Stephen Markman

Stephen Markman was appointed as the 103rd Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Prior to that, he served as Judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals, having been re-elected in 1996 and 1998 from his 60-county judicial district. Prior to being appointed to the Court, Justice Markman practiced law with the firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone in Detroit. From 1989-93, he served as United States Attorney in Michigan after being nominated to that position by President George H.W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate.

Prior to this, Justice Markman served for four years as Assistant Attorney General of the United States after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the United States Senate. In that position, he headed the Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy which served as the principal policy development office within the Department and which coordinated the federal judicial selection process. Prior to this, he served as Chief Counsel of the United States Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution and as Deputy Chief Counsel of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee for seven years.

Justice Markman has authored articles for the Stanford Law Review, the University of Chicago Law Review, the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, the American Criminal Justice Law Review, the Barrister's Law Journal, the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and the Detroit College of Law Review.

Justice Markman teaches constitutional law at Hillsdale College. He has traveled to the Ukraine on two occasions, on behalf of the State Department and the American Bar Association, to provide assistance in the development of that nation's new constitution. Justice Markman is a Fellow of the Michigan Bar Foundation, a Master of the Bench of the American Inns of Court, and a member of the One Hundred Club. Justice Markman has actively participated in and spoken before numerous youth and civic organizations in Detroit and throughout Michigan, and has coached Little League baseball and basketball teams. He lives with his wife, Mary Kathleen, and their younger son, Charles (18), in Mason. Justice Markman's older son, James is currently serving in the United States Army.

Justice Markman was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor John Engler, effective October 1, 1999, to fill the seat vacated by Justice James H. Brickley. In 2000 he was elected to complete the term, which expired January 1, 2005. In 2004 he was reelected to an eight-year term which expires January 1, 2013.

On the Michigan Supreme Court Markham has generally ruled in favor of stricter restrictions on the cases where law suits are allowed. He also wrote the lead opinion freeing the residents of Michigan from having to support same-gender relationships through benefits to public employees. [http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/3555/]

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