Circuit Court Lineage

WASHTENAW COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT LINEAGE

 

1st Circuit Court Seat
William A Fletcher 1836-1842
Alpheus Felch 1842-1845
George Miles 1846-1850
David Johnson 1850-1856
Edwin Lawrence 1857-1869
Samuel Higby 1869-1874
Alexander Crane 1874-1876
George M. Huntington 1877-1882
Chauncey Josyln 1883-1888
Edward D. Kinne 1888-1917
George W. Sample 1918-45
James R. Breakey 1945-1969 
Ross W. Campbell 1969 -1992
Kurtis T. Wilder 1992-1998
Archie C. Brown 1999-2022
Arianne E. Slay 2022-present

2nd Circuit Court Seat
William F. Ager 1963-1994
Karl V. Fink 1995-1997
Timothy P. Connors 1997-present 

3rd Circuit Court Seat
John W. Conlin 1967-1972
Patrick J. Conlin 1972-1997
David S. Swartz 1997-2020
Tracy Van den Bergh 2021-present

4th Circuit Court Seat
Edward D. Deake 1973-1989
Donald E. Shelton 1990-2014
Patrick J. Conlin, Jr. 2015 – present 

5th Circuit Court Seat
Henry Conlin 1977-1988
Melinda M. Morris 1989-2012
Carol Kuhnke 2013-present