Joan Larsen

Joan Larsen
Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Assumed office
October 1, 2015
Appointed by Rick Snyder
Preceded by Mary Beth Kelly
Personal details
Born December 1968 (age 47–48)
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Adam Pritchard
Alma mater University of Northern Iowa (BA)
Northwestern University (JD)

Joan Larsen (born December 1968) is an American judge and lawyer. She was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Gov. Rick Snyder on September 30, 2015, to replace Justice Mary Beth Kelly, whose resignation from the Court became effective October 1, 2015.[1]

Education

Larsen is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law,[1] where she graduated first in her class.[2] While at Northwestern, she served as Articles Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review.

Law career

Larsen has been a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law since 1998. She clerked for David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. She was assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel from January 2002 to May 2003.[3]

On October 1, 2015, she was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Gov. Rick Snyder.[1] She was reelected on November 8, 2016 to fill the remainder of Kelly's unexpired term, which runs through the end of 2018.[4] She is on President-elect Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court justices.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Paul Egan (September 30, 2015). "Snyder appoints Joan Larsen to Supreme Court". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Justice Joan L. Larsen". Michigan Supreme Court. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gary Heinlein (September 30, 2015). "Snyder picks UM law professor Larsen for Supreme Court". Detroit News. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ David Eggert (September 30, 2015). "UM law professor Joan Larsen appointed to Michigan Supreme Court". Associated Press. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ COLVIN, JILL. "TRUMP UNVEILS LIST OF HIS TOP SUPREME COURT PICKS". Associated Press. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Mary Beth Kelly		 Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
2015–present 		Incumbent
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