The Western District of Wisconsin currently has two District Judges and one full-time Magistrate Judge.  The Chief Deputy Clerk of Court also serves as a part-time Magistrate Judge.

• Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson
• U.S. District Judge William M. Conley
• U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita M. Boor
• Part-time Magistrate Judge Andrew Wiseman

The Judicial Conference has adopted a seminar disclosure reporting policy that requires educational program providers and judges to disclose certain information relevant to judges' attendance at privately-funded educational programs.  This system is intended to assist program providers, courts and judges in making the necessary disclosures while providing public access to the information.

Any organization covered by the policy that issues an invitation to a federal judge to attend an educational program as a speaker, panelist or attendee and offers to pay for or reimburse the judge in excess of $305 must disclose financial and program information.  Click the link below to view qualifying educational seminars reported by the District Judges of the Western District of Wisconsin.

Report of Judges' Attendance at Seminars for the Western District of Wisconsin

Congress has created a procedure, set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 372(c), that allows any person to file a complaint alleging judicial misconduct or disability.  Misconduct refers to conduct that interferes with the effective administration of the business of the courts, not the correctness of a particular ruling.  If you believe a judge made a wrong decision, even a very wrong decision, you may not use this procedure.   Instead, if you are a litigant, you must use the appeal process.  An attorney can explain your right to appeal.

Links to the complaint form and the rules governing judicial misconduct or disability are given below. A complaint must be supported by evidence sufficient to raise an inference of misconduct or disability.

• Rules Governing Judicial Misconduct or Disability
• Complaint Form

The Western District of Wisconsin comprises the following Wisconsin counties:

Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo,Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, St. Croix, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Washburn, and Wood.

Documents may be filed 24 hours/day through the court's electronic filing system.  A document that is posted to the system by 11:59 PM Central Time is considered filed on that day.  The court does not maintain after-hours support, but filers may direct any questions or concerns to the ECF Help Desk at wiwd_ecfhelp@wiwd.uscourts.gov

Operations staff will be available to assist you during regular business hours.

The District Court has a lactation room for nursing mothers. The room is located on the first floor and is available to lawyers, litigants, jurors, and courthouse employees. Please contact the Clerk's Office at (608) 264-5156 for more information.

Directions to the U.S. District Court can be found here.  For information on winter travel, winter parking rules and snow removal in the City of Madison, see here.

Information about district court cases is available through PACER or by calling the clerk's office.

Attorneys practicing before this court may find the resources at the following bar associations helpful.