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Eastern District U.S. District Court
Education:
J.D. Conferred: Columbia Law School, 1965; B.A.: Princeton University
Appointed to District Court: 1997
Summary of Career Preceding Judgeship: Trial attorney, Legal Aid Society, Criminal Courts Division, New York City, 1967-1968; private practice, New York City, 1968-1972; private practice, Milwaukee, 1972-1997, partner, Adelman, Adelman & Murray S.C., and predecessor firms; Wisconsin State Senator, 28th Senate District, 1977-1997; chair, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1979-1993, 1995-1997; member, Wisconsin Judicial Council, 1979-1993, 1995-1997.
Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Award from Legal Action of Wisconsin for outstanding pro bono publico service as a dedicated attorney and public servant (1994); Freedom of Information Award for contribution to freedom of the press and First Amendment rights from the Wisconsin Society of Professional Journalists (1990); Leadership Award for tireless efforts in setting high ethical standards for Wisconsin State government from Common Cause Wisconsin (1988); Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership Against Drunk Driving from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (1995); Sheridan-McCabe Award for service in the public interest from the Wisconsin Chapter of the Consumer Federation of America (1987); Eunice Edgar Award for Lifetime Achievement on behalf of civil liberties from the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (1994); Publications: “Bad Laws Make Hard Cases: Hate Crime Laws and the Supreme Court’s Opinion in Wisconsin v. Mitchell,” 29 Gonzaga Law Review I (1994); “Child Abuse Reporting Legislation, Some Legislative History,” 34 George Washington Law Review 482 (1966); “Departures from the Uniform Marital Property Act Contained in the Wisconsin Marital Property Act,” 68 Marquette Law Review 390 (1985); “Rewriting the Crime Laws is a Precondition of ‘truth in sentencing’,” Wisconsin Lawyer (June, 1997); “The Presumption of Release in Bail Decisions,” Wisconsin Lawyer (July, 1989); “A Study of James Weldon Johnson, Journal of Negro History,” Vol. LII, p. 128 (1967); “Wisconsin Should Not Reverse 140 Years of History by Reinstating the Death Penalty,” Wisconsin Lawyer (May, 1993); (Publications co-authored with Jon Deitrich): “Disparity: Not a Reason to “Fix” Booker”, 18 Fed. Sen. Rptr. 160 (Feb. 2006); “Fulfilling Booker’s Promise”, 11 Roger Williams U.L. Rev. 521 (Winter 2006); “Judgment on Booker?”, Legal Times, Jan. 16, 2006, at 46; “AG’s Misguided Proposals”, Nat’l L.J., Sept. 19, 2005, at 30; “Observations of the New Standard of Review of Departures from the Sentencing Guidelines”, 16 Fed. Sen. Rptr. 269 (Apr. 2004).
Education:
J.D. Conferred: Georgetown University Law Center, 1972
Appointed to District Court: 1996
Summary of Career Preceding Judgeship: United States Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin 1977-1996, Chief Judge, 1986-1996; Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, assistant district attorney, 1972-1975; Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Special Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1975-1977.
Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Federal Judicial Center District Judges’ Education Committee, 2001-present; member, American Bar Association, Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit, Wisconsin Bar Association, Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers; American Bankruptcy Institute; past-president, Thomas E. Fairchild American Inns of Court; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, and formerly chaired its Endowment for Education; served on the Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States; lecturer, University of Wisconsin Law School; Federal Judicial Center, bar associations and other professional groups; served on the boards of the National Conference of Federal Trial Judges, American Judicature Society, American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Anvil Housing Corp.; Greater Milwaukee Federal Executives’ Association Federal Employee of the Year, 1991; Milwaukee Times Black Excellence Award, 1993; American Jury Project Advisory Committee.
Rules, Policies, Protocol, etc.:
1. After all parties have answered, the court set a date for filing of a joint planning report. The parties must confer and file the joint planning report as required by Fed R. Civ. P. 26(f).
2. All summary judgment motions must be filed in hard copy. In e-file cases, the parties should e-file the documents and deliver a hard copy of every such document directly to chambers promptly, with a notation at the top of each hard copy indicating the date on which the document was e-filed and the document’s docket number, if available.
3. Most motions are decided on briefs. The parties may request oral arguments, but whether oral argument will be set is a matter within the court’s discretion.
4. Motions in limine in civil cases are generally due one month before a final pretrial conference so the decision can be issued at or before the final pretrial conference. Parties should refer to the scheduling orders issued in their cases for exact dates. Responsive briefs shall be filed in accordance with Civil L.R. 7.1(b) if no briefing schedule is otherwise set by the court.
5. The court uses standard voir dire questions to elicit the background and possible biases of the jurors.
6. Parties must confer prior to the final pretrial conference in an attempt to prepare a joint set of jury instructions on the substantive issues.
Education:
J.D. Conferred: Marquette University Law School, 1948
Appointed to District Court: 1983
Summary of Career Preceding Judgeship: Curran, Curran & Hollenback, Mauston, 1948-1983.
Education:
J.D. Conferred: Marquette University Law School, 1979; bachelor’s
degree: Marquette University, 1976
Appointed to District Court: May 2002
Summary of Career Preceding Judgeship: Circuit Court Judge, Brown County, 1995-2002; assistant district attorney, Brown County District Attorney’s Office, 1987-1995; Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C., attorney, 1982-1987; staff attorney, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1978-1980; law clerk for Hon. Bruce F. Beilfuss, Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1979-1980.
Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Married; four children.
Rules, Policies, Protocol, etc.:
1. File a hard copy of e-filed motions, briefs and findings of fact in excess of 10 pages with the court, to be used as a chambers working copy.
2. When preparing proposed jury instructions and voir dire questions, in addition to filing in CM/ECF, a non-PDF copy should be submitted to the court’s proposed order mailbox at: GriesbachPO@wied.uscourts.gov (an identical procedure to the filing of proposed orders).
3. Paper filings too large to be stapled shall be two-hole punched and bound with metal fasteners (no binder clips).
4. It is beneficial if counsel requesting time-sensitive relief (i.e. a deadline extension, leave to file, etc.) indicate whether they have discussed the request with opposing counsel and whether there is opposition to the request.
Education:
J.D. Conferred: University of Wisconsin, 1966
Appointed to District Court: 1992
Current Assignment: Chief Judge
Summary of Career Preceding Judgeship: Circuit court judge, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, 1979-1981, 1982-1992; judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District I, 1981; municipal judge, City of Milwaukee, 1975-1979; principal city attorney, City of Milwaukee, 1973-1975; assistant city attorney, City of Milwaukee, 1970-1973, Appointed United States Attorney General’s Office, 1969; private practice, 1966-1967.
Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Lecturer, part-time, Marquette University Law School; participant and lecturer, CLE courses; member, Milwaukee Bar Association (Member, Bench/Bar Appeals Committee); member, State Bar of Wisconsin; military service, U.S. Army (Company Commander, Vietnam; Bronze Star, VSM, VCM (5 stars), NDSM), 1967-1969; U.S. Army Reserve, 1963-1967, 1969-1976.
Education:
J.D. Conferred: Marquette University Law School, 1967
Appointed to District Court: 1987
Summary of Career Preceding Judgeship: United States Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1981-1987; Deputy United States Attorney, 1978-1981; Assistant United States Attorney, 1969-1975, 1977-1978; Stepke, Kossow, Trebon and Stadtmueller, 1975-1976; Kluwin, Dunphy, Hankin & McNulty, 1968-1969.