Detroit-native and former Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Brian Zahra was appointed Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor Rick Snyder to fill the vacancy left by Justice Maura Corrigan who resigned to serve as the Director of the Department of Human Services.

Zahra, 51 and from Northville Township, is a graduate of Wayne State University and the University of Detroit Law School. Mr. Zahra was first appointed to the bench in 1994 when then Governor Engler named him to the Wayne County Circuit Court. He was then appointed to the Court of Appeals by Engler in 1999.

In other news from the Michigan Supreme Court, current Assistant U.S. Attorney and Thomas M. Cooley Law School professor Matthew Scheider was named Legal Counsel and Chief of Staff to the Court.