Maura D. Corrigan

Maura D. Corrigan (born June 14, 1948) is the former director of the Michigan Department of Human Services. She was also a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, serving from 1998 to 2011 and as chief justice from 2001 to 2004. Background She graduated from Marygrove College in Detroit, Michigan in 1969 and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Detroit Law School in 1973. While in law school, she worked as a probation officer at a Detroit court. Her first job after law school was with the Michigan Court of Appeals, where she served as a law clerk to Judge John Gillis. She next worked as a Wayne County assistant prosecutor. In 1979, she became an assistant U.S. Attorney, serving as chief of appeals; she later became the first woman to serve as chief assistant U.S. Attorney. In 1989, she became a partner at the Detroit law firm of Plunkett & Cooney. In 1992, Governor John Engler appointed her to the Michigan Court of Appeals. She was twice elected to that court and served as its chief judge from 1997 to 1998. Corrigan is a long-time member of the Federalist Society, Michigan Lawyers Chapter. She was also president of The Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers and of the Federal Bar Association, Detroit Chapter.