Patience D. Roggensack

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Patience Drake Roggensack is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was elected to the Supreme Court in 2003. Her current term expires July 31, 2013.

Justice Roggensack was born in Joliet, Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree from Drake University in 1962, and her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1980.

Before joining the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Justice Roggensack was elected to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in 1996 and re-elected in 2002. Prior to serving on the Court of Appeals, she practiced law for 16 years. Law is Roggensack's second career. + Before joining the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Justice Roggensack was elected to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in 1996 and re-elected in 2002. Prior to serving on the Court of Appeals, she practiced law for 16 years. - - In order to get herself elected to the Supreme Court in 2003, Wisconsin campaign finance records show that Roggensack spent over $303,000 of personal funds on her campaign. http://elections.state.wi.us/financereport_candidate_all.asp - - Roggensack is married to a medical doctor and receives income from a medical practice group. Most of Roggensack's opinions in the area of medical malpractice law are aligned with doctor defendants and medical special interest groups. Roggensack favors caps on medical malpractice awards. - - Roggensack's statement of economic interests filed with the Wisconsin Ethics Board does not disclose her blind trust holdings, even though the instructions from the Wisconsin Ethics Board require such disclosure. http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/Roggensack.pdf - - - Roggensack's Wisconisn Ethics board filing shows substanial investments in the medical industry, including partnerships and financial investments involving the following: - - John Suby, a CPA who acts as a financial investment advisor, medical billing specialist, and generalized business consultant to physicians. His website is: http://www.sva.com - - SIS, Inc., a company engaged in the medical imaging field. Wisconsin state filings show the entity as follows: http://www.wdfi.org/apps/cris/?actionfiltered=details&entityID=1S23522&searchText=sis&searchBy=searchByEntityNameAlphasort - - Dr. John Hamacher, a plastic surgeon who specializes in cosmetic surgery. His website is: http://www.madisonplasticsurgery.com/mps-drhamacher.htm - - Dr. Stepehn A. Bernsten, a plastic surgeon who specializes in cosmetic surgery. His website is: http://www.madisonplasticsurgery.com/mps-drbernsten.htm - - Phoebe Perri, affiliation unknown, who does have an entry in WCCAP: http://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetails.do;jsessionid=664B2535A114CB651FE82AB78047AAC7.render11?caseNo=2002CM000114&countyNo=13&printable=1 - - - Roggensack normally aligns herself with corporate defendants in consumer law and employment law cases.