Jill Judith Karofsky was born on July 15,1966 and is an American attorney who has served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since 2020.
17 Facts About Jill Karofsky
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Jill Karofsky was born on July 15,1966, in south-central Wisconsin to Judy Karofsky, a former Middleton, Wisconsin, city council member and the city's mayor from 1975 to 1977, and her then-husband Peter Karofsky, a pediatrician.
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Jill Karofsky was a state tennis champion while at Middleton High School, where she graduated in 1984.
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Jill Karofsky later played Division I sports for Duke University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in 1988.
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Jill Karofsky received her Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1992.
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Jill Karofsky married attorney Jason Knutson in July 1998, though they later divorced.
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Jill Karofsky entered civil service as a deputy district attorney for Dane County.
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Jill Karofsky has served in the Wisconsin Department of Justice as Assistant Attorney General working as Wisconsin's Violence Against Women resource prosecutor, and later leading the Office of Crime Victim Services.
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In 2017, Jill Karofsky was elected as a judge on the Dane County Circuit Court, beating municipal judge Marilyn Townsend by 15 points.
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Three years later, Jill Karofsky challenged incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly in Wisconsin's 2020 election.
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Jill Karofsky was endorsed by over 100 current and former Wisconsin judges, including incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet.
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Jill Karofsky received endorsements from US Senator Tammy Baldwin, former governor Jim Doyle, and former US senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl.
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Jill Karofsky was not placed on the case as a prosecutor until a year after the deal was struck.
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On March 27,2020, Jill Karofsky's campaign announced intent to file a cease and desist order against the ads.
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Jill Karofsky took office on August 1,2020, and became the ninth woman in Wisconsin history to serve on the state's high court.
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In keeping with her marathon hobby, on August 1,2020, Jill Karofsky was sworn into office following the thirty-fifth mile of an "ultramarathon," by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet in a ceremony attended by former governor Jim Doyle.
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Jill Karofsky voted with the majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to dismiss several of Donald Trump's appeals as he sought to challenge the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin.