Kent County, Michigan

The people of Kent County are served by the Michigan Third District Court of Appeals, a Circuit Court, a District Court and a Probate Court.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan has jurisdiction in Kent County. Appeals from the Western District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

• Judges
• Elections

Kent County, Michigan

Circuit Court

17th Circuit Court, Michigan

• Donald Johnston III - Chief Judge
• George Buth
• Paul Denenfeld
• Kathleen Feeney
• Dennis Leiber
• James Robert Redford
• Paul Sullivan
• Mark Trusock
• Christopher P. Yates
• Daniel Zemaitis

District Court

Michigan Sixty-third Judicial District Court

• Steven Servaas
• Sara Smolenski (Chief Judge)

Michigan 62B Judicial District Court

• Willim G. Kelly

Michigan 62A Judicial District Court

• Pablo Cortes
• Steven Timmers (Chief Judge)

Michigan Sixty-first Judicial District Court

• David Buter (Chief Judge)
• Michael Christensen
• Jeanine Nemesi LaVille
• Benjamin Logan
• Donald Passenger
• Kimberly A. Schaefer

Michigan Fifty-ninth Judicial District Court

• Peter Versluis

Probate Court

Kent County Probate Court, Michigan

• Patricia D. Gardner
• G. Patrick Hillary
• David M. Murkowski (Chief Judge)
• George Jay Quist

2012 election

Third District Court of Appeals

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
ShapiroDouglas Shapiro   A	Yes		100%   A
BeckeringJane Beckering   A	Yes		100%   A
BoonstraMark Boonstra   A	Yes		100%   A
MurphyWilliam B. Murphy   A	Yes		100%   A

17th Circuit Court

Judges competed for four positions.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
YatesChristopher P. Yates   A	Yes		100%   A
LeiberDennis Leiber   A	Yes		100%   A
JohnstonDonald Johnston   A	Yes		100%   A
TrusockMark Trusock   A	Yes		100%   A

Sixty-First District Court

Judges are running unopposed for re-election.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LoganBenjamin Logan   A	Yes	100%	100%   A
LaVilleJeanine Nemesi LaVille   A	Yes		100%   A

62A District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TimmersSteven Timmers   A	Yes		100%   A

Probate Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
DownsBrian Downs	No		10.75%   D
CovelloCharles B. Covello	No		9.12%   D
HillaryG. Patrick Hillary   A	Yes		39.35%   A
GardnerPatricia D. Gardner   A	Yes		40.76%   A

External links

• Trial Courts Directory

References