How do judges of the Michigan Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Michigan Court of Appeals / Joined 2010 / Active

Amy Ronayne Krause

Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals

Amy Ronayne Krause is a Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals, serving since 2010. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2010 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Michigan Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Krause authored 39 published opinions for the court (2011–2019), plus 7 dissents and 13 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Russell (512 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 59 of these were attributed to Krause by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2012	People v. Russell· Dissent†	297 Mich. App. 707	512
2016	People v. Schrauben· Concurrence†	314 Mich. App. 181	484
2013	People v. Dunigan†	299 Mich. App. 579	449
2012	People v. Eisen†	296 Mich. App. 326	315
2011	People v. Mahone†	294 Mich. App. 208	314
2016	People v. Blevins†	314 Mich. App. 339	241
2015	People v. Bailey· Concurrence†	310 Mich. App. 703	235
2016	People v. Biddles· Concurrence†	316 Mich. App. 148	187
2018	Tamara Woodring v. Phoenix Insurance Company†	923 N.W.2d 607	183
2011	People v. McDonald†	293 Mich. App. 292	105
2011	People v. Orlewicz†	293 Mich. App. 96	102
2018	In re Keillor· Concurrence†	923 N.W.2d 617	91
2013	People v. Dillard†	303 Mich. App. 372	74
2012	Vittiglio v. Vittiglio†	297 Mich. App. 391	72
2016	People v. Thompson· Dissent†	314 Mich. App. 703	69

Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Michigan Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Amy Ronayne Krause on?: Amy Ronayne Krause is a Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Sources

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16 years on the Michigan Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).