Annette Ziegler

Annette Ziegler
2007 portrait
27th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office
May 1, 2021 – April 30, 2025
Preceded byPatience D. Roggensack
Succeeded byAnn Walsh Bradley
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Assumed office
August 1, 2007
Preceded byJon P. Wilcox
Judge of the Washington County Circuit Court
Branch 2
In office
August 1, 1997 – July 31, 2007
Appointed byTommy Thompson
Preceded byJames Schwalbach
Succeeded byJames Muehlbauer
Personal details
BornAnnette Marie Kingsland
(1964-03-06) March 6, 1964
SpouseJ. J. Ziegler
Children3
EducationHope College (BA)
Marquette University (JD)

Annette Kingsland Ziegler (born March 6, 1964) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2007 as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. During her time on the Supreme Court, she served as the court's 27th chief justice from 2021 to 2025. Regarded as member of the court's conservative wing, Ziegler has announced that she will retire at the end of her current term, July 31, 2027. Prior to her election to the state Supreme Court, she served ten years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Washington County. Earlier in her career, she served as an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin