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Elizabeth Pollard Hines, Chief Judge
Elizabeth P. Hines was elected to the 15th Judicial District Court bench in 1992. She served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2001, and is the former Presiding Judge of the District Court Division of the Washtenaw County Trial Court.
Judge Hines received her Bachelors of Art, with honor, from the University of Michigan in 1974, and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan College of Law in 1977.
Before being elected to the bench, Judge Hines served as an Assistant Prosecutor for the Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney's office for 15 years. As First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, she prosecuted many cases including those involving crimes against children and child protection. |
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Judge Hines has served the community in a variety of ways:
- Appointed as the first Chair of Ann Arbor's Domestic Violence Coordinating Board in 1987
- Trainer for the Michigan Judicial Institute on issues related to domestic violence
- Represented her district court colleagues on an Executive Committee managing a Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice - 1999 to 2004
- Member, Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice - 1991 to 2004
- Member, Governor's Task Force on Batterer Intervention Standards
- Recently re-elected to the Board of Governors of the American Judges Association
- Served as the Chair of the Domestic Violence Committee of the American Judges Association
- Appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to the Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure
- Helped create and launch "Street Outreach Court", which is a community project of the Washtenaw County criminal justice system and advocates for the homeless
- Handles a specialized court docket dedicated to domestic violence cases
- Selected by the National Center of State Courts to serve on a Multi-disciplinary Advisory Committee working to develop a toolkit for jurisdictions interested in using a problem-solving approach - January 2006
- Appointed by the President of the American Judges Association to chair the Access to Justice Committee - October 2006
- Appointed to the Executive Committee of the American Judges Association - September 2007
Judge Hines is a member of the State Bar Association, the Washtenaw County Bar Association, the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, the American Judges Association, and the Michigan District Judges Association.
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Christopher Easthope, Chief Judge Pro Tempore
Christopher Easthope was elected to the 15th Judicial District Court bench for the term beginning January 1, 2009.
Judge Easthope graduated from Gabriel Richard High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Michigan University in 1990 and a Juris Doctor degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1995.
Before being elected, Judge Easthope served the citizens of Ann Arbor as a member of City Council and as the Mayor Pro Tem. He also owned and operated his own business, the Law Office of Christopher Easthope. He formerly practiced law for the firms of Hamilton, MacDonald & Simpson and Roberts & Freatman. |
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Judge Easthope is a member of the State bar Association, the Washtenaw County Bar Association, the American Judges Association and the Michigan District Judges Association.
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M. Colleen Currie, Magistrate
M. Colleen Currie was appointed to the 15th Judicial District Court bench by Chief Judge Julie Creal in mid July 2008.
Magistrate Currie obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature with distinction from the University of Michigan in 1990 and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1994.
Prior to her appointment, she held the position of Judicial Attorney to Judge Timothy P. Connors of the Washtenaw County Circuit Court from 1998 to 2008. |
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Magistrate Currie was a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin from 1994 to 2004 when she voluntarily resigned her membership. She is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Washtenaw County Bar Association, the Women Lawyer's Association of Michigan and the Michigan Association of District Court Magistrates. She has been admitted to practice law in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Eastern Michigan University Legal Resource Center since the fall of 2008, as its secretary from December 2009 to December 2010 and its president from December 2010 to present. She also serves as a committee member for the State Bar of Michigan District G Committee for Character and Fitness and as the editor of the Washtenaw County Bar Association's publication Res Ipsa Loquitur.
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