Oscar M. Fritz
Oscar Marion Fritz (March 3, 1878October 5, 1957) was an American lawyer and jurist from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was the 14th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, serving a total of 25 years on the high court. Prior to that, he served 17 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County. Biography Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to German American immigrants Theodore Fritz and Dora Fritz (née Glatz). During his childhood, his father served four years (1887–1891) in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing part of the city of Milwaukee as a member of the socialist Peoples' Party. Fritz was educated in Milwaukee Public Schools and studied law through the Milwaukee Law School, a student-owned cooperative which provided night school law classes from volunteer instructors. He went on to attend the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1901. From 1901 through 1912, Fritz practiced law in Milwaukee in partnership with Theodore Kronshage, Francis E. McGovern, Guy D. Goff, Walter D. Corrigan, and Timothy J. Hannan. In June 1912, Fritz was appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge by his former law partner, Governor Francis McGovern, to fill the vacancy caused by the