For Immediate Release
	CONTACT: Maria Lazar (414) 271-5400 Pat Morgan State Bar of Wisconsin (608) 6107

Sullivan named Judge of the Year

Dec. 3, 1999 - Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Michael P. Sullivan has been named the 1999 State Bar of Wisconsin Judge of the Year. The award recognizes judges who exceed the call of judicial office and improve the judicial system during the past year.

Judge Sullivan will receive the award at the Bench/Bar Conference in Milwaukee January 27, 2000. The State Bar's Bench/Bar Committee gives out the award each year. Committee Chair Maria Lazar said the committee is pleased to be able to recognize Judge Sullivan's accomplishments as a judge. "Judge Sullivan is an outstanding example of judicial commitment and excellence. He is uniformly regarded by practitioners as one of the best judges in Milwaukee County," said Lazar.

Judge Sullivan began his law career as an Assistant City Attorney in Milwaukee in 1970. He was appointed the first State Judicial Court Commissioner, and in 1977 was elected a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge. He has served in that capacity ever since, having been re-elected in 1983, 1989 and 1995.

Judge Sullivan has been consistently ranked at or near the top of all the Milwaukee County judges in judicial polls conducted by the Milwaukee Bar Association. He helped develop pro se litigant forms that are now used in Milwaukee County Family Court. These forms are now being considered for use by courts statewide by the Judicial Forms Committee. Judge Sullivan is also co-producer of an instructional video for lay people on how to use the forms.

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