Diane S. Sykes

Diane Schwerm Sykes (née Diane Elizabeth Schwerm; born December 23, 1957) is an American jurist and lawyer who serves as the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1999 to 2004. Early life and education Sykes graduated from Brown Deer High School in 1976 and then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism at Northwestern University in 1980, and a Juris Doctor at Marquette University Law School in 1984. Between college and law school she worked as a reporter for The Milwaukee Journal. Legal career