March 20, 2011 - 4:37pm
Obama nominates 'U' alum for U.S. District Court judge
BY TORREY ARMSTRONG
Mark A. Goldsmith, a University alum currently serving as an Oakland Country Circuit Court judge, was nominated to be a United States District Court judge by President Barack Obama on Feb. 4.
Goldsmith was nominated to serve as a judge for the Eastern District Court of Michigan.
Goldsmith earned a bachelor’s degree in economics with high distinction from the University in 1974 and was a member of the University’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter. He went on to study law at Harvard University, where he earned his J.D. cum laude in 1977.
Goldsmith has served as a state court trial judge in Oakland County since 2004.
Prior to his judgeship in Oakland County, Goldsmith practiced law at Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn LLP in Detroit, which he joined in 1987. He also practiced at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York following law school.
Goldsmith has taught pretrial litigation as an adjunct professor at Wayne State University’s Law School. He helped establish Circle of Friends, a language and acculturation skill program for immigrants in Oakland County, as well as JUST US, a judicial education program for the Oakland County Circuit Court and Probate Court bench.
Three other judges were nominated with Goldsmith to serve as district court judges in Louisiana, Georgia and California.
“These men and women have had distinguished legal careers and I am honored to ask them to continue their work as judges on the federal bench,” said Obama in a statement last month. “They will serve the American people with integrity and an unwavering commitment to justice.”
