Brian Blanchard

The Honorable
Brian Blanchard
The Honorable Brian Blanchard
Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 1, 2010
Preceded by	Charles P. Dykman
District Attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin
	In office; January 1, 2001 – July 31, 2010
Preceded by	Diane Nicks
Succeeded by	Ismael Ozanne
Personal details
Born	November 7, 1958 (age 66); State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mary
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Michigan (B.A.); Northwestern University Law School (J.D.);
Profession	attorney, prosecutor, judge

Brian Blanchard (born November 7, 1958) is an American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician. He currently serves as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in Madison-based District IV.

Biography

Born in State College, Pennsylvania, Judge Brian W. Blanchard graduated from the University of Michigan with honors and from the Northwestern University School of Law, where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Northwestern Law Review.^[1] Blanchard is married to Mary Blanchard and has three children; Will, Ben, and Allison.^[2]

Blanchard was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago, Illinois, from 1990 to 1997. In 1997, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin and joined a private practice. He later became district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin, and served in that position from 2001 until his election to the Court of Appeals in 2010.

Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV Election, 2010^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
General Election, April 6, 2010
	Nonpartisan	Brian Blanchard	104,918	62.65%
	Nonpartisan	Edward E. Leineweber	62,135	37.10%
		Scattering	418	0.25%
Plurality			42,783	25.55%
Total votes			167,471	100.0%

^ "Judge Brian W. Blanchard". Wisconsin Court System. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
^ "About Brian". Citizens for Brian Blanchard for Court of Appeals. Archived from the original on February 5, 2002. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
^ Results of Spring General Election - 04/06/2010 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. April 23, 2010. p. 1. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

Legal offices
Preceded by Diane Nicks	District Attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin January 1, 2001 – July 31, 2010	Succeeded by Ismael Ozanne
Preceded by Charles P. Dykman	Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV August 1, 2010 – present	Incumbent