Committee grants Brooke Bridal beverage operator license with 25 demerit points

After a closed-session reconsideration under Wisconsin statute, the Judiciary Licensing Committee voted on March 3, 2026, to grant a beverage operator license to applicant Brooke Bridal and assess 25 demerit points for failing to disclose prior violations on her application.

The Chair explained that the appellant had the option of an open or closed hearing and that Brooke Bridal had chosen closed session. The Chair read statutory bases for closed session under Wisconsin Statutes chapter 19.85(1)(f) (considering personal histories and disciplinary data) and 19.85(1)(a) (deliberations concerning quasi-judicial matters). The committee moved into closed session, conducted the private deliberation, then returned to open session to act on the matter.

In open session, the Chair summarized the committee's findings of fact: the applicant had failed to list prior violations on the application, including a minor possession/purchase of tobacco and a subsequent speeding conviction. The committee recorded that the applicant had represented a change in behavior and that employer support was evidenced by her position at the Grey Dog.

The Chair moved to adopt the findings and grant a beverage operator license to Brooke Bridal with 25 demerit points assessed for failure to list violations; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. A committee member then addressed the applicant: "We grant you your beverage license, Brooke." The committee did not record any opposition in the public record.

The committee did not identify further conditions beyond the demerit assessment in the public record. The action followed the committee's stated authority to hear disciplinary and licensing reconsiderations in closed session under cited Wisconsin statutes.