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Grand Rapids attorney talks about first four months as justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
and last updated 2021-04-29 22:32:06-04
LANSING, Mich. â For the fourth time in state history, the Michigan Supreme Court has a female majority. One of those women recently sworn in is from right here in West Michigan.
There are seven justices on the Michigan Supreme Court with four of them being women.
I sat down with newly elected Justice Elizabeth Welch from Grand Rapids to get her take on the first four months on the bench and how the coronavirus has impacted their daily lives.
Kaufman, who announced his retirement March 8, elaborated on the decision.
“I had intended on retiring before the last election,” said Kaufman, noting it was 33 years to the day since he began his first campaign for judge. “However, the caseload never abated, the pace never slowed, and, like so many other times, time simply moved on.
“Finally, the presidential election and the pandemic made clear to me that it’s time to recognize the future of the next generation of lawyers stepping in as leaders in the bar, who could be able judges. And three of my longtime colleagues – Judges (Paul) Zakaib, (Jim) Stucky and (Charles) King all passed away within the last two years.”
CHARLESTON –
The West Virginia Record recently published an editorial titled “Judge bestows generational wealth in West Virginia” that criticized a recent opinion by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia authored by Justice Beth Walker.
The Record’s analysis missed critical context, failing to appreciate that the court actually rejected the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant-business should have been held responsible for the entire amount of the verdict, rather than the 30 percent that the jury actually apportioned it.
But that’s not why I’m here. Despite admitting that it had “no idea” what the opinion really meant,