Supreme Court Appointment Selection Committee

magnifying glass with paper cut-outs of people being magnifiedAppointed by the Supreme Court, this committee assists the Court in finding dedicated people of the highest integrity and commitment to serve on the various boards and committees to which the Court makes appointments. The committee forwards names for the Court's consideration, and the Court makes appointments as vacancies arise.

Committee membership

Members are limited to one three-year term.

Name Affiliation/Location Term ending date Type
Attorney Julie Wilson, Chair City of Milwaukee April 2025 As president of Government Lawyers Division
Attorney Jenessa Stromberger City of Eau Claire April 2023 As chair of a District Committee
Attorney Kathryn Knowlton Bakke Norman, SC
New Richmond
April 2024 As chair of the General Practice Section
Attorney Jared Potter Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Milwaukee
April 2025 As Chair of Family Law Section
Ms. Elizabeth Ireland UW Law School
Madison
April 2025 As designee of UW Law School Dean
Mr. John H. Christy   April 2026 As a designee of the Assembly Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Council
Attorney John Laubmeier Stroud, Willink & Howard LLC
Madison
April 2023 As president of a Western District County Bar
Mr. Aaron Powell Flexion Inc., Sun Prairie April 2023 As designee of the Senate Co-Chair of the Legislative Council Committee
Attorney Natalie R. Remington Quarles & Brady LLP
Menomonee Falls
  As designee of Joseph Kearney, Dean, Marquette University Law School
Attorney Ellen Atterbury City of La Crosse Legal Department
La Crosse
April 2025 As President of an Eastern Bar District
Attorney Mark Fremgen Dane County Family Court Commissioner
Madison
April 2025 As a former member of BBE, BAPR or BAO
Vacant     As nonlawyer designee of chair of the Government Accountability Board

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