In Re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Ziegler

¶ 1. The court is called upon to determine whether a judge's conduct in presiding at 11 cases in which the judge's spouse was a director of one of the parties constitutes misconduct under SCR 60.04(4)(e)l. of the Code of Judicial Conduct and Wis. Stat. § 757.8l(4)(a).1

¶ 2. Washington County Circuit Judge Annette K. Ziegler presided in 11 cases in which the West Bend Savings Bank was a party when the Judge's spouse was a director of the Bank. The applicable Code rule, SCR 60.04(4)(e)l., requires a judge to recuse herself from presiding in a case in which the judge's spouse is a director of a…