Welcome!

Judge Nancy Wheeler is on an extended medical leave.  In the interim, the Judges of the Trial Court will manage her docket during the week of January 23rd and no dockets will be cancelled that week.  Beginning Monday, January 30, 2012, retired Judge Charles Nelson  will assume Judge Wheeler’s docket on a full-time visiting judge basis.  Customers should continue filing and scheduling dockets for Judge Wheeler’s cases as they have normally done.  Litigants seeking Personal Protection Orders (PPO’s) will continue to be referred to Judge Wheeler’s Office.  Her Judicial Assistant will review the pleadings and advise the litigant of the next step.  Administrative Coordinator Lynn Kneer and Judicial Attorney Bruce Crews will continue to perform those functions for visiting  Judge Nelson.  If there are any questions, please contact Lynn Kneer at 734-222-3351 or Dan Dwyer at 734-222-3057.

Please note: The Trial Court will be closed on Friday, February 17th, (County-designated unpaid Furlough Day), and Monday, February 20th, (President's Day Holiday) 2012. 

The Washtenaw County Trial Court consists of two divisions:

The Trial Court has a unified Administration, which supports both divisions.

Sites of interest:

• History of Washtenaw County Government including its courts
• History of Michigan's Judicial System  

Mission of the Washtenaw County Trial Court

To provide opportunities for people and organizations to obtain the peaceful resolution of public and private disputes in a fair, efficient, and timely manner.