JAMES D. HILLS

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Education

  • Valparaiso School of Law Valparaiso, Indiana Juris Doctor 1965
  • Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan Bachelor of Arts 1962

Experience

  • Admitted to practice in all Michigan courts, United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan and Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1979 - present: Limited practice to criminal cases both state and federal. Also represented clients charged with criminal offenses in the state courts of Indiana, Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida
  • 1970 -present: Private practice handling civil and criminal cases
  • 1970: Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Kalamazoo County, Michigan
  • 1968 - 1969: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Kalamazoo County, Michigan
  • 1966 - 1968: United States Army enlisted man and worked in the Judge Advocate General's Office, Fort Benning, Georgia
  • 1965 - 1966: Law clerk of legal office in Muskegon, Michigan

Professional

  • Member of the Kalamazoo Trial Lawyers Association
  • Past state secretary of the Fraternal Order of Police Associates
  • Lecturer at classes for Kalamazoo County Sheriff s Department Reserves Participant in mock trials for American Civil Liberties Union

Non-Professional

  • 1979 - 1982 Sponsor of a NASCAR race team on the Winston (now Nextel) Cup Circuit 1982 - 1983 Sponsor of Portage High School Junior Varsity club teams
  • Past Commissioner of AYSO in Portage, Michigan Supporter of Mendon football teams in Mendon, Michigan