--- title: "Angela Sutkiewicz | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/angela-sutkiewicz-judge-sheboygan-county-circuit-court-wi" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-22" --- # Angela Sutkiewicz Sheboygan County Circuit Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Sheboygan County Circuit Court - State: Wisconsin - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### camera notice Scope: statewide Wisconsin SCR 61 asks media to give the trial judge advance notice before bringing cameras or recording equipment into the courtroom. Evidence excerpt: the trial judge shall be given notice, at least 3 days in advance [Wisconsin SCR Chapter 61: Electronic Media and Still Photography Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/scrule/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=1099) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### courtroom equipment control Scope: statewide Wisconsin SCR 61 leaves courtroom equipment placement, lighting, and use subject to trial-judge control. Evidence excerpt: Only equipment approved by the trial judge in advance of the court proceeding may be used [Wisconsin SCR Chapter 61: Electronic Media and Still Photography Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/scrule/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=1099) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote hearing notice Scope: statewide Wisconsin's court system instructs parties that courts will notify them when a hearing is remote and provide joining instructions. Evidence excerpt: The court will send you instructions on how to join your remote hearing by video or by phone. [Wisconsin Court System: Zoom hearing resources](https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/zoom.htm) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote hearing technology Scope: statewide Wisconsin remote-hearing guidance tells participants to contact the clerk promptly if they lack reliable internet or phone access. Evidence excerpt: Contact the clerk of circuit court as soon as possible. [Wisconsin Court System: Zoom hearing resources](https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/zoom.htm) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/circuit/judges.htm) - [Official roster](https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/circuit/judges.htm) - [Wisconsin Court System official judicial roster](https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/circuit/judges.htm) - [Wisconsin SCR Chapter 61: Electronic Media and Still Photography Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/scrule/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=1099) - [Wisconsin Court System: Zoom hearing resources](https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/zoom.htm) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/angela-sutkiewicz-judge-sheboygan-county-circuit-court-wi", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/angela-sutkiewicz-judge-sheboygan-county-circuit-court-wi", "name": "Angela Sutkiewicz | KnowJudges", "description": "Angela Sutkiewicz, Sheboygan County Circuit Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-22", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/angela-sutkiewicz-judge-sheboygan-county-circuit-court-wi#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/angela-sutkiewicz-judge-sheboygan-county-circuit-court-wi#judge", "name": "Angela Sutkiewicz", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/angela-sutkiewicz-judge-sheboygan-county-circuit-court-wi", "jobTitle": "Judge", "worksFor": { "@type": "GovernmentOrganization", "name": "Sheboygan County Circuit Court" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/circuit/judges.htm" ] }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "KnowJudges", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Wisconsin", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/state/wisconsin" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Angela Sutkiewicz", "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/angela-sutkiewicz-judge-sheboygan-county-circuit-court-wi" } ] } ] } ``` ## Biography ### Professional career - Angela W. Sutkiewicz is a judge on Branch 3 of the Sheboygan County Circuit Court in Wisconsin, appointed in 2010 and later elected to a full six‐year term in 2011, with re‐election in 2017 ### Education - B.A. from Barnard College (Columbia University) and a J.D. from Marquette University Law School in 1986. ### Additional information - In November 2021, she was named Trial Judge of the Year by the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, becoming the first Sheboygan County judge to receive this honor. - She won her first full term in 2011 by a narrow margin over Catherine Quirk Delahunt and was re‐elected unopposed in 2017. - Appointed by then‐Governor Jim Doyle in 2010 to replace retiring Judge Gary Langhoff. - Sutkiewicz presides over a range of cases in civil, family, and other matters in Sheboygan County. - Before joining the judiciary, she held the role of an assistant district attorney in Walworth County and practiced law privately. - Sutkiewicz resides in Sheboygan with her husband, Fred, and their three daughters. ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [Wisconsin SCR Chapter 61: Electronic Media and Still Photography Coverage of Judicial Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-36fa3f826227447b1512eede) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/scrule/DisplayDocument.html?content=html&seqNo=1099). Collected 2026-07-26.