Michael R. Fitzpatrick


Michael R. Fitzpatrick is a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, serving in the court's Madison-based District IV since 2017. Previously, he served nine years as a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge in Rock County.

Life and career

Fitzpatrick received his law degree from Drake University Law School and then practiced law in Janesville, Wisconsin. In 2008, Fitzpatrick was appointed to the Rock County Circuit Court by Governor Jim Doyle, a Democrat. He was subsequently elected to two six-years terms on the court, in 2009 and 2015. In April 2017, Fitzpatrick was elected without opposition to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in District IV, to replace retiring Judge Paul Higginbotham.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Circuit Court (2009, 2015)

Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2017)