Justice Megan Cavanagh is a life-long Michigander who grew up in East
Lansing and lives in metro Detroit. She
is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Engineering and Wayne State
University Law School. Before joining
the Michigan Supreme Court in January of 2019, she had over fifteen years of
experience as one of Michigan’s top appellate attorneys and was a shareholder
at Garan Lucow Miller P.C. in Detroit.
Justice Cavanagh is the Supreme Court Liaison to Tribal Courts, Child
Welfare Services, the Attorney Grievance Commission and the Judicial Tenure
Commission. She also serves on the
Attorney General’s Elder Abuse Task Force.
Justice Cavanagh has served as Chair of the Appellate Practice Section
of the State Bar of Michigan, as a council person for the Negligence Section of
the State Bar of Michigan, as co-chair of the Michigan Bench Bar Appellate
Conference Foundation, and as a member of the Michigan Attorney Grievance
Commission.
Prior to her election to the Court, Justice Cavanagh was rated as one
of Michigan's Super Lawyers. She was
honored by Michigan Lawyer's Weekly as Lawyer of the Year in 2006 and a Woman
in the Law in 2017.
Justice Cavanagh and her husband have four children.
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