The Honorable Milton Lee Childs | |
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Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 2 | |
Assumed office November 2019 | |
Appointed by | Tony Evers |
Preceded by | Joe Donald |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 or 1964 (age 59–60) |
Education |
Xavier University Marquette University Law School |
Profession | Lawyer, judge |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
Rank | Sergeant, USMCR |
Milton Lee Childs (born 1963/1964) is an American attorney and judge from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has served as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee County since 2019, and was previously a state public defender.
Milton Childs was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He earned his bachelor's degree from Xavier University and worked as a math teacher for 12 years. During that time, he also served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve for 8 years, rising to the rank of sergeant. [1]
Childs graduated from the Marquette University Law School in 2003. [2] After law school, Childs worked at the Wisconsin State Public Defenders Office, where he rose to become a managing attorney. In 2019, Governor Tony Evers appointed Childs to the circuit court after he appointed his predecessor, Joe Donald, to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. [3] He was elected to a full term in 2021 after running unopposed. [4]