JUDICIAL BRANCH: SUPREME COURT


  The Constitution provides that the Supreme Court has "superintending
and administrative
authority over all courts" in the state. The chief justice is the administrative
head of the state
judicial system, and the court's administrative authority is exercised according
to rules adopted
by the Supreme Court.
  The Supreme Court appoints the Board of Attorneys Professional Competence,
the Board of
Attorneys Professional Responsibility, and the state law librarian. It licenses
attorneys to prac-
tice law and, after a hearing, may disbar attorneys for cause. Since 1929,
it has promulgated rules
of pleading, practice, and procedure for all courts in the state. The Judicial
Council acts in an
advisory capacity in matters of pleading, practice and procedure and proposes
rule changes to
the court.
   The chief justice, acting through the director of state courts, keeps
informed of the status of
judicial business in the courts of the state and designates and assigns circuit
judges and reserve
judges to serve temporarily in other circuit courts when a calendar is congested;
when a judge is
on vacation, disqualified, or unable to act; or when a vacancy occurs.



                     OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF STATE COURTS

Director of State Courts: J. DENIS MORAN, 266-6828, Room 213 Northeast, State
Capitol, Madi-
   son 53701-1688.
 Deputy Director for Court Operations: KATHLEEN MURPHY, 266-3121, Room 315,
110 East Main
   Street, Madison 53703.
 Deputy Director for Management Services: MARY T. RIDER, 266-8914, Room 430,
110 East Main
   Street, Madison, 53703.
 Fiscal Officer: KEN TIMPEL, 266-6865, Room 430, 110 East Main Street, Madison
53703.
 Judicial Education: V. KNOPPKE-WETZEL, 266-7807, Room 420, 110 East Main
Street, Madison
   53703.
 Medical Malpractice Mediation System: RANDY SPROULE, 266-7711, Room 210,
110 East Main
   Street, Madison 53703.
 Court Information System: CHARLES MILLER, 266-5750, Room 303, 110 East Main
Street, Madi-
   son 53703.
 District Court Administrators: District 1, RONALD WITKOWIAK, Room 500-A,
Milwaukee
   County Courthouse, Milwaukee 53233, (414) 278-5113; District 2, KERRY
CONNELLY, Racine
   County Courthouse, Racine 53403, (414) 636-3133; District 3, vacancy,
Room 345B, Wauke-
   sha County Courthouse, Waukesha 53188, (414) 548-7209; District 4, JERRY
LANG, Winne-
   bago County Courthouse, P.O. Box 2808, Oshkosh 54903-2808, (414) 424-0028;
District 5,
   MARY KAY BAUM, Room 234, City-County Building, Madison 53709, (608) 267-8820;
District
   6, SAMUEL SHELTON, 101 Division, North, Stevens Point 54481, (715) 345-5296;
District 7,
   STEVEN STEADMAN, La Crosse County Courthouse, La Crosse 54601, (608) 785-9546;
District
   8, WILLIAM SUCHA, Suite 221, 414 E. Walnut St., Green Bay 54301, (414)
436-3915; District 9,
   JAMES SEIDEL, 740 Third Street, Wausau 54401, (715) 842-3872; District
10, GREGG T. MOORE,
   Suite 3, 1102 Regis Court, Eau Claire. 54701, (715) 839-4826.
 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1688, Madison 53701-1688; location: Room 213 Northeast,
State
   Capitol, Madison.
 Telephone: (608) 266-6828.
 Publications: Workload Statistics.
 Number of Employes: 64.50.
 Total Budget 1987-89: $7,785,800.
 Statutory Reference: Section 758.19; Supreme Court Rule 70.01.
   History: The position of director of state courts was created by the Rule
of Judicial Adminis-
 tration promulgated by the Supreme Court and issued under an order dated
October 30, 1978,
 and a further order dated February 19, 1979. This position replaced that
of administrative
 director of courts, which was created by Chapter 261, Laws of 1961.


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