Michael Gableman | |
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Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
In office August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Louis B. Butler |
Succeeded by | Rebecca Dallet |
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Burnett Circuit | |
In office May 2002 – July 31, 2008 | |
Appointed by | Scott McCallum |
Preceded by | James Taylor |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Kutz |
District Attorney of Ashland County | |
In office May 1999 – May 2002 | |
Appointed by | Tommy Thompson |
Preceded by | J. B. Van Hollen |
Succeeded by | Sean Duffy |
Personal details | |
Born | September 18, 1966 West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | |
Michael J. Gableman (born September 18, 1966) is an American lawyer and former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[1] A Republican, he has been described as a hard-line conservative.[2]
From June 2021 until August 2022, Gableman was employed as a "special counsel" by Wisconsin Assembly speaker Robin Vos to investigate the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin. His fourteen-month investigation resulted in various unsubstantiated accusations against municipal clerks and members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and cost the state more than two million dollars. Gableman himself became a lightning rod for controversy and was the subject of several lawsuits and personal disputes with other officials; he was ultimately fired by Vos just three days after the August 2022 primary elections in Wisconsin.[3] Vos later referred to Gableman as "an embarrassment to the state".[4] In a February 2024 settlement to one lawsuit, Assembly Republican leadership conceded that Gableman had also violated state public records laws during his investigation.[5]
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