| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Margaret J. Vergeront | |
| Term Start: | August 1, 1994 |
| Term End: | July 31, 2012 |
| Predecessor: | New seat |
| Successor: | JoAnne Kloppenburg |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Margaret J. Vergeront (born May 6, 1946) is an American attorney and retired judge. She served 18 years on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in the Madison-based District IV court.
Vergeront was born on May 6, 1946, in Madison, Wisconsin.[1] She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School.[1]
Vergeront was a law clerk to United States District Judge James Edward Doyle from 1975 to 1976;[1] Doyle's son Jim Doyle later served as Governor of Wisconsin. Following her time working for Judge Doyle, she worked as a staff attorney for Legal Action of Wisconsin, a nonprofit providing pro bono legal services.[1] [2] In 1984, she went into private practice in Madison and continued until her election to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in 1994.[1]
She was unopposed in the 1994 election to a newly created seat on the District IV court.[3] She was subsequently reelected in 2000 and 2006, never facing an opponent.[4] She retired from the court in 2012.
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