September 15, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently accepted two new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

September 15, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in two cases during October 2023. The cases originated in the following counties: Dane, Milwaukee. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

September 6, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in five cases during September 2023. The cases originated in the following counties: Ashland, Douglas, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Waukesha. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

August 23, 2023 - Second Judicial Administrative District Chief Judge Jason A. Rossell, Kenosha County Circuit Court, has been selected by his fellow chief judges to serve a one-year term as chair of the Committee of Chief Judges. Rossell replaces former committee chair, Judge Jennifer R. Dorow, Waukesha County Circuit Court. Dorow served the maximum of three two-year terms as a chief judge, including one year as committee chair. see full article

August 4, 2023 - Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet made the following statement today:

On behalf of a majority of justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, I want to express my disappointment that the Chief Justice, rather than collegially participate in a scheduled meeting of the court today, is litigating issues normally discussed by Justices either in conference or through email, through media releases.

August 4, 2023 - Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet made the following statement today: The majority of justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted today to advance a number of transparency and accountability measures. see full article

August 4, 2023 - Today, four rogue members of the court met in a secret, unscheduled, illegitimate closed meeting in an attempt to gut the Chief Justice’s constitutional authority as administrator of the court (see attached). Court business concerning Internal Operating Procedures and Supreme Court Rules is conducted when seven members of the court convene with an agenda prepared by the Chief Justice and at a time set by the Chief Justice during the court’s business year, which is September-June. The rogue justices' attempt to go outside of this recognized procedure is an imposition of will and a raw exercise of overreaching power. Any such attempted action is illegitimate and unenforceable. see full article

August 2, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced today that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Audrey K. Skwierawski will serve as the interim Director of State Courts beginning on August 3, 2023. Judge Skwierawski will take a leave from her position on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, where she has served since her appointment by Gov. Scott Walker in 2018. see full article

August 2, 2023 - The unauthorized action taken today by some of my colleagues firing Director of State Courts Randy Koschnick is flawed procedurally, legally, and on its merits. As Chief Justice, I contemplated actions I might take to attempt to stop this unauthorized action, but given my colleagues’ reckless conduct, other court employees would also become victims of this unauthorized action. I say this because it would be other court employees who would suffer the consequences of choosing to follow my directive over following the demand of four justices. And these valued employees may then be at risk of losing their jobs. Our valued employees would be put in a lose-lose situation, and I can’t risk putting the jobs of more employees of the court in jeopardy. see full article

August 1, 2023 - Justice Janet C. Protasiewicz formally joined the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, when she was sworn into office during a ceremony in the state Capitol Rotunda. see full article

July 28, 2023 - When Connie Hansen stared with the court system as a digital court reporter in 2020, she was one of just two employees hired to provide remote court reporting services on an ad hoc basis to circuit courts throughout the state. see full article

July 6, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently accepted one new case, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

June 14, 2023 - The Supreme Court recently acted to deny review of 44 cases. See the full article here.

June 2, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed Racine County Clerk of Circuit Court Samuel A. "Sam" Christensen as Clerk of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, effective June 18, Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler announced today. see full article

May 26, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court today appointed District One Court of Appeals Judge Maxine A. White as chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, effective Aug. 1, 2023. White will replace current Chief Judge William Brash III, who lost his bid for re-election to the First District bench in April. White will fill Brash’s unexpired term as chief judge to July 31, 2024. see full article

May 16, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept two new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

April 26, 2023 - Each year, the American Bar Association (ABA) selects a theme for Law Day, May 1. This year’s theme is Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics, Civility, and Collaboration. see full article

April 21, 2023 - Is there a better way for Wisconsin’s criminal justice system to respond to people with mental illness? If so, what does such an approach look like? About 200 people, including criminal justice system partners, judges, law enforcement officials, policy makers and treatment service providers, gathered Friday in Madison to consider those questions, and to exchange ideas on the topic at the Chief Justice’s Summit on Mental Health. see full article

April 19, 2023 - Retiring Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Drake Roggensack was honored by her fellow justices, and received a standing ovation in the Supreme Court Hearing Room today, just moments before the start of the final oral argument scheduled for the Court’s 2022-23 term. see full article

April 12, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in five cases during April 2023. The cases originated in the following counties: Dane, Milwaukee, Trempealeau, Wood. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

April 6, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept two new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

March 23, 2023 - Some Wisconsin court system computer network users, including the general public, may have temporarily experienced intermittent service or slower than usual response times to some online services early this week. see full article

March 16, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has elected Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler to serve a second two-year term as chief justice, effective May 1, 2023. Chief Justice Ziegler was first elected to the Court in 2007 and became chief justice in 2021, succeeding former Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack in that role. see full article

March 16, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed judges from La Crosse, Milwaukee and Waukesha counties to serve as new chief judges of their respective judicial administrative districts, and the Court re-appointed a chief judge from Green County to another two-year term in that role. see full article

March 9, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to accept one new case, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

March 8, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in three cases during March 2023. The cases originated in the following counties: Juneau, Outagamie, and Waukesha. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

March 6, 2023 - On Feb. 21, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an order and revised interim rule for a phased transition to mandatory eFiling (electronic filing) in Supreme Court cases over the next four months. The transition period will begin April 1, 2023 with the expansion of a voluntary eFiling pilot program, and end June 30 with mandatory eFiling effective July 1. see full article

February 22, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court today issued an order and revised interim rule that will create a phased transition to mandatory eFiling in Supreme Court cases over the next four months. eFiling will become mandatory in the Supreme Court on July 1, 2023.

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February 15, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in four cases during February 2023. The cases originated in the following counties: Dane, Kenosha, Walworth, Waukesha. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

February 13, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to accept two new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

January 12, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in two cases during January 2023. The cases originated in the following counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

January 5, 2023 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept four new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

November 30, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in five cases during December 2022. The cases originated in the following counties: Brown, Langlade, Milwaukee, and Trempeauleau. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

November 30, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept six new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

November 23, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in seven cases during November 2022. The cases originated in the following counties: Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Racine. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

November 2, 2022 - Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler delivered the State of the Judiciary address Nov. 2 at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference. The text of the speech, along with remarks by Director of State Courts address by Hon. Randy R. Koschnick, is available here.

November 1, 2022 - Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler will deliver the State of the Judiciary address in Elkhart Lake on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the opening of the Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference.

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October 27, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept one new case, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

September 30, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept five new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. See the full article here.

September 29, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in 10 cases during October 2022. The cases originated in the following counties: Barron, Dane, Dodge, Douglas, Dunn, Kenosha, Marathon, Milwaukee and Vernon. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

September 26, 2022 - Some seating is still available for the public to observe oral argument before the Wisconsin Supreme Court at the Waupaca County Courthouse on Oct. 10. The Court is holding argument in two cases as part of the Court’s outreach and public education program, Justice on Wheels. Waupaca will be the 32nd county outside Dane where the Court has held oral argument since the program began in 1993.

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September 22, 2022 - An agenda for the Wisconsin Supreme Court's Oct. 4 Public Hearing can be found here. Copies of the rule petitions and related information can be found here. Information about the Supreme Court's rule-making process can be found here or at https://www.wicourts.gov/scrules/index.htm.

September 12, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral argument in two cases at the Waupaca County Courthouse on the morning of Monday, Oct. 10, as part of the Court’s Justice on Wheels outreach and education program.

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September 7, 2022 - The American Judges Association presented Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Marshall B. Murray with the Judge Libby Hines Domestic Violence Award during a ceremony at the group’s annual conference in Philadelphia on Aug. 30.

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September 2, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in 13 cases during September 2022. The cases originated in the following counties: Dane, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Portage, Racine, Sauk, Walworth, Washington and Waupaca. The calendar and synopses of cases can be found here.

August 26, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently acted to deny review of 39 cases. The captions and case numbers of those cases are listed below. See the full article here.

June 28, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept three new cases, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases. see full article

June 24, 2022 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed circuit court judges from Waushara, Outagamie and Taylor counties as new chief judges of their respective judicial administrative districts, effective Aug. 1, 2022. The Court also re-appointed judges from Kenosha and Barron counties to continue as chief judges. The appointments are for two-year terms or until further order of the Court. see full article

June 24, 2022 - Third Judicial Administrative District Chief Judge Jennifer R. Dorow, Waukesha County Circuit Court, has been selected by her fellow chief judges to serve as chair of the Committee of Chief Judges, effective Aug. 1. see full article

June 16, 2022 - Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler today addressed the death of retired Judge John Roemer and court-related security concerns in a speech at the 2022 State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Meeting and Conference in Lake Geneva. A copy of the chief justice’s remarks can be found here.