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Recent UW Law School Graduates Who Have Accepted Judicial Clerkships

Russell Ainsworth ('02), Judge Paul Lundsten, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Nagahisa Akagi ('02), Judge Margaret Vergeront, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Scott Amendola ('98), Judge David R. Hansen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (Cedar Rapids)

Michael Ashton ('03), Judge Lynn Adelman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Paul Barbato ('05), Judge Paul Lundsten, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Eric Barber ('04), Justice Shirley Abrahamson, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison); Judge Richard Wesley, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (Geneseo, NY)

Lewis Beilin ('03), Justice Diane Sykes, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison) and Judge Diane Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Milwaukee)

Tracey Berry ('03), Judge Paul Lundsten, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Neil Bjorkman ('07), Justice Bhandari, Supreme Court of India 

Fitzgerald T. Bramwell ('05), Judge Jennifer Coffman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky (Lexington)

Bryan Cahill ('05), Justice David Prosser, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Julia Carian ('04), Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Milwaukee)

Mike Carr ('05), Judge J.P. Stadtmueller, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

R. James Christie ('03), Judge John Sedwick, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska (Anchorage)

Robert Clarke ('03), Justice David Prosser, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Mary Beth Collins ('05), Justice Patience Roggensack, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison) 

Bonnie Cosgrove ('06), Judge Barbara Crabb, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Madison) 

Christy Curtis ('02), Judge Patience Roggensack, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Bridget (Schoenborn) Domaszek ('04), Magistrate Judge Patricia J. Gorence, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Maggie Daun ('03), Judge Michael Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Chicago)

Kathleen Delaney ('99), Delaware Chancery Court

Jerry DeMaio ('01), Justice Jon Wilcox, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Amy Dixon ('99), Justice William Bablitch, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Ben Doherty ('99), Judge Charles Dykman, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Stephen Dries ('01), Judge William Griesbach, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Green Bay) and Judge Diane Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Milwaukee)

Meredith Earley ('02), Judge Lynn Adelman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Syovata Edari ('01), Judge David Deininger, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Mark Edwards ('98), Judge Barbara Crabb, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Madison)

Nic Eichenseer ('06), Judge Diane Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Milwaukee)

Rebecca Estelle ('06), Judge Stephen Lefelt, New Jersey Court of Appeals (New Brunswick)

Bridget Finke ('04), Judge Gregory Peterson, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III (Wausau)

Shelley Fite ('06), Judge Lynn Adelman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Jacqueline Fontana ('01), Bankruptcy Judge James R. Grube, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California (San Jose)

Nicole Frankel ('03), United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago)

Bill Franks ('03), Bankruptcy Judge James E. Shapiro, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Joshua Fredericks ('03), Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

David Friebus ('03), 7th Circuit Staff Attorneys Office (Chicago)

Gabriel Gervey ('06), Magistrate Judge Susan R. Nelson, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota (Minneapolis)

Amanda Gibbs ('05), Judge Robert Martin, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Madison)

Matt Gillhouse ('07), Judge Barbara Crabb, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Madison) 

Susan Gloss ('04), Justice Patrick Crooks, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Cullen Goertzke ('03), Judge Leslie Wells, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (Cleveland)

Kelly Goss ('01), Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota (St. Paul)

Jen Grissom ('05), Judge Ellen Koblitz, New Jersey Superior Court-Family Division (Hackensack)

Claudia Haasemann ('99), Judge Ernest Robles, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles)

Wendy Hill ('98), Judge Phyllis Hamilton, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco)

Andy Hinkel ('06), Judge Richard Brown, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II (Waukesha)

Rebecca Hoelter ('05), Justice Louis B. Butler, Jr., Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Katherine Houston ('02), Judge Richard Owen, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Jonathan Judge ('01), Judge David M. Lawson, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit)

Aaron Kastens ('02), Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (Atlanta)

Irene Katele ('99), Justice David Prosser, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Noah Katsell ('01), Judge William J. Rea, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles)

Julia Kim ('03), Judge Robert Pratt, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa (Des Moines)

Erik Kinnunen ('03), Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Nate Kipp ('05), Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Chicago); Judge Michael Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Chicago)

Cecelia Klingele ('05), Judge Barbara Crabb, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Madison); Judge Susan Harrell Black, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (Jacksonville)

Danilo Knezik ('07), Judge Margaret Vergeront, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Fourth District (Madison) 

Michelle (Leslie) Jacobs ('93), Judge Gilbert Merritt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (Nashville)

Mike Lauterbach ('06), Judge Gregory Peterson, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III (Wausau) 

Katherine Lloyd ('02), Magistrate Judge B. Janice Ellington, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (Corpus Christi)

Tony Lucchessi ('00), Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Sarah Maguire ('05), Judge Richard Cudahy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Chicago); Judge Kimba Wood, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (New York City)

Lisa Mazzie ('99), Justice Patience Roggensack, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Meghan E. McCormick ('00), Minnesota Supreme Court (St. Paul)

Jim Miller ('06), Brown County Circuit Court (Green Bay) 

Mark Mitchell ('06), Appellate Court Attorney, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department (Rochester) 

Jeffrey Monks ('01), Judge Barbara Crabb, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Madison)

Aaron O'Neil ('02), Judge Thomas Cane, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III (Wausau)

Francisco Ortega ('07), Justice David Medina, Texas Supreme Court (Austin) 

Lance Nelsen ('04), Judge John Leitner, Minnesota Trial Court, 9th Judicial District (Brainerd)

Jessica Palmer ('99), Supreme Court of North Dakota

Edward J. Pardon ('00), Supreme Court of Hawaii (Honolulu)

Scott Peitzer ('06), Judge Wilhelmina Wright, Minnesota Court of Appeals (St. Paul)

Rebecca Perlmutter ('04), Judge Harry Leinenweber, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago); Judge Thomas Ambro, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (Wilmington) (2008)

Jennifer Peterson ('01), Justice N. Patrick Crooks, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Jason Postelnik ('06), Judge Amy Piro, New Jersey Court of General Equity (New Brunswick)

Claudia Quiroz ('07), Judge Micaela Alvarez, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (Laredo) 

Jini Rabas ('04), Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Milwaukee)

Olivier Reiher ('07), Judge James E. Shapiro, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 

Heather Rippl ('98), Judge David Deininger, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Dan Rislove ('07), Supreme Court of Guam, Hagatna, Guam 

Greg Robbins ('97), Judge Robert Henry, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit (Oklahoma City)

Liza Roberson-Young ('07), Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Chicago) 

Alan Rubel ('04), Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Karl Runft ('02), Justice Gerald F. Schroeder, Supreme Court of Idaho (Boise)

Shanna Sadeh ('03), Judge Charles Dykman, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Glenn Salvo ('03), Judge John Shabaz, United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison)

Michael Sanders ('98), Justice David Prosser, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Jose Sentmanat ('04), Judge David G. Deininger, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison)

Kenia Seoane ('02), Massachusetts Superior Court (Boston)

Jessica Shoemaker ('04), Judge David Ebel, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit (Denver)

Laura Schulteis ('05), Magistrate Judge William Callahan, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Leticia Smith-Evans ('03), Judge Dickinson Debevoise, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark)

Jon Stanek ('04), Judge Diane Hanson, First Judicial District of Minnesota (Shakopee)

Vanessa Tanaka ('99), Minnesota Supreme Court (St. Paul)

Jennifer Thompson ('99), Judge Daniel Anderson, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II (Waukesha)

Jennifer Tobin ('04), Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (Philadelphia)

Lola Velazquez-Aguilu ('06), Justice Alan Page, Minnesota Supreme Court (St. Paul); Judge Ann Montgomery, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota (Minneapolis)

Sarah Waldeck ('97), Judge Richard D. Cudahy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (Chicago)

Sarah Walkenhorst ('02), Justice Jon P. Wilcox, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Emily Waranka ('02), Judge Michael Hoover, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III (Wausau)

Tricia Wheeler ('05), Justice N. Patrick Crooks, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Jake Wittwer ('04), Judge Charles Dykman, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV (Madison); Justice Louis B. Butler, Wisconsin Supreme Court (Madison)

Barbara Zabawa ('01), Judge Barbara Crabb, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (Madison)