Dorothy Comstock Riley was a lawyer and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan,serving on the Michigan Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on the Michigan Court of Appeals. She was the first Hispanic woman to be elected to the Supreme Court of any state.
Gerhard Mennen "Soapy" Williams was an American politician who served as the 41st governor of Michigan,elected in 1948 and serving six two-year terms in office. He later served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and as chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is Michigan's court of last resort and consists of seven justices. The Court is located in the Michigan Hall of Justice at 925 Ottawa Street in Lansing,the state capital.
Maura Denise Corrigan is the former director of the Michigan Department of Human Services. She was also a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court,serving from 1998 to 2011 and as chief justice from 2001 to 2004.
Wayne State University Law School is the law school of Wayne State University in Detroit. Wayne Law is located in Midtown,Detroit's Cultural Center. Founded in 1927,the law school offers juris doctor (J.D.),master of laws (LL.M.),online master of studies in law,and minors in law degree programs. Wayne Law's more than 12,000 alumni include judges,justices,law firm partners and government officials working in every major market in the United States and at least 17 countries.
Clifford Woodworth "Cliff" Taylor is a former American judge who served on the Michigan Supreme Court from 1997 through 2009. He served as the Michigan Supreme Court's Chief Justice from 2005 through 2009. After his tenure as a judge,he joined the law firm of Miller,Canfield,Paddock &Stone and served as a visiting law professor at Ave Maria School of Law.
Patricia Jean Boyle was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1978 to 1983 and an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1983 to 1999.
Elizabeth Ann Weaver was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1995 to 2010 and served as chief justice from 1999 to 2001.
Robert P. Young Jr. is a former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Young was first appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1999,elected in 2000 and 2002,and again won reelection in 2010 for a term ending in 2019. Justice Young announced he would be retiring from the court at the end of April 2017. Young is a self-described judicial traditionalist or textualist. In June 2017,Young announced his intentions to run against Debbie Stabenow in the 2018 senate race,but later dropped out saying he could not raise enough money for his campaign.
George Clifton Edwards Jr. was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Mary Beth Kelly is a lawyer and former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. She was elected on November 2,2010 and took office on January 1,2011 for an eight-year term that ended on January 1,2019. On August 17,2015,she announced her resignation from the Supreme Court effective October 1,2015,to return to private practice at Bodman PLC in Detroit.
Judith L. “Judi”French is an American jurist. She was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court by Governor John Kasich,to replace Evelyn Lundberg Stratton,who resigned. A graduate of The Ohio State University,she previously served as a judge of the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. She lost re-election in 2020 to Democratic appeals court judge Jennifer Brunner.
Four justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 4,2014,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Alicia Jeannette Theriot Knoll is a former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Joan Louise Larsen is an American attorney serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She previously was an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 2015 to 2017.
The Michigan general election,2018 was held on Tuesday,November 6,2018 throughout Michigan. The Democrats swept all of the statewide offices formerly held by the Republicans.
Elizabeth Ann "Beth" Tripp Clement is an American lawyer who serves as the chief justice of Michigan since 2022. She has served as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2017,after being appointed by Governor Rick Snyder.
Kurtis T. Wilder is a former associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court,appointed in May 2017 by Gov. Rick Snyder.
Megan Kathleen Cavanagh is an attorney who was elected in November 2018 to become an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court with a term beginning in January 2019.
