Patience D. Roggensack
| Patience Drake Roggensack | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April 29, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Shirley Abrahamson |
| Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | William A. Bablitch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 7, 1940 Joliet, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Drake University (B.A.), University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D.) |
Patience Drake Roggensack (born July 7, 1940) is currently a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[1] She was elected to the Supreme Court in 2003 and was re-elected in 2013. Her current term expires July 31, 2023.[2]
Roggensack was born in Joliet, Illinois. She graduated from Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois; she then received her bachelor’s degree from Drake University in 1962, and her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1980. Roggensack then practiced law in Madison, Wisconsin.
Before joining the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 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, including at the DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. firm in Madison, Wisconsin.
Roggensack was reportedly elected to the position of Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by her peers on April 29, 2015 following the certification of votes from the April 2015 election that changed the Chief Justice selection process.
Notes
- ↑ Patience D. Roggensack, Wisconsin Historical Society
- ↑ Patience Roggensack, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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