Contacts

• Clerk of Circuit Court
• Judges
• Family Court Commissioner
• Register in Probate
• Court Commissioners

Clerk of Circuit Court

  Tammy Pedretti - Clerk of Courts
  La Crosse County Courthouse & Law Enforcement Center
  333 Vine St., Room 1200
  La Crosse WI 54601-3296
  608-785-9590  Fax 608-789-7821

 

 

 

 

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Circuit Court Judges

Judge Ramona A. Gonzalez

La Crosse County Circuit Court

333 Vine St., La Crosse, WI 54601-3296

Telephone (608) 785-5840 - Fax (608) 785-5911

 

Birth Place: Dominican Republic

Education: Loyola University - Chicago, B.A. 1978;

Marquette University Law School, J.D. 1981

Career History: Circuit Court Judge, La Crosse County (1995-present); Court Commissioner, La Crosse County (1982-95); private law practice (1982-95); Law Clerk, La Crosse County Circuit Court (1981-82)

Term Expires: 2025

 

 

Judge Elliott M Levine

La Crosse County Circuit Court, Branch 2 – Third Floor
333 Vine St., La Crosse, WI 54601-3296
Telephone (608) 785-9587 - Fax (608) 785-5607

Birth Place: Urbana, Ill.

Education: Macalester College-St. Paul, MN 1985; University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. 1990
Career History: Circuit Court Judge, La Crosse County (2007-present); State Public Defender's Office (1990-2007).

Term Expires: 2025

 

 

Judge Mark A. Huesmann

La Crosse County Circuit Court, Branch 3 – Third Floor

333 Vine St., La Crosse, WI  54601-3296

Telephone  608.785.9773  -  Fax  608.785.5607

 

Birth Place: Sheboygan, WI

Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, B.A. 1991; University of North Dakota School of Law, J.D., 1994

Career History: Circuit Court Judge, La Crosse County (appointed 2023); Municipal Judge, Coulee Region Joint Municipal Court (2020 – 2023); Trial Attorney, Huesmann Law Office, LLC (1996 to 2023); United States Army Reserves – retired as lieutenant colonel (1986 to 2014); Teaching Professor, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (2013-2023).

Term Expires: 2024

 

 

Judge Scott L. Horne

La Crosse County Circuit Court, Branch 4 – Third Floor

333 Vine St., La Crosse, WI 54601-3296

Telephone:  608-785-9851 – FAX 608-785-5607

 

Birth Place:  Milwaukee, WI

Education:  Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA ,  B.A.  Philosophy (1975);  J.D.  University of Wisconsin  (1979)

Career History:  Circuit Court Judge, La Crosse County 2007-present;  La Crosse County District Attorney, 1985-2007;  La Crosse County Assistant District Attorney, 1981-1985;  Law Clerk to the Circuit Court, 1979-1981

Term Expires:  2025

 

 

Judge Gloria L. Doyle
La Crosse County Circuit Court, Branch 5 – Second Floor

333 Vine St., La Crosse, WI 54601-3296

Telephone: 608-785-5880 - FAX 608-785-5911

 

Birth Place:  Rochester, NY

Education:  University of WI-Madison BA Economics and Political Science,1984; University Of Wisconsin Law School, J.D.,  1987

Career History:  Circuit Court Judge, La Crosse County 2015-present; La Crosse County Family Court Commissioner 2006-2015; Doyle Law Office, S.C., 1988-2006; Ass't Family Court Commissioner 1994-2006

Term Expires: 2021

 

 

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Family Court Commissioner

Contact Info

Eric S. Sanford

333 Vine St., Room 2500

La Crosse, WI  54601

Phone: 608-785-5600

FAX: 608-785-5622

 

 

Other Links:

• Self-representation (pro se) – Basic Guide to Divorce/Legal Separation

• State Forms

 

 

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Register in Probate

Contact Info:

Nicole Schroeder
Address: La Crosse County Courthouse, Rm. 1201, 333 Vine Street, La Crosse, WI  54061
Phone: 608-785-9882
Fax: 608-789-7821

The La Crosse County Register in Probate is a full-time position appointed by the Judges.

Nicole Schroeder is the current Register in Probate/Probate Registrar.  She served as Treasurer for the Wisconsin Register in Probate Association from 2019-2021.  

First Appointed:  2018

Education: Winona State University – ABA Paralegal Program – B.S.

Summary of Career at time of Appointment: General practice paralegal from 1997-2018

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La Crosse County Court Commissioners - (as of March 2021)

 

(Judge Gonzalez) renewed March 2021
Burgos, Kara   784-8310  
201 Main St, Suite 700, La Crosse
Bosshard, Andrew 782-1469
750 3rd St N, La Crosse

(Judge Levine) renewed March 2021
Ahne Herlitzka, Margaret   784-3540
505 King St Suite 300, La Crosse
Veenstra, Joe 784-5678
205 5th Ave S Suite 600, La Crosse

(Judge Huesmann) renewed March 2021
Kelly, Helen 519-2665
PO Box 412, La Crosse 
Katelyn Doyle

(Judge Horne) renewed March 2021
Heim, Pat   784-1605
201 Main St, Suite 1000, La Crosse

(Judge Doyle) renewed March 2021
Zacher, Chris 518-3224
115 5th Ave S, Suite 420, La Crosse
Belzer, Keith

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