N. Patrick Crooks

Justice N. Patrick Crooks was elected to the Supreme Court in 1996 and re-elected in 2006. A native of Green Bay, Wis., Justice Crooks received his bachelor's degree from St. Norbert College in 1960 and his law degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1963.

Before joining the Supreme Court, Justice Crooks served 19 years on the bench in Brown County. From 1964 to 1966, he served as a U.S. Army officer at the Pentagon, in the Office of the Judge Advocate General. He also worked in private practice in 1963, and again from 1966 to 1977. While in private practice, he taught business law at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Justice Crooks was named Trial Judge of the Year in 1994 by the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a member of the American Bar Association and serves as a law school evaluator for the American Bar Association's Legal Education and Admissions Section. He is also a member of the Wisconsin Law Foundation Board, the State Bar of Wisconsin's Media-Law Relations Committee and a past member of the Wisconsin Judicial Council. He is a director of the Notre Dame Law Association, and a member of the James E. Doyle Chapter of the American Inns of Court.

Justice Crooks is married with six children, five of whom are lawyers.

His current term expires July 31, 2016.