Petition for Revision of Supreme Court Rule 10.04

Petition [6 pp. pdf] for Revision of Supreme Court Rule 10.04 filed 07/18/07 by Thomas Basting, Sr., President of the State Bar of Wisconsin [07-10]

Rationale:

"This petition, in particular Attachment #1, sets forth the Board of Governors requested amendment to SCR 10.04 to limit the President and Chairperson to one term each."

This requested rule change is related to bylaw changes.

"Candidate [Steven] Levine’s election was viewed by many in the Out-State district as a disenfranchisement and a great deal of concern was raised about the viability of future Out-State candidates if they would have to face self-nominated candidates from Milwaukee or Madison.

"The Election Bylaws Committee appointed by President Guerin at the direction of the Board of Governors addressed the issue of how to amend the Supreme Court Rules and the State Bar bylaws to ensure that Out-State candidates would have a fair chance to serve as presidents of the State Bar of Wisconsin in the future."