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In 2022, a Waukesha County circuit judge agreed with the business lobby, a decision upheld by the state Court of Appeals.
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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
The seven Benton County circuit judges recused from the case, and it has been assigned to Jim Spears, a retired circuit judge.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
The victor in that race, former circuit judge Susan Crawford, was sworn in this August.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
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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
The seven Benton County circuit judges recused from the case, and it has been assigned to Jim Spears, a retired circuit judge.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
The victor in that race, former circuit judge Susan Crawford, was sworn in this August.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circuit judge
Noun
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What has the chief justice said in past years?—
William Morris,
Des Moines Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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As chief justice of the high court, Theis authored the 2023 opinion rejecting legal challenges from county prosecutors seeking to invalidate a controversial provision that eliminated cash bail as part of Illinois’ sweeping overhaul of the state’s criminal justice system, known as the SAFE-T Act.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The rules require, too, that bail hearing before a judge or justice of the peace be held promptly.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
14 Dec. 2025
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The session with the justice of the peace wasn’t until the next afternoon.—
Andrew Martin,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
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“Circuit judge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circuit%20judge. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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