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Kym Loren Worthy (born December 5, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the prosecutor of Wayne County, Michigan since 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first African-American woman to serve as a county prosecutor in Michigan.
Barbara Lynn McQuade [1] (born December 22, 1964) [2] is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. As part of President Donald Trump's 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, she stepped down in March 2017. [3]
Betty R. Widgeon: [90] First female (and African American female) to serve as a Judge of the 14-A District Court in Washtenaw County, Michigan (1994) Martha Strickland Clark (1887): [91] First female lawyer in Detroit, Michigan [Wayne County, Michigan] Clara T. Livermore: [92] First female judge in Detroit, Michigan (1914) [Wayne County, Michigan]
The attorneys general of Minnesota, Wisconsin and California have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Nessel's lawsuit. [57] In 2021, the case was removed to federal court. [ 58 ] Proceedings were delayed while the parties battled over whether the suit would be heard in state or federal court; in August 2022, a federal judge ruled ...
Scott was elected to the Detroit City Council in 1993. [1] At the time of her death in 2002, Scott had begun her third term and was the City Council Designee on the City of Detroit General Retirement System Board of Trustees. She was the first African-American woman to serve as a trustee. [1]
Organizing is currently underway among the 550 workers in the Detroit facility; workers at the Plymouth facility won their union election in 2023 and later became the first of the company’s U.S ...
In January 2022, the members of the council elected Sheffield to serve as council president over Mary D. Waters, succeeding Brenda Jones. [14] She became the youngest president of the council. [ 15 ] In August 2023, Sheffield set up an exploratory committee for a candidacy for mayor of Detroit in the 2025 election , hiring Nick Rathod as an ...
Detroit City Council delayed voting Tuesday on developing fields of solar panels as officials prepare a legal analysis of the project. After weeks of deliberation, council members sought outside ...