Brad Schimel: I will 'restore objectivity' to Wisconsin Supreme Court
ADAM KELNHOFER
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Although he’d served as a prosecutor and a county judge, Brad Schimel said he hadn’t planned to run for the Wisconsin Supreme Court until he watched how the 2023 race for the court played out.
Brad Schimel started his law career as a county prosecutor in 1990, the same year he graduated from UW Law School. He won election as attorney general in 2014 and was appointed to his current role as a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge in 2019.
Brad Schimel said his role models on the Wisconsin Supreme Court include Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, who has pushed for more mental health and substance abuse treatment. “A justice shouldn't have an agenda, like what they want to do with cases," he said. "But I think it's OK to have some ideas about how the system can work better."
“This is no way to pick judges in this fragile moment in our democracy."
Brad Schimel started his law career as a county prosecutor in 1990, the same year he graduated from UW Law School. He won election as attorney general in 2014 and was appointed to his current role as a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge in 2019.
Brad Schimel said his role models on the Wisconsin Supreme Court include Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, who has pushed for more mental health and substance abuse treatment. “A justice shouldn't have an agenda, like what they want to do with cases," he said. "But I think it's OK to have some ideas about how the system can work better."
