Alethia Jean Battles
MI
Alethia Jean Battles is an associate general counsel and licensed clinical social worker at the University of Michigan and Michigan Medicine who works on guardianship and capacity cases. She wants a probate court that treats families with dignity and makes timely, fair decisions.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Received the Huron Valley Area Labor Federation endorsement for Washtenaw County probate judge.
September 27, 2026
Source: huronvalleyalf.org
Filed a petition seeking appointment of a guardian for an adult in Washtenaw County Probate Court.
May 4, 2026
Source: trellis.law
Co-published a study of hospital ethics consultations involving people affected by incarceration.
April 9, 2024
Source: journals.sagepub.com
Co-published ethical guidance for training clinicians to use bedside ultrasound.
March 21, 2024
Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Delivered a medical-school lecture on building a hospital guardianship pathway.
May 3, 2023
Source: jdc.jefferson.edu
Co-published a clinical review on patient autonomy and safeguards in adult guardianship.
April 14, 2022
Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 2 favorable
Won an appeal upholding a guardianship order after petitioning for medical and placement decision-making help for an adult patient.
November 10, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: courts.michigan.gov
Her hospital social-work notes and testimony were upheld as admissible evidence in a Michigan insurance appeal.
March 2, 2004Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Past race Alethia Jean Battles ran in:
- Judge of Probate Court · November 3, 2026 · Washtenaw County, Michigan