Michael J Gableman was born on September 18,1966 and is an American lawyer and former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
33 Facts About Michael Gableman
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From June 2021 until August 2022, Gableman was employed as a "special counsel" by Wisconsin Assembly speaker Robin Vos to investigate the results of the 2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin.
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Michael Gableman himself became a lightning rod for controversy and was the subject of several lawsuits and personal disputes with other officials; he was ultimately fired by Vos just three days after the August 2022 primary elections in Wisconsin.
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Michael J Gableman was born in West Allis, Wisconsin, in 1966 and raised in Waukesha County.
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Michael Gableman is a graduate of New Berlin West High School and Ripon College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in education and history.
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Michael Gableman graduated from Hamline University School of Law in 1993.
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Michael Gableman became a half-time assistant district attorney in Langlade County, Wisconsin, in 1996, and worked the other half time at a private law office while serving as deputy corporation counsel for Forest County.
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Michael Gableman then worked as an assistant district attorney in Marathon County.
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Michael Gableman was elected to a full term in this office in 2002, but resigned shortly after his election to accept an appointment as an administrative law judge in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
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Later that year, Michael Gableman was appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge for Burnett County, by Governor Scott McCallum.
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In Burnett County, Michael Gableman established an inmate community service program, a juvenile community service program, a drug and alcohol court, and a restorative justice program for which he served as chairman of the board for six years.
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Michael Gableman was an adjunct professor of law at Hamline University School of Law, teaching criminal procedure and professional responsibility.
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In October 2007, Gableman announced he would run for Wisconsin Supreme Court, challenging incumbent justice Louis B Butler.
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Michael Gableman claimed in the defense of his ad that his free speech rights were violated by the judicial conduct rule he was accused of breaking.
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In January 2011, the group 9to5 Milwaukee filed an ethics complaint with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board against Michael Gableman for failing to recuse himself from a case in which he allegedly had a financial interest.
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Michael Gableman received the services from the law firm as it defended him against a separate ethics charge.
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Michael Gableman never declared the receipt of the services in his official disclosure statements.
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In 2017, Michael Gableman said he would not run for re-election in 2018.
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Michael Gableman injected himself into the discussion and suggested the election was "stolen" from Trump.
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Michael Gableman's appointment came just 15 hours after former president Donald Trump had accused Vos and other Wisconsin Republicans of engaging in a "cover up" of the election results.
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Michael Gableman issued subpoenas to a number of local officials in Green Bay and Milwaukee, subsequently admitting that he didn't actually understand how elections were supposed to be conducted.
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Michael Gableman himself became a lightning rod for controversy; he called for opponents of his review to lose their offices, he called for witnesses to be jailed if they did not comply with his interview process, he was the target of several lawsuits, and he was fined for contempt due to his record-keeping practices.
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Michael Gableman's staff included members of former President Donald Trump's administration, conspiracy theorists, and others who have falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen.
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Michael Gableman had spent $175,500, the bulk being paid for staff salaries.
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Kathleen Bernier, Michael Gableman said he hoped that Bernier would not be re-elected.
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In 2022, Michael Gableman said that mayors and others who refused to be interviewed by him behind closed doors should be incarcerated.
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The report made false claims based on incomplete and misinterpreted data, particularly related to voting in nursing homes, and Michael Gableman's office declined to answer questions from journalists about Michael Gableman's unsubstantiated claims.
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Michael Gableman's report cited The Gateway Pundit, a far-right conspiracy website.
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Court documents in April 2022 revealed that Michael Gableman routinely deleted emails, text messages and other documents gathered and produced by his probe.
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On June 15,2022, Gableman was found in contempt by Circuit Court Judge Frank D Remington after he refused to answer questions in the courtroom after being subpoenaed to appear.
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Michael Gableman's firing came three days after Vos narrowly defeated his primary challenger by 260 votes.
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In November 2024, the OLR filed a complaint against Michael Gableman detailing ten counts of misconduct in which Michael Gableman had violated professional rules of conduct for attorneys during the probe.
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The OLR and Michael Gableman jointly filed a stipulation with the Wisconsin Supreme Court detailing this agreement.