Tiffany A. Ankley
MI · Kalamazoo County Probate Judge (assigned to the 8th District Court)
Tiffany A. Ankley has been a Kalamazoo County probate judge since 2015, serving in the 8th District Court, where she co-leads the drunk-driving (OWI) court. A former attorney and court referee, she favors treatment over jail and helped start the county's Drug Treatment Court.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Received the 2023 Judge William Schma Trailblazer of HOPE Award on January 27, 2023, from HOPE Thru Navigation. The group cited her early work building Kalamazoo County's Drug Treatment Court, which sends people to addiction treatment instead of jail.
January 27, 2023
Source: secondwavemedia.com
Endorsed Becket Jones in his 2022 race for 8th District Court judge in Kalamazoo County, as listed on his campaign's endorsement page.
October 6, 2022
Source: web.archive.org
Ruled on October 13, 2021, that Scott Sterffy, charged with murdering his father, a Portage oral surgeon, was not mentally competent to stand trial.
October 13, 2021
Source: wwmt.com
Threw out blood-alcohol test results on February 2, 2018, in the drunk-driving case of an off-duty Kalamazoo police officer. She ruled the Vicksburg officer never actually placed him under arrest before the test.
February 2, 2018
Source: wwmt.com
Was elected Kalamazoo County probate judge on November 4, 2014, defeating Namita Sharma with 55.9% of the vote. Before she took office, the county's judges assigned her to serve in the 8th District Court instead.
November 4, 2014
Source: ballotpedia.org
Past race Tiffany A. Ankley ran in:
- Judge of Probate Court - Incumbent Position · November 3, 2026 · Kalamazoo County, Michigan · incumbent