Nominations sought for Hilda Gage Judicial Excellence Award
Given annually, the award recognizes current or former Circuit or Court of Appeals judges who have demonstrated exemplary service by excelling in trial and docket management, legal scholarship, and contributions to the profession and the community.
This is the fourth year MJA has given the award, named in honor of the late Hilda Gage. Judge Gage served with honor on the Court of Appeals and Oakland Circuit Bench before passing away in 2010. She was renowned for her courage and scholarship. She was the first female president of MJA and the first woman to chair the Judicial Tenure Commission.
The Hon. J. Richardson Johnson, of the Ninth Circuit Court in Kalamazoo, received the award in its inaugural year. Other honorees have been the Hon. James L. Ryan, formerly of the Third Circuit Court in Wayne County, the Michigan Supreme Court, and the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Hon. James C. Kingsley, of the Thirty-Seventh Circuit Court in Calhoun County.
MJA seeks nominees who follow in Gage’s footsteps by “serving their state and their communities with integrity, skill, and courage every day.”
Anyone can nominate a judge for the award. The deadline is July 19.
Nominating forms can be obtained on the Michigan Judges Association website at www.michiganjudgesassociation.org, or by calling MJA Past-President Timothy G. Hicks at (231) 724-6337.
Michigan Supreme Court axes circuit judge for misconduct
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has ousted a Wayne County judge for forging her lawyer’s signature on divorce papers and lying under oath.
The state’s top court ruled Wednesday that Judge Deborah Ross Adams deserved more serious penalties than recommended by a state judicial review panel.
In April, the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission proposed the Supreme Court give her a 180-day suspension.
The court unanimously agreed she committed misconduct. Five members voted to remove Ross Adams, while two voted to suspend her for 180 days.
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Stephen Markman says a judge who lies under oath is “unfit to sit in judgment of others.”
Wayne Law team forms for Tough Mudder event
Wayne State University Law School is forming a team to participate in the Tough Mudder endurance event at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., on the weekend of June 29-30. Wayne State Law School Interim Dean Jocelyn Benson, a veteran marathoner and avid athlete, will lead a team composed of students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the community.
For more information and to join the Wayne Law team, email toughmudder@wayne.edu.
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