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FMR. Wisconsin Judge Avoids Prison Time for Helping Immigrant Avoid Arrest

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Judge Adelman served 22 years in the Wisconsin State Senate!

Before President Clinton appointed him to the federal bench in 1997, Adelman spent over two decades as a Wisconsin state legislator — giving him both a lawmaker's and a judge's view of the law.

Judge Adelman was a state senator before joining the federal bench!

Appointed by President Clinton in 1997, Adelman spent years as a Wisconsin state senator before becoming a federal judge — giving him rare dual insight into how laws are written and how courts interpret them.

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