In the Matter of Judicial Discip. Proceed. Against Tesmer

¶ 1. This is a review, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.91,1 of the findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendation for discipline of the judicial conduct panel concerning the conduct of the Honorable Louise M. Tesmer, circuit judge for Milwaukee county. The panel, by a divided vote, concluded that Judge Tesmer engaged in judicial misconduct by having a friend, who is a law professor, prepare for her use opinions on dispositive motions in cases over which *711she presided. The panel majority concluded that the judge thereby wilfully violated two rules of the former Code of Judicial Ethics:2…