Mark A. Seidl (born November 19, 1946) is an

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and jurist. He served as a

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of the

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for a six-year term (2015–2021) in the court's Wausau-based District III. He did not seek a second term in 2021.

Life and career

Seidl was born in

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and raised in the northern Wisconsin communities of

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and Medford. His father, Peter Seidl, served as a circuit court judge in Taylor County from 1962 until 1980. The younger Seidl graduated from the

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in 1968 and worked as a high school and college instructor until 1971, when he entered the

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. Seidl received his J.D. degree in 1974 and entered private practice in Wausau. Seidl worked as a general practice attorney for more than 40 years, handling

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, real estate, and

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matters. In 2015, Seidl contested a seat on District III of the

vacated by the retirement of Judge Michael W. Hoover. He faced

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circuit judge Kristina Bourget, who was appointed to the bench by

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Scott Walker in 2013. Seidl defeated Bourget in the April general election and assumed office in August.

References

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