--- title: "Lynn S. Adelman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lynn-s-adelman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Lynn S. Adelman 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, 1997-present - Law clerk, attorney Richard H. Kuh, 1966-present - United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, assigned to Courtroom 390 at the U.S. Courthouse, 517 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 ### Education - A.B., Princeton University (1961) LL.B., Columbia Law School (1965) ### Additional information - Private practice, Milwaukee, WI, 1968-present - Nominated on September 8, 1997, confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 1997, and commissioned on December 23, 1997, succeeding Thomas J. Curran. - State senator, Wisconsin, 1977-1997 - Political Career: Served 20 years as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate (1977–1997) Ran for U.S. House of Representatives in 1974, 1982, and 1984 - Early Career: Research assistant, Columbia Law School (1965–66) Trial attorney, Legal Aid Society of Wisconsin (1967–68) Private practice in Milwaukee (1968–1977) - Research assistant, Columbia University Law School, 1965-1966 - Born: October 1, 1939, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Date of birth: 1939-01-01 - Notable opinions: Koester v. - 2d 1078, 95 citations) - His official court website provides filing instructions, contact details, and links to case decisions. - Birth place: Milwaukee, 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: PRESENTATION CART . Attorneys may use the Courtrooms’ evidence presentation cart to assist with their presentations. The cart has the following features: . [Courtroom Technology | Eastern District of Wisconsin | United States District Court](https://www.wied.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: PRESENTATION CART . Attorneys may use the Courtrooms’ evidence presentation cart to assist with their presentations. The cart has the following features: . [Courtroom Technology | Eastern District of Wisconsin | United States District Court](https://www.wied.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology-0) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/1390426) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390426) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390426) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/60/lynn-s-adelman/) - [Courtroom Technology | Eastern District of Wisconsin | United States District Court](https://www.wied.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) - [Courtroom Technology | Eastern District of Wisconsin | United States District Court](https://www.wied.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology-0) - [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/60/lynn-s-adelman/) - [Wikidata: Lynn S. Adelman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15451885) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lynn-s-adelman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lynn-s-adelman", "name": "Lynn S. Adelman | KnowJudges", "description": "Lynn S. Adelman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-09", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lynn-s-adelman#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lynn-s-adelman#judge", "name": "Lynn S. 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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.