{{Short description|American judge (born 1957)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honorable | name = Lisa K. Stark | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the {{nowrap|Wisconsin Court of Appeals}} {{nowrap|District III}} | term_start = April 23, 2013 | term_end = | appointer = Scott Walker | predecessor = Gregory A. Peterson | successor = | office1 = Judge of the Eau Claire County Circuit Court<br>Branch 1 | term_start1 = August 1, 2000 | term_end1 = April 23, 2013 | appointer1 = | predecessor1 = Thomas H. Barland | successor1 = Kristina M. Bourget | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|3|15}} | birth_place = Appleton, Wisconsin | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | party = | other_party = | spouse = | children = | education = {{unbulleted list | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire {{small|(B.A.)}} | University of Wisconsin Law School {{small|(J.D.)}} }} | occupation = | profession = lawyer, judge | signature = | website = [https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/stark.htm Deputy Chief and Presiding Judge Lisa K. Stark] | footnotes = }} '''Lisa Kay Stark''' (born March 15, 1957) is an American judge, serving on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals since 2013. She has been Deputy Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals since 2015. Prior to the Court of Appeals, she was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for 15 years in Eau Claire County.<ref name="wicourts">{{cite web|url= https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/appeals/judges/stark.htm |title= Deputy Chief and Presiding Judge Lisa K. Stark |website= Wisconsin Court System |accessdate= April 2, 2020 }}</ref>
==Biography==
Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Stark graduated from Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and her J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She was admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1982 and practiced law as a partner in the firm Misfeldt, Stark, Richie, Wickstrom & Wachs. She was Chair of the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce in 1999, and was on the board of directors of the London Square Bank from 1995 to 2000.<ref name="campaign">{{cite web|url= http://judgelisastark.com/bio.html |title=Judge Lisa Stark |website= Lisa Stark For Court of Appeals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623223741/http://judgelisastark.com/bio.html |archivedate= June 23, 2016 |via= Wayback Machine |accessdate= April 2, 2020}}</ref>
In 2000, Stark was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. She was subsequently re-elected in 2006 and 2012. As a circuit court judge, she was presiding judge of the Eau Claire County Drug Court and president of the Eau Claire County Restorative Justice Program. She was appointed Associate Dean of the Wisconsin Judicial College for two three-year terms in 2005 and 2008, and was appointed Dean in 2010 by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.<ref name="wicourts"/><ref name="campaign"/><ref name="branch">{{cite periodical|url= https://wicourts.gov/news/thirdbranch/docs/winter13.pdf |title= Stark appointed to Court of Appeals |page= 2 | year= 2013 |magazine = The Third Branch |publisher= Wisconsin Court System |volume= 21 |issue= 1 |accessdate= April 3, 2020}}</ref>
In November 2012, Judge Gregory A. Peterson announced his plan to retire, creating a vacancy on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Judge Stark chose to run for the seat and was unopposed in the 2013 election. Since the seat was already vacated, Governor Scott Walker appointed her to begin the term early—she took office April 23, 2013.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.newrichmond-news.com/event/article/id/38770/group/News/ |title= Voters will choose judges, state superintendent April 2 |newspaper= New Richmond News |date= March 29, 2013 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130411110945/http://www.newrichmond-news.com/event/article/id/38770/group/News/ |via= Wayback Machine |archivedate= April 11, 2013 |accessdate= April 2, 2020}}</ref> From August 2, 2015, Stark has served as presiding judge of the court's Wausau-based District III and as the court's deputy chief judge, serving with Chief Judge Lisa Neubauer. She was re-elected in 2019 without opposition.<ref name="wicourts"/><ref name="branch"/>
==Electoral history== ===Wisconsin Circuit Court (2000, 2006, 2012)=== {{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Eau Claire Circuit, Branch 1 Election, 2000<ref>{{cite report|url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2000_SpringElection_PrimaryResults_Summary.pdf| title= Results of Spring Primary Election - 02/15/2000 |publisher= Wisconsin Elections Commission |date= February 29, 2000 |accessdate= April 3, 2020 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2000_SpringElection_SummaryResults.pdf |title= Results of Spring General Election - 04/04/2000 |publisher= Wisconsin Elections Commission |date= May 17, 2000 |accessdate= April 3, 2020 |page=5}}</ref>}} | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''Primary Election, February 15, 2000''' {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Nonpartisan politician |candidate = Lisa K. Stark |votes = 1,708 |percentage = 40.02% |change = }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Nonpartisan politician |candidate = Michael D. O'Brien |votes = 1,418 |percentage = 33.22% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Nonpartisan politician |candidate = Mike O'Brien |votes = 1,129 |percentage = 26.45% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = |candidate = ''Scattering'' |votes = 13 |percentage = 0.30% |change = }} {{Election box total |votes = '''4,268''' |percentage = '''100.0%''' |change = }} | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, April 4, 2000''' {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Nonpartisan politician |candidate = Lisa K. Stark |votes = 9,217 |percentage = 59.69% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Nonpartisan politician |candidate = Michael D. O'Brien |votes = 6,197 |percentage = 40.13% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = |candidate = ''Scattering'' |votes = 28 |percentage = 0.18% |change = }} {{Election box total |votes = '''15,442''' |percentage = '''100.0%''' |change = }} {{Election box end}}
===Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2013, 2019)=== {{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III Election, 2013<ref>{{cite report|url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Percentage%20Results_4.2.13%20Spring%20Elec%20and%20Assm98%20Special%20pdf.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2013 Spring Election - 4/2/2013 |publisher= Wisconsin Elections Commission |date= May 8, 2013 |accessdate= April 3, 2020 |page=1}}</ref>}} | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, April 2, 2013''' {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Nonpartisan politician |candidate = Lisa K. Stark |votes = 160,981 |percentage = 99.60% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = |candidate = ''Scattering'' |votes = 640 |percentage = 0.40% |change = }} {{Election box total |votes = '''161,621''' |percentage = '''100.0%''' |change = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III Election, 2019<ref>{{cite report|url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Canvass%20Results-Spring%20Election%20and%20Assm%2064%20Primary.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2019 Spring Election - 4/2/2019 |publisher= Wisconsin Elections Commission |date= April 22, 2019 |accessdate= April 3, 2020 |page=1}}</ref>}} | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| '''General Election, April 2, 2019''' {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Nonpartisan politician |candidate = Lisa K. Stark (incumbent) |votes = 224,673 |percentage = 99.55% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = |candidate = ''Scattering'' |votes = 1,018 |percentage = 0.45% |change = }} {{Election box total |votes = '''225,691''' |percentage = '''100.0%''' |change = }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://ballotpedia.org/Lisa_Stark Lisa Stark] on Ballotpedia
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