The (reported) financial interests of Brian Hagedorn, right-leaning swing justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Elected officials in Wisconsin must submit reports on their finances to the state. Here is the report from the court’s swing justice.

A photo of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn

Justice Brian Hagedorn was elected to the court in 2019. He had been a judge on the state’s Court of Appeals and chief legal counsel to Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

The right-leaning justice has angered Republicans by occasionally siding with the court’s left-wing justices on some issues.

A justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will earn an annual salary of about $185,000 in 2023, more than any other elected official in Wisconsin state government, including the governor, who will earn an annual salary of about $166,000 in 2023.


The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin.

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