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Government

Judges & Magistrates

Judge Susan M. Moiseev

hon susan moiseevSenior Judge of the 46th District Court, the Honorable Susan M. Moiseev first took the bench in 1986 and has four times been re-elected by the voters of the 46th district and three times elected Chief Judge by her colleagues.

Judge Moiseev has served on the State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics since 1992 and in 1995 authored the "Ethics" chapter of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education's State of the Law publication. As a member of that committee, she served on its Ethics 2000 subcommittee and was a presenter at the Judicial Campaign Seminar for potential judicial candidates. A member of the Michigan District Judges Association, she is editor of its newsletter, BENCHMARKS. She is immediate Past President of the Southfield Bar Association and serves on the Board of the Oakland County Bar Association, the ABA National Conference of Special Court Judges and the National Association of Women Judges. Past President of the Women Lawyers Foundation, a Past President of the Oakland County District Judges Association, she is a former vice chair of the Michigan Women's Commission.

Currently President of Oakland-Livingston Legal Aid, she serves on the boards of the Anti-Defamation League, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the Jewish Home and Aging Services.

A longtime Southfield resident, Judge Moiseev's community activities include Friends of the Southfield Library, American Arabic and Jewish Friends, the Southfield Community Foundation and the United Way.

Prior to taking the bench, she specialized in family law and was Chief Counsel of the Civil Division of the Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit Law School.

Staff
Honorable Susan M. Moiseev
Kathryn Eovaldi, Judicial Clerk
Paul Ivezaj, Court Officer
Zelda Releford, Court Reporter

Contact Numbers
Main Number: (248) 796-5820
Court Reporter: (248) 796-5821

 

Did You Know?

  • The City of Southfield was the first city in the State of Michigan to hold a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Walk Celebration in commemoration of the first national holiday observance in 1986.

  • The City of Southfield has more than 700 acres of park land as well as two public nine-hole golf courses. 

  • Southfield Flower Day was developed by the Mayor and City Council to promote curb appeal and beautification efforts throughout the City of Southfield.

  • There are 32 miles of rivers and streams in Southfield, and the City hosted the 1st annual Rouge River Cleanup over 35 years ago.