Richard Wright (Wisconsin)

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Richard Wright

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Prior offices

Marquette County Circuit Court

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Law

University of Wisconsin, Madison

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Career
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

Richard O. Wright was a circuit court judge for the Marquette County Circuit Court in Wisconsin.[1] He joined the court in 1995 and retired at the end of his term on July 31, 2013.[2][3]

## Education[edit]

Wright received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School in 1967.[2][4]

## Career[edit]

After graduating from law school, Wright worked as a patent attorney in Milwaukee for a brief period before going to Vietnam on a project funded by the CIA. In 1968, he joined the U.S. Army for another brief period and then joined a conservative think tank in Chicago. Afterwards, Wright returned to the practice of law in Wisconsin, worked as a private practice attorney, and later as a district attorney for Marquette County from 1975 to 1982. He then served as the county's corporation counsel until his first term as judge in 1995.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Marquette County, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin Circuit Courts
* Courts in Wisconsin

## External links[edit]

* Wisconsin Court System, "Circuit Courts," accessed May 30, 2014
* Marquette County Circuit Court

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Marquette County
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Portage Daily Register, "After 46 years in law and 18 on the bench, Judge Richard Wright’s career is novel-worthy," July 29, 2013
3. ↑ Daily Register, "Bult new judge in Marquette County," April 3, 2013
4. ↑ Martindale.com, Judge Profile: Richard O. Wright

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