On Thursday, December 20, a retirement party was hosted for Wayne County Probate Court Judge June Blackwell-Hatcher in Detroit. Blackwell-Hatcher became the first woman to sit in the Estates Division of the Wayne County Probate Court. She has served as president of the Association of Black Judges of Michigan, and has been a member of the National College of Probate Judges, the Michigan Probate Judges Association, the Greater Wayne County Chapter of Links Inc., and the Wayne County Probate Bar Association.
– Photo by John Meiu
- Posted January 15, 2019
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Judge retires
headlines Oakland County
- Top Tier
- Communities receive certification as Redevelopment Ready
- Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees
- Scientists charged in worm smuggling scheme, lawyers say China helped get the case dismissed
- Judge rules 'third country' deportation policy is unlawful
headlines National
- A wave of lawsuits has resulted from online comments after Charlie Kirk’s assassination
- Goldman Sachs top lawyer resigns after emails show Jeffrey Epstein friendship
- Failed indictment of 6 Democratic lawmakers blamed on Jeanine Pirro-picked prosecutors
- Federal judges may address ‘illegitimate forms of criticism and attacks,’ according to new ethics opinion
- Senate GOP aims to reveal companies funding lawsuits
- Bad Bunny’s ‘love conquering hate’ message at Super Bowl reiterated by judge sentencing assaulter




