Lisa Kay Stark (born March 15, 1957) is an American judge, serving on the

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since 2013. She has been Deputy Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals since 2015. Prior to the Court of Appeals, she was a

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Judge for 15 years in

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Biography

Born in

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, Stark graduated from Lincoln High School in

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. She received her

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from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and her J.D. degree from the

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. She was admitted to the

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in 1982 and practiced law as a partner in the firm Misfeldt, Stark, Richie, Wickstrom & Wachs. She was Chair of the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce in 1999, and was on the board of directors of the London Square Bank from 1995 to 2000. In 2000, Stark was elected a

judge for

Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Eau Claire County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,710. Its county seat is Eau Claire. The county took its name from the Eau Claire River. Eau Claire County is included i ...

. She was subsequently re-elected in 2006 and 2012. As a circuit court judge, she was presiding judge of the Eau Claire County

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and president of the Eau Claire County

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Program. She was appointed Associate Dean of the Wisconsin Judicial College for two three-year terms in 2005 and 2008, and was appointed Dean in 2010 by Chief Justice

Shirley Abrahamson Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson (December 17, 1933December 19, 2020) was the 25th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. An American lawyer and jurist, she was appointed to the court in 1976 by Governor Patrick Lucey, becoming the first femal ...

. In November 2012, Judge Gregory A. Peterson announced his plan to retire, creating a vacancy on the

. Judge Stark chose to run for the seat and was unopposed in the 2013 election. Since the seat was already vacated, Governor Scott Walker appointed her to begin the term early—she took office April 23, 2013. From August 2, 2015, Stark has served as presiding judge of the court's Wausau-based District III and as the court's deputy chief judge, serving with Chief Judge Lisa Neubauer. She was re-elected in 2019 without opposition.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Circuit Court (2000, 2006, 2012)

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2013, 2019)

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References

External links

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