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Karen
Fort Hood
Judge Hood was elected to the Court in 2002. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, received
her undergraduate degree in 1980 from the Regents College of the University of the
State of New York at Albany, and her law degree in 1989 from the Detroit College of
Law. Judge Hood's professional affiliations include the Association of Black Judges
of Michigan, the Wolverine Bar Association, the National Bar Association and the Michigan
Association of Drug Court Professionals.
Term expires January 1, 2009.
Kirsten
Frank Kelly
Judge Kelly was elected to the Court in 2000. Previously, she was a municipal
judge (three terms), a judge of the Wayne Circuit Court, and presiding judge of the
Family Division of the Wayne Circuit Court. She received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Michigan State University in 1978, and a Juris Doctor degree from University
of Detroit School of Law in 1981.
Term expires January 1, 2013.
Christopher
M. Murray
Cheif Judge Pro Tem Murray was appointed to the Court in 2002. Previously, he served as a judge
on the Wayne Circuit Court in the Family Division, as Deputy Legal Counsel to Governor
John Engler and as an attorney in private practice. Judge Murray is the former Chairman
of the State Board of Ethics and has served as a member of the Local Government Claims
Review Board. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College and the University of Detroit
School of Law.
Term expires January 1, 2009.
Michael
J. Talbot
Judge Talbot was appointed to the Court in 1998. Previously, he had served as a judge
of the Wayne Circuit, Detroit Recorder's, and Detroit Common Pleas courts and worked
as an attorney in private practice. He is a member of the Judicial Tenure Commission.
He received his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and his law degree from
the University of Detroit.
Term expires January 1, 2009.
Helene
N. White
Judge White was elected to the Court in 1992. Previously, she had served as a judge
of the Wayne Circuit and the Detroit Common Pleas court, the 36th District Court and
she was law clerk to then Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charles Levin. She received
her bachelor's degree from Barnard College of Columbia University and her law degree
from the University of Pennsylvania.
Term expires January 1, 2011.
Kurtis
T. Wilder
Judge Wilder was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor John Engler in December,
1998, and was elected in 2000 and was reelected in 2004. Previously, Judge Wilder
was Chief Judge of the Washtenaw County Trial Court. Before taking the bench, Judge
Wilder practiced law with the law firms of Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
(Lansing) and Butzel Long, P.C., (Detroit). He graduated from the University of Michigan
with an A.B. degree in Political Science in 1981, and from the University of Michigan
Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1984. Judge Wilder holds memberships in the
State Bar of Michigan; the Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation; the Michigan
Judges Association; the Association of Black Judges of Michigan; the Federalist Society,
Board of Advisors, Lawyers Division-Michigan Chapter; and the Wolverine Bar Association.
He has served on numerous court-related advisory committees by appointment of the
Michigan Supreme Court, is a member of the State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee
on Justice Initiatives, and is former chair of the State of Michigan Community Corrections
Advisory Board and a former member of the State Bar of Michigan Judicial Ethics Subcommittee.
Term expires January 1, 2011.
Brian
K. Zahra
Judge Zahra was appointed to the Court in 1999. Previously, he served as a judge
of the Wayne Circuit Court, he was a law clerk to US District Court Judge Zatkoff,
an adjunct professor at University of Detroit Law School, and he worked as an attorney
in private practice. He received his bachelor's degree from Wayne State University
and his law degree from the University of Detroit Law School.
Term expires January 1, 2013.
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