Cornelia G. Kennedy
(1923- )

 
Date and Place of Birth
  • August 4, 1923, Detroit, Michigan
Education
  • University of Michigan, B. A., 1945
    • Phi Kappa Phi
  • University of Michigan, J. D., with distinction, 1947
    • Board of editors, Michigan Law Review
Private Practice
  • Associate, Elmer H. Groefsema, Detroit, Michigan, 1948-1952
  • Sole Practioner, Detroit, 1952-1953
  • Partner, Markle & Markle, Detroit, 1953-1966
Judicial Experience
  • Law clerk , Chief Judge Harold M. Stephens, United States Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit, 1947-1948
  • Judge, Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, 1967-1970
  • Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1970-1977
  • Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1977-1979
  • Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1979-1999
  • Senior Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1999-present
Judicial Committees & Activities
  • Judicial Conference of the United States, 1979-1980
    • Advisory Committee on Judicial Activities and Joint Committee on the Code of Judicial Conduct, 1973-1979
    • Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, 1979-1985
    • Committee to Review Circuit Council Conduct and Disability Orders, 1992-2005
  • Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, Executive Committee Member, 1979-1999
  • Board of Directors, Federal Judicial Center, 1981-1985
  • Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1985-1992
    • Chairman, Project Endorsement Committee
    • Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1992
  • National Conference of Federal Trial Judges, 1972-1977
    • Chairperson (1974-1975), vice chair, secretary, and executive committee
  • Supreme Court Fellows Commission, 1982-1992
Professional Associations
  • National Association of Women Judges, founding member
    • Women Offender Task Force, 1992
    • Gender Bias Committee, 1991-1992
  • Board of Directors, Women Judges Fund for Justice, 1990-1992
  • American Bar Association, 1971-present
    • Executive Committee, Appellate Judges's Conference, 1973-1979
    • Judicial Administration Division Finance Committee, 1976
    • Chairman, Judicial Administration Division Membership Committee, 1982-1983
    • Judicial Administration Division Committee on Courts and the Community, 1980-1981
  • Detroit Bar Association, 1948-present
    • Past director, 1964 [first woman ever elected to position]
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1971-present
  • Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 1984-present
  • American Judicature Society
  • Federal Bar Association
  • State Bar of Michigan
Civic & Other Activities
  • Committee on Visitors, University of Michigan Law School
  • University of Michigan Alumni Association , past vice president
  • Detroit Association of University of Michigan Women, past president
  • American Law Institute
Honors and Awards
  • Sesquicentennial Award, University of Michigan, 1967
  • Distinguished Service Award, Detroit Association of University of Michigan, 1967
  • Honoree of the Year, National Association of Women Judges, 1987
  • Champion of Justice Award, State Bar of Michigan, 1994
  • Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law
    • Eastern Michigan University, 1971
    • Northern Michigan University, 1971
    • Western Michigan University, 1973
    • Detroit College of Law, 1980
    • University of Detroit, 1987
  • Inductee, Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, 2000