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 2008 / Active

Kitty K. Brennan

Judge, Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Kitty K. Brennan is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, serving since 2008. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Tenure: Since 2008 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Court of Appeals of Wisconsin	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Brennan authored 113 published opinions for the court (2008–2019), plus 4 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Kirk v. Credit Acceptance Corp. (81 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. 118 of these were attributed to Brennan 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
2013	Kirk v. Credit Acceptance Corp.†	346 Wis. 2d 635	81
2010	State v. Smiter†	331 Wis. 2d 431	36
2009	TECHWORKS, LLC v. Wille· Dissent†	2009 WI App 101	29
2018	State v. Stewart†	916 N.W.2d 188	25
2009	Shadley v. Lloyds of London†	2009 WI App 165	25
2017	State v. Silverstein†	378 Wis. 2d 42	19
2012	State v. Lock†	344 Wis. 2d 166	19
2010	State v. Baldwin†	330 Wis. 2d 500	18
2009	Gillund v. Meridian Mutual Insurance†	2010 WI App 4	17
2011	State v. Randall†	336 Wis. 2d 399	16
2017	Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee†	374 Wis. 2d 348	15
2010	State v. Munford†	330 Wis. 2d 575	15
2010	State v. Hampton†	330 Wis. 2d 531	15
2016	State v. Giacomantonio†	371 Wis. 2d 452	13
2014	Mueller v. Harry Kaufmann Motorcars, Inc.†	359 Wis. 2d 597	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 118 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 Kitty K. Brennan on?: Kitty K. Brennan is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Sources

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18 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).