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Judge Janice K. Cunningham was elected on November 6, 2012, as the first woman circuit court judge in Eaton County and took office on January 1, 2013. She became Chief Judge for Eaton County Trial Courts effective January 1, 2020. Judge Cunningham hears ...

The Honorable Allie Greenleaf Maldonado was appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 2023. Judge Maldonado is the first citizen of a federally recognized Native nation to serve on the Michigan Court of Appeals. In addition to being a citizen of the ...

Hon. Cori E. Barkman has served as a circuit court judge in the 29 th Circuit Court of Clinton and Gratiot Counties since 2021. She handles both civil and criminal matters. Before becoming a judge, Judge Barkman was a first assistant attorney general ...

Hon. Bridget Mary Hathaway was elected to the bench on November 6, 2018. She is assigned to the Wayne County Circuit Court’s criminal division. Before her election to the bench, Judge Hathaway worked in private practice at Flood Law and Bodman PLC. ...

Judge Donna Howard was elected as a district judge to the Berrien County Trial Court on November 4, 2014, and began her term on January 1, 2015. She has served in both the criminal and civil divisions and was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder on July ...