Briefs: State Bar of WI names Judge of the Year+.

• Date: 13 March 2002

Byline: David Ziemer

Judge White named 2001 Judge of the Year; Dahlberg, Gordon receive Lifetime Awards

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Maxine Aldridge White has been named the State Bar of Wisconsin's 2001 Judge of the Year, while retired Rock County Circuit Court Judge Edwin Dahlberg and retired federal judge Myron L. Gordon both were selected to receive a 2001 Lifetime Jurist Achievement Award. The awards will be presented at the State Bar Annual Convention, on May 17 at the Monona Terrace in Madison.

Maxine A. White

White was appointed to the circuit court in 1992, elected in 1993, and re-elected in 1999. Prior to becoming a judge, White was an assistant U.S. Attorney from 1985 to 1992. She has served on the faculty of both the Wisconsin and National Judicial Colleges and as an instructor at the UW Law School. Current and past board affiliations include the Milwaukee Bar Foundation, the Marquette University Law Alumni Association, The House Of Peace and the YWCA of Greater Milwaukee. She is a member of the Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers, and the National Bar Association. She has received numerous legal, civic and academic honors, including the Outstanding Woman of Achievement Award from the YWCA of Greater Milwaukee.

White earned a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern...