Ed Fallone’s (CAS, LAW’88) Campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court About “Diversity of Experience, Perspective”
Marquette University Law Professor Ed Fallone (CAS, LAW’88) plans to inspire voters to wield their vote in the 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, and looks to become the first Latino on the state’s highest court.
“I’ve been an observer of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the judicial system for two decades and I think we are doing a bad job of selecting our judges. As I go across the state, I find that a lot of people agree with me,” he told Madison365.
He will face Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jill Karofsky and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly in the primary election on Feb. 18. Kelly was appointed in 2016 by former Gov. Scott Walker to fill the unexpired term of David Prosser Jr. He announced that he would seek a full ten-year term back in May.
Fallone plans to bring his experiences growing up in a working-class family, experience as a constitutional law professor and working for nonprofit organizations serving underprivileged communities to the bench. He was also a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2013 election, however, lost to the incumbent Justice Patience Roggensack. Fallone believes this election will be different.