Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court By The Numbers:
Justice
Former prosecutor
Both a former prosecutor & civil rights lawyer
- 7 Total seats
- 0 Current vacancies
- 5 Prosecutors
- 0 Public Defenders (or other indigent defense experience)
- 1 Justice is both a former prosecutor & civil rights lawyer
How Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are Selected:
Nonpartisan Election
Justices are selected and re-selected in nonpartisan April elections to 10-year terms. Interim selections to fill vacancies that occur between elections are made by governor appointment.
Selection method sources:
Ballotpedia, Judicial Election Methods By State; Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map