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Jill Karofsky Chief Justice
Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Background: Karofsky was the education director and director of human resources and counsel for the National Conference of Bar Examiners from 2001 to 2010.
At a glance
- Court
- Wisconsin Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- Yes
- How they joined the court
- Elected (first elected 2020)
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- August 1, 2020
- Current term ends
- July 31, 2030
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- April 7, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Duke University
- Law: University of Wisconsin
- Prior offices
- Dane County Circuit Court Branch 12 (2017 - 2020)
- Profession
- Executive director, Wisconsin Office of Victim Services
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Jill Karofsky’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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