Harold Froehlich
Harold V. Froehlich was a Wisconsin Circuit Courts judge for Outagamie County, Wisconsin.[1] He retired from the court on April 8, 2011.[2] He has been a member of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), a governmental agency administering elections and ethics laws in Wisconsin.[3]
Professional career
Harold Froehlich was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican in 1962 and served in the assembly from 1963 to 1973. According to the GAB website, "In September 1981, he was appointed Outagamie Circuit Court Judge by Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus, and was elected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006, serving until his retirement in April 2011."[3]
Government Accountability Board
- See also: Government Accountability Board
Froehlich was appointed to the GAB in 2013 by Gov. Scott Walker (R).[4] He served as vice-chairperson of the Board for 2014; Froehlich's term expired on May 1, 2016.[3]
John Doe investigations
Two John Doe investigations, beginning in 2010 and ending in 2015, were launched by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm (D) into the activities of staff and associates of Gov. Scott Walker (R).[5] In October 2015, state Rep. Dean Knudson (R) introduced a reform plan that "would split the GAB into two separate commissions, one regulating ethics laws and the other covering elections. It would be similar to the system the GAB replaced in 2007." According to an article by Wisconsin Public Radio, "[ma]ny conservatives have cited the GAB’s involvement in the John Doe as the primary reason the agency should be eliminated. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said it was a factor."[6]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Outagamie County
- ↑ PostCrescent.com, "Outagamie County Judge Harold Froehlich set to retire," March 16, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Judge Harold Froehlich," accessed July 21, 2015
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Governor Receives Nominees to Government Accountability Board," April 2, 2013
- ↑ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Milwaukee Division, "Eric O’Keefe, and Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc.," accessed February 23, 2015
- ↑ Wisconsin Public Radio, "GAB Chair Blasts Conservatives On Wisconsin Supreme Court," October 7, 2015
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Wisconsin, Western District of Wisconsin
State courts:
Wisconsin Supreme Court • Wisconsin Court of Appeals • Wisconsin Circuit Courts • Wisconsin Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Wisconsin • Wisconsin judicial elections • Judicial selection in Wisconsin
