West Michigan judges get ‘four-peat’ in charity softball game
It’s a softball “four-peat” for the judges in west Michigan, as they captured the Carol Irons Trophy for the fourth year in a row. The Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, western region faced the...
View ArticleMuskegon County’s newest judge takes the bench
New Muskegon County Circuit Court Judge Kathy L. Hoogstra has taken her place on the bench, as she succeeds longtime Judge John C. Ruck, who retired in March. Mlive reports Hoogstra will take over...
View ArticleSCAO recommends equal number of judgeship adds and cuts
The State Court Administrative Office’s 2013 Judicial Resources Recommendations are a zero-sum game. Eight new judgeships should be added and eight should be eliminated, the SCAO said in its biennial...
View ArticleJudge declares he is ‘not Santa Claus’
“I’m a circuit judge not Santa Claus,” Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady stated when the defendant asked for work release instead of jail time. O’Grady then sentenced the defendant to 14 to 24...
View ArticleDetails revealed in harassment claim against Midland judge
Some details about the workplace sexual harassment claim against Midland County District Judge John H. Hart are now coming to light, although the report itself is not being made available. Information...
View ArticleWexford County will retain judgeship … so it seems
The 84th District Court is actively seeking a replacement for Judge David Hogg, who retired at the beginning of the year. The call for applicants appears to be a sign that the once-threatened judicial...
View ArticleI really, totally and wholly dissent
An intensifier word, according to an amalgam of several dictionary definitions, is a modifier that has little meaning standing alone but serves to intensify the word or phrase that it modifies. The...
View ArticleMcCree immune from federal lawsuit, judge rules
U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn has thrown out a federal lawsuit against suspended Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree. Cohn dismissed a claim brought by Robert King, who fathered a child with...
View ArticleJTC executive director: McCree is a ‘narcissist’ and an ‘egomaniac’
Embattled Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Wade McCree “suffers from egomania” and is a “narcissist” who is no longer fit to be a judge. These are the words of Paul Fischer, executive director of the...
View ArticleNonpartisan judge? COA’s Saad donates $80K to GOP
Michigan judges are supposed to be nonpartisan. But Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Henry W. Saad’s 2012 donations to the Republican Party are raising some eyebrows, causing speculation about whether...
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