Michael Screnock
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Michael Screnock is a judge of the Sauk County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. He assumed office in 2015. His term ended in 2022.
Screnock ran for election for judge of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He lost in the general election on April 3, 2018.
Screnock is a judge of the Sauk County Circuit Court in Wisconsin. He was appointed by Governor Scott Walker on April 10, 2015.[1] Screnock won a full term in the general election on April 5, 2016.[2]
Biography
Michael Screnock graduated from Baraboo High School. He earned a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990, an M.B.A. with an emphasis in urban economic development from Eastern College in 1992, and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006. Screnock’s career experience includes working as the city administrator of Washburn, Wisconsin, finance director of Ashland, Wisconsin, and attorney with the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich, where he helped to defend Act 10, or the "Scott Walker Budget Repair Bill".[1][3]
Elections
2018
- See also: Wisconsin Supreme Court elections, 2018
General election
General election for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Rebecca Dallet defeated Michael Screnock in the general election for Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 3, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rebecca Dallet (Nonpartisan) | 55.7 | 555,848 | |
| Michael Screnock (Nonpartisan) | 44.2 | 440,808 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 829 | ||
| Total votes: 997,485 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Michael Screnock and Rebecca Dallet defeated Tim Burns in the primary for Wisconsin Supreme Court on February 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Screnock (Nonpartisan) | 46.3 | 247,582 | |
| ✔ | Rebecca Dallet (Nonpartisan) | 35.8 | 191,268 | |
| Tim Burns (Nonpartisan) | 17.9 | 95,508 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 622 | ||
| Total votes: 534,980 | ||||
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Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
The 241 judges of the Wisconsin Circuit Courts are elected in nonpartisan elections to six-year terms. All judges must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving after their term expires.[4]
The chief judge of each circuit court is chosen by the state supreme court to serve a two-year term.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on the circuit courts, a judge must be:[4]
- a qualified elector in the state;
- a qualified elector of his or her circuit (for circuit judges); and
- licensed to practice law in the state for at least five years.
See also
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- Wisconsin Judicial Branch
- Wisconsin Court System, ""Circuit Court Judges""
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Madison.com, ""Scott Walker appoints Act 10 defender Michael Screnock as Sauk County Circuit Court judge,"" April 10, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist - ↑ Judge Michael Screnock for Wisconsin Supreme Court, "About Judge Michael Screnock," accessed January 23, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Wisconsin," archived October 3, 2014
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin
State courts:
Wisconsin Supreme Court • Wisconsin Court of Appeals • Wisconsin Circuit Courts • Wisconsin Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Wisconsin • Wisconsin judicial elections • Judicial selection in Wisconsin