Name that Judge
Q: What Wisconsin appellate judge referees high school
varsity basketball?
A: Hon. Thomas Cane, chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of
Appeals.
Judge Cane has been refereeing basketball since 1985. He travels
within a 100-mile radius of Wausau officiating high school varsity boys
and girls basketball games.
"I have always liked basketball both as a participant and fan," Cane
says. "I decided to quit playing competitive basketball when I went to
the YMCA one noon hour and two young fellows were picking players for
their team. One of them said, 'I'll take the old guy.' I looked around
to see who he was talking about, and then realized he was talking about
me. From then on, rather than playing basketball, I took up officiating
as a hobby and enjoy it immensely."
This column has been sponsored by the Litigation Section's Appellate
Practice Subcommittee.
Wisconsin Lawyer
