We had many things to be thankful for this weekend, but one snazzy piece of news topped the list. Wednesday, Governor Jim Doyle appointed my father, Ken Forbeck, to become a judge on the Rock County Circuit Court.
As you might guess, we’re all bursting with pride and excitement about this. It’s going to be a big change for Dad, who’s been a practicing attorney for 37 years, but we’re sure he’s going to make a fantastic judge. Dad spoke about this on the Stan Milam show on WCLO (a local AM radio station) this Friday morning—calling in from my driveway—and he sounded ready to go.
This is an elected position, but the judge in it at the moment is retiring from the bench as of January 1. Dad won’t have to run for the job until April of 2009. You can bet we’ll be hititng the pavement hard for him then. In the meantime, we’ll cheer him on from the sidelines every step of the way.
November 24th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Congrats, Ken!
He’s definitely the kind of man I can respect as a judge.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Congratulations, Ken.
Matt, I know that he is really busy, but could you ask him to give me a call in Mike’s office about one of his former clients and a problem that he was working on with DWD. Thanks.
Congrats again.
-Tim
November 28th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Thanks, Blaze and Tim!
Tim: I’ll pass that message along.