HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2005.02.17 - 27840MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 105020 February 17, 2005
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT COURT— APPROVAL OF MAGISTRATE ELIZABETH
CHIAPPELLI
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 Elizabeth Chiappelli to serve
as a magistrate for the Fifty-Second District Court; and
WHEREAS MCL 600.8501(a) 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 Elizabeth Chiappelli 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 COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Crawford and Coulter absent.
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ELIZABETH C. CHIAPPELLI
3569 Kerry Drive
Troy, MI 48084
(248) 649-3334
EDUCATION:
1993 - 1996 University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Juris Doctorate
3.2 GPA. Torts Book Award Recipient.
1989 - 1993 Wayne State University, Bachelor of Social Work, 3.9 GPA
EMPLOYMENT:
01/02 - 08/02 Law Offices of Chisholm, Shuttle es Wilson
Royal Oak, Michigan
Practiced in the fields of divorce, adoption and criminal
defense.
Served as a public defender in the District Courts of 43rd
Hazel Park 86 Ferndale, 44th Royal Oak, 46th Southfield, 47th
Farmington Hills, 50th Pontiac, 51st Waterford, 52/3
Rochester Hills and 52/4 Troy.
03/97 - 04/01 Oakland County Prosecutor's Office
Pontiac, Michigan
Warrants Division: Duties included reviewing misdemeanor
and felony warrant requests, juvenile petitions, drafting
search warrants, and well as child abuse and neglect
petitions and research.
District Court Division: Duties included conducting pre-
trial conferences, felony preliminary examinations, plea
negotiations, research, drafting motions, bench and jury
trials, as well as conducting competency and criminal
responsibility hearings.
Circuit Court Division: General Circuit Court docket
prosecutor assigned to the Honorable Deborah Tyner.
Duties included responsibility for management of all felony
matters before the court from arraignment to final
disposition. Entailing appearance at arraignments, bond
hearings, conducting pre-trial conferences, plea negotiations,
bench trials, jury trials, competency and criminal
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responsibility hearings, sentencing and extradition
hearings. Duties also included research, drafting briefs and
arguing motions.
Juvenile Division: Assigned to Referee T. Lee. Duties
included conducting pre-trial conferences, plea negotiations,
as well as appearing at sentencing and review hearings.
08/95 - 03/97 52/4 District Court
Troy, Michigan
Judicial law clerk to the Honorable Dennis C. Drury.
Responsibilities included docket scheduling and research.
05/95- 08/95 Ingham County Prosecutor's Office
Lansing, Michigan
Performed as an assistant prosecuting attorney while
attending law school pursuant to MCR 8.120.
1989 - 1995 Law Offices of Chisholm, Shuttle & Wilson
Royal Oak, Michigan
Law clerk. Assisted attorneys in the drafting of pleadings,
researching statutes and case law as well as maintenance of
client account receivables.
1993 Jewish Family Services
Southfield, Michigan
Group Apartment for the Elderly Program (GA.EP).
Coordinated activities for residents of the GAEP, conducted
individual counseling and compiled an Assisted Living
Directory for the Metropolitan Detroit area.
ORGANIZATIONS:
Member of the State Bar of Michigan
Member of the Oakland County Bar Association
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Ruth Johnsdn, County Clerk
Resolution #05020 February 17, 2005
Moved by Rogers supported by Suarez the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted and appointments being confirmed).
AYES: Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Melton,
Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Patterson, Rogers. Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward,
Bullard. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted and appointments being confirmed).
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I HEREBY APPROVE THE FORM% RESOUITINI
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, 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 February 17,2005
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 17th day of February, 2005.