Wisconsin Court System / Wisconsin Supreme Court
Johnathan Illgen is a Business Process Analyst at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, a position held since January 2022. Previously, Johnathan worked as an Enterprise Solution Analyst at Indeavor from March to December 2021 and served as a Partner Integration Specialist at Employee Benefits Corporation from April 2018 to March 2021. Additionally, Johnathan has extensive experience at Humana, where roles included Business Technology Analyst, CRU Specialist, and Customer Care Specialist from May 2012 to April 2018. Earlier in Johnathan's career, a Claims Specialist position was held at APAC Customer Services from September 2008 to April 2012. Johnathan is an alumnus of Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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.