March 20, 2024 – In April, State Bar of Wisconsin members will vote for representatives on the State Bar’s Board of Governors, the organization's policymaking body. Governors serve two-year terms. Your vote for these candidates will make a difference in the future of your practice and your profession.

Together, they represent a diversity of practice areas as well as years in practice and come from around the state. Check out the slate of 2024 Board of Governors’ candidates.

Vote in April: Look for Your Email Ballot

All State Bar elections (including for State Bar divisions and sections) will be held via an electronic ballot in 2024, starting April 11, 2024. The election closes at noon Central time on April 26, 2024.

To ensure you receive your State Bar election ballot, add noreply@directvote.net as an approved sender in your inbox before April 1. This prevents the ballot from being identified as spam.

Please note: If you have placed any holds on emails from the State Bar, you may not receive an electronic ballot. Contact Customer Service at (800) 444-9404 to verify that your account is set up to receive your email ballot.

State Bar members with no email address on file will receive paper ballots. Paper ballots will be mailed on April 10, 2024.

Candidates for the Board of Governors

The Board of Governors is the State Bar's policymaking body, and governors serve two-year terms.

Districts 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, and 16 will elect governors in 2024. District 2 (Milwaukee) elects five; District 6 (Waukesha) elects two; District 9 (Dane) elects four; and all other districts elect one.

Meet the State Bar Board of Governors’ candidates for two-year terms that begin July 1, 2024. By district, the candidates are:

District 2 (five vacancies​)

• Vincent J. Bobot, Bobot Law Office LLC, Milwaukee, Marquette 1992
• Randal J. Brotherhood, Meissner Tierney Fischer Nichols SC, Milwaukee, Washington University 1981
• Basil J. Buchko, Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc., Milwaukee, University of Notre Dame Law School 1999
• Lisa M. Lawless, Husch Blackwell LLP, Milwaukee, Indiana University 1992
• Colleen A. Taylor, State Public Defenders Office, Milwaukee, Case Western Reserve University 2017

District 4 (one vacancy)

• Julie F. Stodolka, Plymouth, University of California-Los Angeles School of Law 1987

District 6 (two vacancies)

• Jesse B. Blocher, Waukesha, Habush, Habush & Rottier, SC, Marquette University Law School 2006
• Alexandra K. Evans, Waukesha, Hippenmeyer, Reilly, Blum, Schmitzer, & Fabian, SC, Marquette 2021

District 8 (one vacancy)

• Heather M. Amos, Hudson, St. Croix County Corporation Counsel, Hamline University School of Law 2007

District 9 (four vacancies)

• Elizabeth A. Fernandez, Madison, Wisconsin Education Association Council, U.W. Law School 2001
• C. Kai Hovden, Madison, DeWitt LLP, U.W. Law School 2017
• Ryan F. Poe-Gavlinski, Madison, University of Wisconsin Law School, Quinnipiac University School of Law 2004
• Sam Wayne, Madison, Wayne Law S.C., U.W. Law School 2009
• Michael Seung-Hyock Yang, Madison, MY Law Office LLC, U.W. Law School 2013

District 10 (one vacancy)

• Luis A. Garza, Keshena, Garza Legal Counsel, U.W. Law School 1992

District 12 (one vacancy)

• Ryan O’Hara, Janesville, State Public Defenders Office, U.W. Law School 2013

District 14 (one vacancy)

• Rachel E. Maes, Green Bay, City of Green Bay, Hamline University School of Law 2014

District 16 (one vacancy)

• William A. Harris, Wausau, Judicare Legal Aid, Western Michigan University School of Law 2008