Brian Blanchard (born November 7, 1958) is an
American
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attorney, judge, and
Democratic politician. He currently serves as a judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
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in
Madison Madison may refer to:
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-based District IV.
Biography
Born in
State College, Pennsylvania
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, Judge Brian W. Blanchard graduated from the
University of Michigan
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with
honors
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and from the
Northwestern University School of Law
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, where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Northwestern Law Review.
Blanchard is married to Mary Blanchard and has three children; Will, Ben, and Allison.
Career
Blanchard was an Assistant
United States Attorney
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in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, from 1990 to 1997. In 1997, he moved to
Madison, Wisconsin
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and joined a private practice. He later became
district attorney
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of
Dane County, Wisconsin
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, and served in that position from 2001 until his election to the Court of Appeals in 2010.
Electoral history
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References
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1958 births
Living people
Assistant United States Attorneys
District attorneys in Wisconsin
Lawyers from Madison, Wisconsin
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
People from State College, Pennsylvania
Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin
University of Michigan alumni
Wisconsin Court of Appeals judges
21st-century American judges