Brad Schimel
| Brad Schimel | |
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| 44th Attorney General of Wisconsin | |
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Assumed office January 5, 2015 |
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| Governor | Scott Walker |
| Preceded by | J. B. Van Hollen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 18, 1965 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sandi Schimel |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (BA) University of Wisconsin, Madison (JD) |
| Website |
Campaign website Government website |
Brad Schimel (born February 18, 1965) is an American prosecutor and the Wisconsin Attorney General, serving since January 5, 2015. The former District Attorney of Waukesha County, Wisconsin and a Republican, Schimel was elected Attorney General on November 4, 2014 and took office on January 5, 2015, succeeding fellow Republican J. B. Van Hollen.
Schimel earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Wisconsin Law School (1990). He is a graduate of Mukwonago High School and holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1987). He began his career as a prosecutor in 1990 when he joined the Waukesha County District Attorney’s office. In, 2006 Schimel was elected Waukesha County District Attorney.
In 2011, Schimel was appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Judicial Council and the Wisconsin Crime Victim Council. He is currently serves as Secretary. He is a founding member of the Waukesha County Victim Impact Panel for intoxicated drivers and President of the Preventing Alcohol-Related Crashes (PARC) Task Force, 2004-2011.
Schimel is an instructor in the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Department at Waukesha County Technical College and is a former adjunct instructor at Concordia University Wisconsin.
On October 7, 2013, Van Hollen announced he would not seek reelection in 2014 for a third term as state attorney general. Van Hollen endorsed Schimel as his replacement.
In the November 4, 2014 general election, Schimel defeated opponent Susan Happ.
In a case where the Republican legislature has so gerrymandered electoral districts that the party controls 64% of the legislative seats though the state is almost equally divided in the popular vote, a federal appeals court rejected the most recent plan by a 2-1 margin. A.G. Schimel then petitioned the Supreme Court in 2017 to overturn that decision and said, "...our redistricting process was entirely lawful and constitutional, and the district court should be reversed.” However, Trevor Potter, a former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission and president of the Campaign Legal Center, objected, and wrote: “The threat of partisan gerrymandering isn’t a Democratic or Republican issue; it’s an issue for all American voters.”
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