Jennifer Faunce (born January 6, 1965) is an American politician and judge from Michigan. Faunce is a judge of the Macomb County Circuit Court in Michigan. Previously she was a judge of the 37th District Court based in Warren Michigan from 2003-2013. Faunce was a Republican member of the

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Early life

On January 6, 1965, Faunce was born in

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. Faunce' father was Sherman Faunce, a judge of the district court in Warren. Faunce's mother is Dorothy Faunce. Faunce has a sister, Suzanne.

Education

Faunce earned a bachelor's degree from

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and a JD degree from the

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Career

From 1992 to 1998 Faunce was an assistant

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prosecutor. She was head of the juvenile crimes division for part of this time. For part of her time in the prosecutor's office she was chief of the juvenile division. On November 3, 1998, Faunce won the election and became a Republican member of Michigan House of Representatives for

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. Faunce defeated Charles T. Busse and E. Dean Sahutske with 51.47% of the votes. On November 7, 2000, as an incumbent, Faunce won the election and continued serving District 29. Faunce defeated Steve Bieda, E. Dean Sahutske, and Steven T. Revis with 52.33% of the votes. In 2003, Faunce became a judge of the 37th District Court. In July 2013, Faunce was appointed by governor

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to become a judge of the 16th Circuit Court in Macomb County, Michigan. Faunce replaced Judge

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, who was appointed to the state supreme court. In 2014, Faunce won the election unopposed and continued serving as a judge. Faunce was sworn in along with her sister Suzanne Faunce by Sherman Faunce, her father.

Personal life

Faunce's husband was Daryl Brown (died 2018), a retired police officer with Sterling Heights Police Department. They have two children. Faunce's sister Suzanne Faunce is a district court judge in Warren, Michigan.

References

External links

Jennifer Faunce at ballotpedia.orgMichigan government bio of Faunce
*''Macomb Daily'', July 4, 2013, p. 1, 5.
Man sentenced for driving drunk, killing retired Sterling Heights police sergeant (May 21, 2019)
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