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Dugan was suspended from her duties as a Milwaukee County circuit judge by the Wisconsin Supreme Court shortly after she was federally charged earlier this year.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025
He was elected an associate circuit judge in 2006 and a circuit judge in 2024.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
In 2022, a Waukesha County circuit judge agreed with the business lobby, a decision upheld by the state Court of Appeals.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Christopher Siegel also must finish serving three more years of probation from a 2021 felony DWI case, the Clay County circuit judge ordered.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025
He was elected an associate circuit judge in 2006 and a circuit judge in 2024.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
In 2022, a Waukesha County circuit judge agreed with the business lobby, a decision upheld by the state Court of Appeals.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Christopher Siegel also must finish serving three more years of probation from a 2021 felony DWI case, the Clay County circuit judge ordered.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circuit judge
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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The group claimed that the chief justice of Haiti’s High Court had agreed to serve as provisional president.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, in October, O’Finan filed a motion in a Dallas County case to defend Miller, the Kenedy County justice of the peace, in a civil action, but then withdrew the motion the following month before a judge could rule on it.—
Patrick Danner,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The race has become mired in legal questions that Curry, the incumbent, said could disrupt the office responsible for serving legal papers and acting as bailiffs in justice of the peace courts.—
Tracey McManus,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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