Dennis Kolenda
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Dennis C. Kolenda is a Michigan circuit court judge.
Education
Judge Kolenda attended the University of Michigan, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in 1969. From there, he went on to the Harvard Law School, where he obtained his J.D. in 1972.
Legal career
Judge Kolenda served as a law clerk to the Hon. Robert B. Burns of the Michigan Court of Appeals, was the chief trial attorney for the Kent County Office of the Defender, and then became a partner in the law firm of Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, where he was a commercial trial attorney. Judge Kolenda was elected to the Kent County Circuit Court in November 1988. He later served as Chief Judge from January 1994, through December 1999.[1]
