JoAnne Kloppenburg
| JoAnne Kloppenburg | |
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| Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General | |
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In office 1989–2012 |
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| Appointed by | Don Hanaway |
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| Born | September 5, 1953 (age 62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Jack Kloppenburg |
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Yale University Princeton University University of Wisconsin, J.D. |
| Profession | Lawyer, Prosecutor |
JoAnne Kloppenburg is the presiding judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV. Kloppenburg is a former Assistant Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, serving from 1989-2012 under Republican and Democratic Governors.
She unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April 2011 against incumbent Justice David Prosser. In 2016, Kloppenburg once again unsuccessfully sought a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, this time against incumbent Rebecca Bradley.
Kloppenburg was born JoAnne Fishman to Dr. Elihu Fishman and his wife. She attended high school in Connecticut, and attended Yale University with a scholarship, a year after it began accepting women for study in 1969. She received her B.A. in Russian studies from there, and went to the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University afterwards, originally intending to eventually become an ambassador. Instead, she shifted her focus to third world development, and received her Master of Public Affairs degree in 1976.
After graduation, Kloppenburg joined the Peace Corps and became a rural development planner in Botswana from 1976-1979. She intended to be there for two years, but the government of Botswana asked her to stay for another year afterwards to direct rural development for the entire country.
After returning to the United States, Kloppenburg worked on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children in upstate New York, and was also an assistant dean at Wells College in Aurora, New York at the same time.
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