ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, OR ON YOUR

Life is uncertain. No one knows when they will get sick, have a financial reversal,
or face a personal crisis.
But for 18 years we have been able to count on one thing —in our District Court,
Judge Michael A. Martone has been there for our community, making wise and
just decisions.
Beyond the courtroom, Judge Martone appears before our
children, so they are less likely to appear before him.
• Courageous Decisions—In Judge Martone’s nationally recognized program,
kids are given the tools to counter peer pressure to drink or use drugs.
• Courageous Persuaders—This innovative program awards scholarships to
kids for spreading the message that drug and alcohol abuse is the wrong choice.
• Court in Schools—Judge Martone’s program has taught over 225,000 schoolchildren
about the legal system in an interactive way that impacts their lives.
Judge Martone also displays courage in his own life and serves as an example in our community.
Growing up without a father, he put himself through college and law school through hard work and perseverance.
He has successfully fought serious illness and is back handling a full docket ahead of schedule and is still working on new innovations, like a
proposed Veterans Court to help veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, OR ON YOUR
ABSENTEE BALLOT, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.
KEEP JUDGE MICHAEL MARTONE MAKING THE
COURAGEOUS DECISIONS IN OUR DISTRICT COURT.
Judge Michael Martone is respected nation-wide, not merely
for the justice that characterizes his courtroom, but for the
ways in which he works to keep our community safe and our
kids on the right path. Judge Martone’s innovative crime and
substance abuse prevention programs have attracted national
media attention and have been adopted by courts and schools
all over the United States.
★ Featured on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning
America, CBS’s The Early Show and CNN’s Newsstand
for his Courageous Decisions program.
★ In 2008 Mothers Against Drunk Driving, S.E. Michigan,
created the annual CourageFirst Life Saver’s Award,
named in honor of Judge Martone’s courage first foundation
and presented him with the inaugural award.
★ Troy 2006 Distinguished Citizen of the year.
★ Justice for Children Award by the United States
Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention.
★ Foundation for the Improvement of Justice Award
★ National Crime Prevention Council’s Ameritech Award
for Excellence in Crime Prevention
★ Harvard University’s School of Government selected
CourageousDecisions as one of the 100 Most Innovative
Programs in all of federal, state, local and tribal government.
Endorsed by Oakland County Executive
L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County
Prosecutor Jessica Cooper and Oakland
County Sheriff Michael Bouchard
Paid for by The Committee to Re-Elect
Judge Michael A. Martone
4793 Orchard Ridge Drive,
Troy, MI 48098
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