Joe Donald
{{Short description|American judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honorable
| name = Joe Donald
| imagesize =
| caption =
|office = Judge of the {{nowrap|Wisconsin Court of Appeals}} District I
| term_start = September 4, 2019
| term_end =
| appointer = Tony Evers
| predecessor = Kitty Brennan
| successor =
|office1 = Judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Branch 2
| term_start1 = 1996
| term_end1 = September 4, 2019
| appointer1 = Tommy Thompson
| predecessor1 = George A. Burns Jr.
| successor1 = Milton Childs
|birth_name = Martin Joseph Donald
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|2|8}}
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Ann
| children = 3
| salary =
| education = {{unbulleted list
| Marquette University {{small|(B.A.)}}
| Marquette Law School {{small|(J.D.)}}
}}
| website = [https://wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/donald.htm Judge M. Joseph Donald]
}}
Martin Joseph Donald (born February 8, 1959) is an American lawyer and a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Milwaukee-based District I. Donald was appointed to the court in September 2019 by Wisconsin governor Tony Evers. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Donald served 13 years as a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge in Milwaukee County.
Life and career
Donald was raised in Milwaukee and Shorewood. His mother worked as a housekeeper for Richard D. Cudahy, a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Their families were close, and Judge Cudahy served as a mentor to Judge Donald in his youth.{{cite periodical|title=The Rescue Squad |url=https://www.milwaukeemag.com/TheRescueSquad/ |accessdate= September 29, 2019 |last= Hazard |first=Jim |magazine= Milwaukee Magazine |date= April 19, 2011 |publication-date= May 2011}} Donald graduated from Marquette University in 1982 and Marquette University Law School in 1988. He subsequently served from 1988 to 1989 as a law clerk for the Wisconsin Circuit Court in Milwaukee County. From 1989 to 1996, Donald was an assistant city attorney in the Milwaukee City Attorney's Office.{{cite web|url= https://wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/donald.htm |title= Judge M. Joseph Donald |website= Wisconsin Court System |accessdate= March 30, 2020}}
In 1996, Donald was appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson, a Republican, to a vacant seat on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court. His oath was administered by his mentor, Judge Cudahy. Donald was elected to a six-year term on the court in 1997 and reelected in 2003, 2009, and 2015, without opposition. Judge Donald was instrumental in establishing the Milwaukee County Drug Treatment Court in 2009 and served as its first judge. The Drug Treatment Court was designed to use a system of rewards and penalties to redirect more people from jail toward treatment and recovery.
From 2015 to 2019, Donald served as a deputy chief judge of the court under chief judge Maxine Aldridge White.{{cite news|url= https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/04/tony-evers-fills-seats-court-appeals-milwaukee-waukesha/2209168001/ |title= Evers names Milwaukee County Judge Joe Donald to Appeals Court in Milwaukee, lawyer Jeffrey Davis in Waukesha |newspaper= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date= September 4, 2019 |last= Vielmetti |first= Bruce |accessdate= March 30, 2020}}
In 2016, Donald sought election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court but placed third in the February primary, behind incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley and Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg.{{cite report|chapter-url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2017_2018 |title=Wisconsin Blue Book 2017-2018 |year=2017 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |location=Madison, Wisconsin |accessdate= January 1, 2020 |chapter= Elections Results | pages= 508, 511}} Judge Donald was endorsed in this race by former United States senator Herb Kohl.{{cite news|url= https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/judge-joe-donald-reject-partisanship-by-voting-for-me-for/article_fa49e59e-d226-5b6d-b482-a928a20dbe88.html |title= Judge Joe Donald: Reject partisanship by voting for me for the court |last= Judge Donald |first= Joe | newspaper= The Capital Times |date= February 10, 2016 |accessdate= March 30, 2020}}
On September 4, 2019, Donald was appointed by Democratic governor Tony Evers to a vacant Court of Appeals judgeship in Milwaukee. Donald succeeded the retiring Judge Kitty K. Brennan.
Electoral history
=Wisconsin Circuit Court (1997, 2003, 2009, 2015)=
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 2 Election, 1997{{cite report|chapter-url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1997 |title=State of Wisconsin 1997-1998 Blue Book |year=1997|publisher= State of Wisconsin |location=Madison, Wisconsin |editor-last= Barish|editor-first=Lawrence S. |accessdate= January 1, 2020 |chapter= Elections in Wisconsin| page= 875}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1, 1997
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = M. Joseph Donald (incumbent)
|votes = 68,708
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 68,708
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 2 Election, 2003{{cite report|chapter-url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk2003 |title=State of Wisconsin 2003-2004 Blue Book |year=2003 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |location=Madison, Wisconsin |editor-last= Barish|editor-first=Lawrence S. |accessdate= January 1, 2020 |chapter= Elections in Wisconsin| page= 896}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 1, 2003
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = M. Joseph Donald (incumbent)
|votes = 63,255
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 63,255
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 2 Election, 2009{{cite report|chapter-url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2009_2010 |title=Wisconsin Blue Book 2009-2010 |year=2009|publisher= State of Wisconsin |location=Madison, Wisconsin |accessdate= January 1, 2020 |chapter= Elections | page= 899}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 7, 2009
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = M. Joseph Donald (incumbent)
|votes = 50,774
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 50,774
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 2 Election, 2015{{cite report|chapter-url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2015_2016 |title=Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-2016 |year=2015 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |location=Madison, Wisconsin |accessdate= January 1, 2020 |chapter= Elections | page= 884}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 7, 2015
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = M. Joseph Donald (incumbent)
|votes = 49,743
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 49,743
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wisconsin Supreme Court (2016)=
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, 2016}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Primary Election, February 16, 2016
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Rebecca Bradley (incumbent)
|votes = 251,823
|percentage = 44.61%
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = JoAnne Kloppenburg
|votes = 243,190
|percentage = 43.16%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = M. Joseph Donald
|votes = 68,373
|percentage = 12.12%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Scattering
|votes = 631
|percentage = 0.11%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 567,038
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 5, 2016
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Rebecca Bradley (incumbent)
|votes = 1,020,092
|percentage = 51.13%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = JoAnne Kloppenburg
|votes = 928,377
|percentage = 47.53%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Scattering
|votes = 4,678
|percentage = 0.24%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 1,953,147
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
- [https://wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/donald.htm Judge M. Joseph Donald] at Wisconsin Court System
- [https://www.ballotpedia.org/Martin_Joseph_Donald Martin Joseph Donald] at Ballotpedia
- [https://cjcc.doj.wi.gov/county/milwaukee-county/adult-drug-court Milwaukee County Drug Treatment Court]
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