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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.
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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