Hon. Tracey A. Yokich

Tracey A. Yokich is a former judge of the 16th Circuit Court in Macomb County, Michigan. She served from 2004 to 2019, having been elected in 2004 and re-elected unopposed in 2012. Prior to her judicial service, Yokich had a distinguished career in public service and legal practice. She began her career as a law clerk for Judge George Clifton Edwards Jr. of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 1986, then served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and later as Assistant Corporation Counsel for Macomb County. She was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 to 1996, representing Eastpointe, St. Clair Shores, Lake Township and Harrison Township. In 1997 she returned to the Macomb County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. In 2003, Governor Jennifer Granholm appointed her to the Macomb County Probate Court, where she served until her election to the circuit court. Yokich earned her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University – James Madison College in 1982 and her J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 1985. She is admitted to practice law in Michigan.