Courtroom located in
Veterans Memorial Courthouse
3rd Floor

                     Presiding Judge, General Trial Division
                 Business Court Judge

• Elected Circuit Court Judge - November 2004
• Re-elected 2010, 2016
• Term Expires - January 2023  

• Wayne State University Law School, J.D. (1986), cum laude
• University of Michigan-Dearborn, B.A. (1983), with distinction   

• Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor (1988 - 2001) and Chief Assistant Prosecutor (2001 - 2004)
• Michigan Court of Appeals Research Attorney (1986 - 1987) and Law Clerk to Judge Robert Danhof (1987 - 1988)

• State Bar of Michigan, admitted 1986
• Ingham County Bar Association
• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
• American College of Business Court Judges
• Michigan State Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
• Ingham County Bar Foundation
• MSU Inn of Court   

• Volunteer, Meals-On-Wheels (1997 - present)
• Board Member, WAI-IAM (Rise Lansing)
• People's Law School (Sept. 2015)
• Guest speaker at local high schools & middle schools
• Presenter for Michigan Judicial Institute
• Committee Member, Ingham County Bench/Bar Conference
• Guest Lecturer, WMU Thomas M. Cooley Law School (2009 - 2013)
• Criminal Defense Attorney Trainer
• Ingham County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Speaker/Lecturer