William Eich

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title: "William Eich" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["people-from-park-ridge,-illinois", "politicians-from-madison,-wisconsin", "wisconsin-court-of-appeals-judges", "wisconsin-circuit-court-judges", "beloit-college-alumni", "university-of-wisconsin-law-school-alumni", "living-people", "year-of-birth-missing-(living-people)", "lawyers-from-madison,-wisconsin"] description: "Retired American judge" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eich" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Retired American judge ::

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Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Honorable
image	File:William Eich.jpg
office	Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
term_start	1989
term_end	1998
predecessor	Burton A. Scott
successor	Thomas Cane
office1	Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
term_start1	1985
term_end1	2000
appointer1	Tony Earl
predecessor1	Martha Bablitch
successor1	Paul Lundsten
office2	Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the
term_start2	August 1, 1978
term_end2	1985
predecessor2	Transitioned from County court
successor2	Paulette L. Siebers
office3	County Judge for
term_start3	1975
term_end3	July 31, 1978
appointer3	Patrick Lucey
predecessor3	Michael B. Torphy, Jr.
successor3	Transitioned to Circuit court
birth_place	Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
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|honorific-prefix = The Honorable |image = File:William Eich.jpg |imagesize = |caption = |office = Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals | term_start = 1989 | term_end = 1998 | predecessor = Burton A. Scott | successor = Thomas Cane |office1 = Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals | term_start1 = 1985 | term_end1 = 2000 | appointer1 = Tony Earl | predecessor1 = Martha Bablitch | successor1 = Paul Lundsten |office2 = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the
| term_start2 = August 1, 1978 | term_end2 = 1985 | predecessor2 = Transitioned from County court | successor2 = Paulette L. Siebers |office3 = County Judge for
| term_start3 = 1975 | term_end3 = July 31, 1978 | appointer3 = Patrick Lucey | predecessor3 = Michael B. Torphy, Jr. | successor3 = Transitioned to Circuit court |birth_date = |birth_place = Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = |religion = William Eich is an American lawyer and retired judge. He was Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals from 1989 to 1998. Earlier in his career, he served as a county judge and Wisconsin circuit judge in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Biography

Eich was born in Park Ridge, Illinois. He graduated from Maine East High School in 1956, Beloit College in 1960 and the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1963. Eich and his wife, Lynne, have four children. Eich has published in law reviews and legal periodicals on a variety of legal and government-related topics.

Career

After practicing with a private law firm in Madison, Wisconsin, Eich served as an Assistant and Deputy Attorney General of Wisconsin with Attorneys General Bronson La Follette and Robert W. Warren. In 1971, Governor Patrick Lucey appointed Eich as Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Lucey later appointed Eich to be a Judge of the Wisconsin Circuit Court in 1975. Eich was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Tony Earl in 1985. He later became chief judge in 1989 and remained in that position until 1998 before retiring in 2000. Since retiring from full-time judicial service, he has remained a reserve judge for the Circuit Court and served as a legal advisor to the Wisconsin State Journal.

References

References

1. "William Eich". Wisconsin Court System.

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