Laura Crivello

Laura A. Crivello is an American attorney and judge. She has served as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee County since 2018.

The Honorable
Laura Crivello
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 36
Assumed office
August 1, 2018
Appointed byScott Walker
Preceded byJeffrey Kremers
Personal details
SpouseFrank

Life and career

Crivello graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee before receiving her Juris Doctor from the Marquette University Law School in 1993. For twenty-four years, she worked as a prosecutor, focusing on prosecutions related to drugs and gang violence.[1][2] In her last years at the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office, she was team leader for the office High Intensity of Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) team. In 2017, the Wisconsin Law Journal named her a recipient of its “Women of the Law” award.[3] In 2018, an inmate was accused of trying to order a hit on her after she helped send him to prison.[4]

In 2018, Crivello was appointed to the Wisconsin Circuit Court in Milwaukee County by then-Governor Scott Walker, a Republican. She kept her seat when she ran uncontested in 2019.[5]

References
  1. Alan J. Borsuk. "Moving from Convicting to Connecting" (PDF). Marquette Lawyer. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  2. "The Story Behind a New Style of Drug-Dealing in Milwaukee". 18 August 2017.
  3. "Gov. Walker: Appoints Attorney Laura Crivello to Milwaukee County judge". 13 March 2018.
  4. John Diedrich. "Milwaukee man charged with plotting to kill the prosecutor who put him away for heroin dealing". Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  5. "4-2-19MilwaukeeCountyElectionResults-Official.pdf" (PDF). Milwaukee County. April 9, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.