Background
Boyden, Joel Michael was born on April 18, 1937 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Wilbur B. and Dorothy Elizabeth (Damm) Boyden.
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Joel Michael Boyden
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Bachelor in Speech, University of Michigan, 1959, Juris Doctor, 1962.
Career
Bar: Michigan 1963, Florida 1964, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1963, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1968. Law clerk to judge The United States of America District Court (western district) Michigan, 1962-1964. Associate McCobb & Heaney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1964-1966.
Partner Baxter & Hammond, Grand Rapids, 1966-1984, Dykema Gossett, Grand Rapids, 1984-1991, Boyden, Waddell, Timmons & Dilley, 1991.
Member task force on gender bias, Michigan Supreme Court, 1987-1989. Board of directors Kewano county Campfire Girls, 1969-1973, vice president, 1972-1973.
Board directors Western Michigan Alliance for Health, 1993. Member central board Grand Rapids Young Men's Christian Association, 1972-1976, chairman, 1974-1976, member metropolitan board directors, 1976-1985, 89-92.
Member development board, Porter Hills Foundation, 1993-1996, board directors 1995, Foundation board 1996.
Member committee visitors University of Michigan Law School, 1986-1991. Board deacons Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 1977-1979, elder, clerk session,1987-1990, founding president Christ Community Church of Grand Rapids, 1992. Named one of Michigan"s 20 Most Influential Private Practitioners During 1989-1990, 90-91, Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Bar Foundation, Michigan State Bar Foundation (chairperson fellows 1989-1992, board directors 1993), American College Trial Lawyers, American Board Trial Advocates, International Academy Trial Lawyers, International Society Barristers (Board of Governors 1981-1988, president 1986-1987). Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1974-1975, 84-88, secretary litigation section 1976-1977 county. Member 1973-1977, legislation committee 1973-1978), State Bar Michigan (president 1983-1984, board commissioner 1973-1984, director Bar Foundation 1990, chairman.
Fellows MSB 1992-1994), Grand Rapids Bar Association (trustee 1974-1976), American Judicature Society (board directors 1979-1983), American Counsel Association (board directors 1989-1993), Inns of Court, Torch.
Connections
Married Jean Ann Zuiderveld, April. Children: Jacquelyn Kay, Kathryn Marie, Dorothy Elizabeth, Joel Michael.
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American