Clifford Taylor

{{Short description|American judge}} {{about|the judge|the composer|Clifford Taylor (composer)|the English cricketer|Clifford Taylor (cricketer)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Clifford W. Taylor | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = 66th Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court | term_start = January 7, 2005 | term_end = January 1, 2009 | predecessor = Maura D. Corrigan | successor = Marilyn Jean Kelly | office3 = Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court | term_start3 = September 22, 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.micourthistory.org/special-sessions/swearing-in-ceremony-for-justice-clifford-w-taylor/ |title=Swearing-In Ceremony For Justice Clifford W. Taylor |work=Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society}}</ref> | term_end3 = January 1, 2009 | nominator3 = | appointer3 = John Engler | predecessor3 = Dorothy Comstock Riley | successor3 = Diane Marie Hathaway | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|9}} | birth_place = Flint, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | citizenship = | party = Republican | other_party =  | spouse = Lucille | partner =  | relations = | children = 2 sons | alma_mater = University of Michigan (B.A., 1964)<br>George Washington University (J.D., 1967) | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 =  | nickname = | allegiance = United States of America | branch = Navy | service_years = 1967–1971 | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 = }}

'''Clifford Woodworth "Cliff" Taylor'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0000unse_f8j3/page/644/mode/2up|title=Who's Who in American Law, 2002-2003|year=2002|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=644}}</ref> (born November 9, 1942) is a former American judge who served on the Michigan Supreme Court from 1997 through 2009. He served as the Michigan Supreme Court's Chief Justice from 2005 through 2009. After his tenure as a judge, he joined the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone and served as a visiting law professor at Ave Maria School of Law.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Halcom|first1=Chad|title=Ex-State Supreme Court Chief Justice Clifford Taylor to join Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone|url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100208/FREE/100209881/ex-state-supreme-court-chief-justice-clifford-taylor-to-join-miller|accessdate=28 August 2015|publisher=Crain's Detroit Business|date=February 8, 2010}}</ref>

==Michigan Supreme Court== Taylor was appointed to the court in 1997 by then-Governor John Engler, ran for election to the balance of the appointed term in 1998 and was reelected in 2000. He was chosen by his fellow justices to be the Chief Justice twice, in 2005 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clifford W. Taylor|url=http://www.millercanfield.com/CliffTaylor|publisher=Miller Canfield|accessdate=28 August 2015}}</ref>

Wayne County Circuit Judge Diane Marie Hathaway defeated Justice Taylor in the 2008 Supreme Court election.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Golder|first1=Ed|title=Former Supreme Court Justice Clifford Taylor on why we should keep judicial elections|url=http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/former_supreme_court_justice_c.html|accessdate=28 August 2015|agency=The Grand Rapids Press|publisher=MLive|date=August 8, 2011}}</ref>

After Taylor's defeat in the election, the Court chose Marilyn Jean Kelly to succeed him as chief justice.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marilyn Kelly new chief justice of Michigan Supreme Court|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/marilyn_kelly_new_chief_justic.html|accessdate=28 August 2015|agency=Associated Press|publisher=MLive|date=January 8, 2009}}</ref>

==Personal== Taylor is a graduate of the University of Michigan and The George Washington University.<ref name=historical>{{cite web|title=Clifford W. Taylor|url=http://www.micourthistory.org/justices/clifford-taylor/|publisher=Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society|accessdate=28 August 2015}}</ref> He is chairman of the board of directors of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.<ref name=historical/> He is married to Lucille Taylor, with whom he has two sons.

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