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Fred Risser's Watchful Eye: Reflections on Legislative Service Attorney and state Senator Fred Risser retires next month after 64 years of legislative service. This glimpse can only begin to recount the remarkable career of the longest serving state legislator in both Wisconsin and U.S. history. But, we'll give it a try.
MADISON, Wis. — Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson, who also served as chief justice for a record 19 years, died Saturday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, her son Dan Abrahamson told The Associated Press on Sunday. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement that Abrahamson had a “larger-than-life impact” on the state’s legal profession and her legacy is defined “not just by being a first, but her life’s work of ensuring she would no...
Remembering former Wisconsin Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson Shirley Abrahamson spent more than four decades serving on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was the longest-serving justice on the state’s high court, only retiring from the bench in July 2019 at the age of 85. She also holds the distinction of being the first woman to serve on the Court. After nearly sixty years in the Badger state, she relocated to the Bay Area last September to be closer to her family. It was there that she passed away this weekend, just two days after her 87th birthday. During her career, Abrahamson was one...
Then-Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson questions an attorney in 2013. (M.P. King /Wisconsin State Journal via AP, Pool, File) MILWAUKEE (CN) — Shirley Abrahamson, the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s longest-serving justice and the first woman on the high court, died late Saturday. She was 87. A trailblazer who broke the gender barrier on Wisconsin’s highest court via appointment by former Governor Patrick Lucey in 1976, Abrahamson served on the court for nearly 43 years, including a record 19 years as chief justice, before stepping down in July 2019 not long after being...
By Mike Leischner BERKELEY, CA (WSAU) — A long-time Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice has passed away. Shirley Abrahamson died at her home in Berkeley, California Sunday at the age of 87. Abrahamson was the first woman appointed to the state’s highest court in 1976 by then-Governor Patrick Lucey. She retired from the court in July of 2019 after 43 years, serving as Chief Justice for 19 of those years. She participated in over 3,000 written opinions including 450 majority opinions. Nationally she was viewed as one of the top state justices in the country, even drawing praise from the...