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A Chicago native, Prosser was raised in Appleton , Wisconsin . He received his bachelor’s degree from DePauw University in 1965 and his Law Degree from the University Of Wisconsin Law School in 1968.

Prosser served as Outagamie County District Attorney , and worked in Washington, D.C. as an attorney/advisor in the Office of Criminal Justice, U.S. Department Of Justice , then as administrative assistant to Congressman Harold Vernon Froehlich , a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate impeachment inquiry.

Prosser represented the Appleton area in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1979 through 1996 . During his tenure, he served six years as Assembly minority leader and two years as Assembly speaker. For 14 years, he was a legislative member of the National Conference Of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws . Before joining the Supreme Court, Justice Prosser served on the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission where he conducted hearings and issued decisions on a variety of disputes related to Wisconsin taxation.


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