Meet Your Next District Court Judge
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Fawn Armstrong is the mother of a 13-year-old daughter, Ava, and the wife of criminal defense attorney, Christopher Shemke. They live in Saline (Pittsfield Twp) with their three dogs – Rogue, Mika, and Wyatt – and their cat, Oona. She is the oldest of six children and they grew up on a dirt road in Marine City, MI. She attended Northern Michigan University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She also spent eight years in the Army Reserves and served one tour of duty in Iraq.
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Fawn Armstrong has served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County for ten years. She has served in all 14A, 14B, and 15th District Courts and spent three years in the Appellate Division, where she diligently argued cases before Michigan’s Court of Appeals. One of her responsibilities included training law enforcement agencies in Washtenaw County. Fawn is currently assigned to Circuit Court handling felony matters. Prior to Fawn’s employment as a Washtenaw County Prosecutor, she worked as private practitioner handling civil law matters for Jason Michael Katz, PC and the Law Offices of Corey D. Silverstein, PC.
ENDORSEMENTS
Huron Valley
Area Labor Federation
IBEW
Local Union
252
UAW
Region1A
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan
Michigan Democratic Party Black Caucus
Pursuit of Justice PAC
Prosecutor
Eli Savit
Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Buron Harris
Hon. Tracy
Van den Bergh
Hon. Julia Owdziej
Hon. Donald
E. Shelton (ret.)
Hon. Gail Altenburg
Hon. Geno Salomone (ret.)
Hon. Victoria Shackelford
Reggie Miller, Van Buren Twp Trustee
Hon. David
Allen
Hon. Ed
Ewell
Hon. Richard Page
Hon. Mark McConnell
Hon. Jennifer Coleman-Hesson
Hon. Elisabeth Mullins
Hon. Greg Clifton
Hon. Elizabeth Disanto
Hon. Jim
Plakas
Hon. Mark Plawecki
Hon. Breeda O’Leary
Attorney Bill Amadeo
Attorney Andy Fanta
Attorney David
I. Goldstein
Attorney Guy Conti
Attorney Stuart Collis
Attorney Jinan Hamood
Attorney Oscar Rodriguez
Attorney Nicholas Roumel
Attorney Lou Danner
Attorney Darren Miller
Attorney Rob Cassar
Attorney Jennifer Smith
Attorney Dan Shemke
Attorney
Melissa Krauskopf
Attorney Cory Westmoreland
Attorney Christopher
Shemke
(the most supportive husband!)
Ava Montgomery
(best daughter around!)
AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY
Committee Member for the Ann Arbor Purple Run benefitting Safehouse
2015 - Present
Board Member for the Detroit Veterans Bar Association
2015 - Present
Union Member American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
2021 - Present
Washtenaw County Bar Association – New Lawyers Committee Chair
2019 - 2021
Panel Speaker for WLAM – Wayne Region
From Flattery to Fear: A Look at Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Mary 18, 2017
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PRACTICING LAW WHERE IT MATTERS
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
November 2012 - Present
Circuit Court before Hon. Archie Brown
Washtenaw County – Ann Arbor, Michigan
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