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On April 23, 2007, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm appointed Slavens to the Third Circuit Court of Wayne County. He filled the unexpired term of the Honorable Maggie Drake, who stepped down effective January 1, 2007. Drake, who had been re-elected during the 2004 general election, would have otherwise served until 2010.
In 2008, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm appointed Yates as a trial level circuit court judge in the 17th Circuit Court, located in Kent County, Michigan. [2] He was subsequently elected as a judge to the Kent County circuit court. [3] [4] As a trial judge, he has presided over civil, criminal, and family law cases. [5] [6]
The Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan is the largest circuit court in the state, with 61 judges and three operating divisions as of 2023. The Third Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and family matters arising in Wayne County .
Virgil Clark Smith (born July 4, 1947) is a judge of the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County, Michigan. He was appointed to fill a vacancy in this court by Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Smith has served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and as a Michigan state senator. He represented a district in Detroit.
A third-generation politician, his grandfather John Dingell Sr., father John Dingell Jr., and stepmother Debbie Dingell have successively represented suburban Detroit in the United States House of Representatives since 1932. Dingell then began working as a Michigan Circuit Court judge, now as member of 3rd Circuit for Wayne County. [3] [4] [5]
The four circuit judges in limbo are Adeel Abdullah Mangi of New Jersey, nominated for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals; Julia M. Lipez of Maine, 1st Circuit; Karla M. Campbell of Tennessee, 6th ...
In 1833, all the county courts in all counties in the territory of Michigan except Wayne were abolished and replaced by one circuit court of the territory of Michigan. [2] In 1836, the state was divided into 3 circuits. The 1850 Michigan Constitution made the office of circuit court judges elected officials and set the term of office to six (6 ...
The 2024 Michigan elections were held on November 5, 2024. In addition to the 2024 United States presidential election , elections were held for all of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives , the state's class 1 seat in the United States Senate , and for all the seats in the Michigan House of Representatives .