HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2000.05.18 - 26140May 18, 2000
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #00110
BY: General Government Committee, Shelley G. Taub, Chairperson
IN RE: FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT COURT - APPROVAL OF MAGISTRATE
JOSEPH H. HEMMING
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 appointed
Joseph H. Hemming 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 Joseph H. Hemming to act as a
Magistrate for the Fifty-Second District Court. -
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
s'4-03
'1'41-11' General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on roll call vote with Taub, Dingeldey, McPherson, Garfield, Sever and Friedman
Appel voting yes. Melton no. Law and Patterson absent.
JOSEPH 1+1. HEMMING •
Business Address Telephone
30500 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 500 Home: (248) 646-8637
Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Work: (248) 851-9550
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
ATTORNEY 1984 - Present
Altus & Hemming; 1991 - Present
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Responsibilities include:
16 years experience as Litigator for a three-attorney firm, advising and representing individuals and
small- to medium-size businesses as both Plaintiff and Defendant in several areas including business
and contract law, collections, real estate, and family law.
Of counsel to Farmington Hills, Michigan law firm; 1989 - 1990
Sole Practitioner in Birmingham, Michigan; 1984 - 1989
ARBITRATOR 1994 - Present
American Arbitration Association
MEDIATOR 1994- Present
The Oakland Mediation Center, Inc.
Oakland County Circuit and District Courts
American Arbitration Association
FACILITATOR 1996- Present
Oakland County Circuit Court
LAW CLERK 1979- 1983
Senior Law Clerk for the Honorable Frederick C. Ziem, Oakland County Circuit Court
Law Clerk for the Honorable Michael Batchik, 52-1 District Court.
EDUCATION
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI
Juris Doctor Degree awarded 1983
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Bachelor of Arts Degree awarded with High Honor 1976
40 hours of CDRP Mediation Training - 1994
Arbitration Training through American Arbitration Association - 1994
Oakland County Circuit Court Facilitative Mediation Training Program - 1996
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
State Bar of Michigan (Member, Character & Fitness Committee)
Inn of Court (OCBA Barrister)
Oakland Mediation Center, Inc. (President - Board of Trustees)
Alternate Dispute Resolution Committees for State Bar of Michigan and Oaldand County Bar Association
American Arbitration Association
National Association for Community Mediation
Oakland County Bar Association
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Birmingham Rotary
FOREGO"^'"
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Resolution #00110 May 18, 2000
Moved by Suarez supported by Law the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be
adopted and reports be accepted.
AYES: Appel, Causey-Mitchell, Colasanti, Coleman, Dingeldey, Douglas,
Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Jensen, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Melton, Millard,
Palmer, Sever, Suarez, Taub, Amos. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolutions on the Consent
Agenda were adopted and the reports were accepted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, 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 May 18, 2000 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 18t4,day ge May, 2000.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk