Governor Makes Appointment to the Court of Appeals

Liz Gullett

Jul 14, 2017

On Monday, Governor Rick Snyder announced the appointment of Judge Thomas Cameron to the 1^st District Michigan Court of Appeals. He currently sits on bench at the 3^rd Circuit Court in Wayne County. Prior to serving as a judge, Judge Cameron was an assistant attorney general and bureau chief in the Department of Attorney General and an assistant prosecutor in Wayne and Kalamazoo counties. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University and his law degree from Wayne State University Law School.

Judge Cameron is active in professional organizations including the Michigan Judges Association (an MLC client) where he serves as the co-chair of the Criminal Committee, Michigan Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention & Treatment Board, the Federalist Society, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers. He is a graduate of the Michigan Political Leadership Program and previously served as both vice chair and chair of the Michigan Commission of Law Enforcement Standards and as a board member of the Prosecution Attorneys Coordinating Counsel.

He fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Justice Kurtis Wilder to the Michigan Supreme Court. Judge Cameron must seek election in November 2018 for the remainder of the term.

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