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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 ...
Robert S. Wilson was an attorney who moved from Allegheny County, New York, to Ann Arbor in 1835. [3] He was Judge of the Washtenaw County Probate court for a year, and served in the Michigan House of Representatives. In approximately 1839, Wilson had this house built on a lot in Ann Arbor.
The Michigan Supreme Court has designated the Berrien County Courts as a consolidation site for the merger of the District Court, Probate Court and Circuit Court into a single Trial Court. [ 13 ] The 6th District Court, which consisted of the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph was merged into the 5th District Court in the 1970s to form a ...
Susan Sniegowski: [73] First female judge in Mason County and Lake County, Michigan (2014). She was also the first female to serve as the Prosecuting Attorney for Mason County, Michigan (2005). Patricia Costello (1950): [79] [80] First female judge in Monroe County, Michigan; Ruth Thompson (1924): [81] [82] First female lawyer in Muskegon ...
Loris Zappia. Occupation: Deputy Prosecuting Attorney 1999-present. Education: Bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington; Thomas Cooley Law, Juris Doctor Email:loriszappia@yahoo.com ...
Four years later, after he was elected probate court judge, Cichowicz donated $100,000 from the foundation to the Friends of the St. Joseph County Juvenile Justice Center, a group that fundraises ...
A complaint filed on Oct. 23 with the state Board of Professional Conduct says Winkler – who has been the county’s probate court judge since 2015 – violated Ohio’s rules of judicial ...
The judiciary of Michigan is defined under the Michigan Constitution, law, and regulations as part of the Government of Michigan.The court system consists of the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals as the intermediate appellate court, the circuit courts and district courts as the two primary trial courts, and several administrative courts and specialized courts.