Wisconsin Court System / Wisconsin Supreme Court
Brittney Richmond currently serves as the Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Wisconsin Court System/Wisconsin Supreme Court, a position held since August 2022. Prior to this role, Brittney was an Account Security Officer at Gainwell Technologies from October 2019 to August 2022 and a Senior Project Manager at TASC from November 2016 to October 2019. Additional experience includes roles as Project Manager at both CUNA Mutual Group and Beacon Technologies Inc. from June 2014 to October 2016, and Digital Operations Manager at Cygnus Business Media from April 2012 to June 2014. Brittney also worked as Training Director at Mass Mutual/SWMG and as Account Executive at Capital Newspapers earlier in their career. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Specialty Management from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Political Science from Winona State University.
Wisconsin Court System / Wisconsin Supreme Court
Following is a brief overview of the Wisconsin Court System. Municipal courts -237 municipal courts -240 municipal judges -Milwaukee has the largest municipal court and three full-time municipal judges. Madison has the only other full-time municipal court. Circuit courts -Single level trial court since 1978. -249 circuit judges in 72 counties. Judges elected countywide to six-year terms in non-partisan elections. -Milwaukee County is the largest jurisdiction with 47 judges. -30 counties have one judge each; smaller counties share a judge. Court of Appeals -Created in 1978 and originally designed to handle 1,200 cases per year. -Mostly mandatory jurisdiction, meaning that litigants have the right to appeal their cases from the circuit court to the Court of Appeals. -16 judges in four districts. Judges elected district wide to six-year terms. Supreme Court -Seven justices elected statewide to 10-year terms. -Court of last resort. -Court reviews approximately 1,000 petitions per year and accepts between 100 and 120.