Shirley S. Abrahamson served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for 43 years. She was Wisconsin’s first woman justice and chief justice, and she is the longest-serving justice in Wisconsin history. She devoted her record-breaking career to cultivating an independent judiciary, access to justice, equality for all people, and public confidence in the court system.
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Thank you to the following foundations, corporations, law firms, and individuals for their generous support:
- Chief Justice Abrahamson’s Law Clerks and Judicial Assistants
- Epic Systems Corporation
- Foley & Lardner LLP – Madison
- Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Fund
within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region - Michelle Friedman
- The Estate of Gretchen Hoover
- Wisconsin Civil Justice Foundation
- von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
- Burns Bowen Bair, LLP
- Davis & Kuelthau, s.c.
- Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, LLP
- Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs, LLP
- Godfrey & Kahn S.C. – Milwaukee
- John and Carmen Skilton
- John and Katherine Miller Charitable Fund of Lakeshore Community Foundation
- Quarles & Brady LLP
- Ruder Ware Law Firm
- Gregg and Amy Bogost
- Boardman & Clark
- Mark and Ann Bradley
- Bremer & Trollop Law Offices
- Crooks Law Office
- Domer Law
- Forrest and Andrea Farrell
- Gass Turek, LLC
- Janine Geske and Michael Hogan
- Haben Goitom and Chris Smithka
- Michael and Linda Groth
- Robert Habush
- Herb Kohl Philanthropies
- Robert Hughes
- Lake Effect HR & Law, LLC
- Mastantuono & Coffee S.C.
- Christine Bremer and Paul Muggli
- Perkins Coie LLP
- Pines Bach
- David and Louise Trubek
- Benjamin Wagner
- Elizabeth and Lynn Adelman
- Hildegard Adler
- Alan and Colleen Ball
- Audrey Brooks
- Sandy Brown
- Gina Carter
- Brad Dallet
- Jeffrey O. Davis and Rachel Schneider
- J. Michael End
- Kathleen Donius
- The Honorable Kathleen M. Falk
- Laura Graham
- Lynn Haug
- Herrling Clark Law Firm, Ltd
- Mark Hertzberg
- Tiffany Highstrom
- Barbara Ingram and William Tyroler
- Richard Johnson
- Susan and Murray Katcher
- Stuart Kim
- Stephen Kravit
- Ronald Luskin
- Tim and Linda Muth
- Aaron Nelson
- Anne and Thomas Reed
- Peter Ritz and Carrie Macklin-Ritz
- Noah Rosenthal
- Sherie Sasso
- Eric and Jane Schulenburg
- Todd Smith
- Alan Spiro
- William Steinmetz
- Rayla Temin
- Kent Tess-Mattner
- Susan Tyndall
- Jeffrey and Dylan Wagner
- Mary Kay Wagner
- G. Lane* and Linda Ware
- Frances L. Weinstein