Resume
Judicial Experience
- 12 years -- Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals
- 6 years -- Chief Judge , Michigan Court of Appeals
- 2 years - - Chief Judge Pro Tem, Michigan Court of Appeals
Other Legal and Administrative Experience
- 20 years --Partner, Practicing attorney in the private sector (Honigman Miller; Dykema Gossett; McLellan, Schlaybaugh & Whitbeck)
- 11 years -- State & Federal governments (Director of the Office of State Employer; Counsel to the Governor for Executive Organization; Director of Policy, Michigan Public Service Commission; Assistant to Governor Romney; Special
- Assistant to HUD. Secretary Romney; Detroit Area Director of HUD)
Education
- JD, University of Michigan Law School (1966)
- BS in Journalism, Northwestern University (1963)
Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan, Member and
- Past Chair, Administrative Law Section
- Appellate Practice, Litigation, and Administrative Law Sections
- Member, American Bar Association and Ingham County Bar Association
- Member, Michigan Judges Association
- Member, Michigan Law Revision Commission
- Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation and American Bar Foundation
- Past President, American Inns of Court at MSU College of Law
- Master and Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court Foundation
- Member, Scribes, American Society of Legal Writers
- Past Chair, Michigan Historical Commission
- Lecturer, Legal Advocacy, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Parishioner, St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing
Military Status
Honorable Discharge, US Army
Marital Status
Married to Stephanie Sabia Whitbeck
Author
To Account for Murder, a legal mystery. Publication Date November, 2010

