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Cylenthia LaToye Miller
2019 - Present
2027
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Cylenthia LaToye Miller is a judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. She assumed office on July 24, 2019. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Miller ran for re-election for judge of the Michigan 3rd Circuit Court. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Miller was a judge for the 36th District Court in Wayne County, Michigan. She was appointed to the judgeship on April 10, 2006, and was elected to the seat the following November.[1] Miller was re-elected in 2010 and 2016. Miller resigned from the court in 2019 following her appointment to the 3rd Circuit Court by Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D).[2]
Biography
Miller earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Wayne State University in 1988 and a [[|Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from Michigan State University College of Law in 1996. Prior to her legal career, Miller worked as an intake specialist, a counselor, and supervisor at Neighborhood Service Organization; a regulatory specialist at the Michigan Credit Union League, a mediator for Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, a law librarian at the UAW Headquarters, a legal secretary, and a cadet supervisor and payroll assistant for the Detroit Police Department.[1]
Miller was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1996 and to the Arkansas Bar in 1997. She is the former director of the Detroit Workforce Development Department. She practiced law at the firms of Lewis & Munday, P.C. and Dykema Gossett, PLLC, specializing in labor and employment law. In 2006, she was appointed to the district court. In 2019, she was appointed to the circuit court She has also worked as an adjunct professor at Baker College of Allen Park since 2012.[1]
Awards and associations
Associations
- Golden Heritage Life Member of the NAACP
- Gold Sustaining member of the Trade Union Leadership Council
- St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church
- National Council of Negro Women
- National Congress of Black Women
- Wolverine Bar Association
- Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
- State Bar of Michigan
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- National Lawyers Guild
- Democratic Party (Member - Eleanor Roosevelt, Wayne County Black Caucus, and the 13th & 14th Congressional Districts)[1]
Awards
- 2011: Alvin L. Storrs Outstanding Mentoring Award
- 2009: Humanitarian of the Year Award, Michigan Business & Technical Institute
- 2009: Member of the Year, Association of Black Judges of Michigan
- 2009, 2006, 2000: President’s Award, National Bar Association
- 2008: Certificate of Congressional Recognition, Cong. Sheila Jackson Lee
- 2008: Distinguished Service Award, Detroit City Council
- 2008: Sheroe Award, McKinney Elementary School
- 2007: Special Recognition Award, Wolverine Bar Association
- 2005: Shining Star Award, Wolverine Bar Association
- 2005: Citizen Lawyer Award, State Bar of Michigan
- 2003: Distinguished Alumni Award, Wolverine Student Bar Association
- 2001: Top 5 Up & Coming Lawyer, Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- 2001: Member of the Year, Wolverine Bar Association
- 2000: Dent/Murphy Trailblazer Award, Wolverine Student Bar Association[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Wayne County, Michigan (2020)
General election
General election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court (15 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Michigan 3rd Circuit Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Allen (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 277,129 | |
| ✔ | Christopher Dingell (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 270,736 | |
| ✔ |  | Mariam Bazzi (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 247,759 |
| ✔ |  | Cylenthia LaToye Miller (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 245,117 |
| ✔ |  | Shannon N. Walker (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 244,178 |
| ✔ |  | Noah Hood (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 240,683 |
| ✔ | Charlene Elder (Nonpartisan) | 6.8 | 234,985 | |
| ✔ |  | Lynne A. Pierce (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 223,044 |
| ✔ | Margaret Van Houten (Nonpartisan) | 6.4 | 220,718 | |
| ✔ | John H. Gillis Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 217,125 | |
| ✔ | Edward Joseph (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 210,308 | |
| ✔ | Don Knapp (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 208,467 | |
| ✔ | Helal Farhat (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 208,083 | |
| ✔ | Carla Testani (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 199,957 | |
| ✔ | Lawrence Talon (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 187,229 | |
| Total votes: 3,435,518 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled.
2016
Michigan held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election occurred on August 2, 2016. The candidate filing deadline for incumbents was March 21, and the deadline for non-incumbents was April 19.[3] The following candidates ran in the 36th District general election (8 open seats).[4]
| 36th District, 8 open seats, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Deborah Bledsoe Ford Incumbent |
14.82% | 101,409 |
| Cylenthia LaToye Miller Incumbent |
12.92% | 88,459 |
| Lydia Adams Incumbent |
11.98% | 82,023 |
| David Perkins Incumbent |
11.84% | 81,067 |
| Larry Williams Incumbent |
10.99% | 75,258 |
| Pennie Millender Incumbent |
10.39% | 71,100 |
| Austin Garrett |
10.28% | 70,335 |
| Izetta Bright Incumbent |
9.84% | 67,346 |
| Ruth Carter Incumbent | 6.94% | 47,484 |
| Total Votes | 684,481 | |
| Source: Michigan Department of State, "2016 General Election Official Results," November 28, 2016 | ||
2010
- See also: Michigan judicial elections, 2010
Miller was re-elected (along with 9 other judges) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cylenthia LaToye Miller did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Legal writings
Miller co-authored the following articles: Former Drug Addicts in the Workplace, An Employer's Dilemma, Laches, Oakland County Bar Association, August 1998, No. 391, with co-author, Thomas J. Guyer; and Sexual Harassment: Recent U. S. Supreme Court Decisions, Labor and Employment Lawnotes, Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Winter 1998, Vol. 8, No. 4, with co-author, Camille Stearns Miller.[1]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 36th District Court, "Judge Cylenthia LaToye Miller biography"
- ↑ The Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, "Gov. Whitmer Appoints Judge Cylenthia LaToye Miller to the 3rd Circuit Court," July 24, 2019
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Election Dates," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2016 Michigan Unofficial Candidate Listing," April 19, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Department of State, "2010 Unofficial General Election Results: 36th District"
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan
State courts:
Michigan Supreme Court • Michigan Court of Appeals • Michigan Circuit Court • Michigan Court of Claims • Michigan District Courts • Michigan Municipal Courts • Michigan Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in Michigan • Michigan judicial elections • Judicial selection in Michigan
