The Michigan Judges Associations is accepting nominations for its 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.
Gage, who died in 2010, served on the Michigan Court of Appeals and Oakland Circuit Bench.
She was the first female president of MJA and the first woman to chair the Judicial Tenure Commission.
Kalamazoo Circuit Court Judge J. Richardson Johnsonreceived the award in its inaugural year. Other honorees have been the Judge James L. Ryan, formerly of Wayne County Circuit Court, the Michigan Supreme Court and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge James C. Kingsley.
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 MJA website at www.michiganjudgesassociation.org, or by calling Timothy Hicks, MJA past-president, at 231.724.6337.
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