Genevieve L. Taylor
Nonpartisan · MI · District Court Magistrate and Lakeview School Board Trustee
Genevieve L. Taylor is a nonpartisan candidate for the open Macomb County Circuit Court seat. She has more than 17 years of legal experience and serves as a magistrate in the 40th and 42-2 District Courts and as an elected Lakeview School Board trustee. Her background includes indigent defense, criminal, civil, probate, juvenile, and family law, law-firm management, treatment-court leadership, and community legal-aid work.
Track record
Public Safety and Crime Control
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Taylor formerly led Macomb Community Drug Courts and serves on a treatment-court team.
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Civil Rights
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Taylor has volunteered in mock trials, expungement clinics, veteran outreach, animal-shelter work, and other community initiatives.
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Taylor's more than 17 years in law include indigent defense and criminal, civil, probate, juvenile, family, tort, and license-restoration matters.
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Taylor authored a feasibility study on a managed assigned-counsel system intended to comply with Michigan indigent-defense requirements.
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Taylor formerly led Macomb Community Drug Courts and serves on a treatment-court team.
May 29, 2026For
Source: taylor4macomb.com · researched July 18, 2026
General
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Taylor is one of four certified nonpartisan candidates for the open 16th Circuit Court seat in the August 4, 2026 primary.
May 29, 2026
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Taylor is an elected Lakeview School Board trustee and serves on the Macomb County school-board legislative committee.
May 29, 2026
Source: taylor4macomb.com · researched July 18, 2026
Impartiality
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Taylor serves as a magistrate in the 40th and 42-2 District Courts, presiding as a neutral judicial officer over civil and criminal matters.
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Legal Competence
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Taylor's more than 17 years in law include indigent defense and criminal, civil, probate, juvenile, family, tort, and license-restoration matters.
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Source: taylor4macomb.com · researched July 18, 2026
Taylor owned and partnered in law firms and reports representing thousands of defense clients while managing complex civil and procedural litigation.
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Source: taylor4macomb.com · researched July 18, 2026
Taylor serves as a magistrate in the 40th and 42-2 District Courts, presiding as a neutral judicial officer over civil and criminal matters.
May 29, 2026For
Source: taylor4macomb.com · researched July 18, 2026
Taylor was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 2007 and is also admitted in federal district court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
January 1, 2007For
Source: taylor4macomb.com · researched July 18, 2026
Elections
- Macomb County Judge of Circuit Court - 16th Circuit - Non-Incumbent Position · August 4, 2026 · Macomb County, Michigan
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.