Lifetime Judicial Achievement

Award History 

Lifetime Judicial Achievement Awards​

“The Lifetime Judicial Achievement Award is awarded to those who have given many years of judicial service. Through their Decisions, they have exemplified the level of professionalism and integrity that uphold the best traditions of the bench.”

2024

Honorable Phyllis C. McMillen
6th Circuit court

2021

Honorable Avern L. Cohn
* Deceased

2018

Hon. Jane Beckering
Michigan Court of Appeals

2015

Honorable Gerald E. Rosen
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

2012

Honorable Julian Abele Cook Jr.
United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

2009

No Award Given

2006

No Award Given

2003

No Award Given

2023

Hon. Victoria A. Roberts
US District Judge – Eastern

2020

Hon. Robert Colombo Jr.
Retired

2017

Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

2014

Pamela R. Harwood
Law Office Pamela R. Harwood PLLC

2011

Honorable Robert Holmes Bell
United States District Court, Western District of Michigan

2008

Honorable Dennis C. Kolenda
Kent County Circuit Court Judge 1989 to 2008

2005

No Award Given

2002

No Award Given

2022

Hon. Christopher Yates
Michigan Court of Appeals

2019

Hon. Bridget M. McCormack
Michigan Supreme Court

2016

Honorable Gershwin A. Drain
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

2013

* Honorable Damon J. Keith
Senior Judge for the United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit

2010

No Award Given

2007

Justice Marilyn J. Kelly, Michigan Supreme Court
Honorable William B. Murphy, Michigan Court of Appeals

2004

Honorable John Feikens,
United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

2001

Honorable James L. Ryan
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

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