Anna Diggs Taylor
(1932- )

Date of Birth
  • December 9, 1932, Washington, D.C.
Education
  • Barnard College, B.A., 1954
  • Yale Law School, LL.B., 1957
Private Practice
  • Zwerdling, Murer, Diggs & Papp, Detroit, Michigan, 1970-1975
Judicial Experience
  • Judge, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1979-1999
  • Chief Judge, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1996-1998
  • Senior Judge, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1999-present
Judicial Committees & Activities
  • Federal Judicial Center Committee on District Judge Education
  • Sixth Circuit Committee on Judicial Conferences
Government Service
  • Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor, 1957-1960
  • Assistant Prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, 1961-1962
  • Assistant U. S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1966
  • Legislative Assistant/Detroit Office Manager to U. S. Rep. Charles C. Diggs, Jr., 1967-1970
  • Supervisory Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Detroit, Law Department, 1975-1979
Academic Positions
  • Adjunct professor, Wayne State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, 1972-1975
  • Adjunct professor, Wayne State University Law School, 1976-1977
Professional Associations
  • Michigan Association of Black Judges
  • Women Judges Association
  • Federal Judges Association
  • State Bar of Michigan
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Wolverine Bar Association
  • National Lawyer's Guild
  • Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
Civic & Other Activities
  • Trustee, Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan
  • Trustee, Metropolitan Detroit Health Council
  • Trustee, Founders Society of Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Trustee, Arts Poetica Chamber Orchestra
  • Trustee, Henry Ford Health System Eastern Region
  • Vice President, Yale Law Alumni Association
  • Co-chair, Volunteer Leadership Coalition
  • Co-chair, United Way Community Services
  • Trustee, Herlong Episcopal Cathedral School
Honors and Awards
  • Women Lawyers' Division Award, National Bar Association, 1981
  • Michigan S.C.L.S. Millender Award, 1984
  • Bridge Builders' Award of Calvary Church, 1984
  • Alpha Phi Alpha Award, Epsilon Chapter, 1984
  • Sojourner Truth Award of National Negro Business and Professional Women, 1986
  • Absalom Jones Award of Michigan Black Episcopalians, 1986
  • Bench-Bar Award, Detroit and Wolverine Bar Associations, 1990
  • Michigan Bell "Living the Dream" Award, 1991
  • Menorah Award of Histadrut , 1991
  • "Detroit's Dynamic Women," Women's Economic Club, 1992
  • Trailblazers Award, Straker Bar Association, 1995
  • Honorary Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa)
    • Marygrove College, 2000
  • Women Lawyers of Michigan Award, 2003