How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin / Joined 2010 / Active

Brian W. Blanchard

Judge, Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Brian W. Blanchard is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, serving since 2010. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1958 · age 68
Tenure: Since 2010 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Court of Appeals of Wisconsin	–	–

Education

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Judicial Record

In our data, Blanchard authored 55 published opinions for the court (2010–2019), plus 1 dissent and 1 concurrence. Most cited: State v. Padley (68 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 57 of these were attributed to Blanchard by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2014	State v. Padley†	354 Wis. 2d 545	68
2014	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Hunt†	358 Wis. 2d 379	35
2013	Bank of America v. Neis†	349 Wis. 2d 461	17
2011	McFarland State Bank v. Sherry†	338 Wis. 2d 462	16
2013	Johnson v. Roma II - Waterford LLC†	346 Wis. 2d 612	13
2013	Weissman v. Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc.†	350 Wis. 2d 380	11
2015	Connors v. Zurich American Insurance†	365 Wis. 2d 528	10
2012	Lemke v. Lemke· Concurrence†	343 Wis. 2d 748	10
2011	Hines v. Resnick†	338 Wis. 2d 190	10
2014	Dakter v. Cavallino†	358 Wis. 2d 434	9
2013	League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Education Network, Inc. v. Walker†	348 Wis. 2d 714	9
2012	State v. Stanley†	340 Wis. 2d 663	9
2011	Harbor Credit Union v. Samp†	332 Wis. 2d 214	9
2014	Tina B. v. Richard H.†	359 Wis. 2d 204	8
2013	Wisconsin Professional Police Ass'n v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission†	352 Wis. 2d 218	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 57 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Brian W. Blanchard on?: Brian W. Blanchard is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Sources

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16 years on the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).