Maxine Aldridge White

The Honorable
Maxine Aldridge White
Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 1, 2023
Appointed byWisconsin Supreme Court
Preceded byWilliam W. Brash III
Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 7, 2020
Appointed byTony Evers
Preceded byJoan F. Kessler
Chief Judge of the 1st District of Wisconsin Circuit Courts
In office
August 1, 2015 – February 7, 2020
Preceded byJeffrey Kremers
Succeeded byMary Triggiano
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 1
In office
August 1, 1994 – February 7, 2020
Appointed byTommy Thompson
Preceded byCharles B. Schudson
Succeeded byJack Dávila
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Mississippi
Education
Salary$150,280[1]
WebsiteJudge Maxine Aldridge White

Maxine Aldridge White (born 1951) is an American attorney and judge. She is the chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and has served on the Court of Appeals in the Milwaukee-based District I court since 2020. She is the first African-American woman to serve on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

White previously served 18 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County, and was chief judge for the 1st Judicial Administrative District from 2015 until her appointment to the Court of Appeals in 2020. Earlier in her career, she was a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.[2]

  1. ^ "How the courts work". Wisconsin Court System. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tony Evers appoints Maxine White to Wisconsin Court of Appeals". Wisconsin State Journal. January 19, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.