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Judicial Biographies
Listed below are the biographies for the following Probate Court
Judges:
Gary Reed
Phillip Harter
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Gary K. Reed |
Chief
Probate Court Judge |
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Business
Calhoun County Probate Court
Justice Center
161 East Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49014-4066
Phone: (269) 969-6807
Fax: (269) 969-6797 |
Education
B.A., 1969, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
J.D., 1977, Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan |
Legal Experience
Admitted to State Courts of Michigan in 1977
Admitted to Federal District Courts, Western District of Michigan in
1977
Staff Attorney, Federal Home Life Insurance Company, 1977 - 1979
Vice President and Legal Counsel, Illinois Mutual Life and Casualty
Company, 1979 - 1986
Private practice in Battle Creek, 1986 - 1991
Attorney Referee, Calhoun County Juvenile Court, 1991 - 1995 |
Judicial Experience
Probate Court Judge for the Calhoun County Probate Court
Elected 1994
Re-elected 2000
Appointed Chief Probate Judge, 2001 |
Professional Memberships
State Bar of Michigan
Calhoun County Bar Association (Executive Committee)
Michigan Probate Judges Association
Southwest Michigan Probate Judges Association
Michigan Guardianship Association Education Sub-Committee
Michigan Juvenile Justice Association
Marshall Exchange Club |
Boards and Directorships
Member of the Board of Directors for Community Integrated
Recreation
Member of the Calhoun County Sexual Assault/Abuse Committee,
Co-chair of the committee’s Child Advocacy Center Implementation
Team
Member and Past-President of the Calhoun County Child Abuse/Neglect
Prevention Council
Former Member of the Board of Directors of the GAPS Project (Calhoun
County)
Former Member of the Board of Directors for Guardian, Inc. of
Calhoun County
Former member of the Board of Directors for Peer Listening Program |
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Phillip E. Harter |
Probate
Court Judge |
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Business
Calhoun County Probate Court
Justice Center
161 East Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49014-4066
Phone: (269) 969-6820
Fax: (269) 969-6797 |
Home
Battle Creek, Michigan |
Personal
Date of Birth: March 14, 1949
Married with three children |
Education
Battle Creek Central High School, 1967
B.A., summa cum laude, 1971, Albion College, Albion, Michigan
J.D., cum laude, 1974, Wayne State University Law School, Detroit,
Michigan |
Boards and Directorships
President of St. Joseph Conference of St. Vincent DePaul Society
Former member of Board of Directors of American Cancer Society
(Calhoun County)
Former member of Board of Directors of Great Lakes Free-Net |
Judicial Experience
Probate Court Judge for the Calhoun County Probate Court, 1984 to
date
Chief Probate Court Judge for the Calhoun County Probate Court, 1992
- 2001 |
Teaching Experience
Lecturer, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Frequent lecturer on probate topics
Provides case reviews for two probate publications |
Professional Memberships
Elected to Fellows of Michigan State Bar Foundation, 1996
State Bar of Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Section - Officer
Calhoun County Bar Association
Bar of United States Court of Appeals
Bar of the United States Supreme Court
Michigan Probate Judges Association
Member, Probate Law Committee
Chairman, Probate Rules Committee
Chairman, Technology Committee
Southwest Michigan Probate Judges Association (President, 1987)
Michigan Judicial Institute
- Faculty Member
- Member of Probate Academic Advisory Committee, 2002 - present |
Legal Experience
Admitted to State Bar of Michigan in 1975
Admitted to Federal District Court, Western District of Michigan, in
1975
Admitted to United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, in 1982
Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1982
Staff lawyer for Legal Aid Society, 1974 - 1975
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Calhoun County, 1975 - 1978
Michigan Supreme Court bar examination staff, 1976 - 1991
Private Practice, 1978 - appointment as Probate Court Judge in 1984 |
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