Promulgation a Code Judicial Ethics

After submission of a resolution of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Wisconsin urging the drafting and adoption of a Code of Judicial Ethics for Wisconsin, this court created a committee of nine to study the power of the court to promulgate a code of ethics for Judges and the desirability of taking such action. The committee consisted of the following: Circuit Judges: Andrew W. Parnell, Elmer W. Roller, Edwin M. Wilkie County Judges: James H. Levi, Marvin C. Holz, Francis H. Wendt Attorneys: John A. Kluwin, John C. Whitney, Francis J. Wilcox The committee selected its own chairman, Judge Andrew W. Parnell, and on May 28, 1965, it submitted its recommendations that the court had the power to promulgate a code of ethics and that such a code was desirable.