News Briefs: Name that judge...
Q: What Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge once performed a wedding
underwater?
A: The Hon. Patricia S. Curley, Wisconsin Court of
Appeals, District I.
On Sept. 3, 1994, Judge Curley performed the wedding of two scuba
diving instructors during Maritime Days, a festival held on Milwaukee's
lakeshore. The ceremony took place in a huge Plexiglass® tank the
couple had rented for the occasion. Judge Curley, who also scuba dives,
recalls sewing weights into the bottom of her judicial robe so that it
wouldn't float up. "The wedding party and I communicated using a new,
very sophisticated underwater communication device." The wedding made
the front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the following
day.
"Name that Judge" is sponsored by the State Bar's Litigation Section's Appellate Practice
Subcommittee.
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