David Prosser, Jr.

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David Prosser Jr. (b. December 24, 1942) is a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He was appointed to the Court by Governor Tommy G. Thompson in 1998, and elected in 2001. His current term expires July 31, 2011.

A Chicago native, Prosser was raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. He received his bachelor’s degree from DePauw University in 1965 and his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1968.

Prosser served as Outagamie County district attorney, and worked in Washington, D.C. as an attorney/advisor in the Office of Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, then as administrative assistant to Congressman Harold Vernon Froehlich, a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate impeachment inquiry.

Prosser represented the Appleton area in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1979 through 1996. During his tenure, he served six years as Assembly minority leader and two years as Assembly speaker. For 14 years, he was a legislative member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Before joining the Supreme Court, Justice Prosser served on the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission where he conducted hearings and issued decisions on a variety of disputes related to Wisconsin taxation.