Anna Diggs Taylor
(1932- )
Date of Birth
* December 9, 1932, Washington, D.C.
Education
* Barnard College, B.A., 1954
* Yale Law School, LL.B., 1957
Private Practice
* Zwerdling, Murer, Diggs & Papp, Detroit, Michigan, 1970-1975
Judicial Experience
* Judge, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1979-1999
* Chief Judge, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1996-1998
* Senior Judge, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1999-present
Judicial Committees & Activities
* Federal Judicial Center Committee on District Judge Education
* Sixth Circuit Committee on Judicial Conferences
Government Service
* Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor, 1957-1960
* Assistant Prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, 1961-1962
* Assistant U. S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1966
* Legislative Assistant/Detroit Office Manager to U. S. Rep. Charles C. Diggs, Jr., 1967-1970
* Supervisory Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Detroit, Law Department, 1975-1979
Academic Positions
* Adjunct professor, Wayne State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, 1972-1975
* Adjunct professor, Wayne State University Law School, 1976-1977
Professional Associations
* Michigan Association of Black Judges
* Women Judges Association
* Federal Judges Association
* State Bar of Michigan
* Federal Bar Association
* Wolverine Bar Association
* National Lawyer's Guild
* Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
Civic & Other Activities
* Trustee, Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan
* Trustee, Metropolitan Detroit Health Council
* Trustee, Founders Society of Detroit Institute of Arts
* Trustee, Arts Poetica Chamber Orchestra
* Trustee, Henry Ford Health System Eastern Region
* Vice President, Yale Law Alumni Association
* Co-chair, Volunteer Leadership Coalition
* Co-chair, United Way Community Services
* Trustee, Herlong Episcopal Cathedral School
Honors and Awards
* Women Lawyers' Division Award, National Bar Association, 1981
* Michigan S.C.L.S. Millender Award, 1984
* Bridge Builders' Award of Calvary Church, 1984
* Alpha Phi Alpha Award, Epsilon Chapter, 1984
* Sojourner Truth Award of National Negro Business and Professional Women, 1986
* Absalom Jones Award of Michigan Black Episcopalians, 1986
* Bench-Bar Award, Detroit and Wolverine Bar Associations, 1990
* Michigan Bell "Living the Dream" Award, 1991
* Menorah Award of Histadrut , 1991
* "Detroit's Dynamic Women," Women's Economic Club, 1992
* Trailblazers Award, Straker Bar Association, 1995
* Honorary Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa)
o Marygrove College, 2000
* Women Lawyers of Michigan Award, 2003
I'm thrilled to learn that 200 years of "checks and balances" results in ONE black judge single-handedly striking down one of this country's most effective anti-terror tools.
One day our "disenfranchised" minorities will realize that they and Muslims are NOT fighting the same cause.
Just a question...Is Judge Anna Diggs Taylor any relation to former crooked Detroit Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr.?
I remember Congressman Diggs was brought down in a scandal involving the "House of Diggs" Funeral Home either in the late '70's or early '80's.
Can someone on this thread advise? Thanks.