A man who served Southwest Wisconsin as a Circuit Court judge and as a lawyer has died. 74 year old George Curry of Platteville died on Saturday. Curry was born in Dodgeville and lived in Darlington where he graduated from Darlington High School in 1965. In 1969, Curry graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa with a B.S. in Economics. Curry went on to attend the University of Wisconsin Law School and received his Juris Doctor in 1972. During law school, Curry served in the United States Army Reserve and was honorably discharged in 1971. Curry then began a legal career in Platteville at Kopp, McKichan, and Geyer in 1972, where he was an attorney until 1990. In 1990, Governor Tommy Thompson appointed him to the Grant County Circuit Court Judgeship. Curry presided over the Grant County Circuit Court for 19 years until 2009. He was proud of developing and implementing the Grant County Fresh Start Program, a class that aimed to educate offenders and curb underage drinking. Curry was then selected by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson to chair the Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee for six years and, in 2018, was elected a Fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation for his distinguished and outstanding service as a Circuit Court Judge. Following his time as a Judge, Curry opened his own law practice, Curry Law & Mediation, in Platteville. A funeral for George Curry will be held Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Platteville.
