Hon. James M. Justin
12th District Court Judge

After service as an assistant Jackson County prosecutor
for five years, James M. Justin became a district court judge in 1976. He since has been re-elected to four six-year terms, the current one of which expires Jan. 1, 2007.

Following receipt of a bachelor of arts degree from the
College of Wooster in 1966, and a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1969, he was a special agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1971, he became an assistant county prosecutor. In that office, Justin served as chief of the office’s support and paternity division from 1972 to 1973, as chief of its appeals division from 1973 to 1975, and as chief assistant from 1975 until his election to the bench in 1976.

Judge Justin in a member of the Michigan District Judges Assn., the State Bar of Michigan, for which he is a past chairman of its criminal law section; and of the Jackson Bar Assn.

Active in a number of community organizations, he is a past president of the Jackson Northwest Kiwanis Club, a 15-gallon blood donor to the American Red Cross, a past session member of First Presbyterian Church, a past board member of the Irish Hills Girl Scout Council and a past troop leader, a past member of the Legal Aid board, a past member of the Jackson Human Relations Comm. and Aware board, past treasurer of the Jackson NAACP executive board and a board member of New City Resources, Inc.