Foster Mediation

Experience

Experience You Can Trust

Kathryn Foster

  • Waukesha Circuit Court Judge from 1988 to 2018.
  • 2018 Judge of the Year as selected by the Wisconsin State Bar Association
  • Received training in Facilitative Mediation and Motivational Interviewing
  • Served as Chief Judge of the 3rd Administrative District. Duties included resolving personnel matters and mediating sexual harassment complaints
  • Served as Chairperson of the Waukesha County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council
  • Associate Dean of the Judicial College and faculty member
  • President of the Wisconsin Association of Treatment Court Professionals
  • Judicial Ethics Commission Vice-Chair, Trial Court Representative
  • Chaired the Committee for the Revision of the Criminal Benchbook
  • Served on multiple statewide committees involving juvenile justice and problem solving courts.

MEMBER:

  • Waukesha County Bar Association. Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • State Bar of Wisconsin

Assistant District Attorney, Waukesha County, 1977-1988

Graduate: Marquette Law School
Undergraduate: UW-Oshkosh

Lifelong resident of Southeastern Wisconsin