Dennis Leiber

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Dennis Leiber

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Michigan 17th Circuit Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

Aquinas College

Law

Wayne State University Law School

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Dennis B. Leiber is a judge for the 17th Circuit Court (Civil/Criminal Division) in Kent County, Michigan. He has served in this position since January 1, 1989, following his election in 1988. He was re-elected to consecutive terms in 1994, 2000, 2006 and 2012. His current six-year term ends on January 1, 2019.

Education

Leiber graduated from Aquinas College in 1969—with a double major in political science and history—before receiving his J.D. degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1972.

Career

Leiber began his career in 1973 as an assistant city attorney for Grand Rapids, MI. He then worked as a sole practitioner from 1975 to 1977 and as an assistant Kent County prosecutor from 1977 to 1988. He then joined the circuit court bench in 1989.

2012 election

Leiber was re-elected after running unopposed in 2012.

See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2012 - Circuit Courts

See also

• Kent County, Michigan
• Michigan Circuit Court

External links

• Michigan Trial Courts Directory: Kent County

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