Meet Your Next District Court Judge
Fawn Armstrong is the mother of a 13-year-old daughter, Ava, and the wife of criminal defense attorney, Christopher Shemke. They live in Saline (Pittsfield Twp) with their three dogs – Rogue, Mika, and Wyatt – and their cat, Oona. She is the oldest of six children and they grew up on a dirt road in Marine City, MI. She attended Northern Michigan University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She also spent eight years in the Army Reserves and served one tour of duty in Iraq.
Fawn Armstrong has served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County for ten years. She has served in all 14A, 14B, and 15th District Courts and spent three years in the Appellate Division, where she diligently argued cases before Michigan’s Court of Appeals. One of her responsibilities included training law enforcement agencies in Washtenaw County. Fawn is currently assigned to Circuit Court handling felony matters. Prior to Fawn’s employment as a Washtenaw County Prosecutor, she worked as private practitioner handling civil law matters for Jason Michael Katz, PC and the Law Offices of Corey D. Silverstein, PC.
ENDORSEMENTS

Huron Valley
Area Labor Federation

IBEW
Local Union
252

UAW
Region1A

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan

Michigan Democratic Party Black Caucus

Pursuit of Justice PAC

Prosecutor
Eli Savit

Chief Assistant Prosecutor Victoria Buron Harris

Hon. Tracy
Van den Bergh

Hon. Julia Owdziej

Hon. Donald
E. Shelton (ret.)

Hon. Gail Altenburg

Hon. Geno Salomone (ret.)

Hon. Victoria Shackelford

Reggie Miller, Van Buren Twp Trustee

Hon. David
Allen

Hon. Ed
Ewell

Hon. Richard Page

Hon. Mark McConnell

Hon. Jennifer Coleman-Hesson

Hon. Elisabeth Mullins

Hon. Greg Clifton

Hon. Elizabeth Disanto

Hon. Jim
Plakas

Hon. Mark Plawecki

Hon. Breeda O’Leary

Attorney Bill Amadeo

Attorney Andy Fanta

Attorney David
I. Goldstein

Attorney Guy Conti

Attorney Stuart Collis

Attorney Jinan Hamood

Attorney Oscar Rodriguez

Attorney Nicholas Roumel

Attorney Lou Danner

Attorney Darren Miller

Attorney Rob Cassar

Attorney Jennifer Smith

Attorney Dan Shemke

Attorney
Melissa Krauskopf

Attorney Cory Westmoreland

Attorney Christopher
Shemke
(the most supportive husband!)

Ava Montgomery
(best daughter around!)
AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY
Committee Member for the Ann Arbor Purple Run benefitting Safehouse
2015 - Present
Board Member for the Detroit Veterans Bar Association
2015 - Present
Union Member American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
2021 - Present
Washtenaw County Bar Association – New Lawyers Committee Chair
2019 - 2021
Panel Speaker for WLAM – Wayne Region
From Flattery to Fear: A Look at Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Mary 18, 2017
PRACTICING LAW WHERE IT MATTERS
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
November 2012 - Present
Circuit Court before Hon. Archie Brown
Washtenaw County – Ann Arbor, Michigan
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