J. Mac Davis
{{short description|Retired American judge (born 1952)}}
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| honorific-prefix = The Honorable
| name = J. Mac Davis
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| office = {{nowrap|Chief Judge}} of the {{nowrap|3rd District}} of {{nowrap|Wisconsin Circuit Courts}}
| term_start = August 1, 2007
| term_end = July 31, 2013
| predecessor = Kathryn W. Foster
| successor = Randy R. Koschnick
| office1 = {{nowrap|Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge}} {{nowrap|for the Waukesha Circuit, Branch 7}}
| term_start1 = August 1, 1997
| term_end1 = July 31, 2015
| predecessor1 = Clair H. Voss
| successor1 = Maria S. Lazar
| office2 = {{nowrap|Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge}} {{nowrap|for the Waukesha Circuit, Branch 6}}
| term_start2 = August 1, 1990
| term_end2 = July 31, 1996
| predecessor2 = Robert T. McGraw
| successor2 = Patrick C. Haughney
| state3 = Wisconsin
| state_senate3 = Wisconsin
| district3 = 11th
| term_start3 = January 3, 1983
| term_end3 = August 1, 1990
| predecessor3 = Warren D. Braun
| successor3 = Joanne B. Huelsman
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|4|5}}
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| residence = Waukesha, Wisconsin
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| children = 3
| education = {{unbulleted list
| University of Wisconsin–Madison {{small|(B.A.)}}
| University of Michigan {{small|(J.D.)}}
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| party = Republican
| parents = Glenn Robert Davis
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J. Mac Davis (born April 5, 1952) is an American lawyer, politician, and retired judge. He served as a commissioner on the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, appointed to a five-year term in 2016. He was a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge in Waukesha County for 24 years, retiring in 2015. Earlier in his career he represented Waukesha County in the Wisconsin State Senate as a Republican.
Biography
Davis graduated from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1973, with honors, in economics. He then received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from University of Michigan Law School. Davis was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1976.
Davis was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1982, as a Republican, and was re-elected in 1986. In the senate, he served as ranking senate minority member on the Joint Finance Committee.{{cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS6911 |title= Davis, J. Mac 1952 |website= Wisconsin Historical Society |date= 8 August 2017 |accessdate= April 12, 2020 }}
In 1990, Davis was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge for Waukesha County.{{cite web|url= http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/Courts.aspx?id=21144 |title= Circuit Court Judge J. Mac Davis | website= Waukesha County, Wisconsin |via= Wayback Machine |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120414071634/http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/Courts.aspx?id=21144 |archive-date= April 14, 2012 |accessdate= April 12, 2020 }} He did not seek re-election in 1996, but unsuccessfully ran for congress. He was elected judge again in 1997, and re-elected in 2003 and 2009.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992,' Elections-Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, pg. 879 He served as chief judge of the 3rd Judicial District, by appointment of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, from 2007 to 2013. He retired from his judgeship on July 31, 2015.{{cite news|url= http://archive.jsonline.com/newswatch/271245131.html |title= Judge Mac Davis announces retirement from Waukesha County circuit court |newspaper= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date= August 14, 2014 |last= Vielmetti |first= Bruce |accessdate= April 12, 2020 }}
In September 2008, Judge Davis was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush to the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, to replace Judge John C. Shabaz, who had stated his intention to retire.{{cite magazine|url= https://wislawjournal.com/2008/09/15/judge-j-mac-davis-gets-the-nod-from-president-bush/ |title= Judge J. Mac Davis gets the nod from President Bush | magazine= Wisconsin Law Journal |date= September 15, 2008 |accessdate= April 12, 2020}} The United States Senate did not take up his confirmation and the nomination expired four months later at the end of Bush's presidency.{{cite news|url= http://archive.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/41577822.html/ |title= Madison federal judge to take senior status, says district needs third judge |date= March 20, 2009 |first = Marie |last= Rohde|newspaper= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |accessdate= April 12, 2020}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/80121422.html |title= Judicial selections not quite non-partisan |last=Walker |first= Laurel |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091230203020/http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/80121422.html |via = Wayback Machine |archive-date= December 30, 2009|date= December 25, 2009 |accessdate= April 12, 2020 }}
He was appointed by Governor Scott Walker to the newly created Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to a five-year term commencing July 1, 2016.{{cite press release| url= https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/governor-walker-appoints-judge-mac-davis-and-judge-robert-kinney-to-ethics-commission/ |title= Governor Walker Appoints Judge Mac Davis and Judge Robert Kinney to Ethics Commission |publisher= Office of the Governor of Wisconsin |via= Urban Milwaukee | date= June 9, 2016 |accessdate= April 12, 2020 }}
References
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External links
- [https://ethics.wi.gov/Pages/home.aspx Wisconsin Ethics Commission]
- [https://ballotpedia.org/Mac_Davis Mac Davis] at Ballotpedia
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Category:Politicians from Waukesha, Wisconsin
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni
Category:Wisconsin circuit court judges