commissioner

August 2007

Judge Robert P. VanDeHey
Grant County Circuit Court, Branch 1

August 2006

Reserve Judge Thomas S. Williams
Oshkosh

Chair, August 2007*

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