Lindsey D. Draper completed his
undergraduate studies at Seattle University (B.A. in history) and earned
his law degree from Marquette University Law School. Following
employment as an Assistant District Attorney for Milwaukee County and an
Assistant State Public Defender for the State of Wisconsin, he was
appointed a Circuit Court Commissioner for Milwaukee County in December,
1992.
He served in that capacity for over
thirteen years, with assignments in Intake; Small Claims; and Children’s
Court. Since his retirement in July, 2006, he has worked for the
Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance where he currently serves as the
Wisconsin Disproportionate Minority Contact Coordinator. In the Spring
of 2007, he was named Staff Director of the Governor’s Commission on
Reducing Racial Disparity (CRRD) in the Wisconsin Justice System. Since
the release of the CRRD report and the creation of the Racial Disparity
Oversight Commission (RDOC), he has worked to assist in the
implementation of the CRRD recommendations.
He currently serves as Treasurer of the
Board of Directors of St. Charles Youth and Family Services
Organization. He further serves on the Felmers Chaney Advisory Board and
is currently Second Vice Chair of that Board.
He is immediate Past Chairman of the
Wisconsin State Bar committee overseeing the State Bar’s Fund for Client
Protection; a member of the Standing Committee of the American Bar
Association Committee on Client Protection; and teaches religious
education to middle school students at Milwaukee’s East Side Child and
Youth Ministry. He is the attorney-coach of the Wauwatosa West High
School Mock Trial team and reads weekly with elementary school students
at Kluge Elementary School in Milwaukee.