Mark A. Holsomback
MI · Attorney Magistrate, 8th District Court (Kalamazoo County)
Mark A. Holsomback has been the attorney magistrate of Kalamazoo County's 8th District Court since 2023, handling arraignments, minor offenses and informal hearings. He was earlier a county assistant prosecutor on the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, a drug enforcement unit.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Worked as one of the Kalamazoo County prosecutor's two appeals attorneys, the unit that answered defendants' appeals, according to the office's 2020 annual report.
September 17, 2021
Source: kalcounty.gov
Argued for the prosecution before the Michigan Court of Appeals that police could use answers from Kalamazoo mass-shooting suspect Jason Dalton under the public-safety exception to Miranda rights.
July 10, 2018
Source: woodtv.com
Served as the Kalamazoo County assistant prosecutor assigned to the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team, a drug task force, handling all of its contested drug-property forfeiture cases, according to the prosecutor's 2008 annual report.
March 18, 2009
Source: kalcounty.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Was appointed attorney magistrate of the 8th District Court by its judges, with county board approval, after taking the oath of office and posting a $50,000 bond.
September 20, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: kalcounty.gov
Past race Mark A. Holsomback ran in:
- 8th District Judge of District Court - Non-Incumbent Position · November 3, 2026 · Kalamazoo County, Michigan