Milton Childs
{{Short description|21st century American judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Milton Lee Childs
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|office1 = Judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Branch 2
| term_start2 = November 2019
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| appointer2 = Tony Evers
| predecessor2 = Joe Donald
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|education = Xavier University
Marquette University Law School
|profession = Lawyer, judge
|branch = United States Marine Corps Reserve
|rank = Sergeant, USMCR
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Milton Lee Childs (born 1963/1964) is an American attorney and judge from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has served as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee County since 2019, and was previously a state public defender.
Life and career
Milton Childs was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He earned his bachelor's degree from Xavier University and worked as a math teacher for 12 years. During that time, he also served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve for 8 years, rising to the rank of sergeant.{{cite news|url= https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/29/public-defender-milton-childs-named-circuit-judge-milwaukee-county/2499812001/ |title= Gov. Evers names public defender Milton Childs as new judge for Milwaukee County |newspaper= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |first= Bruce |last= Vielmetti|date= October 29, 2019 |accessdate= April 4, 2023 }}
Childs graduated from the Marquette University Law School in 2003.{{Cite web |title=Class Notes Summer 2020 |url=https://law.marquette.edu/assets/marquette-lawyers/pdf/marquette-lawyer/2020-summer/2020-summer-p61.pdf |website=Marquette Law School}} After law school, Childs worked at the Wisconsin State Public Defenders Office, where he rose to become a managing attorney.
In 2019, Governor Tony Evers appointed Childs to the circuit court after he appointed his predecessor, Joe Donald, to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.{{cite web | url=https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIGOV/bulletins/268e846 | title=Press Release: Gov. Evers Appoints Milton L. Childs as Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge }} He was elected to a full term in 2021 after running unopposed.{{Cite web |title=All Contests Milwaukee County 2021 Spring Election |url=https://county.milwaukee.gov/files/county/county-clerk/Election-Commission/ElectionResultsCopy-1/2021/CertificationReportStatesignedApril152021.pdf |website=Milwaukee County}}
References
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External links
- [https://ballotpedia.org/Milton_Childs Milton Childs] at Ballotpedia
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Category:Lawyers from Milwaukee
Category:Wisconsin circuit court judges