Gov. Rick Snyder has named Joan Larsen, currently special counsel to the University of Michigan law school dean, to the state Supreme Court. Larsen replaces Mary Beth Kelly, who is resigning to return to private law practice. Larsen has practiced law, and was a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Snyder has also appointed Oakland County Circuit Judge Colleen O’Brien to fill a vacancy on the Michigan Court of Appeals.