Ann Walsh Bradley
| Ann Bradley | |
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| Associate Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
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Assumed office 1995 |
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| Born |
July 15, 1950 Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Alma mater | Webster University (B.A.), University of Wisconsin Law School, (J.D.) |
Ann Walsh Bradley (born July 15, 1950) is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was elected to the Supreme Court in 1995.
Justice Bradley was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1972 from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. She worked as a high school teacher at Aquinas High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin before entering the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she earned a law degree in 1976. Justice Bradley worked in private law practice until becoming a circuit court judge in Marathon County in 1985.
Justice Bradley is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a former associate dean and faculty member of the Wisconsin Judicial College, a former chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference, a Democrat and a lecturer for the American Bar Association's Asia Law Initiative.
Bradley was first elected to the Court in 1995, and re-elected in 2005 and 2015 (for a term expiring July 31, 2025).
On June 13, 2011, Bradley had a confrontation with Justice David Prosser, Jr., which allegedly became violent. Prosser, Bradley, and all other justices besides Patrick Crooks were informally discussing the next day decision that would overturn Judge Sumi's ruling on the collective bargaining law in Bradley's office. There are different accounts as to what occurred. According to Bradley the discussion became heated after Bradley asked Prosser to leave her office and said she was bothered by his disparaging comments towards Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. Prosser allegedly then put his hands around Bradley's throat in what was described as a choke hold. Prosser himself said that these reports will be proved false.
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