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Award; UW Outstanding Alumnus Award 1973; Wis. Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
Assn. Certificate oj Apprecia-
tion; Waukesha Co. Humane Society Distinguished Service Award; city of Waukesha
Outstanding Community
Service Recognition; Wis. Fed. of Women's Clubs Certificate of Appreciation
for Invaluable Services; Amer.
Judges Assn. Distinguished Service A ward; VFW A ward Citation; Natl. Lawyers
Wives Certificate of Merit;
State of Wis. Dedicated Service Award; Citation by the 1977 Wis. Legislature
in recognition for service as a
Waukesha Co. judge. In conjunction with AAA and Wis. Div. of Motor Vehicles,
initiated the Group Dynam-
ics Program, an education and rehabilitation program for drunk drivers. Also
initiated "Volunteers in Proba-
tion" and "Victim-Offender Confrontation Program" for Waukesha
Co., and a TV series on "Responsibilities
Under the Law". Asst. Waukesha city attorney 1948-52. Elected Waukesha
city attorney 1952-60; Waukesha
Co. Ct. judge 1961-77.
   Elected to Supreme Court April 1977; reelected April 1987.


   Donald W. Steinmetz: Born Milwaukee, Sept. 19, 1924; married; 5 children.
B.A. UW-Madison
 1949; J.D. 1951; Natl. Coll. of State Judiciary 1966. Former practicing
attorney; claims attorney and examiner
 1951-58; teacher, Wis. Jud. Coll. 1974-78. WW II vet.; served in Air Force
1943-45. Member Amer., Wis. and
 Milw. Bar Assns.; Amer. Judicature Society; Inst. of Jud. Admin.; Amer.
Legion. Served on Wis. Coun. on
 Criminal Justice and State Court Reporters Compensation and Qualifications
Com. 1979; State Admin. Com.
 on Courts 1976-79; Chief Judge Study Com. 1974-75; Jud. Election and Selection
Com. 1967-68; Com. to
 Recommend Rules on Use of Sound Camera Equipment in the Courtroom 1969-70;
Jud. Code Ethics Com.
 1973-74; State Jud. Planning Com. 1977; Career Criminal Com. (chp. 1977);
Criminal Jury Instructions Com.;
 Voluntary Assn. of Trial Judges (exec. bd. 1979-80); Bd. of Milw. Co. Judges,
Civil Div. (chp. 1969); Court
 Admin. Com. 1968; Milw. Bd. of Judges (sec., exec. bd. 1967-70); Wis. Bd.
of Co. Judges (sec., vice chp., chp.
 1978); St. Bd. of Criminal Court Judges (program chp., sec., treas. 1977-78);
Deputy Presiding Judge, Milw.
 Co. 1977-78. Author of "Disparity in Sentencing" in Trial Judges'Journal,
January 1968; Judges Bench Book-
 Paternity. Milw. Co. Ct. judge 1966-78; Milw. Co. Circuit Ct. judge 1978-80;
special assistant, Wis. attorney
 general 1965; first assistant Milw. Co. district attorney 1960-65; assistant
Milw. city attorney 1958-60.
   Elected to Supreme Court April 1980. Member Wis. Jud. Coun. (Supreme Ct.
designee).


   Louis J. Ceci: Born New York City, Sept. 10, 1927; married; 6 children.
Ph.B Marquette U. 1951;
 J.D. 1954; NatI. Jud. Coll. 1970; Amer. Acad. of Jud. Educ., U. of Miami
1981; Appellate Judges Inst. of Jud.
 Admin., N.Y.U. 1982. Former practicing attorney. WW II vet; served in Navy.
Mbr. ABA (Jud. Admin.
 Div.), Jud. Educ. Com.; Wis., Dane Co. Bar Assns.; Amer. Justinian Soc.
of Jurists; St. Thomas More Law-
 yers' Soc.: Inst. of Jud. Admin., Inc.; Justinian Soc. of Lawyers (Wis.
Chapter); Amer. Legion (past comdr.);
 VFW; Am. Vets. Former mbr. Ozaukee Co., Milw. Bar Assns. and its Spec. Com.
on Children's Ct. Survey
 1963; Voluntary Assn. of State Judges (exec. bd.) 1977-82; Milw. Coun. Boy
Scouts of Amer. (assist. dist.
 commr. 1962); State Admin. Com. of the Cts. 1978-81; Wis. delegate, Nat.
Conf. of State Trial Judges (1979-
 81) and its Exec. Com. on Jud. Educ.; Wis. Jud. Conf., Appellate Practice
and Procedure Sect. (chp. 1984-85,
 sec. 1983-84, exec. com. mbr. 1982-83); Wis. Ct. System Personnel Review
Bd. 1984; Com. to Draft Standards
 of Courtroom Decorum 1981; Ad Hoc Com. on Jud. Discipline 1978; Natl. Conf.
of Metropolitan Cts., Jud.
 Study Team to Review New York Civil Cts. 1978; lecturer, Badger Boys State
1961 and 1982-84; lecturer, Wis.
 Supreme Ct. Jud. Confs. and Evidence Seminars 1970-79. Co-author, ABA Standards
of Judicial Educ. and
 Training, adopted 1982. Milw. asst. city attorney 1958-63. Received PLAV
Wis. Civic Recognition Award
 1970; Pompeii Men's Club Community Improvement Award 1971; Milw. Jaycees
Good Government Award
 1973; Wis. Outstanding Citizen Award 1979; Eagles Club Italian of the Year
Award 1979.
   Elected to the Wisconsin Assembly 1964, representing Milwaukee 18th District.
   Appointed Milw. Co. Ct. judge (Br. 3) 1968; elected 1969-73; served as
sec. and vice chin., Milw. Co. Bd. of
Judges 1970-73. Elected Milw. Co. Circuit Ct. (Br. 1), judge 1973-82; Presiding
Judge, Civil Div.-Milw. Co.
1980-82.
   Appointed to Supreme Court 1982 to fill vacancy created by resignation
of Justice John L. Coffey; elected to
full term 1984.


  William A. Bablitch: Born Stevens Point, March 1, 1941; married. Grad.
Pacelli High School;
attended UW-Stevens Point; B.S. UW-Madison 1963; J.D. 1968; L.L.M. in Appellate
Process U. of Va. 1988.
Faculty mbr., Inst. of Jud. Admin. of N.Y.U. Law Sch. Former practicing attorney.
Served in Peace Corps,
1963-65. Portage Co. District Attorney 1969-72.
  Elected to the Wisconsin Senate 1972-1980, representing the 24th Senate
Dist. President pro tempore 1983
(eff. 9/26/82); Majority Leader 1981 (resigned 5/26/82, also 1979, 1977);
Asst. Maj. Ldr. 1975. Mbr., Legis.
Leaders Found. Bd. of Dir. Served on NCSL's Exec. Bd. (1979) and Midwest
C.S.G.'s Governing Bd. Bien-
nial committee assignments: 1983 - Senate Org. (since 1975); Labor, Business,
Veterans Affairs and Tourism;
Jud. and Consumer Affairs; Legis. Coun. (chp. 1979, mbr. since 1973). 1981
- Spec. Com. on Reapportion-
ment (chp.); Jt. Com. on Legis. Org. (since 1975); Interstate Cooperation
Comn. (chp., mbr. since 1975); Jt.
Com. on Emp. Relations (since 1975); Educ. Communications Bd. (also 1979).
1979- Legis. Coun. Coms. on
Constl. Bail Rev., on Legis. Oversight (also 1977), on Municipal Collective
Bargaining Process (also 1977), on
State Emp. Relations (also 1977). 1977- Legis. Coun. Coms. on Court Reorg.,
on Domestic Violence; Tax
Reform Comn. 1975 - Jt. Finance; Interim Study Com. on Campus Funding and
Faculty UW System (co-
chp.). 1973 - Agric. and Rural Dev.; Jud. and Ins.; Legis. Coun. Coms. on
Collective Bargaining Impasses in
Public Employment, on Ins., on Lobbying Laws.
  Elected to Supreme Court April 1983.