Ann Walsh Bradley

Ann Walsh Bradley
2004 portrait
28th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Assumed office
May 1, 2025
Preceded byAnnette Ziegler
Succeeded byJill Karofsky (elect)
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Assumed office
August 1, 1995
Preceded byNathan Heffernan
Succeeded bySusan M. Crawford (elect)
Personal details
Born
Ann Ellen Walsh

(1950-07-05) July 5, 1950
Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Mark Bradley
(m. 1978)
Children4
RelativesJohn Bradley (father-in-law)
EducationWebster University (BA)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (JD)

Ann Walsh Bradley (née Ann Ellen Walsh; born July 5, 1950) is an American lawyer and jurist, and the 28th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She is the longest currently-serving justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court; she was first elected in 1995 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2015. She did not run for re-election in 2025 and her term expires July 31, 2025. Before joining the Wisconsin Supreme Court, she served ten years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Marathon County, Wisconsin.