Michael R. Fitzpatrick is an American lawyer who served as a judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals from 2017 to 2023. Previously, he served nine years as a
Wisconsin circuit court judge in
Rock County.
Life and career
Fitzpatrick received his
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree from
Drake University Law School and then practiced law in
Janesville, Wisconsin. In 2008, Fitzpatrick was appointed to the
Rock County Circuit Court by Governor
Jim Doyle, a
Democrat. He was subsequently elected to two six-years terms on the court, in 2009 and 2015. In April 2017, Fitzpatrick was elected without opposition to the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals in District IV, to replace retiring Judge
Paul Higginbotham.
Fitzpatrick announced he would not seek re-election to another term on the court in 2023.
Electoral history
Wisconsin Circuit Court (2009, 2015)
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Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2017)
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References
External links
Wisconsin Court of Appeals-Michael R. Fitzpatrick*
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American judges
Drake University Law School alumni
People from Janesville, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Court of Appeals judges
Wisconsin circuit court judges