Judicial Biography

• Appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to the Business Court, June 27, 2022
• Assigned to the Civil/Criminal Division, January 2021
• Assigned to the Oakland County Family Division, January 2017
• Elected to the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, November 2016
• Admitted to the Michigan State Bar (1998); U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• Expert Contributor for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education
• DBusiness Top Circuit Court Judge 2021, 2022
• Accepted to the Seventeenth Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges, October 2022
• Active member of the Michigan State Bar:
  
  • Committee on Civil Procedure and Courts (2011-Present)
  • Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Board of Directors (Present)
  • Past Designated Committee Member of the Constitutional Law Section
  • Past Member Real Estate Sub-Section
• Past Member, State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly:
  
  • Assembly Review Committee
  • Drafting Committee
  • Special Issues Committee
• Active Member of the Oakland County Bar Association:
  
  • Currently Appointed by the Chief Judge as the Judicial Liaison to the OCBA Circuit Court Committee
  • President-Elect (immediately prior to election)
  • Board of Directors
  • Circuit Court Committee; Chair
  • Post-Bench/Bar Task Force Committee
  • Case Conference Pilot Program
  • Standard Protective Order Subcommittee
  • Legislative Review Subcommittee
  • Chair of the Laches Subcommittee
  • Designated Committee Member OCBA Membership Committee
  • Past Mentor in the New Lawyers Pro Bono Program
• Past Trustee of the Oakland County Bar Foundation
• Michigan Association for Justice Executive Board (2010-2012)
• Awarded the Martindale-Hubbell highest rating of AV and the 2011 Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
• Recognized by DBusiness as a Top Lawyer
• Past Member of the Advisory Board for the Institute of Transnational Arbitration
• Past Recipient of the United Way/Junior League's Governor's Honor Roll
• Past Chair of the Oversight Committee for the Pontiac Alumni Foundation (PAF)
• Past Co-Chair Pontiac Alumni Foundation Grant Committee
• Thomas M. Cooley Law School – Presenter at the "Speaker Series: Women in the Law" Program
• Junior League of Birmingham Phenomenal Women Award (March 2004)
• Certificate of Appreciation, Pro Bono Recognition United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (2001)
• Certificate of Appreciation, Michigan High School Mock Trial Tournament, Detroit Regional (2001)

Protocol

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