Janet T. Neff

Janet T. Neff

Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office August 6, 2007
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	David McKeague

Personal details
Born	1945 (age 71–72) Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Education	University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) Wayne State University Law School (J.D.)

Janet T. Neff (born 1945) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Early life and education

Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Neff graduated from University of Pittsburgh with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967 and later from Wayne State University Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1970.

Legal career

Following law school graduation, Neff was an assistant city attorney for the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 1971 to 1973. She was in private practice in Michigan from 1973 to 1978 and from 1980 to 1988. She was a Commissioner, Michigan Supreme Court from 1978 to 1980. She was an Assistant United States Attorney of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan in 1980. She was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals from 1989 to 2007.

Federal Judicial Career

Neff was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan by President George W. Bush on March 19, 2007 to a seat vacated David McKeague. Neff was confirmed by the Senate on July 9, 2007 and received her commission on August 6, 2007.

Sources

FJC Bio

Legal offices
Preceded by David McKeague	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan 2007–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
E. Kentucky	Caldwell Reeves Bunning Van Tatenhove 2 seats vacant
W. Kentucky	McKinley Stivers Hale 2 seats vacant
E. Michigan	Hood Borman Roberts Lawson Cox Ludington Murphy Goldsmith Drain Berg Leitman Levy Michelson Parker 1 seat vacant
W. Michigan	Jonker Maloney Neff 1 seat vacant
N. Ohio	Gaughan Oliver Gwin Polster Adams Boyko Zouhary Lioi Pearson Helmick 1 seat vacant
S. Ohio	Sargus Dlott Marbley Watson Barrett Black 2 seats vacant
E. Tennessee	Varlan Greer Mattice Reeves McDonough
M. Tennessee	Crenshaw Trauger 2 seats vacant
W. Tennessee	Anderson Fowlkes Lipman 2 seats vacant

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