Anna Taylor
Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor was a Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D). Taylor died on November 4th, 2017.
Early life and education
A native of Washington, D.C., Taylor graduated from Barnard College with her bachelor's degree in 1954 and from Yale Law School with her J.D. in 1957.[1]
Professional career
- 1998-2017: Senior judge
- 1996-1998: Chief judge
- 1979-1998: Judge
- 1975-1979: Supervising assistant corporation counsel, Detroit, Mich.
- 1976-1977: Adjunct professor, Wayne State School of Law
- 1972-1975: Adjunct professor, Wayne State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations
- 1970-1975: Private practice, Detroit, Mich.
- 1967-1970: Legislative assistant and Detroit office manager for Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. (D-Mich.)
- 1966: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
- 1961-1962: Assistant prosecutor, Wayne County, Mich.
- 1957-1960: Staff attorney, office of the solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of Michigan
Taylor was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on May 17, 1979, to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan created by 92 Stat. 1629. Taylor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 31, 1979, and she received her commission on November 2, 1979. Taylor served as the chief judge of the Eastern District of Michigan from 1996 to 1998 before later electing to take senior status beginning on December 31, 1998. Taylor served on senior status until her death on November 4, 2017.[1]
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 92 Stat. 1629 |
Eastern District of Michigan 1979–1998 Seat #13 |
Succeeded by: Marianne Battani
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan
State courts:
Michigan Supreme Court • Michigan Court of Appeals • Michigan Circuit Court • Michigan District Courts • Michigan Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in Michigan • Michigan judicial elections • Judicial selection in Michigan
