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 serve three-year terms with five-year terms for chairs.
| Committee | Name | Affiliation/Location | Term ending date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil | Hon. Eugene Gasiorkiewicz | Racine County Circuit Court | Chair, November 2022 |
| Hon. Valerie Bailey-Rihn | Dane County Circuit Court | April 2022 | |
| Hon. Nicholas Brazeau | Wood County Circuit Court | November 2023 | |
| Hon. Michael Hanrahan | Milwaukee County Circuit Court | August 2023 | |
| Hon. Rhonda Lanford | Dane County Circuit Court | November 2022 | |
| Criminal | Court Commissioner Jason Hanson | Dane County Circuit Court | Chair, May 2024 |
| Hon. Michael Bohren | Waukesha County Circuit Court | May 2022 | |
| Hon. Cynthia Davis | Milwaukee County Circuit Court | May 2022 | |
| Hon. John Hyland | Dane County Circuit Court | May 2023 | |
| Hon. Ann Knox-Bauer | Taylor County Circuit Court | May 2023 | |
| Hon. Elliott Levine | La Crosse County Circuit Court | May 2022 | |
| Family | Hon. Daniel Dillon | Rock County Circuit Court | Chair, September 2023 |
| Hon. Gloria Doyle | La Crosse County Circuit Court | September 2024 | |
| Hon. Laura Lau | Waukesha County Circuit Court | November 2022 | |
| Hon. Barbara McCrory | Rock County Circuit Court | September 2022 | |
| Hon. Thomas Walsh | Brown County Circuit Court | September 2024 | |
| Juvenile | Hon. Robert Dehring | Jefferson County Circuit Court | Chair, August 2026 |
| Court Commissioner Anton Jamieson | Dane County Circuit Court | April 2022 | |
| Hon. Rebecca Kiefer | Milwaukee County Circuit Court | August 2024 | |
| Hon. Wendy Klicko | Sauk County Circuit Court | April 2024 | |
| Hon. Thomas Walsh | Brown County Circuit Court | November 2021 | |
| Probate | Hon. William Hue | Jefferson County Circuit Court | Chair, August 2022 |
| Court Commissioner Patrice Baker | Milwaukee County Circuit Court | August 2024 | |
| Court Commissioner Benjamin Schulenburg | Dane County Circuit Court | August 2023 |