Meet the 2011 State Bar election candidates

Candidate for Judicial Council Representative

Joseph M. Cardamone III [email]

Kenosha County Corporation Counsel, Kenosha

Comments

I have just completed my twelfth year of practicing law. While this may seem young to some, I have been active in the State Bar for nearly 75 percent of that time. While the specifics will be in the biography that accompanies this statement, I have served on multiple committees, two division boards, been the president of the Young Lawyers’ Division, and served on both the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee. I feel so strongly about the value of volunteering for the Bar that I chair the Leadership Development Committee. When the call for candidates went out last fall, I felt compelled to step up and ask to be considered. I am truly honored to have been nominated to run for a seat on the Wisconsin Judicial Council. My varied background (government attorney, firm associate, and solo practitioner) should serve me well if elected to the Council, where I would intend to actively participate in assisting the judicial branch in seeking innovations to improve the organization and procedures that govern the courts. As lawyers, we are exceedingly aware of the importance of ensuring that the courts are managed efficiently and fairly, and I hope for the opportunity to be a part of the process of working on those issues.

Practice

Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel, Kenosha County (2008 - present)

Solo Practitioner, Joseph M. Cardamone III Attorney at Law (2005 - 08)

Associate, Gagliardi, O’Brien, Braden, Olson & Capelli (currently Gagliardi & Associates (2000 - 05)

Assistant District Attorney, Kenosha County (1999 - 2000)

Education

U.W. Law School, J.D. (1998)

Carleton College, B.A. (1994)

Professional activities

State Bar of Wisconsin: Board of Governors (2004 - 07, 2008 - 09); Executive Committee (2005 - 07, 2008 - 09); Government Lawyers Division board member (2010 - present); member (2009 - present); Young Lawyers Division board member (2003 - 05), secretary (2005 - 06), president-elect, president, past president (2006 - 09); CLE Committee (2009 - 10); Convention Committee (2008 - 09); Public Image Committee (2004 - 10); Communications Committee (2004 -07); Leadership Development Committee chair (2010 - present), vice chair (2007 - 10), Strategic Planning Committee chair (2010 - present), member (2008 - 09)

American Bar Association

Kenosha County Bar Association, past president

Judge for numerous mock trial, moot court, and “We the People” competitions

Practitioner Faculty, Lawyering Skills Course, U.W. Law School (2009, 2011)

Community activities

Lakeside Players, Kenosha, actor/director, former vice president of Board of Directors

U.W.-Parkside Master Singers

Personal

Born May 3, 1972; married to Melissa