Reporter: (262) 970-4768
Legal Clerk: (262) 548-7548
Waukesha County Courthouse
Courtroom: C295
515 W. Moreland Blvd
Waukesha WI, 53188
First Appointed/Elected:
2019
Education
B.A.: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987
J.D.: University of Wisconsin Law School, 1990
Summary of Career Preceding Judgeship
Brad Schimel grew up in the Town of Vernon and graduated Mukwonago High School. He attended UW Waukesha for 2 years and then finished his Bachelor Degree at UW Milwaukee. He began his career in the Waukesha County Courthouse as an intern in the DA's Office in 1989, and after graduating UW Law School in 1990, was hired as an Assistant DA. He served as an Assistant DA until he was elected Waukesha County District Attorney in 2006 and was twice reelected as DA. He left the courthouse in 2015 after being elected Wisconsin Attorney General. Brad and his family stayed here in Waukesha County, and he returned to the courthouse as a Circuit Court Judge presiding over Br. 6 in January, 2019.