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Judges

Magistrate Judges

Name Served
Stephen W Karr 1971-1987
Lloyd R. Fayling 1971-1982
John R. Weber 1972-1988
Stuart D. Hubbell 1972-1979
Hugh W. Brenneman, Jr. 1980-2015
Doyle A. Rowland 1984-2000
Joseph G. Scoville 1988-2014
Timothy P. Greeley 1988-2019
Ellen S. Carmody 2000-2019
Phillip J. Green 2014-present
Ray Kent 2015-present
Maarten Vermaat 2019-present
Sally Berens 2019-present

Bankruptcy Judges

Judges Dates of Service Vice Location
David Erwin Nims, Jr. 15 April 1955 to
30 September 1986
Referee Grand Rapids
Marvin L. Heitman 08 November 1974 to
31 December 1986
Referee Marquette
Laurence E. Howard 14 January 1976 to
28 February 1999
Referee Grand Rapids
David Erwin Nims, Jr. 01 October 1986 to
01 October 1992
Recall Grand Rapids
James D. Gregg 01 June 1987 to
27 June 2014
Nims Grand Rapids
Jo Ann C. Stevenson 23 December 1987 to
02 October 2007
Heitman Grand Rapids
Jeffrey R. Hughes 06 January 2000 to
13 September 2013
Howard Grand Rapids
Scott W. Dales 03 October 2007 to
present
Stevenson Grand Rapids
James W. Boyd 30 May 2014 to
present
Gregg Grand Rapids
John T. Gregg 17 July 2014 to
present
Hughes Grand Rapids