MONROE — Judge Jane Bucher will publicly take the oath of office as Green County Judge in Branch 2 in a ceremony at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 7 in the Branch 2 Courtroom, Green County Justice Center, 2841 6th Street in Monroe.

Judge Faun Phillipson will preside at the event and Judge Sarah O’Brien will administer the Oath of Office.

Judge Bucher brings broad legal experience to her service as Judge. She served as an Assistant State Public Defender for a decade and most recently was a Partner at Russell Law Firm, handling criminal and family cases primarily in Green, Lafayette, Iowa, and Rock Counties. She was appointed to the bench by Governor Tony Evers in April 2024.

As an attorney, Judge Bucher helped lead the creation and funding of Green County’s first treatment court in 2017.  She was elected to serve on the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors from 2018 to 2022. Judge Bucher served as the President of the Green County Bar Association (2015). Additionally she has previously served on the Family Promise Board and was a founding member of the MultiCultural Outreach Program, serving from 2018 to 2021. 

Judge Bucher earned her Juris Doctorate at the University of Wisconsin Law School (2010) where she gained clinical experience at the Restorative Justice/Family Law Project in Madison; in the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office; and at the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In 2019, she completed the Juvenile Training Immersion Program Summer Academy at Georgetown Law in Washington D.C. 

She lives in Monroe with her husband, Ruedi, a cheesemaker born in Switzerland, and sons, Quinn and Xavier.