Bieda to fill District Court seat; Rancilio leads Family Court
Steven Bieda, chair of the Michigan Tax Tribunal, has been appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fill a vacancy on the 37th District Court in Warren and Center Line.
Bieda, who served earlier in the Michigan Senate and the state House, fills the seat vacated last April by Judge Matthew Sabaugh who was named by Whitmer to serve on Macomb County Circuit Court.
Prior to his job as tax tribunal chair, Bieda worked at the Michigan Department of Treasury as director of legislative affairs.
The appointment takes effect Feb. 1 and expires Jan. 1, 2025.
Visiting judges have filled in since Sabaugh left the district court seat.
Meanwhile, Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Rachel Rancilio has been named presiding judge of the county’s Family Court.
Chief Judge James Biernat announced the appointment Jan. 2.
Rancilio was elected to the bench in November 2016. Prior to her election, she was in private practice, specializing in domestic, civil and criminal litigation.
Book club examines ‘A Disability History of the United States’
The State Bar of Michigan’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section will conduct its Diversity & Inclusion Action Team Book Club online Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom
The next read is “A Disability History of the United States” by Dr. Kim E. Nielsen, distinguished university professor, University of Toledo, and chair of the Disability Studies Program since 2017.
The book begins with a look at disability practices among the indigenous people of North America before the coming of Europeans and carries forward through the colonial period, the
post-Revolutionary War, the Civil War and its aftermath, treatment of people with disabilities in the Progressive Era, the pre-Civil Rights era, and up to today.
All members of the ADR Section are invited. To register, email Mary Anne Parks, parks.maryanne @gmail.com.
Happy Hour hosted by law school at Royal Oak Brewery
Wayne State University Law School alumni and friends will kick-off the new year with a Happy Hour at the Royal Oak Brewery on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Alumni, faculty, students and friends of Wayne Law are welcome to attend.
The Royal Oak Brewery is located at 215 E. 4th Street in Royal Oak.
For questions, contact Wendy Wippich, alumni relations officer for Wayne Law, at wendywippich@ wayne.edu.
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