Background
Botsford, Jon D. was born on August 1, 1954 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States.
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Botsford, Jon D. was born on August 1, 1954 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States.
Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, 1976). University of California at Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Admitted to the bar, 1979, Illinois. 1980, California and United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1981, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1982, Michigan and United States. District Court, Western District of Michigan.
1984, United States.
Supreme Court. 1985, United States. Tax Court. 1988, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Member, 1977-1978 and Comment Editor, 1978-1979, University of California, Los Angeles Law Review.
Author: "Conditioned Guilty Pleas: Post-Guilty Plea Appeal of Nonjurisdictional Issues," 26 University of California, Los Angeles Law Review 360, 1978. "Michigan Real Property Law - Principles and Commentary," Chapter 2, Oil, Gas & Mineral Rights (ICLE 1985).
Law Clerk, Honorary Albert J. Engel, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1979-1980.
Formerly associated with: Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1982-1985.
Jenner & Block, Chicago, Illinois, 1980-1982. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
State Bar of Michigan.
(Assistant General Counsel).
Planning commissioner Caledonia (Michigan) Township, 1997-1999. Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, State Bar California, State Bar Michigan, Grand Rapids Bar Association.
Son of Lawrence Wayne and June Arleigh (Hanson) B. Married Joan Elizabeth Nims. Children: Jackson, Tess, Matthew.