LANSING (AP) — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Joan Larsen has been promoted to a federal appeals court.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Larsen’s nomination Wednesday.
President Donald Trump selected her for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Cincinnati-based court hears appeals from Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Larsen has made a remarkable rise in just two years.
Gov. Rick Snyder appointed her to the Michigan Supreme Court in 2015. She was elected by voters last year.
She served on the faculty at University of Michigan Law School and worked in the administration of President George W. Bush.
Snyder will choose another justice when Larsen leaves the Michigan court.
“Joan has served on the Michigan Supreme Court with great honor and distinction,”?Snyder said. “While we are sad to see her leave the court, I truly appreciate her dedicated work on the bench for the past two years and her devotion to upholding the rule of law.”
- Posted November 06, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
State Supreme Court justice promoted to federal bench
headlines Macomb
- Nonprofit gets a boost
- Nessel joins multistate coalition to defend U.S. EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles
- Michigan 529 Awareness Day calls on families to save with MET and MESP for children’s educational future
- Department highlights importance of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline during Mental Health Month
- No charges for officer in death of Michigan teen struck by police car during chase
headlines National
- This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Artificial intelligence tools for brief writing and analysis are a small firm litigator’s new best friend
- Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny
- Family members sue networks after learning of loved ones’ deaths by seeing bodies on TV
- Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme