Justice Ann Walsh Bradley
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley was elected to the Supreme Court in 1995 and re-elected in 2005.
Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Justice Bradley received a bachelor's degree from Webster College in St. Louis. She was a high school teacher before entering the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she earned a law degree in 1976.
Justice Bradley was in private practice until becoming a circuit court judge in Marathon County in 1985. She was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1995.
She is the 2004 winner of the American Judicature Society's Harley Award, a national honor that is reserved for judges whose outstanding efforts and long-term contributions have resulted in substantial improvements to the justice system.
Justice Bradley is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a former associate dean and faculty member of the Wisconsin Judicial College, a former chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference, and a lecturer for the American Bar Association's Asia Law Initiative. She serves as a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin Bench Bar Committee, a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin Law School, a member of the Federal-State Judicial Council, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the Wisconsin Judicial Council and a Commissioner of the National Conference on Uniform Laws.
Justice Bradley and her husband, Mark, have four children: Bryn, John, Elizabeth, and Patrick.
Her current term expires July 31, 2015.
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