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HONORABLE RICHARD J. GARCIA
Presiding Judge Family Division

  • Appointed Probate Court Judge - February 2000
  • Retained November, 2000
  • Re-elected November, 2002 and 2008
  • Term Expires January 2015

 Education

  • University of Michigan, J.D. (1985)
  • University of Notre Dame (1983)

 

Legal Experience

  • Howrey & Simon, Associate, Washington, D.C.
  • Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, Associate, Lansing MI
  • Adkins & Garcia, Partner, Lansing MI
  • Lynch, Gallagher, Lynch and Martineau, Partner, Lansing MI
  • Chairman Michigan Civil Rights Commission
  • Co-Chair Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes
  • Chair Michigan Bias Crime Task Force

 Associations/Affiliations

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • National Council of Juvenile and Family Courts Judges
  • Ingham County Bar Association

 Community Involvement

  • National Association of Human Rights Workers
  • Farm Workers Legal Services Advisory Board
  • Cristo Rey Community Center Board of Directors
  • Community Corrections Advisory Board
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Advisory Board
  • Legal Aid of Central Michigan Board of Directors
  • East Lansing Housing Commission Vice Chair
  • Boys and Girls Club of Lansing Board of Directors
  • Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative
  • Gilda's Club of Lansing Board of Directors
  • Cristo Rey Community Center Pro Bono Legal Services
  • Mental Health Commission Children's Work Group
  • Instructor Lansing Police Department Citizen Police Academy
  • Adjunct Professor Cooley Law School
  • Teaches Juvenile Law, Child Abuse and Neglect, and Children and the Law and Family Violence Practice