Wayne County, Michigan

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

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

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Wayne County, Michigan

Circuit Court

3rd Circuit Court, Michigan

The Chief Judge is Virgil Smith.

Deborah Adams David Allen Wendy Baxter Annette Berry Gregory Bill Susan Borman Ulysses Boykin Karen Braxton Margie Braxton Megan Brennan James Callahan Michael Callahan Jerome Cavanagh Eric Cholack James Chylinski

Robert Colombo Kevin Cox Daphne Curtis Christopher Dingell Charlene Elder Vonda Evans Edward Ewell Patricia Fresard Sheila Ann Gibson John Gillis David Groner Richard Halloran Amy Hathaway Cynthia Hathaway Dana Margaret Hathaway

Daniel Arthur Hathaway Michael Hathaway Susan L. Hubbard Muriel Hughes Vera Jones Connie Marie Kelley Timothy Kenny Arthur Lombard Kathleen Macdonald Kathleen McCarthy Wade Harper McCree Bruce Morrow John Murphy Maria Oxholm

Linda V. Parker Lynne A. Pierce Lita Masini Popke Daniel Ryan Richard Skutt Mark Slavens Leslie Smith Martha Snow Jeanne Stempien Craig Strong Brian Sullivan Lawrence Talon Deborah Thomas Margaret Van Houten Robert Ziolkowski

District Court

Michigan Thirty-sixth Judicial District Court

Lydia Adams Roberta Archer Joseph Baltimore Nancy Blount Izetta Bright Esther Lynise Bryant-Weekes Ruth Carter Donald Coleman Prentis Edwards, Jr. Wanda Evans Deborah Geraldine Ford

Ruth Ann Garrett Ronald Giles Katherine Hansen Shannon A. Holmes Paula Humphries Patricia Jefferson Alicia Jones-Coleman Kenneth J. King Deborah Lewis Langston Willie Lipscomb

Leonia Lloyd Miriam Martin-Clark William C. McConico Donna Robinson Milhouse Pennie Millender Cylenthia LaToye Miller Kevin Robbins David Robinson Brenda Karen Sanders Michael E. Wagner

Michigan Thirty-fifth Judicial District Court

• Ronald Lowe (Chief Judge)
• Michael Gerou
• James A. Plakas

Michigan Thirty-fourth Judicial District Court

• Tina Brooks Green (Chief Judge)
• Brian A. Oakley
• David M. Parrott

Michigan Thirty-third Judicial District Court

• Jennifer C. Hesson
• James Kurt Kersten
• Michael K. McNally (Chief Judge)

Michigan 32A Judicial District Court

• Roger J. La Rose

Michigan Thirty-first Judicial District Court

• Paul Paruk

Michigan Thirtieth Judicial District Court

• Brigette R. Officer

Michigan Twenty-ninth Judicial District Court

• Laura Redmond Mack

Michigan Twenty-eighth Judicial District Court

• James A. Kandrevas

Michigan Twenty-seventh Judicial District Court

• Randy L. Kalmbach

Michigan Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court

• Michael F. Ciungan (Chief Judge)
• David J. Zelenak

Michigan Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court

• John T. Courtright (Chief Judge)
• Richard A. Page

Michigan Twenty-third Judicial District Court

• William Sutherland
• Geno Salomone - Chief Judge

Magistrate

• Warren Waterman

Michigan Twenty-second Judicial District Court

• Richard L. Hammer, Jr. - Chief Judge

Michigan Twenty-first Judicial District Court

• Richard L. Hammer, Jr.

Michigan Twentieth Judicial District Court

• David Turfe - Chief Judge
• Mark J. Plawecki

Michigan Nineteenth Judicial District Court

• William Hultgren
• Sam Salamey
• Mark Somers

Michigan Eighteenth Judicial District Court

• Sandra Ference Cicirelli (Chief Judge)
• Mark A. McConnell

Michigan Seventeenth Judicial District Court

• Karen Khalil (Chief Judge)
• Charlotte Wirth

Michigan Sixteenth Judicial District Court

• Kathleen McCann (Chief Judge)
• Sean P. Kavanaugh

Probate Court

Wayne County Probate Court, Michigan

• June E. Blackwell-Hatcher
• Freddie G. Burton, Jr.
• Judy A. Hartsfield
• Terrance Keith
• Milton L. Mack, Jr. (Chief Judge)
• Martin T. Maher
• Lisa Marie Neilson
• Frank S. Szymanski

Former judges

• Cathie B. Maher

Municipal Court

Grosse Pte. Municipal Court, Michigan

• Russell F. Ethridge - Municipal Court
• Matthew R. Rumora - Farms Municipal Court
• Carl F. Jarboe - Parks Municipal Court

2012 election

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2012

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - Circuit Courts

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - District Courts

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - Probate Courts

First District Court of Appeals

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KellyKirsten Frank Kelly   A	Yes		100%   A
RiordanMichael Riordan   A	Yes		100%   A

3rd Circuit Court

17 candidates competed for 16 seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HathawayAmy Hathaway   A	Yes		6.85%   A
BerryAnnette Berry   A	Yes		5.61%   A
RyanDaniel Ryan   A	Yes		5.2%   A
AdamsDeborah Adams   A	Yes		6.24%   A
ThomasDeborah Thomas   A	Yes		6.8%   A
EwellEdward Ewell   A	Yes		5.51%   A
BillGregory Bill   A	Yes		5.92%   A
CavanaghJerome Cavanagh   A	Yes		6.14%   A
BrennanJoseph V. Brennan	No		3.73%   D
McCarthyKathleen McCarthy   A	Yes		6.92%   A
SmithLeslie Smith   A	Yes		5.79%   A
ParkerLinda V. Parker   A	Yes		6.29%   A
OxholmMaria Oxholm   A	Yes		6.2%   A
HalloranRichard Halloran   A	Yes		5.14%   A
ColomboRobert Colombo   A	Yes		5.15%   A
SmithVirgil Smith   A	Yes		5.28%   A
BaxterWendy Baxter   A	Yes		7.14%   A

10 candidates competed for 3 seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
HarbAdel Harb	No	5.14%
MorrowBrian L. Morrow	No	10.04%	15.79%   D
HathawayDana Margaret Hathaway   A	No	18.22%	21.82%   A
WhitakerDavid D. Whitaker	No	6.87%
GillisJane Ellen Gillis	No	7.44%
SullivanJohn J. Sullivan	No	8.69%	10.66%   D
BraxtonKaren Braxton   A	No	12.72%	18.7%   A
RamseyKelly Ann Ramsey	No	9.13%	15.52%   D
CoxKevin Cox   A	No	12.54%	17.47%   A
SomersMark Somers	No	6.04%
SmithNicole Lee-Ann Smith	No	Withdrawn%	D
MitchellRohn H. Mitchell	No	2.75%

3 candidates competing for 2 seats.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
BraxtonDavid Braxton	No		28.14%   D
TalonLawrence Talon   A	Yes		34.91%   A
Van HoutenMargaret Van Houten   A	Yes		36.94%   A

Sixteenth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
McCannKathleen McCann   A	Yes		100%   A

Eighteenth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
CicirelliSandra Ference Cicirelli   A	Yes		100%   A

Nineteenth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
AbbattCandyce Ewing Abbatt	No	26.64%
WygonikRichard Wygonik	Yes	33.39%	43.58%   D
SalameySam Salamey   A	No	39.62%	56.41%   A

Twentieth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TurfeDavid Turfe   A	Yes		100%   A

Twenty-Second District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
TaylorBrandi N. Taylor	No	3.63%
NolenByron H. Nolen	No	16.75%
EasonD. Eason	No	8.61%
IrbyJo A. Irby	No	12.18%
LiddellRobyn Brazeal Liddell	No	7.82%
JohnsonSabrina Johnson   A	Yes	19.4%	66.32%   A
JamesSylvia A. James	Yes	25.68%	33.67%   D
PattonTeresa McClain Patton	No	5.74%

Twenty-Third District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SalomoneGeno Salomone   A	Yes		100%   A

Twenty-Seventh District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
KalmbachRandy L. Kalmbach   A	Yes		100%   A

Twenty-Ninth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
MackLaura Redmond Mack   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Third District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
McNallyMichael K. McNally   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Fourth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GreenTina Brooks Green   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Fifth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
LoweRonald Lowe   A	Yes		100%   A

Thirty-Sixth District Court

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
RobinsonDavid Robinson   A	Yes		100%   A
LangstonDeborah Lewis Langston   A	Yes		100%   A
ColemanDonald Coleman   A	Yes		100%   A
MilhouseDonna Robinson Milhouse   A	Yes		100%   A
RobbinsKevin Robbins   A	Yes		100%   A
Edwards, Jr.Prentis Edwards, Jr.   A	Yes		100%   A
ArcherRoberta Archer   A	Yes		100%   A
GarrettRuth Ann Garrett   A	Yes		100%   A
McConicoWilliam C. McConico   A	Yes		100%   A

Wayne County Probate Court

Judges are running unopposed for re-election.

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Candidate	Incumbency	Primary Vote	Election Vote
SzymanskiFrank S. Szymanski   A	Yes		100%   A
Burton, Jr.Freddie G. Burton, Jr.   A	Yes		100%   A
Blackwell-HatcherJune E. Blackwell-Hatcher   A	Yes		100%   A
KeithTerrance Keith   A	Yes		100%   A

2010 election

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2010

3rd Circuit Court

Circuit	Incumbents	Challengers	Details	Results
3rd Circuit - 19 positions	Margie Braxton, James Callahan, Eric Cholack, James Chylinski, Gershwin Drain, Patricia Fresard, David Groner, Cynthia Hathaway, Michael Hathaway, Muriel Hughes, Timothy Kenny, Kathleen Macdonald, Sheila Gibson Manning, Bruce Morrow, John Murphy, Lita Masini Popke, Mark Slavens, Jeanne Stempien and Brian Sullivan	Wanda Evans		All incumbents were re-elected: Braxton, Callahan, Cholack, Chylinski, Drain, Fresard, Groner, C. Hathaway, M. Hathaway, Hughes, Kenny, Macdonald, Manning, Morrow, Murphy, Popke, Slavens, Stempien, Sullivan
3rd Circuit - 1 position		Susan L. Hubbard, Gary Jones and John J. Sullivan	Susan L. Hubbard and John J. Sullivan competed in the general election.	Susan L. Hubbard won with 53.23% of the vote.
3rd Circuit - Term ending 1/1/2013	Linda V. Parker		Ran unopposed for re-election	Parker won without opposition.

External links

• Trial Courts Directory

References