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Jane M. Beckering
Judge Beckering was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2007 and elected in 2008. Before taking the bench, Judge Beckering was an attorney in private practice for 17 years. She began her career at McDermott, Will & Emery, P.C. in Chicago, Illinois, before she returned to her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan and later founded the law firm of Buchanan & Beckering, PLC. She received her undergraduate degree (with distinction) from the University of Michigan and her law degree (cum laude) from the University of Wisconsin. Judge Beckering is a member of the Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions and an Executive Committee Member of the Michigan Judges Association. She is also a member of the Steering Committee for the Hillman Trial Advocacy Program and a participant in the National Research Judge Program run by the Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR).
Term expires January 1, 2013.
Mark T. Boonstra
Judge Boonstra was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Rick Snyder in March, 2012. Prior to his appointment,
Judge Boonstra was a senior principal in the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., where he practiced
law for nearly 27 years, including serving as a Deputy Chair of the firm's Litigation practice group and as Co-Chair of its
Appellate Practice section. At the time of his appointment, he was recognized in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of:
Antitrust Law; Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation -
First Amendment; and Litigation - Securities. He previously also served as a Law Clerk to Hon. Ralph B. Guy, Jr. in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1983 to 1985.
Judge Boonstra graduated from the University of Michigan in 1983 with both a Juris Doctor degree and with a Master of Applied
Economics Degree. He is also a 1979 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Michigan State University, with a B.A. in Political Science.
A native of Muskegon, Michigan, Judge Boonstra graduated from Western Michigan Christian High School in 1975.
Judge Boonstra has been active in the State Bar of Michigan, including serving in the Representative Assembly (2005-2011),
as Chair of the Section on Antitrust, Franchising, and Trade Regulation (2000-2001), as well as the Federal Bar Association
and Washtenaw County Bar Association. He also currently serves on the Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury
Instructions, and as Vice-Chair of the Michigan Judges Retirement Board. Judge Boonstra also serves and has served other
community and civic organizations, including as Chair of the Washtenaw Economic Club, President of the Board of the Christian
Montessori School of Ann Arbor, and Board Member of the Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Term expires January 1, 2013.
Joel P. Hoekstra
Judge Hoekstra was elected to the Court in 1994. Previously, he worked as an assistant
Kent County prosecuting attorney, as a district court judge, and as an adjunct faculty
member of Calvin College. Judge Hoekstra received his bachelor's degree from Calvin
College and his law degree from Valparaiso University.
Term expires January 1, 2017.
Jane E. Markey
Judge Markey was elected to the Court in 1994. Previously, she had served as a district
court judge, she was a prehearing attorney and law clerk for the Michigan Court of
Appeals, and she worked as an attorney in private practice. Judge Markey received
her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and her law degree from Thomas
M. Cooley Law School.
Term expires January 1, 2015.
William B. Murphy
Judge Murphy was appointed to the Court in 1988. Judge Murphy served as Chief Judge Pro Tem from 1992-96. In November 2009, Judge Murphy was selected as the eighth Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals. Prior to joining the Court, he was a member of the East Grand Rapids City Commission, a law clerk for the Michigan Court of Appeals, and he worked as an attorney in private practice for 17 years. Judge Murphy has served and continues to serve on numerous civic and bar related organizations and participates regularly as a guest lecturer to students and lawyers. Judge Murphy received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and his law degree from Wayne State University, cum laude.
Term expires January 1, 2013.
David H. Sawyer
Judge Sawyer was elected to the Court in 1986. Previously, he was the Kent County Prosecuting
Attorney and a criminal justice teacher at Grand Rapids Junior College. Judge Sawyer
received his bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona and his law degree from
Valparaiso School of Law.
Term expires January 1, 2017.
Douglas B. Shapiro
Douglas B. Shapiro was born in 1954 New York City, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in
History with high distinction from the University of Michigan in 1983. He received his Juris
Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, in 1986. He also studied
at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland.
Following law school, Judge Shapiro served as a law clerk to Justice James Brickley of the
Michigan Supreme Court from 1986 thru 1989. From 1989-1990 he served as an assistant at the
State Appellate Defenders Office in Detroit and for the year following, as a staff attorney
with the Center Social Gerontology, a national elderly agency based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In 1991, he joined the practice of Muth and Fett, PC, a law firm in Ypsilanti, Michigan,
specializing in personal injury litigation. He became a partner in the firm of Muth and
Shapiro, PC, in 1995, where he continued trial and appellate practice through his appointment
on February 2, 2009, as a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Term expires January 1, 2013.
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