Justice Janine P. Geske currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School. She served as interim dean of Marquette Law School from July 2002 to July 2003 and as interim Milwaukee County Executive from February 28 to May 6, 2002. She previously served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1993-1998. From 1981-1993, she was a Milwaukee County circuit court judge. Prior to becoming a judge, she served as chief staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee and then as clinical director and assistant professor of law at Marquette University. She is the founder of the Marquette University Law School Clinic for the Elderly.

She served as the Association of Marquette University Women Chair in Humanistic Studies, 2000 - 2001 and is a member of the faculty of the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.