3rd Circuit Court
Detroit,
Michigan
Hon. Qiana Denise Lillard was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to the court on August 7, 2013. She won her retention election in November 2014 and was reelected for a full six-year term in 2018. Judge Lillard began her tenure in the family/juvenile division, then served in the criminal division for six years and is currently assigned to the civil division. In 2005 Judge Lillard began working as an assistant Wayne County prosecuting attorney, where, during her eight-year career, she focused primarily in the trials division as a specially assigned prosecutor for the special victims unit in the areas of elder abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence and as a member of the sexual assault team. She handled high-profile cases involving serial rapists, police officers charged with sexual assault, child homicides, and other highly publicized assaultive cases. Judge Lillard began her legal career in the legal department of the Detroit Edison Company, presently known as DTE Energy. She later worked as an associate attorney in the legal department of Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association. She also worked for several years in the claims legal department of AAA Michigan, where she focused on subrogation, uninsured motorist arbitration, first-party PIP and RBI litigation, as well as third-party auto negligence and homeowner’s tort liability cases.
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