List of Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court

Frontal view of the Michigan Hall of Justice.

Following is a list of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court.

Current Justices

Name Elected/Appointed Term expires Appointing Governor Party Affiliation Dates as Chief Justice
Chief Justice Robert P. Young, Jr. 1999 January 1, 2019 John Engler / Elected Republican 2011-
Stephen Markman 1999 January 1, 2021 John Engler / Elected Republican
Joan L. Larsen [1] 2015 January 1, 2019 Rick Snyder Republican
Brian K. Zahra 2011 January 1, 2015 Rick Snyder / Elected Republican
Bridget McCormack 2012 January 1, 2021 Elected Democrat
David Viviano 2013 January 1, 2015 Rick Snyder Republican
Richard H. Bernstein 2015 January 1, 2023 Elected Democrat

Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justices

No. Chief Justice Tenure as Chief Justice Tenure on Supreme Court
54 Thomas E. Brennan 1969-1971 January 1, 1967-December 31, 1973
55 Thomas M. Kavanagh 1971-1974 January 1, 1958-April 19, 1975
56 Thomas G. Kavanagh 1975-1979 January 1, 1969-December 31, 1984
57 Mary S. Coleman 1979-1982 January 1, 1973-December 24, 1982
58 John W. Fitzgerald 1982 January 7, 1974-December 31, 1982
59 G. Mennen Williams 1983-1986 January 1, 1971-December 31, 1986
60 Dorothy Comstock Riley 1987-1991 December 9, 1982 - February 16, 1983 and January 1, 1985-September 1, 1997
61 Michael F. Cavanagh 1991-94 January 1, 1983-present
62 James H. Brickley 1995-1996 December 27, 1982-October 1, 1999
63 Conrad L. Mallet, Jr. 1997, 1998 December 21, 1990-January 2, 1999
64 Elizabeth A. Weaver 1999-2000 January 1, 1995-August 26, 2010
65 Maura D. Corrigan 2001-2004 January 1, 1999-January 14, 2011
66 Clifford W. Taylor 2005-2008 August 21, 1997-December 31, 2008
67 Marilyn J. Kelly 2009, 2010 January 1, 1997-December 31, 2013
68 Robert P. Young, Jr. 2011-present December 30, 1998-present

Former Justices

Judge Began service Ended service Notes
Mary Beth Kelly20112015
Clark J. Adams19521953
Paul L. Adams1962, 19641973
Dennis Archer19851993
Nathaniel Bacon18551857
Frederick Bates18051808Territorial Justice
John E. Bird19101928
Eugene F. Black19561973
Charles A. Blair19051912
Patricia J. Boyle19831998
Emerson R. Boyles19401956
Thomas E. Brennan19671973
James H. Brickley19831999
Flavius L. Brooke19091921
George E. Bushnell19341955
Henry M. Butzel19291955
Edward Cahill18901890
James V. Campbell18581890
William L. Carpenter19021908
Leland W. Carr19451963
Michael Cavanaugn19822015
Bert D. Chandler19361943
John W. Champlin18841892
Henry C. Chipman18271832Territorial Justice
Isaac P. Christiancy18571874
George M. Clark19191933
Mary S. Coleman19731982
Thomas M. Cooley18641885
Joseph T. Copeland18521857
Maura Corrigan19962011
John R. Dethmers19461971
Alton Davis20102010
Samuel T. Douglass18521857
George H. Durand18921892
George C. Edwards19561961
Louis H. Fead19281937
Alpheus Felch18421845
Grant Fellows19171929
John Warner Fitzgerald19741982
Richard C. Flannigan19281928
William A. Fletcher183618421st Justice
Daniel Goodwin18431846
Claudius B. Grant18901909
Benjamin F. Graves18681883
Sanford M. Green18481857
John Griffin18051824Territorial Justice
Robert P. Griffin19871994
Diane Hathaway20082013
Frank A. Hooker18931911
John Hunt18241827Territorial Justice
David Johnson18521857
Thomas G. Kavanagh19691984
Thomas M. Kavanagh19581975
Harry F. Kelly19541971
Frank C. Kuhn19121919
Edwin Lawrence18571857
Charles Levin19731996
Lawrence Lindemer19751976
Charles D. Long18881902
Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.19901998
Randolph Manning18581864
Isaac Marston18751883
George Martin18511867
Thomas Francis McAllister19381941
Aaron V. McAlvay19051908
John S. McDonald19221933
John W. McGrath18901895
George Miles18461850
Robert Morris Montgomery18921910
Blair Moody, Jr.[2]19771982
Joseph B. Moore18951925
George Morell1832
1836
1836
1843
Territorial Justice
State Justice
Allen B. Morse18851892
Edward Mundy18481851
Walter Harper North19271952
Michael D. O'Hara19631968
Russell C. Ostrander19051919
Rollin H. Person19151916
William W. Potter19281940
Abner Pratt18501857
Epaphroditus Ransom18371848
Neil E. Reid19441956
Dorothy Comstock Riley1982
1985
1983
1997
James L. Ryan19751985
Edward M. Sharpe19341957
Nelson Sharpe19191935
Thomas R. Sherwood18831889
Solomon Sibley18271837Territorial Justice
Otis M. Smith19611967
Talbot Smith19551961
Ernest A. Snow19261927
Theodore Souris19601968
Raymond W. Starr19411946
Joseph H. Steere19111927
John W. Stone19101922
John Swainson19711975
Clifford W. Taylor19972009
Harry S. Toy19351936
Josiah Turner18571857
John D. Voelker
(a/k/a Robert Traver)
19571959
Thomas A. E. Weadock19331933
Elizabeth Weaver19942010
Charles W. Whipple18391855
Howard Wiest19211945
Ross Wilkins18321837Territorial Justice
G. Mennen Williams19701987
Edward H. C. Wilson18561857
Warner Wing18451856
Benjamin F. H. Witherell18571857
James Witherell18081828Territorial Justice
William Woodbridge18281832Territorial Justice
Augustus B. Woodward180518241st Territorial Justice

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