Commission on Judicial Elections and Ethics
The Commission on Judicial Elections and Ethics was created by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin on March 7, 1997. The Honorable Thomas E. Fairchild of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was appointed chairperson of the Commission and Professor Charles D. Clausen of Marquette University Law School was appointed as Reporter. The members of the Commission, in addition to the Chair and Reporter, are:
- Attorney Carl Ashley of Milwaukee
- Professor Gordon Baldwin, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison
- Attorney Linda Balisle of Madison
- Ms. Ruth Clusen of Green Bay
- Fr. Robert Cornell of St. Norbert College, De Pere
- Mr. Tim Cullen of Milwaukee
- Mr. Ron Domini of Madison
- Circuit Judge Timothy Dugan of Milwaukee
- Court of Appeals Judge Charles P. Dykman of Madison
- Ms. Patricia Finder-Stone of De Pere
- Mr. Roger L. Fitzsimonds of Milwaukee
- Circuit Judge Ramona Gonzales of LaCrosse
- Municipal Judge James A. Gramling, Jr., of Milwaukee
- Attorney Michael W. Grebe of Milwaukee
- Circuit Judge Charles D. Heath of Marinette
- Representative Gregory B. Huber of Wausau
- Mr. Fred Luber of Milwaukee
- Attorney John MacIver of Milwaukee
- District Attorney E. Michael McCann of Milwaukee
- Attorney Maureen A. McGinnity of Milwaukee
- Mr. Rod Nilsestuen of Madison
- Circuit Judge Sarah B. O'Brien of Madison
- Senator Mary Panzer of West Bend
- Attorney George K. Steil, Sr. of Janesville
- Ms. Barbara Stein of Milwaukee
- Ms. Carol Toussaint of Madison
The Commission was assigned to review the provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct  addressing political and campaign activity of judges and candidates for judicial office, determine the extent to which those provisions adequately address issues relevant to the Wisconsin elective system in selecting members of its non-partisan judiciary, and recommend provisions for inclusion in the Code of Judicial Conduct that would better address the issues to which the current Code's provisions are directed and to address relevant issues the current Code does not address.
The following documents are in Adobe PDF format .
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