Diane Hathaway

Diane Marie Hathaway (born February, 1954) is a former Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Hathaway, a Democrat, was elected on November 4, 2008 to an 8-year term which commenced in January, 2009. Hathaway retired from the court effective January 21, 2013, after being charged with felony criminal mortgage fraud, to which Hathaway pleaded guilty on January 29, 2013.

Hathaway was born and raised in Detroit, where her father was a city police officer. She attended the Henry Ford Hospital School of Radiological Technology, 1972–74, before attending Wayne State University, 1980-81. Hathaway then earned a BS in Health from Madonna College, where she graduated with honors in 1983.

Hathaway went on to receive a law degree from the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law) in 1987. While attending law school, Hathaway served as a research clerk in the Detroit Recorders Court, and then in the Circuit Court. After passing the bar, she served as a public attorney from 1987-1993, first as a Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor, and then as Chief of the Drug Forfeiture Division.

Hathaway earned a Real Estate Salesperson license in Michigan in 1987, and a Real Estate Broker license in 1990. According to her Supreme Court biography, she has taught Continuing Education and Real Estate Law classes for other licensees.

In November 1992, Hathaway was elected judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, and served from 1993 until 2009, when she was elevated to Michigan Supreme Court Justice.

In 2006, Hathaway mounted an unsuccessful campaign for a seat on the state Court of Appeals. She finished third behind two sitting judges.

Hathaway is currently married to trial attorney Michael J. Kingsley, who has been practicing law in Michigan since 1970.

Hathaway's annual compensation for her work on the Supreme Court was $164,610. According to the State Bar of Michigan, Kingsley has an active Huntington Woods law practice, with specialties in Negligence and Workers Compensation law.

Hathaway, 58, is the first sitting Michigan Supreme Court Justice to be charged with a crime in nearly 40 years. In 1975, former Michigan Governor and Supreme Court Justice John Swainson was acquitted of bribery, but served a short sentence for perjury committed before a federal grand jury.

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