Chances are good that if you’re interested in Michigan Supreme Court history, or the state’s child and family welfare services, or if you’ve been practicing law for the past quarter of a century, you recognize the name Maura Denise Corrigan.
After serving as a Michigan Supreme Court justice from 1999 to 2011 (including four years as chief justice), Maura “retired” from the Court only to serve as Director of Michigan’s Department of Human Services for four years. At the conclusion of that term of public service, she returned to private practice for the first time since the late 1980s.
At the unveiling ceremony for her official court portrait on June 14, 2024, her former colleague Justice Robert P. Young remarked that Maura “shine[s] brightly on us in an often-gloomy world..[she] always brings the fire.”
She lives on the eastern side of the state, but is frequently traveling to visit her children and grandchildren.