Diane Hathaway

Diane Marie Hathaway (born February 1954) is a former Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Hathaway, a Democrat, was elected on November 4, 2008, to an 8-year term which commenced in January 2009. Hathaway retired from the court effective January 21, 2013, after being charged with felony criminal mortgage fraud, to which Hathaway pleaded guilty on January 29, 2013, and was sentenced to a year in prison. Early life and career Hathaway was born and raised in Detroit, where her father was a city police officer. She attended the Henry Ford Hospital School of Radiological Technology, 1972 to 1974, before attending Wayne State University, 1980 to 1981. Hathaway then earned a BS in health from Madonna College, where she graduated with honors in 1983. Hathaway went on to receive a law degree from the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law) in 1987. While attending law school, Hathaway served as a research clerk in the Detroit Recorders Court, and then in the Circuit Court. After passing the bar, she served as a public attorney from 1987 to 1993, first as a Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor, and then as Chief of the Drug Forfeiture Division.