The WNJ Appellate Practice Group is one of the State’s premier appellate litigation practice groups, counting among its members a recent Michigan Court of Appeals judge and former federal appellate clerks from the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Circuits. Over the past five years, our attorneys have appeared in the U.S. Supreme Court 15 times; litigated in nearly every federal Circuit; regularly argued in the Michigan Supreme Court; and participated in numerous Michigan Court of Appeals cases.
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In an editorial posted today, the Detroit News expressed its criticism of the Michigan Supreme Court’s new recusal rules. While lauding many of the changes, the editorial expresses concern over the vague “appearance of impropriety” standard for recusal as well as the rule allowing a Justice to be removed by his or her colleagues in “secret deliberations” rather than a public hearing.