Committee
Friends of Huma for Judge
Campaign Phone
6084055126
Education
Stetson College of Law, J.D. & M.B.A., Western Kentucky University, B.A.
Personal Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
My background reflects a 25-year commitment to public service and the fair, efficient administration of justice. As Chief Justice of the Turtle Mountain Court of Appeals, I led the court through a crisis after the courthouse was destroyed by fire, recruiting additional judges, reorganizing calendars to prevent delays, and ensuring continued access to timely hearings. I also expanded transparency by partnering with a local community college to publish appellate opinions online.
Before joining the bench, I served with Legal Assistance of North Dakota, representing underserved communities in housing disputes and advocating for survivors of domestic violence seeking protection and safety. Today, as founder and lead attorney of Madison Immigration Law, I represent immigrants and their families in high-stakes matters involving removal defense, asylum, and family reunification. Across all roles, I have worked to ensure justice is accessible, impartial, and worthy of public trust.
My life and career have prepared me to work respectfully and effectively with people from all backgrounds. As the daughter of immigrants from India, I learned early how language, culture, and access affect a person’s experience with the legal system, shaping my commitment to ensuring everyone is seen and heard.
Over 25 years, my work has centered on fairness and dignity. As Chief Justice of the Turtle Mountain Court of Appeals, I worked daily with people from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, learning that justice depends not only on correct application of the law but on how people are treated in court. As an attorney with Legal Assistance of North Dakota, I represented individuals facing housing instability, veterans, rural residents, and survivors of domestic violence. For more than 15 years, as founder of Madison Immigration Law, I have represented clients from many countries and cultures, requiring cultural humility, empathy, and respect for due process.
If elected as Judge of the Dane County Circuit Court, Branch One, I will uphold the highest standards of judicial impartiality in both practice and appearance. I will strictly follow the Wisconsin Code of Judicial Conduct, carefully assess potential conflicts or appearances of bias, and recuse myself when appropriate.
I will treat every person before the court with dignity and respect, listening carefully to all sides, and applying the law fairly and consistently. My decisions will be based solely on the facts and the law, free from external pressure or personal influence.
I will also communicate my rulings clearly and transparently, explaining the legal reasoning behind them. Clear, well-reasoned decisions reinforce public confidence and demonstrate that outcomes are driven by law and evidence.
Impartiality is essential to the rule of law. If honored to serve, I will bring a steadfast commitment to unbiased, ethical, and transparent judicial service.
Fairness is the foundation of public trust in the justice system. As a judge, I would apply the law impartially, consistently, and with respect for every person who appears before the court.
I would ensure fairness by strictly adhering to legal and ethical standards, safeguarding procedural rights, avoiding conflicts of interest, and applying rules of evidence and procedure consistently. I would issue clear, well-reasoned decisions and remain committed to continuing education, including awareness of implicit bias.
Fairness is not a single act, but an ongoing responsibility. If honored to serve as Judge of the Dane County Circuit Court, Branch One, I will bring that commitment to every case, every decision, and every person who comes before the court.
I admire Justice Sonia Sotomayor for her perseverance, principled jurisprudence, and commitment to ensuring the law serves all people fairly. As the daughter of Puerto Rican parents and the first Latina Justice, her path underscores the importance of diverse perspectives on the bench, which resonates with my own experience as the daughter of immigrants. If elected, I would also make history as the first Muslim American elected to a Wisconsin Circuit Court.
I respect her rigorous, well-reasoned opinions and insistence that constitutional principles be applied evenly. Her dissent in the travel ban case exemplifies this approach, emphasizing religious neutrality and equal protection and the judiciary’s duty to scrutinize government action regardless of how policies are framed.
I was proud to encourage legal engagement in that case by approaching the Freedom From Religion Foundation to submit an amicus brief addressing Establishment Clause concerns from an immigration law perspective.
Committee
Ben Jones for Judge
Campaign Phone
6085158318
Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison; UW Law School
Personal Pronouns
He / Him / His
My entire career reflects a sustained commitment to service & justice. My first job as an attorney was representing public schools, where my work supported educators and learners. That led me to the WI Dept. of Public Instruction, where I trained districts across the state to better serve students, represented state education leaders, and made sure those teachers who shouldn’t be in the classroom were removed. We worked hard to make education accessible to all in the face of significant legal and political challenges. I handled complex, high-stakes matters—including successfully arguing before the WI Supreme Court—while grounding my work in the constitution, law, due process, and the public good. I also helped develop frameworks to protect students during the COVID crisis and to safeguard civil rights, particularly for LGBTQ+ youth. Today, as a Dane County Circuit Court judge, I continue this lifelong dedication to fairness, impartiality, and justice in service to the public.
My experience has prepared me to work respectfully and effectively with people from all backgrounds who come before the court. Throughout my career, I have helped people during some of the most difficult moments of their lives—students harmed by trusted adults, families navigating expulsion appeals, parents in conflict over their children, individuals seeking recognition of their identity, and people pursuing accountability after injury. These circumstances require patience, empathy, active listening, and clear communication. Both as a lawyer and as a judge, I have ensured decisions are grounded in fairness, due process, and an understanding of their real-world impact. My commitment to equity and impartiality—along with constant vigilance against bias—guides how I listen, evaluate, and apply the law so that every person is treated with dignity and respect.
I ensure impartiality in both practice and appearance by maintaining a clear commitment to the independence and integrity of the judiciary. I respect the separation of powers and understand that a judge’s role is to apply the law fairly and without favoritism. I adhere strictly to ethical standards, avoid conflicts of interest, and remain mindful that public confidence in the courts depends as much on perception as on outcome. At the same time, I stay engaged in my community to understand the real-world context of the cases before me, which informs empathy without compromising neutrality. Guided by the rule of law, equity, and fairness, I treat every person equally before the court and ensure that neither power nor wealth influences my decisions, preserving trust in a fair and impartial judiciary.
I will ensure fairness in both civil and criminal decisions by treating every person who comes before the court equally, without regard to wealth, power, or background. Each case deserves careful, individualized consideration based on the facts, the law, and the arguments presented. I approach my role as an objective decision maker with a firm commitment to the rule of law and due process. Fairness requires constant vigilance, so I routinely examine my own reasoning for potential bias and rely on clear legal standards and structured analysis to minimize subjectivity. I also believe judges must be attentive to systemic inequities within the justice system and work to reduce their impact. By acting with independence, integrity, and respect, I strive to ensure that every person is treated with dignity and receives a fair hearing.
I admire Sonia Sotomayor for her judicial philosophy of “fidelity to the law,” which emphasizes applying the law in its full historical and human context. For Justice Sotomayor, fidelity does not mean abstraction or sound bites, but an honest reckoning with how legal principles affect real people and communities. Her approach recognizes that constitutional interpretation cannot be divorced from the lived realities shaped by centuries of inequality. As she explained in her dissent in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, confronting discrimination requires openness about race and an awareness of history, not willful blindness. This philosophy resonates with my own view that the fair administration of justice demands careful attention to context, precedent, and consequence, so that the law remains grounded, equitable, and responsive to the people it serves.
Campaign Phone
608-299-6113
As an attorney I have taken cases through legal services programs for low
income people and through the state public defenders office. While an
attorney's job is always to try to get the best outcome possible, I still try
to work with opposing attorneys. We are all bound to work within the rules and
those rules are there to make the legal process as fair as possible.
I am from Wisconsin and have lived in Wisconsin for the last thirteen years. I
went to law school at age 34 and have had jobs other than being an attorney
both before and after law school. I have lived in several different states
around the country and I served for four years in the army. In doing so, I
have learned to get along and work with many different people from all kinds of
experience and personalities.
I won't make public statements about anything that is likely to be in front of
the court or about highly contested issues. It is important that
not only are the courts impartial but also that people believe the courts are impartial.
Each case that I may hear deserves hearing on its own and without
trying to fit it into some larger framework. I am good at reserving judgment
on something until I have enough information to decide, and I am always trying
to understand what an argument for or against something might be.
I will strive to make sure that all parties are able to present their case as
they see fit. I will look to other decisions made in similar circumstances so
that there is as much consistency for similar cases as is reasonable.
William Howard Taft. After being president, he was appointed chief justice of
the United States in 1921. He showed by serving as chief justice, even though
he had been president earlier, that each branch of the federal government is
co-equal, and that the presidency is not somehow a higher position that one in
the judiciary or congress. His work on the court was and is difficult to pin
down to an ideology which I think is best for any judiciary. Decisions have
real-world effects and the real world can be messy.
