Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (2026)

Request for jury; panel

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757.87757.87 Request for jury; panel.

757.87(1)(1) After the commission has found probable cause that a judge or circuit or supplemental court commissioner has engaged in misconduct or has a permanent disability, and before the commission files a formal complaint or a petition under s. 757.85 (5), the commission may, by a majority of its total membership not disqualified from voting, request a jury hearing. If a jury is not requested, the matter shall be heard by a panel constituted under sub. (3). The vote of each member on the question of a jury request shall be recorded and shall be available for public inspection under s. 19.35 after the formal complaint or the petition is filed.

757.87(2)(2) If a jury is requested under sub. (1), the hearing under s. 757.89 shall be before a jury selected under s. 805.08. A jury shall consist of 6 persons, unless the commission specifies a greater number, not to exceed 12. Five-sixths of the jurors must agree on all questions which must be answered to arrive at a verdict. A court of appeals judge shall be selected by the chief judge of the court of appeals to preside at the hearing, on the basis of experience as a trial judge and length of service on the court of appeals.

757.87(3)(3) A judicial conduct and permanent disability panel shall consist of either 3 court of appeals judges or 2 court of appeals judges and one reserve judge. Each judge may be selected from any court of appeals district including the potential selection of all judges from the same district. The chief judge of the court of appeals shall select the judges and designate which shall be presiding judge.

757.87 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 449; 1981 c. 335 s. 26; 1983 a. 378 ss. 8g, 11m; 1991 a. 269; 2001 a. 61.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Gableman, 2010 WI 61 (Wis. 2010).

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Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Gableman, 2010 WI 61 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 13× “A Judicial Conduct Panel (Panel) was designated to hear this matter under Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (3). The parties filed proposed statements of facts, 2 and the *582 Judicial Commission then moved the panel to compel further response from Justice Gableman.”

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Gableman, 2010 WI 62 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 12× “Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (1). Here, pursuant to § 757.”

In Matter of Complaint Against Seraphim, 294 N.W.2d 485 (Wis. 1980). · cites it 2× “Respondent’s next contention is that sec. 757.87, Stats., which gives to the commission alone the right to request a hearing before a lay jury instead of a judicial conduct panel violates the due process and equal protection guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment.”

WJC v. Hon. Scott C. Woldt, 2021 WI 73 (Wis. 2021). · cites it 2× “We conclude that as discipline for that misconduct, Judge Woldt 2 Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (3), Judges JoAnne F.”

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Prosser, 2012 WI 69 (Wis. 2012). · cites it 2× “Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (1), (3) (providing that "[t]he chief judge of the court of appeals shall select the judges and designate which shall be presiding judge").”

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Kenneth W. Gorski, 2020 WI 5 (Wis. 2020). · cites it 2× “3 Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (3), Judges Paul F. Reilly, Kitty K.”

Wis. Jud. Comm'n v. Kachinsky (In Re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Kachinsky), 930 N.W.2d 252 (Wis. 2019). · cites it 2× “2 See Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (3). The Panel conducted an evidentiary hearing on February 7-8, 2019.”

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Kenneth W. Gorski, 2020 WI 5 (Wis. 2020). · cites it 2× “3 Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (3), Judges Paul F. Reilly, Kitty K.”

In the Matter of Jud. Discip. Proceedings Against Crivello, 564 N.W.2d 785 (Wis. 1997). · cites it 2× “The parties expressly waived referral of this matter for the appointment of a judicial conduct panel under Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (1) and (3) 2 for a hearing and submission of its findings of fact, conclusions of law and *437 a recommendation regarding appropriate discipline to be…”

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Leonard D. Kachinsky (Wis. 2019). · cites it 2× “2 See Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (3). The Panel conducted an evidentiary hearing on February 7-8, 2019.”

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Ellen K. Berz, 2025 WI 17 (Wis. 2025). “§ 757.87(3), Judges M. Joseph Donald, Lisa S.”

— Wis. Stat. § 757.87(1) — 1 case

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Gableman, 2010 WI 62 (Wis. 2010). “Wis. Stat. § 757.87 (1). Here, pursuant to § 757.”

— Wis. Stat. § 757.87(3) — 1 case

Wisconsin Jud. Comm'n v. Ellen K. Berz, 2025 WI 17 (Wis. 2025). “§ 757.87(3), Judges M. Joseph Donald, Lisa S.”

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