Mayer elected as judge in Dunn County
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — Christina Mayer has been elected as the Branch II judge in Dunn County Circuit Court in the April 6 election after facing challenger Nicholas P. Lange.
According to unofficial election results, Mayer received 3,496 votes, while Lange received 3,013 votes.
Mayer will replace Judge Rod W. Smeltzer, who is retiring this summer.
Luke M. Wagner was elected as the Branch III judge in Dunn County Circuit Court and received 4,970 votes.
Branch III was recently added to Dunn County’s Circuit Court to help alleviate the caseload of the other two branches.
Additional judges are added to circuit courts by the state legislature.
When the Dunn County Judicial Center was built more than 20 years ago, a third courtroom was added with the hope that Dunn County would eventually receive a third judge.
A graduate of Chippewa Falls Senior High School in 1985, Mayer earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from UW-Eau Claire in May of 1990 and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in May of 1995.
Over the past 25 years, Mayer says she has gained experience in child protection, family law, elder law, real estate, probate, estate planning, guardianships and guardian ad litem work and has had an office in Dunn County for over 20 years.
Mayer serves on the following boards: Menomonie Free Clinic, Boys & Girls Club Advisory Committee, Try Mediation Board, Stepping Stones Development Committee, Dunn County Family Treatment Court Board, Menomonie Sunrise Rotary and State Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section Board.
Lange serves as the Corporation Counsel for Dunn County.
After graduating from Boyceville High School in 1981, Lange attended UW-Eau Claire for a year, then joined the United States Army. He served in the Military Police Corps for three years and was honorably discharged in 1985. Lange then returned to UW-Eau Claire and received a degree in Criminal Justice in 1989. After graduating from college, he attended William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, and received his law degree in 1992.
