Chief Judge of the 46th District Court, the Honorable Susan M. Moiseev first took the bench in 1986 and has been re-elected by the voters of the 46th district four times.
A longtime Southfield resident, over the years Judge Moiseev has been involved in a wide range of community activities. Among the organizations and causes she has supported are Relay for Life, the American Heart Association Walk, Battle of the Books, Southfield Community Foundation Women’s Fund, Special Olympics and the Law Enforcement Torch Relay for Special Olympics, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), and Friends of the Southfield Library and others. Currently, she serves on the boards of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Jewish Home and Aging Services, and the Advisory Council for the Oakland University Paralegal Program.
In addition to her activities in the community Judge Moiseev has also been actively involved in legal organizations on the local, state and national level. In 2009 she served as President of the Michigan District Judges Association. She was a member of The Judicial Crossroads Taskforce of the State Bar of Michigan; she chaired the Access to Justice subcommittee. She served on the State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics from 1992 until 2008, 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 as a presenter at the Judicial Campaign Seminar for potential judicial candidates. At the county level, she has been president of the Oakland County District Judges Association. In addition, she is on the board of the Oakland County Bar Association, the largest voluntary bar association in the State. She serves on the board of the ABA National Conference of Specialized Court Judges and has served in many capacities on the board of the National Association of Women Judges; most recently as NAWJ’s liaison to the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.
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