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    July 01, 1998

    News Release July 1998: State Bar accepting nominations for top judges

    For Immediate Release
      CONTACT: Patricia Morgan
    State Bar of Wisconsin
    (608) 250-6107
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    State Bar accepting nominations for top judges

    Madison, July 1, 1998 - The State Bar of Wisconsin is now accepting nominations for two judicial awards. The nominations are being accepted through October 30, 1998.

    The Judge of the Year Award will go to a judge who has improved the judicial system and shown leadership in advancing the quality of justice during the past year. Candidates for the Jurist Lifetime Achievement Award should have at least 12 years experience as a trial judge and demonstrated outstanding, long-term judicial service during his or her years as a sitting trial judge.

    Previous Judge of the Year winners were Eau Claire County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Barland and Racine County Judge Dennis Barry. The first winner of the Lifetime Jurist Achievement Award was Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge John Decker.

    The 1998 Judge of the Year Award will be given at the State Bar Midwinter Convention in January, 1999. The 1998 Jurist Lifetime Achievement Award will be given at the State Bar Annual Meeting in June, 1999. For nomination packets, contact Patricia Morgan at the State Bar of Wisconsin at (608) 250-6107 or mail your request to:

    402 W. Wilson Street
    P.O. Box 7158
    Madison, WI 53707-7158

    For further information about the Judge of the Year Award please contact Bench-Bar Committee Chairman Donald L. Bach at (608) 255-8891.



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