Edward R. Brunner

Edward R. Brunner (born 1953) is an American lawyer and retired judge. He was a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals from 2007 through 2011 in the Wausau-based District III. Previously, he was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for 19 years, and was Chief Judge of the 10th District of Wisconsin Circuit Courts from 1999 through 2005.

Biography A resident of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, Brunner is a graduate of Marquette University and the University of Akron School of Law. Additionally, he trained as an emergency medical technician at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College. He is married with two children.

Early career Brunner began his legal career working for the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Services, under the Office of Justice Programs in the United States Department of Justice—Brunner was Assistant Regional Administrator in the Akron, Ohio, office. From 1974 until 1977, he was executive director of Youth Services in Lorain, Ohio. In 1977, he moved to Wisconsin and was hired as corporation counsel for the Department of Human Services in Barron County, Wisconsin, where he served until 1979. He worked as an attorney in the private sector for the next decade, and served as City attorney for Rice Lake. In 2007, he was elected without opposition to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He didn't serve his whole term, resigning in September 2011.

Wisconsin Supreme Court (2003)

Wisconsin Circuit Court (2006)

Wisconsin Appeals Court (2007)