Hon. R. Darryl Mazur
12th District Court Judge

R. Darryl Mazur, a long-time Jackson attorney, was elected District Court judge in 2002 to serve a six-year term, that ends Jan. 1, 2009. He is the Chief Judge for District Court.

Prior to his election Judge Mazur was engaged in law practice following a three-year stint as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Jackson County. Upon graduation from Michigan State University in 1970 and Detroit College of Law in 1973, he accepted the position in the prosecuting attorney's office. In 1976, he left to become a partner in the law firm of Parker, Adams & Mazur, PC, which evolved to Parker, Adams, Mazur & Matyjaszek, PC; Mazur, Matyjaszek & Brandt, PC, and in 2002, to Law Offices of Mazur & Brandt, PLLC.

Judge Mazur's professional affiliations include the Jackson County Bar Assn., for which he served as treasurer from 1980 to 1982 and as president in 1992-93; the Michigan Bar Assn. and the American Bar Assn. In addition, he was an adjunct professor at Jackson Community College from 1983 to 1986.

He has held memberships in several community groups, including Big Brothers, Big Sisters, for which he served as a board member. He is currently a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Kiwanis Club of Jackson Northwest, serving as president from 1992-1993; First Church of the Nazarene, NAACP Jackson branch, and Fraternal Order of Eagles. Past memberships include Jackson City Human Relations Committee and Jackson County Community Corrections Council.