Waukesha Municipal Courts

Patrick T. Berigan
City of Muskego

Education: J.D. Conferred: University of Wisconsin, 1985; B.S. secondary education, University of Wisconsin, 1979

Elected to Municipal Court: 2002, re-elected, 2004, 2006

Summary of Career: Current employment: Attorney Advisor, Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Milwaukee.

Joseph L. Cook
City of Waukesha

Education: J.D. Conferred: 1975, Marquette University Law School; B.S., history and education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1967

Elected to Municipal Court: 2001; re-elected 2005

Summary of Career: U.S. Army, 1967-1971; secondary school teacher, 1971-1972, 1975-1978; private practice, 1978-present.

Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Member, American Legion, Retired LTC U.S. Army Reserve; Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Military Appeals, Eastern and Western Wisconsin U.S. District Courts, State Bar of Wisconsin and Waukesha County Bar Association; member and former Church Elder, Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ, Waukesha; recipient of Silver Beaver-Boy Scouts of America, Waukesha School District Partners in Education Award; hobbies include reading and bicycling; family: one son.

JoAnn Eiring
Town of Brookfield

Education: B.S., criminal justice; University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Elected to Municipal Court: April 1991, re-elected: April 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 (first Judge for the Town of Brookfield)

Summary of Career: Employed with Wisconsin Community Services (formerly Wisconsin Correctional Service) since 1980; extensive courtroom experience: Milwaukee County Circuit Courts, 1980-1994; Waukesha County Circuit Courts, 1994-present; program director, Waukesha County Adult Pretrial Programs, including Jail Screening, Driver Reinstatement Program, Intoxicated Driver Intervention Program, Pretrial Intervention and Alcohol Treatment Court.

Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Judicial Education Committee 1994-present; past-president, Wisconsin Municipal Judges Association, 2001-2003, Southwest Regional Director (WMJA)1997-2001, vice-president (WMJA)1995-1997; Waukesha County Interagency Programs for the Intoxicated Driver Committee, member, 1997-present; Waukesha County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council-Pretrial Subcommittee chairperson, 2007.

C. Michael Hausman
City of Delafield

Education: J.D. Conferred: Marquette University Law School, 1967

Elected to Municipal Court: 1983

Summary of Career: C. Michael Hausman & Associates Ltd.; more than 39 years of legal service and experience, representing clients throughout southeastern Wisconsin in more than 100 jury trials.

Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Collaborative Divorce System of Wisconsin; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Milwaukee and Waukesha County Bar Associations, and past-president of the Waukesha County Bar, 2004-2005; Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers; State Bar of Wisconsin, Family Law Section; American Arbitration Association; International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; State Bar Board of Governors; selected as a “Super Lawyer in Wisconsin” by his fellow Wisconsin attorneys; admitted to practice, U.S. Supreme Court, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin; named one of the “Best Lawyers in America.”

Bradley Matthiesen
village of Benomonee Falls

Education: J.D. Conferred: University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington, 1978; University of Wisconsin, bachelor’s degree, history, 1975
Appointed to Municipal Court: August 2007

Summary of Career: Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer S.C., senior partner, insurance defense trial attorney, 1995-present; Milwaukee Insurance Group, regional trial attorney; Ozaukee County District Attorney’s Office, assistant district attorney, 1981-1984; private practice, Cedarburg, 1975-1981.

Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Member, Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin and Defense Research Institute; member, Washington County, Waukesha County Bar Associations; former instructor, American Institute of Paralegal Studies; holds C.P.C.U. and C.L.U. designations; C.C.I.C. Arbitration Committee vice-chairman, 1988-89; admitted to practice in both the Eastern and Western Federal Districts in Wisconsin; member, Sports Law and Litigation Sections, State Bar of Wisconsin; member, Milwaukee Brewers Gold Club; vice-president of administration, Menomonee Falls Little League; enjoys all sports and an avid baseball fan; Milwaukee native; resides in Menomonee Falls with his wife, Cindy, and six daughters.

Richard J. Steinberg
City of Brookfield

Education: J.D. Conferred, Marquette University Law School, 1958

Elected to Municipal Court: 1975

Summary of Career: Steinberg Law Offices S.C., Brookfield, general practice.

Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Two-time past-president, Wisconsin Municipal Judges Association; reserve judge, Milwaukee Municipal Court.

W. Timothy Steinle
village of Elm Grove

Education: J. D. Conferred: Marquette University Law School; Marquette University, B.A., 1977

Summary of Career: Terschan, Steinle & Ness, member; areas of practice: civil litigation, personal injury, products liability, insurance defense.

Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Admitted to practice: State Bar of Wisconsin, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals-7th Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court; member, Milwaukee and Waukesha County Bar Associations; American Bar Association; Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Douglas R. Stern
Lake Country Municipal Court

A joint municipal court currently serving the Village of Chenequa, Town of Delafield, Village of Dousman, Town of Erin, Village of Hartland, Town of Ixonia, Village of Lac La Belle, Town of Lisbon, Town of Merton, Village of Merton, Village
of Nashotah, City of Oconomowoc, Town of Oconomowoc, Village of Oconomowoc Lake, Town of Summit, and the Village of Sussex (Court website: www.lcmunict.com)

Education: J.D. Conferred: University of Wisconsin; B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Elected to Municipal Court: 1996, re-elected 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006

Summary of Career: Private practice attorney, 1978-present.

Other Pertinent Biographical Data: Member, Arrowhead Union High School Board of Education 1991-1996, president, board of directors, 1994-1996; Wisconsin Municipal Judges Association, past-president, current program chair.