Annette Ziegler
| Annette Ziegler | |
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| Associate Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 6, 1964 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Hope College (B.A.), Marquette University Law School, (J.D.) |
Annette Ziegler (born March 6, 1964) is an American attorney and judge. She is currently a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Ziegler received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Psychology from Hope College, and a law degree from Marquette University Law School. While in law school she was a staff editor of the Marquette Law Review, as well as a recipient of the Dean's Award.
She was admitted to the Wisconsin State Bar in 1989. Before serving in the judiciary, Ziegler worked as a federal prosecutor, an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. She was also a pro bono Special Assistant District Attorney in the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office. In private practice, she was a civil private practice attorney for several years at the law firm of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman & DeJong, SC.
In 1997, Ziegler was appointed by then-Gov. Tommy Thompson to the Washington County Circuit Court. She won a full term to that seat by election in 1998 and was re-elected in 2004. She then chose to run for election to the Supreme Court seat being vacated by retiring Justice Jon P. Wilcox.
Justice Ziegler voted not to require a judge to recuse himself or herself solely because the judge's campaign committee received previous lawful political contributions from one or more involved parties.
[edit] Wisconsin Supreme Court election
Ziegler and fellow candidate Linda Clifford won the two berths in the primary voting in February. The campaign was a contentious one; Clifford contended Ziegler ruled in cases where she was unable to be objective.[1] Ziegler contended Clifford had never been a judge and would be ill-prepared to do so; she also raised concerns about two of Clifford's campaign workers misrepresenting themselves to law enforcement officials. On April 3, 2007, Ziegler defeated Clifford in the election, 58% to Clifford's 42%.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Callender, David (2007-03-16). "Clifford Ad Assails Ziegler 'scandal'; It's Candidate's 1st Commercial". The Capital Times. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/03/16/0703160258.php. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ Marley, Patrick (2007-04-04). "Ziegler wins court seat; Expensive race ends with decisive victory". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29263439.html. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
[edit] External links
- "Ziegler Faces Conflict Questions", Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, March 5, 2007
- "Judge Takes More Than Half of Votes", Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, February 20, 2007
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