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Quick Facts: Michigan’s courts increasingly operate through digital systems that few outside the judiciary ever see and even fewer oversee….
Case Information Attorney: Derek E. Miller (P 73278)Case No.: 25-091-GACounty: MacombCity: Sterling Heights, MichiganDiscipline: Reprimand (By Consent)Effective Date: January 21, 2026 Quick Facts Who is the attorney?Derek…
Arguments: March 10–12, 2026Location: LansingCourt: Michigan Supreme Court The Michigan Supreme Court’s March 2026 argument docket is unusually dense, and unusually revealing….
On February 3, 2026, Kevin Hirsch publicly announced that he had concluded his role as Deputy Executive Director of the…
Quick Facts Did you miss Part 1 of our MiFile Coverage? Read it here. When court technology fails, the consequences…
Quick Facts Just the Facts In October 2025, Judge Robert Giles, Wayne County, presided over a matter involving a teenage defendant…
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has imposed a four-year suspension with restitution and conditions against Craig A. Tank (P58360) of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, following findings…
Quick Facts How Does Michigan’s Judicial Accountability System Keep Tilting Toward the Prosecution? Robert Steinhoff, sitting Alger County Prosecutor, recently…
The Michigan Supreme Court exercises superintending control over the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. That authority is not symbolic. It is structural. Which means that, in…
The quiet, involuntary retirement of Lynn Helland came and went with little comment from the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. But when placed…
