Mike Bishop (politician)
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Michael D. Bishop (born March 18, 1967) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He is the current Majority Leader of the Michigan State Senate as of January 2007.
Bishop of Rochester, Michigan was elected as a Republican to the State Senate after two terms in the Michigan State House of Representatives. He was sworn into office in January of 2003, to represent Michigan's 12th District in State Senate, which includes the communities of Auburn Hills, Keego Harbor, Lake Angelus, Sylvan Lake, Pontiac, Rochester and Rochester Hills, and the townships of Addison, Independence, Oakland, Orion and Oxford. He was chosen Assistant Senate Majority Leader and as chairman of the Senate Banking & Financial Institutions Committee and as vice chairman of both the Gaming & Casino Oversight Committee and Judiciary Committee.
During his four-year tenure in the Michigan House, he served as vice chairman of the Commerce Committee and as a member of the Energy & Technology, Criminal Justice, Redistricting & Elections and Commerce Subcommittee on Appropriations. He was also appointed to chair the Commerce Subcommittee on Banking & Finance, Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee and Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
Senator Bishop is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan, Washington D.C. Bar, Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, Oakland County Bar Association, Michigan Association of Realtors, and National Association of Realtors. He served on the Municipal Law and Business Law committees of the Oakland County Bar Association and is a member of the National Association of Sportsmen Legislators.
A 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan, Sen. Bishop received his law degree from the Detroit College of Law in 1993, and is a partner of his law firm in Oakland County. Licensed to practice law in Michigan and the Washington D.C. Bar, he was also sworn in to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. To enhance his professional career, he is a licensed real estate broker and president/owner of Freedom Realty, Inc., and Pro Management, Inc.
Senator Mike Bishop currently resides in Rochester with his wife, Cristina, and three children Benjamin Donald, Gabriella Maria and Nathan Michael.
