Mark Plawecki
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Mark Plawecki Chief Judge | |
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| 20th district, Wayne County, Michigan | |
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| Born | April 25, 1961 |
| Spouse | Julie Plawecki (d. 2016) Mae Plawecki (m. 2021) |
| Children | 3, including Lauren Plawecki |
| Residence | Dearborn Heights, Michigan |
| Education | Michigan State University Thomas M. Cooley Law School (JD) |
| Occupation | District judge |
Mark J. Plawecki (born April 25, 1961) is a district judge in the U.S. state of Michigan. His district (the 20th) comprises the city of Dearborn Heights in Wayne County, located in suburban Detroit.[1] He was first elected to the seat in 1994, and is currently in his sixth term as chief judge for that court.
Early life
[edit]Plawecki attended Detroit Catholic Central and graduated from Dearborn Heights Riverside High school, where he was All-League in tennis, in 1979. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and earned his Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1987.[2] Plawecki then practiced general law, eventually becoming president of the firm Rombach, Plawecki, and Viggiani. During that time he was also prosecutor for the city of Hazel Park.
Judicial career
[edit]Elected to the bench in 1994 at age 33, Plawecki became the youngest judge in Dearborn Heights history. He has been re-elected, without opposition,[3] in 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. He is a past president of both the Wayne County District Judges Association and the Polish American Legal Society (PALS) for Michigan.[4]
On March 30, 2016, Plawecki announced he was running for the Michigan Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Mary Beth Kelly.[5] He was endorsed by the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and every city council member of Dearborn Heights. He also received the endorsement of the Michigan Association for Justice, a trade group of 1600 attorneys "dedicated to the preservation of justice."[6] Plawecki withdrew from the race in June 2016, following the death of his wife.
Personal life
[edit]Plawecki is the author of How Could You Trade Billy Pierce?, which introduced his sabermetric formula for rating Major League Baseball pitchers,[7] and Notes from Outside the Truman Show, which offers his views of the current crisis of U.S. democracy.[8] He was married to Julie Plawecki, who held Michigan's 11th House of Representatives district seat from January 2015 until her death in June 2016.[9] They had three daughters: Rachel, Lauren, and Monica. Plawecki remarried in 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ District and Location
- ^ List of Judges Graduated from Cooley Law School Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Candidates file for offices 05/18/08". www.pressandguide.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ http://www.legalnews.com/oakland/common/ShowFile.aspx?typ=editorial&FN=585553-1.html
- ^ "www.plaweckiforjustice.com". Judge Mark Plawecki for Michigan Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Judicial Endorsements". www.michiganjustice.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ http://www.wordassociation.com/billypierce/index.htm Description of the Book "How Could You Trade Billy Pierce"
- ^ Plawecki, Mark J. (2014). Notes from Outside the Truman Show: Essays on MICMAC America. Word Association Publishers. ISBN 978-1595719768.
- ^ Michigan state Rep. Plawecki dies at age 54
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