Michael W. Hoover (born December 21, 1951) is an American lawyer and retired jurist from

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. He was a judge of the

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for 18 years in the Wausau-based 3rd district, serving from 1997 to 2015.

Life and career

Hoover was born in

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, and was raised in the neighboring city of

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. Hoover graduated with

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from the

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in 1974 and

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from the

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in 1978. He is a member of the

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. From 1978 until 1980, he served as an assistant district attorney in Marathon County; from 1980 to 1988, he worked in private practice and as an assistant city attorney in Wausau. In 1988, Hoover was elected to the Marathon County Circuit Court. In 1997, Hoover contested a vacant seat on District III of the

, chambered in Wausau. In the April general election, he defeated Port Wing attorney and future Court of Appeals judge Gary Sherman. Hoover served as presiding judge of District III from 1999 until his retirement in 2015, and served as the court's deputy chief judge from 2012. Judge Mark Seidl was elected to replace Hoover in April 2015.

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