Barbara Kloka Hackett

Barbara Kloka Hackett (March 17, 1928 – December 23, 2018) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Early life and education Hackett was born in Detroit, the oldest of two daughters, and attended St. Gregory School in northwest Detroit. She completed a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of Detroit in 1948 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1950. Career Hackett was a staff lawyer for the Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company from 1950 to 1951. She was a law clerk to Judge Frank Picard of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1951 to 1952. She was in private practice in Detroit from 1952 to 1967. She was a lawyer for the New York Central Railroad Company from 1963 to 1965.