J. Mac Davis Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
J. Mac Davis
Office: of the of
Term Start:August 1, 2007
Term End:July 31, 2013
Predecessor:Kathryn W. Foster
Successor:Randy R. Koschnick
Term Start1:August 1, 1997
Term End1:July 31, 2015
Predecessor1:Clair H. Voss
Successor1:Maria S. Lazar
Term Start2:August 1, 1990
Term End2:July 31, 1996
Predecessor2:Robert T. McGraw
Successor2:Patrick C. Haughney
State3:Wisconsin
State Senate3:Wisconsin
District3:11th
Term Start3:January 3, 1983
Term End3:August 1, 1990
Predecessor3:Warren D. Braun
Successor3:Joanne B. Huelsman
Birth Date:5 April 1952
Residence:Waukesha, Wisconsin
Children:3
Party:Republican

J. Mac Davis (born April 5, 1952) is an American lawyer, politician, and retired judge. He served as a commissioner on the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, appointed to a five-year term in 2016. He was a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge in Waukesha County for 24 years, retiring in 2015. Earlier in his career he represented Waukesha County in the Wisconsin State Senate as a Republican.

Biography

Davis graduated from University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1973, with honors, in economics. He then received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from University of Michigan Law School. Davis was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1976.

Davis was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1982, as a Republican, and was re-elected in 1986. In the senate, he served as ranking senate minority member on the Joint Finance Committee.[1]

In 1990, Davis was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge for Waukesha County.[2] He did not seek re-election in 1996, but unsuccessfully ran for congress. He was elected judge again in 1997, and re-elected in 2003 and 2009.[3] He served as chief judge of the 3rd Judicial District, by appointment of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, from 2007 to 2013. He retired from his judgeship on July 31, 2015.[4]

In September 2008, Judge Davis was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush to the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, to replace Judge John C. Shabaz, who had stated his intention to retire.[5] The United States Senate did not take up his confirmation and the nomination expired four months later at the end of Bush's presidency.[6] [7]

He was appointed by Governor Scott Walker to the newly created Wisconsin Ethics Commission, to a five-year term commencing July 1, 2016.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davis, J. Mac 1952 . . 8 August 2017 . April 12, 2020 .
  2. Web site: Circuit Court Judge J. Mac Davis . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414071634/http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/Courts.aspx?id=21144 . April 14, 2012 . April 12, 2020 .
  3. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992,' Elections-Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, pg. 879
  4. News: Judge Mac Davis announces retirement from Waukesha County circuit court . . August 14, 2014 . Vielmetti . Bruce . April 12, 2020 .
  5. Judge J. Mac Davis gets the nod from President Bush . Wisconsin Law Journal . September 15, 2008 . April 12, 2020.
  6. News: Madison federal judge to take senior status, says district needs third judge . March 20, 2009 . Marie . Rohde. . April 12, 2020.
  7. News: Judicial selections not quite non-partisan . Walker . Laurel . https://web.archive.org/web/20091230203020/http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/80121422.html . . December 30, 2009. December 25, 2009 . April 12, 2020 .
  8. Governor Walker Appoints Judge Mac Davis and Judge Robert Kinney to Ethics Commission . . Urban Milwaukee . June 9, 2016 . April 12, 2020 .