Dane County is within the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV. The people of Dane County are served by a Municipal Court and the 5th District Circuit Court. The United States District Court for the ...

A Dane County judge is getting suspended by the Wisconsin Supreme Court after it found Judge Ellen Berz violated the court ...

Berz: Budget issues have strained all of Dane County's resources, including those in the justice system. We must be creative and find fiscally responsible options. This could include expanding the ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Dane County judge for her actions in 2021, when she attempted to arrest a hospitalized defendant herself after he didn’t show up for trial. The state ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed with a judicial conduct review panel’s suspension recommendation for Ellen Berz, finding that she deserved more than a reprimand because she behaved ...

Ellen Berz violated rules requiring judges to be unbiased, have “high standards of conduct” and to treat people “with ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Dane County judge for a week Tuesday for leaving court to try to arrest a hospitalized defendant herself and getting into a sarcastic exchange with another ...

A Wisconsin judge was suspended for one week by the state's Supreme Court on May 27 after the judge tried to arrest a ...

A Dane County judge will serve a seven-day suspension following a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling in a misconduct ...

An 11-page decision released by the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday details the incidents that led to the discipline of Dane ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended Dane County Judge Ellen Berz for a week following a complaint brought by the ...