Access to the Oakland County Circuit Court and Issues Presented by COVID and Jury trials.

Judge Victoria A.Valentine Oakland County Circuit Court 

Elected to the Oakland County CircuitCourt, November 2016 

Admitted to the Michigan State Bar (1998); U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit o Awarded the Martindale-Hubbell highest rating of AV and the 2011 Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers o Recognized by Dbusiness as a Top Lawyer o Active member of the Michigan State Bar: Committee on Civil Procedure and Courts (2011-Present) Past Designated Committee Member of the Constitutional Law Section Past Member Real Estate Sub-Section o Past Member, State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly: Assembly Review Committee Drafting Committee Special Issues Committee o Active Member of the Oakland County Bar Association: President-Elect (immediately prior to election) Board of Directors Judicial Liaison to the Circuit Court Committee Post-Bench/Bar Task Force Committee Case Conference Pilot Program Standard Protective Order Subcommittee Legislative Review Subcommittee Chair of the Laches Subcommittee Designated Committee Member OCBA Membership Committee o Past Chair, Oakland County Bar Association Circuit Court Committee o Past Trustee, Oakland County Bar Foundation o Michigan Association for Justice Executive Board (2010-2012) o Mentor in the New Lawyers Pro Bono Program o Expert Contributor for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education o Board Member of the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society o Past Member of the Advisory Board for the Institute of Transnational Arbitration o Past Recipient of the United Way/Junior League's Governor's Honor Roll o Past Chair of the Oversight Committee for the Pontiac Alumni Foundation (PAF) o Past Co-Chair Pontiac Alumni Foundation Grant Committee o Thomas M. Cooley Law School - Presenter at the "Speaker Series: Women in the Law" Program o Junior League of Birmingham Phenomenal Women Award (March 2004) o Certificate of Appreciation, Pro Bono Recognition United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (2001) o Certificate of Appreciation, Michigan High School Mock Trial Tournament, Detroit Regional (2001)