Louis J. Ceci

Louis John Ceci (born September 10, 1927) is a retired American lawyer, jurist, and Republican politician. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1982 through 1993, after serving eight years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County. He previously represented northern Milwaukee County in the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1965 session. Early life Louis Ceci was born in New York City on September 10, 1927, the son of Italian American immigrants. As a child, he moved with his parents to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Before completing high school, at age 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy, and went to serve in the Pacific Theater of World War II. After returning from the war, he graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in New York City, in 1947. He went on to attend Marquette University in Milwaukee, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1951 and his J.D. in 1954. Legal and political career He was admitted to the bar and started his own law practice in Milwaukee. He made his first attempt for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1956, but lost badly in the Republican Party primary, earning just 19% of the vote. He was then employed as assistant city attorney in 1958, working for Milwaukee city attorney Walter J. Mattison. Ceci ultimately remained in the city attorney's office until 1963.