Being home to the city of Detroit, Wayne County has more than two million residents and is the largest county by population in the entire state of Michigan. The population of the struggling big city, however, has declined greatly in recent years as residents have been moving to the suburbs within the county. Due to their diversity and varying population and land sizes, Wayne County’s communities have many differences. For these reasons, when you are looking for bails bonds in Wayne County, you need someone who knows the intricacies of each community, as well as each community’s local laws and how they pertain to your case.
Bail bonds in Wayne County
When looking for bail bonds in Wayne County, a bail bond agency that knows the area well will know the best ways to assist you.
Situated in the heart of the Great Lakes region along the Detroit River, Wayne County is the 13th most populous county in the United States. It has 43 distinct communities. The Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency breaks Wayne County into several regions, two of which encompass the 28 zip codes found within the city of Detroit.
Region 1
∙ Harper Woods
∙ Grosse Pointe
∙ Grosse Pointe Park
∙ Grosse Pointe Farms
∙ Grosse Pointe Woods
∙ Grosse Pointe Shores
∙ Highland Park
∙ Hamtramck
Regions 2 and 3
Detroit
Region 4
∙ Redford
∙ Northville/Northville Township
∙ Plymouth/Plymouth Township
∙ Livonia
∙ Garden City
∙ Inkster
∙ Dearborn
∙ Dearborn Heights
Region 5
∙ Canton
∙ Westland
∙ Wayne
∙ Van Buren Township
∙ Belleville
∙ Sumpter Township
∙ Romulus (in some cases considered part of the Downriver communities in Region 6)
∙ Huron Township (in some cases considered part of the Downriver communities in Region 6)
Region 6
∙ Allen Park
∙ Melvindale
∙ Southgate
∙ Riverview
∙ Wyandotte
∙ Lincoln Park
∙ Grosse Ile
∙ Ecorse
∙ River Rouge
∙ Trenton
∙ Gibraltar
∙ Taylor
∙ Brownstown Township
∙ Woodhaven
∙ Flat Rock
∙ Rockwood
Wayne County Circuit Court
The Wayne County Circuit Court, or the Third Judicial Circuit, is the largest circuit court in Michigan. It is located in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center at 2 Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
It has 58 judges and three operating divisions. The Third Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil, criminal and family matters arising in Wayne County.
The judges are:
Third Circuit Court Chief Judges
Robert Colombo Jr.
Timothy Kenny
Civil
Maria Oxholm (presiding judge)
David Allen
Annette Berry
Robert Colombo Jr.
Daphne Means Curtis
Edward Ewell Jr.
Patricia Fresard
Sheila Ann Gibson
John Gillis Jr.
Daniel Hathaway
Susan Hubbard
Muriel Hughes
Kathleen Macdonald
John Murphy
Lita Popke
Leslie Kim Smith
Brian Sullivan
Criminal
Timothy Kenny (presiding judge)
Gregory Dean Bill
Ulysses Boykin
Margie Braxton
Megan Maher Brennan
James Callahan
Thomas Cameron
James Chylinski
Kevin Cox
Vonda Evans
Ronald Giles
David Groner
Cynthia Gray Hathaway
Dana Hathaway
Michael Hathaway
Catherine Heise
Qiana Denise Lillard
Bruce Morrow
Richard Skutt
Mark Slavens
Craig Strong
Lawrence Talon
Deborah Thomas
Margaret Van Houten
Shannon Walker
Family Domestic
Kathleen McCarthy (presiding judge)
Eric Cholack
Charlene Elder
Alexis Glendening
Richard Halloran
Adel Harb
Charles Hegarty
Connie Marie Kelley
Lisa Neilson
Lynne Pierce
Martha Snow
Family Juvenile
Virgil Smith (presiding judge)
Karen Braxton
Jerome Cavanagh
Christopher Dingell
Edward Joseph
Frank Szymanski
The Third Circuit Court’s website, which offers users the ability to search court cases, includes a wealth of information for the general population, jurors, attorneys, individuals looking for information about bail bonds in Wayne County, and members of the media looking for contacts or the most recent press releases.
Wayne County District and Municipal Courts
There are 28 district and municipal courts in Wayne County, with the 36th District Court in Detroit being the largest district court in Michigan and one of the busiest in the United States. Some of these lower courts represent one community, while others represent several.
The 28 courts are:
16th District Court
15140 Farmington Road
Livonia, MI 48154
734-466-2500
17th District Court
15111 Beech Daly Road
Redford, MI 48239
313-387-2790
18th District Court
36675 Ford Road
Westland, MI 48185
734-595-8720
19th District Court
16077 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126
313-943-2060
20th District Court
25637 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn Heights, MI 48125
313-277-7480
21st District Court
6000 N. Middlebelt Road
Garden City, MI 48135
31st District Court
3401 Evaline Avenue
Hamtramck, MI 48212
313-876-7710
32A District Court
19617 Harper Avenue
Harper Woods, MI 48225
313-343-2590
33rd District Court
(Trenton, Rockwood, Flat Rock, Woodhaven, Gibraltar, Brownstown Township and Grosse Ile)
19000 Van Horn
Woodhaven, MI 48183
734-671-0201
34th District Court
(Belleville, Romulus, Sumpter Township, Van Buren Township and Huron Township)
11131 Wayne Road
Romulus, MI 48174
734-941-4462
35th District Court
(Northville, Plymouth, Canton Township, Northville Township and Plymouth Township)
660 Plymouth Road
Plymouth, MI 48170
734-459-4740
36th District Court
421 Madison Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
313-965-2200
Grosse Pointe Municipal Court
17145 Maumee
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
313-343-5262
Grosse Pointe Farms Municipal Court
90 Kerby Road
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
313-885-2104
Grosse Pointe Park Municipal Court
15115 E. Jefferson Avenue
Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
313-822-3535
Grosse Pointe Woods Municipal Court
20025 Mack Avenue
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
313-343-2455
795 Lakeshore Drive
Grosse Pointe Shores, MI 48236
313-881-5503
For more information, contact us at 313-244-0669.