This is the official campaign page of the Elect Judge Jane Bucher Committee. Attorney Jane Bucher has broad and deep legal experience and is active in both the legal profession and the broader Green County community. Jane served as an Assistant State Public Defender from 2011 to 2021 and has handled more than 2,400 cases. As a public defender, she represented children, juveniles, and adults who co
uld not otherwise afford an attorney in both criminal and civil cases including CHIPS cases, termination of parental rights, mental health commitments, protective placement cases. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin law school (2010). Attorney Bucher’s diverse legal training included internships at the Restorative Justice/Family Law Project in Madison; in the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office; and at the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Attorney Bucher helped lead the creation and funding of the Green County Drug court in 2017. She has also been active in working to improving children’s courts by serving on the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Chapter 48 Subcommittee and the Youth Justice Statewide Assessment Implementation Policy and Document Development Subcommittee. Attorney Bucher is a graduate (2019) of the Juvenile Training Immersion Program Summer Academy at Georgetown Law in Washington D.C. Attorney Bucher was appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to the Office of Lawyer Regulation District 12 Committee (2015-present) and was elected to serve on the Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors, representing District 12. Attorney Bucher previously served as the President of the Green County Bar Association (2015). Active in the broader community, she is a founding member of the Green County MultiCultural Outreach Program (MCOP), which brings people together to build bridges between community members from diverse backgrounds. She currently serves on the board of Green County Family Promise and she previously volunteered for Green County Big Brothers Big Sisters from 2018-2021. Attorney Bucher was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal (2006-2008). She lives in Monroe with her husband, Ruedi, a cheesemaker born in Switzerland, and sons, Quinn and Xavier.
