Susan M. Crawford
Susan Crawford | |
|---|---|
Crawford in 2025 | |
| Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ann Walsh Bradley |
| Judge of the Dane County Circuit Court Branch 1 | |
| In office August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy Samuelson |
| Succeeded by | Ben Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1965 Lewiston, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Shawn Peters (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Lawrence University (BA) Indiana University, Bloomington (MA) University of Iowa (JD) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Susan Margaret Crawford (born March 1, 1965) is an American lawyer and jurist from Madison, Wisconsin. She is a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, since taking office on August 1, 2025. She previously served seven years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Dane County (2018–2025).
Earlier in her career, she was chief legal counsel to Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and served as administrator of the Office of Enforcement and Science in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Before that, she had served as an assistant attorney general in the Iowa Department of Justice and then the Wisconsin Department of Justice; in both roles, she specialized in criminal appeals.
During the 2025 election campaign, she was identified as a liberal candidate and received support from Democratic Party donors. In her career as an attorney, she took on cases in support of labor unions, women's rights, voting rights, and public education.