Community
hours
with Judge Kimberly Small
Photography and story by Kelly Victor, special writer
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West Hills
Middle School
Hillel Day School
48th District Court,
Judge's Chambers
percent of Judge Small's civil cases are ' related car dash that killed a family of
settled this way. "I feel a strong obliga- three, a 16-year-old dying of alcohol
poisoning and a 17-year-old suffering
tion to all parties to find acceptable
severe brain damage following an alco-
solutions without the necessity of a
hol-related car crash. She is passionate
lengthy and expensive court process."
in her message: "Live life by unwaver-
At a "Court in School" program at
ing high standards and realize that it is
Hillel Day School in Farmington
Hills, Judge Small hears real cases with cool to be clean. Our kids must realize
that they create their own lives by the
real defendants. Following guilty pleas
and sentencings, she relates how catas- decisions they make," she says.
Since there is a jury trial on the
trophe can follow bad decision-mak-
bench, there is no time for lunch
ing. She shows films of actual
today. Judge Small empanels a jury to
tragedies caused by the abuse of drugs
decide the fate of an individual
and alcohol — including an alcohol-
M
ornings are hectic at the Small
house. Typically, 48th District
Judge Kimberly Small grabs breakfast
via the toaster, and drops off daughter
Erica, 13, at 6:45 a.m. and daughter
Jessica, 12, at 8 a.m. This morning
she has the luxury of one drop-off at 8
a.m. "Morning is never complete
without a kiss goodbye and CI love you.'"
In the Judge's Bloomfield Township
chambers, she has a settlement confer-
ence with attorneys representing both
sides of a civil case. Approximately 90
'
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charged with a crime.
After arriving home, she prepares
dinner. Judge Small helps her daughters
with homework. "The girls laugh
because they realize that the toughest
part of my day is 7th-grade math."
After homework is together time.
No soccer, music or religious school
tonight. "Of all the roles that I play,
the most important is being mom.
My daughters are my inspiration and
my motivation ... the center of my
world." ❑
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