David Hoort

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David Hoort

Prior offices

Michigan 8th Circuit Court

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Education

Bachelor's

Western Michigan University

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David Hoort is a former judge of the 8th Circuit Court in Michigan. He was first elected to this position on November 3, 1998, and took office the following January 1st. Hoort retired on February 26, 2016.

Education

Hoort received his B.S. in mathematics from Western Michigan University in 1974.

Career

Hoort worked as an assistant prosecutor for Bay County from 1978 to 1983 where he served as director of the Career Offender Prosecution Unit. He has also worked as a private practice lawyer, an instructor for the Department of Corrections and a lecturer for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan and the Batterer Intervention Coalition of Michigan. His judicial career began in January of 1991, when he joined the 64A District Court. He then joined the circuit court bench in January of 1999.

2010 election

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2010

Hoort was re-elected without opposition in the general election on November 2, 2010.

See also

• Courts in Michigan
• Michigan Circuit Courts

External links

• Michigan Trial Courts Directory: Ionia County
• Judge David Hoort's Blog
• Sentinel-Standard.com, "Eighth Circuit Court Judge David Hoort looks to fill Court of Appeals vacancy," December 22, 2010

Footnotes

Michigan courts

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Federal courts:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan

State courts:

Michigan Supreme Court • Michigan Court of Appeals • Michigan Circuit Court • Michigan District Courts • Michigan Probate Courts

State resources:

Courts in Michigan • Michigan judicial elections • Judicial selection in Michigan