Michael Gableman

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Michael J. Gableman is a justice-elect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and will be seated on the Court on August 1, 2008 beginning a 10 year term on the state's highest court.

[edit] Biography

Judge Gableman was born in West Allis, than was raised in Waukesha. He is a graduate of New Berlin West High School and a Ripon College graduate (1988), where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education and History. After undergraduate school, Judge Gableman went on to teach American History in the Milwaukee Public School System (1988-1989) before pursuing a legal career. He then began teaching at Hamline University School of Law as Adjunct Professor of Law, and continued that role from 2003-2005. He often gives lectures on the dynamics of domestic violence.

[edit] Race for Wisconsin Supreme Court

The race between Michael Gableman and Louis Butler for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which took place in 2008, was a contentious one. On April 1, 2008, Michael Gableman defeated Louis Butler by a count of 51% to 49%; this made him the first candidate since 1967 to defeat an incumbent justice.