Barbara Kloka Hackett

Personal

Birthday: 
1928
Birthplace: 
Detroit, MI
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

Staff lawyer, Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company, 1950-1951
Law clerk, Hon. Frank Picard, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1951-1952
Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1952-1965, 1966-1967, 1972-1973, 1984-1986
Lawyer, New York Central Railroad Company, 1963-1965
Chief law clerk, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1965-1966
Assistant prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, 1967-1972
Acting chief, Appellate Division, Wayne County Prosecutor`s Office, 1986

Education

Name of School: 
University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy)
Degree: 
Ph.B.
Degree Year: 
1948
Name of School - Second: 

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

The Mission of the University of Detroit Mercy, a Catholic university in the Jesuit and Mercy traditions, is to provide an education that integrates the intellectual, spiritual, ethical and social development of its students. In that spirit, the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review publishes an annual Law & Religion symposium issue, to provide a forum for discussing the intersection of legal and religious ideas.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1950

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Court Name: 

Michigan Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
4/7/1986
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/8/1997
Termination Date: 
3/1/2000
Termination Reason: 
Retirement
Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services: 

U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1973-1984