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Peg Lautenschlager is an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin from 1993 to 2001. She was the first woman to serve in that position. She was also the first woman to serve as Wisconsin Attorney General, a position she held from 2003 to 2007.
Lautenschlager was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1977 with a degree in political science. She then attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, graduating in 1980.
After graduating from law school, Lautenschlager worked as an assistant district attorney in Fond du Lac County from 1980 to 1983. She then worked as an assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Department of Justice from 1983 to 1993. In 1993, she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. She held that position until 2001.
In 2002, Lautenschlager was elected Wisconsin Attorney General, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She was re-elected in 2006, but resigned in 2007 to run for governor. She lost the Democratic primary to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.
Lautenschlager is currently a partner at the law firm of Godfrey & Kahn in Madison, Wisconsin. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
As of 2021, Peg Lautenschlager's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
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Peggy Ann Lautenschlager |
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63 years old |
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22 November, 1955 |
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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March 31, 2018, |
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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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Her husband is Bill Rippl
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5 (including Josh Kaul) |
Peg Lautenschlager Net Worth
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Lautenschlager's son, Josh Kaul, is the current Wisconsin Attorney General, he was elected in the general election of November 6, 2018.
First diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, Lautenschlager died on March 31, 2018, at her home in Fond du Lac, aged 62.
After graduation from law school, Lautenschlager was an attorney in private practice in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, specializing in family and domestic abuse law. She served as a member of the adjunct faculties of the University of Wisconsin Law School, the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, and Ripon College, and served as interim circuit court commissioner of Winnebago County.
In 2006, Lautenschlager faced a Democratic challenger, Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, a 2002 candidate for Governor and former Assistant Attorney General. Lautenschlager lost the Democratic nomination to Falk. Falk later lost the general election to former Western District of Wisconsin U.S. Attorney J. B. Van Hollen. Lautenschlager became the first incumbent Wisconsin Attorney General to lose a primary in 58 years.
In February 2004, Lautenschlager pleaded guilty to drunk driving in Dodge County, about an hour away from Madison. The police report stated that she refused a blood test. Lautenschlager said that she had fallen asleep at the wheel, and had consumed only two glasses of wine earlier that evening. Lautenschlager reimbursed some of the costs and paid a fine of $784. Her driver's license was also revoked for a year.
Also in 2004, a state Ethics Board investigated Lautenschlager's use of her state car, ruling that her personal use of it exceeded state-allowed limits but finding "no corrupt motive or intention to obtain a dishonest advantage".
She was elected in 2002 as a Democrat to the office of Attorney General, succeeding Jim Doyle who successfully ran for governor. Her campaign raised more money than any previous Democratic campaign for that office. She defeated Vince Biskupic, the Republican candidate, 52% to 48%, despite being outspent by about $200,000. During this period she was a practicing lawyer and a part-time politics professor at Ripon College, in addition to serving as Chair of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Lautenschlager the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, a position for which she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and held until April 2001. In that capacity, she was the chief federal law enforcement officer for the state's westernmost 44 counties. In 1996, Lautenschlager was appointed by Janet Reno to serve on the 15-member Attorney General's Advisory Committee. She was the first Wisconsinite ever selected to serve on the committee.
Lautenschlager was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1988, unseating a 32-year Republican incumbent. She served from 1989 to 1993 representing the Fond du Lac area. She chaired the Assembly Select Committee on Drug Enforcement, Education, and Treatment and Subcommittee on Corrections Systems Concerns. She also served on the Committees on Criminal Justice, Elections and Constitutional Law, Environmental Resources, Utilities and Mining, Natural Resources, Judiciary, and Education. She served as Vice-chair of Legislative Counsel Committees on Drug Enforcement and Review of Sexual Assault Laws. She decided not to seek re-election in 1992, and instead campaigned for the congressional seat held by incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Petri. She narrowly lost in what was an unexpectedly close race.
Lautenschlager was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Wisconsin State Senate in November 1984, losing the race to incumbent Scott McCallum. Shortly after her defeat, she was appointed by Gov. Tony Earl to serve as District Attorney for Winnebago County, becoming the first woman to hold the office. She served as district attorney from July 1985 to December 1988. Lautenschlager simultaneously served on the Wisconsin State Elections Board, the Governor's Council on Domestic Abuse, the Democratic National Committee and the Oshkosh Rape Crisis Center.
Peggy Ann Lautenschlager (November 22, 1955 – March 31, 2018) was an American attorney and politician who was the first chair of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. She was Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2007. She succeeded fellow Democrat Jim Doyle when Doyle was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 2002. Lautenschlager was the first woman elected Wisconsin Attorney General.
Lautenschlager was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to Milton Adam "Fritz" Lautenschlager (1926–2012), a sports coach and Patsy Ruth "Pat" (née Oleson). She graduated from Goodrich High School (now Fond du Lac High School) in 1973 as valedictorian of her class. Lautenschlager was a Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude graduate of Lake Forest College, in 1977, majoring in history and mathematics. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in June 1980.