Background
Sanford, Brenda Suzanne was born on March 1, 1960 in Deckerville, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Carl Wilbur and Dorothy Eleanor (Gerber) Sanford.
Sanford, Brenda Suzanne was born on March 1, 1960 in Deckerville, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Carl Wilbur and Dorothy Eleanor (Gerber) Sanford.
Michigan State University (Bachelor of Science, with high honors, 1982). Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1994).
Worked at Lambert, Leser, Cook, Giunta & Smith, P.C. (Bay City, Michigan) specializing in Bankruptcy, Agricultural Law, Property Law. Admitted to the bar, 1994, Michigan. 1996, United States. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.
Editor-in-Chief, T.M. Cooley Law Review, 1993-1994. Recipient: Distinguished Student Award, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1994. American Jurisprudence Awards in: Constitutional Law II.
Contracts II; Corporations. Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure, Jurisdiction, Professional Responsibility. Sales and Negotiable Instruments.
Torts II. Author: "Family Farms - A Conversion to a Limited Partnership May Protect the Farm From Liquidation," T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 861, 1994; "Stalking is Now Illegal: Will a Paper Law Make a Difference?" 10 T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 409, 1993. Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Michael F. Cavanagh, Michigan Supreme Court, 1994-1996.
Listed in Who's Who in American Law, 1996. Member: State Bar of Michigan.
Member ATLA, National Association Women Lawyers (honorary), Women Lawyers Association Michigan(Julia Darlow award 1994).