Courtroom located in
Veterans Memorial Courthouse
2nd Floor










 

• Appointed Probate Court Judge - February 2000
• Retained November 2000
• Re-elected November 2002, 2008, 2014
• Term Expires - January 2021 

• University of Michigan, J.D. (1985)
• University of Notre Dame (1983)   

Legal Experience 

• Howrey & Simon, Associate, Washington, D.C.
• Foster, Swift,  Collins & Smith, Associate, Lansing, MI
• Adkins & Garcia, Partner, Lansing, MI 
• Lynch, Gallagher, Lynch and Martineau, Partner, Lansing, MI
• Chairman Michigan Civil Rights Commission
• Co-Chair Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes

• Chair Michigan Bias Crime Task Force       

•  State Bar of Michigan

Community Involvement

• Mental Health Commission Children's Work Group
• Instructor Lansing Police Department Citizen Police Academy
• Adjunct Professor Cooley Law School
• Teaches Juvenile Law, Child Abuse and Neglect, Children and
  the Law and Family Violence Practice
• Elections Commission