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

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Wisconsin Supreme Court / Joined 2018 / Active

Rebecca Frank Dallet

Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Rebecca Frank Dallet is a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, serving since 2018. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2018 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2018	Wisconsin Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Dallet authored 35 published opinions for the court (2018–2019), plus 3 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Gary Lee Wayerski (55 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. 43 of these were attributed to Dallet 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
2019	State v. Gary Lee Wayerski†	922 N.W.2d 468	55
2019	State v. Emmanuel Earl Trammell· Concurrence†	928 N.W.2d 564	35
2019	League of Women Voters of Wisconsin v. Tony Evers· Dissent†	929 N.W.2d 209	29
2019	State v. Joseph B. Reinwand· Concurrence†	924 N.W.2d 184	27
2019	State v. Tyrus Lee Cooper· Dissent†	929 N.W.2d 192	25
2019	Michael Engelhardt v. City of New Berlin· Concurrence†	921 N.W.2d 714	20
2019	United States v. Dennis Franklin†	928 N.W.2d 545	19
2019	State v. Peter J. Hanson†	928 N.W.2d 607	19
2019	State v. Javien Cajujuan Pegeese· Concurrence†	928 N.W.2d 590	19
2019	Pinter v. Vill. of Stetsonville· Dissent†	929 N.W.2d 547	18
2019	Michels v. Lyons (In Re Visitation of A. A. L.)†	927 N.W.2d 486	15
2019	Philip Myers v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources†	922 N.W.2d 47	14
2019	State v. A.L. (In re Interest of A.L.)†	923 N.W.2d 827	7
2019	State Ex Rel. Peter Odgen Family Trust of 2008 v. Bd. of Review for the Town of Delafield· Concurrence†	923 N.W.2d 837	6
2019	Rural Mutual Insurance Company v. Lester Buildings, LLC†	929 N.W.2d 180	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 43 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 Wisconsin Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Rebecca Frank Dallet on?: Rebecca Frank Dallet is a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Sources

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8 years on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).