A Democratic state lawmaker is demanding Wisconsin supreme court justice Michael Gableman’s removal from the bench over Gableman’s refusal-despite having received thousands of dollars in free legal services from Michael Best & Friedrich-to recuse himself from cases in which the firm represents clients.
Citing Gableman’s decision to preside over 11 such cases-several of them still active-state representative Kelda Helen Roys is circulating a petition calling on the Legislature to oust him over what she says are violations of state law and the state Code of Judicial Conduct, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
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