Timothy Dugan
{{Short description|American judge (born 1953)}}
{{Infobox judge
|honorific-prefix = The Honorable
|name = Timothy G. Dugan
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|office = {{nowrap|Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals}} {{nowrap|for the 1st district}}
| term_start = December 10, 2016
| term_end = November 18, 2023{{cite web |last1=Schuster |first1=Steve |title=Gov. Evers appoints Judge Pedro Colón to Court of Appeals |url=https://wislawjournal.com/2023/06/20/gov-evers-appoints-judge-pedro-colon-to-court-of-appeals/ |website=Wisconsin Law Journal |date=June 20, 2023}}
| appointer = Scott Walker
| predecessor = Patricia S. Curley
| successor = Pedro Colón
|office1 = {{nowrap|Wisconsin Circuit Court}} Judge {{nowrap|for the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 10}}
| term_start1 = 1992
| term_end1 = October 27, 2016
| appointer1 = Tommy Thompson
| predecessor1 = Rudolph T. Randa
| successor1 = Michelle Ackerman Havas
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|10|9}}
|birth_place = Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
|residence = Shorewood, Wisconsin
|death_date =
|death_place =
|spouse = Susan
|children = 2
|education = {{unbulleted list
| Westminster College {{small|(B.A.)}}
| Marquette Law School {{small|(J.D.)}}
}}
|profession = Lawyer
|website =
|salary =
}}
Timothy G. Dugan (born October 9, 1953) is an American lawyer and jurist from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He served as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Milwaukee-based 1st district from 2016 through 2023. Prior to his tenure on the Court of Appeals, he served for 13 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County.
Biography
Born in Milford, Connecticut, Dugan graduated from Westminster College in pennsylvania in 1975. He then earned his Juris Doctor degree from Marquette University Law School in 1978. He resided in Shorewood, Wisconsin. In 1992, Dugan was appointed to the Wisconsin Circuit Court in Milwaukee County by Governor Tommy Thompson. He was re-elected to the Circuit Court without opposition in 1993, 1999, 2005, and 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/dugan.htm |title=Judge Timothy G. Dugan |publisher=Courts of Wisconsin |access-date=March 27, 2020}}
During his judicial career, Judge Dugan has been President of the Milwaukee Trial Judges Association and served as the Associate Dean of the Wisconsin Judicial College. In 2008, Judge Dugan was nominated by President George W. Bush to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to replace retiring Judge Rudolph T. Randa, but Judge Randa chose to rescind his resignation.{{cite press release |url=https://walker.wi.gov/press-releases/governor-walker-appoints-district-i-court-appeals-judge |title= Governor Walker Appoints District I Court of Appeals Judge |publisher=Office of the Governor of Wisconsin |location=Madison, Wisconsin |date=October 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114190538/https://walker.wi.gov/press-releases/governor-walker-appoints-district-i-court-appeals-judge |archive-date=November 14, 2016 |access-date=March 27, 2020}}
In 2015, Dugan was a finalist under consideration by Governor Scott Walker for appointment to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals after Judge Rebecca Bradley's elevation to the Wisconsin Supreme Court; that seat instead went to William W. Brash III. Governor Walker ultimately appointed Judge Dugan to the Court of Appeals in October 2016 to replace retiring Judge Patricia S. Curley.{{cite news |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/blogs/proof-and-hearsay/2016/10/27/dugan-named-court-appeals/92839184/ |title=Dugan named to Court of Appeals |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |first=Bruce |last=Vielmetti |date=October 27, 2016 |access-date=March 27, 2020}} He was re-elected without opposition in 2018.{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Statewide%20Percentage%20Results-4.3.18%20Spring%20Election.pdf |title=Canvass Results for 2018 Spring Election |date= April 3, 2018 |access-date=March 27, 2020 |publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |page=1}}
Dugan has announced he will not run for re-election in 2024 and will leave office early in November 2023.{{cite news |url=https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-governor-appoints-first-latino-judge-to-court-of-appeals/44269832# |title= Wisconsin governor appoints first Latino Judge to Court of Appeals |date=June 20, 2023 |first=Mariana |last=La Roche |work=WISN-TV |access-date=July 13, 2023}}
Electoral history
=Wisconsin Circuit Court (1992, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2011)=
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 24 Election, 1992{{cite report |url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1993 |title=State of Wisconsin 1993-1994 Blue Book |publisher=State of Wisconsin |year=1993 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |editor-last1=Barish |editor-first1=Lawrence S. |editor-last2=Theobald |editor-first2=H. Rupert |chapter=Elections in Wisconsin |page=874 |access-date=July 23, 2023}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 7, 1992
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Kahn
|votes = 118,822
|percentage = 51.46%
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate|party=Nonpartisan|candidate=Timothy G. Dugan|votes=112,068|percentage=48.54%|change=}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 230,890
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 10 Election, 1993{{cite report |url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1993 |title=State of Wisconsin 1993-1994 Blue Book |publisher=State of Wisconsin |year=1993 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1=Lawrence S. |editor-last2=Theobald |editor-first2= H. Rupert |chapter=Elections in Wisconsin |page=875 |access-date=March 27, 2020}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 6, 1993
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Timothy G. Dugan (incumbent)
|votes = 98,173
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 98,173
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 10 Election, 1999{{cite report |url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1999 |title=State of Wisconsin 1999-2000 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year=1999 |location=Madison, Wisconsin |editor-last1=Barish |editor-first1=Lawrence S. |editor-last2= Meloy |editor-first2=Patricia E. |chapter=Elections in Wisconsin |page=856 |access-date=March 27, 2020}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 6, 1999
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Timothy G. Dugan (incumbent)
|votes = 65,931
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 65,931
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 10 Election, 2005{{cite report |url=https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2005_SpringEelction_Results_Summary.pdf |title=Results of Spring General Election |publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |date=April 27, 2005 |page=8 |access-date=March 27, 2020}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 5, 2005
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Timothy G. Dugan (incumbent)
|votes = 46,092
|percentage = 99.22%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=|candidate=Scattering|votes=361|percentage=0.78%|change=}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 46,453
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 10 Election, 2011{{cite report| url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Percent%20results_after%20Supreme%20Court%20Recount.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2011 SPRING ELECTION |publisher= Wisconsin Elections Commission |date= May 20, 2011 |pages=4–5 |access-date= March 27, 2020}}}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 5, 2011
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Timothy G. Dugan (incumbent)
|votes = 127,244
|percentage = 98.76%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=|candidate=Scattering|votes=1,600|percentage=1.24%|change=}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 128,844
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2018)=
{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District I Election, 2018}}
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 3, 2018
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Timothy G. Dugan (incumbent)
|votes = 70,346
|percentage = 98.40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=|candidate=Scattering|votes=1,141|percentage=1.60%|change=}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 71,487
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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