The Honorable Randy Koschnick is facing incumbent Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson (see her record on the right->) on April 7th for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Judge Koshnick's creditentials include:

*Presiding Circuit Court Judge withv25 Years of legal experience

* Was reversed by the Court of Appeals only 7 times in over 42,000
cases

*Received the 2008 Leaders in the Law Award for his work in streamlining
the Jefferson County Circuit Court. He implemented significant changes to
save the taxpayers money and enhance public safety, while improving the
speed in processing cases

*Has been endorsed by two former Supreme Court Justices, William Callow and Donald Steinmetz, who shared the bench with Chief Justice Abrahamson,

*Received the endorsements of the National Rifle Association and Wisconsin Right to Life.

*Served on the Criminal Justice Reforms Task Force, which improved state law by proposing new, evidence-based practices in the field of eyewitness identification and police interrogation.

*Lectured at legal training seminars held by the Wisconsin Judicial Education Office, at the Wisconsin District Attorney’s conference and at the Wisconsin Public Defender’s Conference.

*He pledges to apply the law as written and not be an acitivist judge legislating from the bench. He has been endorsed by law enforcers, and officials from all over the state. He continues to run a very straight-forward campaign that is focussing on the laws that are on the books and NOT being influenced by trial lawyers and special interests bringing cases before the Supreme Court.

Please check out his website at: www.koschnickforjustice.com/

Judge Koshnick's Resume

CHIEF JUSTICE ABRAHMSON

· Since 2000, voted in favor of criminal defendants in 140 of 234 cases (60%), more than any other justice

· Voted to overturn Milwaukee’s School Choice program

· Voted to prevent police from patting down a suspect, believed to be armed, for weapons making Law Enforcement’s job more difficult

· Voted in Thomas v. Mallet case to allow a plaintiff to sue paint companies that merely sold lead paint in Wisconsin during the past 75 years without any proof that their paint was used in the homes of the plaintiffs.

· Was the only Justice to vote (twice!) against the Wisconsin Sexual Predator Law, deeming it unconstitutional. This law keeps dangerous sexual predators off the streets

· Has included over $30,000 in her campaign finance report of contributions from attorneys appearing before her, including $11,500 in one case. Her campaign has refused to return these contributions

· Was found by an independent study, relating to civil decisions, to be least likely to restrict a business’ liability in cases before the Wisconsin Supreme Court

· Was the subject of a press release by Representative Steve Nass and a letter to Chancellor Biddy Martin asking for an investigation as to why Chief Justice Abrahamson was using a state website to solicit campaign interns

· Has, to date, refused to sign Judge Randy Koschnick’s clean campaign pledge to keep the April 7th, 2009 race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court focused on the record, opinions, qualifications and judicial philosophies of the candidates!