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 serve three-year terms with five-year terms for chairs.
Civil
Civil benchbook committee membership
| Name |
Affiliation/Location |
Term ending date |
| Hon. Rhonda Lanford |
Dane County Circuit Court |
Chair, December 2027 |
| Hon. Nicholas Brazeau |
Wood County Circuit Court |
November 2026 |
| Hon. Kristin Cafferty |
Racine County Circuit Court |
April 2028 |
| Hon. David Conway |
Dane County Circuit Court |
April 2029 |
| Hon. Michael Hanrahan |
Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
August 2026 |
Criminal
Criminal benchbook committee membership
| Name |
Affiliation/Location |
Term ending date |
| Court Commissioner Jason Hanson |
Dane County Circuit Court |
Chair, May 2029 |
| Hon. Rick Cveykus |
Marathon County Circuit Court |
October 2028 |
| Hon. Cynthia Davis |
Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
May 2028 |
| Hon. John Hyland |
Dane County Circuit Court |
May 2029 |
| Hon. Wynne Laufenberg |
Racine County Circuit Court |
March 2028 |
| Hon. Elliott Levine |
La Crosse County Circuit Court |
May 2028 |
Family
Family benchbook committee membership
| Name |
Affiliation/Location |
Term ending date |
| Hon. Derrick Grubb |
Rock County Circuit Court |
Chair, May 2031 |
| Hon. Nidhi Kashyap |
Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
December 2026 |
| Hon. Natasha Torry |
Sheboygan County Circuit Court |
November 2026 |
| Hon. Thomas Walsh |
Brown County Circuit Court |
September 2026 |
Juvenile
Juvenile benchbook committee membership
| Name |
Affiliation/Location |
Term ending date |
| Hon. Theresa Beck |
Jefferson County Circuit Court |
January 2029 |
| Hon. Lyndsey Brunette |
Clark County Circuit Court |
October 2026 |
| Court Commissioner Anton Jamieson |
Dane County Circuit Court |
April 2028 |
| Hon. Laura Gramling Perez |
Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
October 2026 |
Probate
Probate benchbook committee membership
| Name |
Affiliation/Location |
Term ending date |
| Court Commissioner Jennifer Hemmer |
Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
Chair, May 2031 |
| Hon. Matthew Allen |
Iowa County Circuit Court |
September 2029 |
| Hon. Cynthia Davis |
Milwaukee County Circuit Court |
August 2026 |
| Court Commissioner Benjamin Schulenburg |
Dane County Circuit Court |
August 2029 |
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