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Candidate for Judicial Council Representative

Chuck Stertz

Outagamie County District Attorney’s Office, Appleton
Email: chuck.stertz@da.wi.gov

Platform Statement

I am honored to be nominated to continue to serve of the Wisconsin Judicial Council and I thank the State Bar of Wisconsin for considering my nomination. The purpose of the Judicial Council is to craft law that is easy to understand and fair to all parties. With your support, I look forward to continuing in this endeavor.

Over the past year I have enjoyed working on the Wisconsin Judicial Council, including serving on both the Criminal Procedure committee and the Evidence and Civil Procedure committee. The Council continues work on issues including a complete re-write of criminal procedure statutes, codifying case law on section 906.09, eliminating sections 885.16 and 885.17 (the so-called “dead man’s statute”), drafting a Wisconsin class action statute, and filing petitions with the supreme court regarding prisoner litigation and the rules on multi-party appellate briefs.

When making my contributions to the Council, I rely on my own experiences in the legislative office of a U.S. Senator, the Board of Governors and Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar, and the councils of the ABA YLD and Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, as well as on the insights shared with me by colleagues throughout Wisconsin and the American Bar Association who work in relevant practice areas. I believe that with my experiences and my nationwide network, I am ideally positioned to continue to serve on the Judicial Council.

Biography

Practice: Assistant District Attorney in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. (2009-present)

Education:

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (BA 2002)
University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D. 2009)

Professional Activities:

Wisconsin Judicial Council 2015-2016
Office of Lawyer Regulation, District Committee 2016-2019
Outagamie County Evidence Based Decision Making committee 2015-present
Outagamie County Mental Health Court 2013-present
Board of Governors 2015-2016
BOG Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee 2015-2016
President of the Young Lawyers Division 2014-2015.
Young Lawyers Division board 2010-2016
Criminal Law Section board 2015-2017
New Lawyer Challenges Committee 2015-2016
Public Education Committee 2011-2013
District 17 Representative to the ABA Young Lawyer Division council 2012-2014
ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division council 2014-2018