Hon. Margaret M. Van Houten
Third Judicial Circuit Court
Detroit,
Michigan
Hon. Margaret M. Van Houten is a judge in the Criminal Division of the Third Circuit Court in Wayne County, Michigan. Prior to taking the bench, she was a sole practitioner in Dearborn for five years and an associate at Evans and Luptak PLC for seven years, practicing in the areas of business and commercial litigation and probate and estate planning and litigation. Previously, she served as a law clerk for Hon. Brian K. Zahra in the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Third Circuit Court. A former member of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and the State Bar of Michigan's Judicial Qualifications Committee, Judge Van Houten continues to serve on the state bar's Representative Assembly. Involved in her local community, she was a member of the Dearborn Heights City Council for 14 years, a distinguished president of the Dearborn Heights Kiwanis Club, and a vice president of the Goodfellows. Judge Van Houten is a chapter coauthor of ICLE's "Michigan Civil Procedure."
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