Derek Mosley J.D.

Judge Derek Mosley is the director of the Lubar Center for Public Policy Research & Civic Education at Marquette University Law School. Prior to Marquette, he served as the Chief Judge of the Milwaukee Municipal Court for 20 years and served as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee where he represented the State of Wisconsin in over 1000 criminal prosecutions.

Judge Mosley sits on the board of directors of several organizations including the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Froedtert Hospital, the Urban Ecology Center, the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Safe & Sound, Divine Savior Holy Angels High School, the United Way Diversity Leadership Committee and Transcenter for Youth. He also sits on the Supreme Court of Wisconsin’s Judicial Education Committee. Judge Mosley routinely speaks both nationally and internationally about unconscious bias and Black history.