HONORABLE RICHARD J. GARCIA

• Appointed Probate Court Judge - February 2000

• Retained November, 2000

• Re-elected November, 2002 and 2008

• Term Expires January 1, 2015

 Education

• University of Michigan, J.D. (1985)
• University of Notre Dame (1983)

 Legal Experience

• Howrey & Simon, Associate, Washington, D.C.
• Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, Associate, Lansing MI
• Adkins & Garcia, Partner, Lansing MI
• Lynch, Gallagher, Lynch & Martineau, Partner, Lansing MI
• Chairman Michigan Civil Rights Commission
• Co-Chair Michigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes
• Chair Michigan Bias Crime Task Force

 Associations/Affiliations

• State Bar of Michigan
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Courts Judges
• Ingham County Bar Association

 Community Involvement

• National Association of Human Rights Workers
• Farm Workers Legal Services Advisory Board
• Cristo Rey Community Center Board of Directors
• Community Corrections Advisory Board
• Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Advisory Board
• Legal Aid of Central Michigan Board of Directors
• East Lansing Housing Commission Vice Chair
• Boys and Girls Club of Lansing Board of Directors
• Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative
• Gilda's Club of Lansing Board of Directors
• Cristo Rey Community Center Pro Bono Legal Services
• Mental Health Commission Children's Work Group
• Instructor Lansing Police Department Citizen Police Academy
• Adjunct Professor Cooley Law School
• Teaches Juvenile Law, Child Abuse and Neglect  Children and the Law and Family Violence Practice