Know Your Judge: James D. Peterson

This week’s Know Your Judge features James D. Peterson of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Peterson was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2014. Before joining the federal bench he worked at law firm Godfrey & Kahn SC as a partner since 1997. Earlier this year, Peterson became chief judge.

In a recent benefits case, Peterson allowed a former Jeff Foster Trucking Inc. executive to advance claims that the company and its owner retaliated against him after he took nearly nine weeks of protected leave to treat depression and alcoholism. Last year, he held that ...