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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #98 090 April 23, 1998
BY: General Government Committee, Nancy Dingeldey, Chairperson
IN RE: FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT COURT - APPROVAL OF MAGISTRATE
THOMAS RAGUSO
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners has provided for magistrates for
the Fifty-Second District Court; and
WHEREAS the Judges of the Fifty-Second District Court have appointedThomas Raguso
to serve as a Magistrate for the Fifty-Second District Court; and
WHEREAS MCL 600.8501(1) provides that magistrate appointments be approved by the
County Board of Commissioners.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
hereby approves the appointment of Thomas Raguso to act as a Magistrate for the Fifty-Second
District Court.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT: Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
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THOMAS RAGUSO (P19192) •
5471 Boyne Highland Trail • Clarkston, MI 48348 • (248)394-0559
Business: 21 S. Main Street, Clarkston, MI 48346 • (248)620-9191
EXPERIENCE
THOMAS RAGUSO - Attorney - Private Practice
31 years - 1967 - 1998
1990 - Present 21 S. Main Street, Clarkston, Michigan
Divorce practice, real estate, criminal raw, contracts, as well as plaintiff personal injury
daims, commercial, wills, probate, general practice of law, all with trial experience, motion
practice, settlement negotations, landlord/tenant, mediator.
1986 - 1990 1695 Woodward Avenue, Suite 213, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Sole practitioner.
1981 - 1986 Law Firm of Schmidt, Raguso & Isgrigg - Pontiac Lake Road, Pontiac, Michigan
General practice of law, trial work.
1973 - 1980 Thomas Raguso, J.D., P.C. - John R, Hazel Park, Michigan
1968 - 1971 Hatfield, Raguso & Patterson - John R, Hazel Park, Michigan
1967- 1968 Hatfield & Raguso - John R, Hazel Park, Michigan
All dealing with the general practice of law.
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
• Founder, with Judge Hempstead, of RAP, Inc., a Drug Rehabilitation Program
• President of Lakeland Hockey Association, 1979 - 1981
• Cartoonist, LACHES, Oakland County Bar Association, a monthly magazine
• 1970s - 1980s - Volunteer and Accepted as Investigator and Grievance Attorney for State Bar Grievances
Board
• Pontiac Man of the Year Award - Early 1970s
• Member, Waterford JCs - Late 1960s
• Member, Hazel Park Lions Club - Early 1980s
• Present Member, State Bar of Michigan, Criminal Law Section, Lawyer Referral Committee
• Highly Rated -- Martindale-Hubbell
EDUCATION
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY OF LAW, 1962-1966
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 1960
IVEACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL OF DETROIT, 1955
REFERENCES
THE HONORABLE JAMES S. THORBURN
THE HONORABLE RICHARD KUHN
THE HONORABLE KENNETH H. HEMPSTEAD
THE HONORABLE PHYLLIS MC MILLEN
THE HONORABLE ROBERT ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER FRANCES AMOS
INTERESTS
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CARTOONING
MUSIC
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CANTOR - ST. DANIEL CHURCH
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Resolution #98090 April 23, 1998
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Johnson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law,
McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub,
Wolf, Amos, Coleman, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Gregory. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners on April 23, 1998 with the original record
thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 23rd day f April 8.
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Lynfc D. Allen, County Clerk