Cynthia Stephens
Cynthia Stephens | |
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Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals for the First District | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
Appointed by | Jennifer Granholm |
Personal details | |
Born | Cynthia Diane Stephens August 27, 1951 |
Education | University of Michigan (BA) Emory University (JD) |
Cynthia Diane Stephens (born August 27, 1951)[1] is an American attorney and jurist serving as a judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals for the First District.
Education
Stephens earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from the Emory University School of Law in 1976.[1][2]
Career
Stephens was appointed to the court in 2008 by then-Governor Jennifer Granholm.[3] She was previously a circuit court judge and a district court judge. She has been a law professor at Wayne State University, Loyola University Chicago, and the University of Detroit Mercy. Stephens also served as the general counsel to the Michigan Senate and as a commissioner of the State Bar of Michigan.[4]
On May 21, 2020, Judge Stephens issued an opinion upholding Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan and thereby dismissed a lawsuit by the Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate that challenged the Governor's emergency powers.[5]
On November 5, 2020, Judge Stephens dismissed a lawsuit filed by the
Sources
- Michigan court of appeals bio Archived 2014-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ a b "A look at candidates for the Michigan Court of Appeals". Detroit Legal News. October 7, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Judge Cynthia Stephens | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy". fordschool.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Cynthia Stephens". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "COA First District Judges". courts.michigan.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Michigan Legislature v Governor Gretchen Whitmer". Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Michigan judge rejects Trump campaign lawsuit to halt ballot counting". 5 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-09.