Marion: Former judge and PSC official now working to ease foreclosure mess

June 19, 2009 - by Brian E. Clark - For WisBusiness.com

Ed Marion, former state Public Service Commission general counsel and administrative law judge, lauds Iowa County Judge (and former Madison mayor) Bill Dyke for instituting a mediation program in his county.

“Judge Dyke is the first and I believe the only Wisconsin judge who has instituted a mandatory form of foreclosure mediation program that requires people who are faced with foreclosure and lenders to sit down with an attorney mediator and try to mediate a resolution,” he says.

Marion, who's helping with the effort, says the first foreclosure mediations started in June. He notes Milwaukee and Dane County judges are considering similar programs. more ...

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