Harbor Springs attorney James Erhart has been appointed to the 90th District Court covering Emmet and Charlevoix counties.
The appointment fills the vacancy created when Judge Richard May resigned.
Erhart’s appointment is through Jan. 1, 2015. He must seek election in November 2014 to serve a full six-year term.
Erhart, admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1979, has practiced law in the Petoskey area for many years. He was a partner and shareholder with the Stroup, Erhart & Lyons law firm.
A former adjunct professor in the paralegal program at North Central Michigan College from 2000-2009, Erhart is a state bar commissioner and and chairs the bar’s Upper Michigan Legal Institute.
Erhart received his J.D. from the Detroit College of Law.
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