Evers appoints trio to Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

• Position: Tony Evers, Amber Raffeet August, Raphael Ramos and Anderson Gansner

Byline: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Amber Raffeet August, Raphael Ramos and Anderson Gansner to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

Raffeet August is being appointed to Branch 14, filling the vacancy being created by Judge Christopher Foley's retirement. Ramos is being appointed to Branch 24, filling the vacancy being created by Judge Janet Protasiewicz's election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Gansner is being appointed to Branch 46, filling the vacancy being created by Judge David Feiss' retirement.

All three appointees will complete terms ending July 31, 2024.

Raffeet August has been an assistant Family Court commissioner for Milwaukee County since August 2022, where she presides over family court proceedings. She began her legal career at the Milwaukee-based immigration law firm, Grzeca Law Group, before transitioning to RISE Law Center, where she represented survivors of violence in family law and immigration proceedings. In 2018, Raffeet August joined the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, where she advocated for the best interest of children from indigent families during family court litigation.

Raffeet August is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin Law School. She has served as the president of the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers, as an executive committee member of the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors, and on the board of directors of the Community Immigration Law Center.

Ramos is currently Legal Action of Wisconsin's Milwaukee Housing Law Unit supervisor and, since 2016, has been the director of LAW's Eviction Defense Project. The Eviction Defense Project, which he developed and implemented, expanded access to legal services available for low-income...