Colón had previously announced his candidacy for the Wisconsin Appellate Court.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
June 20, 2023
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Governor Tony Evers (D) has named Milwaukee County Judge Pedro Colón, 55, to the Wisconsin Appellate Court effective in mid-November 2023. Judge Colón will replace outgoing Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Timothy G. Dugan, 69, who will retire on November 18,
Dugan was previously appointed to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in 1992 by former Governor Tommy Thompson (R) and then was appointed to the Wisconsin Appellate Court in October 2016 by former Governor Scott Walker (R).
In early May, Colón announced that he was running for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 1, but Governor Evers named him to replace outgoing conservative Judge Dugan.
Colón previously served as a Democrat in the State Assembly from 1999 to 2010. He is originally from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Colón has served on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court since 2010 when he was appointed judge by former Governor Jim Doyle (D) and is currently Presiding Judge of the Civil Division.
Judge Colón graduated from Marquette University and University of Wisconsin Law School. Prior to being appointed to the Circuit Court, he served in the Wisconsin legislature from 1999 to 2010 where he was Wisconsin's first Hispanic/Latino or of Puerto Rican descent State Representative.
When Judge Colón takes the seat in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in November, he will become the first Hispanic to serve in the Appellate Court. Judge Colón will serve the remainder of Dugan's term, which ends on July 31, 2024.
Colón will most likely be instrumental in holding the Waukesha County family court accountable due to the ongoing Court of Appeals case Julie Valadez v. Ralph Ramirez where Waukesha County family court judges legislate from the bench, don't abide by Court of Appeals decisions and don't apply State laws that are intended to protect domestic abused women and their children. In the Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case (2018FA000296), both Waukesha County family court Judges Michael J. Abrahamian and Ralph M. Ramirez, also known conservatives have failed to abide by State laws. Which, Julie has appealed Aprahamian's and Ramirez's decisions with Wisconsin State Supreme Court claiming her State Constitutional rights were violated and her four special needs children were illegally placed with the abusive father, despite the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruling that it was illegal.
Julie is also one of the multiple plaintiffs, including Susan Lim Liang, Kimberlee Coronado, Protective Makua and Kathryn Alamea-Xian in the Kathryn Alamea-Xian v. Molly Jasmer (1:23-cv-00211-JAO-WR) federal lawsuit, filed in a Hawaii federal court where Waukesha County family court Judges Aprahamian and Ramirez including Walworth County Judge Daniel S. Johnson and multiple law enforcement officers from both counties, an FBI agent, multiple attorneys, several Guardian Ad Litems (attorneys), two WI U.S. attorneys totaling more than 30 defendants that also includes a Walworth County assistant District Attorney are named in the $75,000,000 Civil Rights lawsuit filed in May 2023.
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Walworth and Waukesha Counties are Republican/MAGA political strongholds, which have a history of continuously failing to abide by federal and State laws due to a lack of accountability by the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, Governor Evers (D) Office, the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the State Republican controlled legislature.
