John Chisholm

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Past Experience

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Criminal Prosecution

Mr. Chisholm was the elected District Attorney for Milwaukee County Wisconsin for 18 years. Prior to his election, he served as a line prosecutor in the Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office for 12 years, specializing in complex conspiracy and violent crime cases. As the District Attorney, he was the lead prosecutor in several high-profile public integrity and homicide prosecutions. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer at Marquette University Law School where he focuses on criminal justice reform policies.

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English

Recognition

The American Antitrust Institute (“AAI”) honored Mr. Burke with an Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice award at their 2020 and 2018 Antitrust Enforcement Awards for efforts in the GSE litigation and ISDAfix litigation, respectively.

In 2014, he was also recognized for his exemplary work in the Dahl v. Bain Capital Partners matter by the AAI and has regularly been designated as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters.

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Criminal Prosecution

Publication

Mr. Burke’s book, The Appearance of Equality: Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and the Supreme Court (Greenwood, 1999), examines conflicts over voting rights and political representation within the competing rhetoric of communitarian and liberal strategies of justification.

Mr. Burke co-authored an article with Stephanie A. Hackett, David W. Mitchell, Simon J. Wilke, Melanie Stallings Williams, Michael A. Williams, and Wei Zhao, titled “Masters of the Universe: Bid Rigging by Private Equity Firms in Multibillion Dollar LBOs,” 87 U. Cin. L. Rev. 29 (2018).

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Education

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