Susan M. Crawford
Susan Crawford | |
|---|---|
| Justice-elect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
| Assuming office August 1, 2025 | |
| Succeeding | Ann Walsh Bradley |
| Judge of the Dane County Circuit Court Branch 1 | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy Samuelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1965 Lewiston, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Shawn Peters (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Lawrence University (BA) Indiana University, Bloomington (MA) University of Iowa (JD) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Susan Margaret Crawford (born March 1, 1965) is an American lawyer and jurist from Madison, Wisconsin. She is a justice-elect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court; she was elected in the 2025 election and is scheduled to take office on August 1, 2025. She has served as a Wisconsin circuit court judge for Dane County since 2018.
Earlier in her career, she was chief legal counsel to Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and served as administrator of the Office of Enforcement and Science in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Before that, she had served as an assistant attorney general in the Iowa Department of Justice and then the Wisconsin Department of Justice; in both roles, she specialized in criminal appeals.
During the 2025 election campaign, she was identified as a liberal candidate and received support from Democratic Party donors. Earlier in her legal career, she took on cases in support of labor unions, women's rights, voting rights, and public education.