Kathleen Falk
| Kathleen Falk | |
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Kathleen Falk in the 2009 St. Patrick's Day Parade, Madison WI
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| 4th Dane County Executive | |
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In office April 21, 1997 – April 18, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Richard J. Phelps |
| Succeeded by | Joe Parisi |
| Assistant Attorney General | |
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In office 1983–1997 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 26, 1951 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Bock (m. 2002) |
| Children | Eric Phillips |
| Residence | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D.) Stanford University (B.A.) |
| Profession | Attorney, politician, policymaker |
Kathleen Falk (born June 26, 1951) is an American attorney, politician, and policymaker from Wisconsin who served as Dane County Executive from 1997 until 2011. In 2013, she was appointed Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region Five.
A Democrat, Falk unsuccessfully sought the party's nomination for Governor of Wisconsin in 2002 and in the 2012 recall election.In 2006, Falk defeated Democratic Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager to win the party's nomination for Attorney General, but was defeated by Republican J. B. Van Hollen in the general election.
Prior to running for elected office, Falk was a prosecutor and public-interest attorney. From 1983 to 1997, she was an assistant attorney general and public intervenor in the Wisconsin Department of Justice; she previously worked as a co-director and legal counsel of Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, an advocacy organization. Falk is the only woman to serve as Dane County Executive and was the first woman to seek a major party's gubernatorial nomination in Wisconsin.
Falk was raised in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. She earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Stanford University in 1973 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1976. She is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program.
Following law school, Falk became the co-director and general counsel of Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, Inc., a non-profit, public interest organization devoted to environmental litigation and lobbying. Falk argued cases before the Wisconsin Supreme Court during her tenure there. In 1983, Falk was hired as an assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Attorney General Bronson La Follette appointed Falk to serve as Public Intervenor, in which capacity Falk performed litigation, lobbying, and advocacy on environmental protection matters. Falk's position was eliminated in 1995, during the tenure of Attorney General Jim Doyle, and Falk became an assistant attorney general at the department.
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