Wisconsin Supreme Court officials request judicial raises.

Publication: Wisconsin Law Journal

Publication Date: 08-DEC-04

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Byline: Tony Anderson

The director of state courts and the state Supreme Court chief justice are asking the governor and Legislature to give judges a 16 percent raise during the next budget cycle. The request is an attempt to provide equity with other Wisconsin officials, government lawyers and trial judges in the Midwest.

"If we look at any of those categories, we are behind," A. John Voelker, director of state courts, told the Wisconsin Law Journal. "We need some type of catch-up pay, in our view, in order to be equitable with those three groups."

The proposal would bring Circuit Court judges' salaries from $110,250 to approximately $127,800. It seeks to spread the increase out, asking for 21/2 percent in the first part of the biennium (August 2005), then 51/2 percent (January 2006), and 71/2 percent (August...

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