Public defenders accuse two Detroit judges of attempting to break their strike

By: Tom Perkins

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: September 1, 2026

Words: 1,065

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Wayne County public defenders and their union allege that two judges effectively attempted to strikebreak by accusing three attorneys of contempt for refusing to cross the picket line and represent clients.

The judges, at the Third Circuit Court and 36th District Court, ordered the public defenders to return to work without a contract in July, which the attorneys refused to do. In what the attorneys described as highly unusual moves, the judges effectively initiated criminal …

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