--- title: "Joseph Peter Stadtmueller | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-peter-stadtmueller" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Joseph Peter Stadtmueller U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin - State: Wisconsin - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Wisconsin, 1987-present - American lawyer and United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, serving since June 1, 1987 - Chief Judge: held the role of Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 1995 to 2002 - U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1981-1987 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1977-1981 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1969-1975 ### Education - B.A. in 1964, J.D. in 1967, both from Marquette University and Marquette University Law School. ### Additional information - Appointment: Nominated by President Ronald Reagan on March 3, 1987, to replace John W. Reynolds Jr., confirmed by the Senate on May 19, 1987, and commissioned June 1, 1987. - deputy U.S. attorney, 1978-1981 - Private practice, Milwaukee, WI, 1975-1976 - first assistant U.S. attorney, 1974-1975 - Private practice, Milwaukee, WI, 1968-1969 - Born January 28, 1942, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. - Date of birth: 1942-01-01 - Current role: Active Article III judge; assigned to Courtroom 471 at the Milwaukee U.S. Courthouse. - Birth place: Oshkosh, WI ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1388186) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1388186) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1388186) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3068/joseph-peter-stadtmueller/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3068/joseph-peter-stadtmueller/) - [Wikidata: Joseph Peter Stadtmueller](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6286204) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-peter-stadtmueller", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joseph-peter-stadtmueller", "name": "Joseph Peter Stadtmueller | KnowJudges", "description": "Joseph Peter Stadtmueller, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.