Brian Blanchard (born November 7, 1958) is an American attorney, judge, and

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politician. He currently serves as a judge of the

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-based District IV.

Biography

Born in

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, Judge Brian W. Blanchard graduated from the

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with

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and from the

Northwestern University School of Law Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law is the law school of Northwestern University, a private research university. It is located on the university's Chicago campus. Northwestern Law has been ranked among the top 14, or "T14" law scho ...

, where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Northwestern Law Review. Blanchard is married to Mary Blanchard and has three children; Will, Ben, and Allison.

Career

Blanchard was an Assistant

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, from 1990 to 1997. In 1997, he moved to

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and joined a private practice. He later became district attorney of

Dane County, Wisconsin Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Madison, which is also the state capital. Dane County is t ...

, and served in that position from 2001 until his election to the Court of Appeals in 2010.

Electoral history

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References

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