Rosemarie Aquilina

Rosemarie E. Aquilina (born 1957 or 1958) is a circuit court judge in Ingham County, Michigan, United States. 2Early life and education Aquilina moved to the United States with her family as a toddler, and became a naturalized citizen when she was twelve. She earned her bachelor's degree in English education and journalism at Michigan State University in 1979 and her law degree at Cooley Law School in Lansing in 1984. 2Career Following law school, Aquilina worked for ten years as administrative assistant and campaign manager for State Senator John F. Kelly, and then as a partner in his lobbying firm; she also formed Aquilina Law, where she practiced in partnership with her sister, Helen Hartford. She hosted a syndicated radio talk show, Ask the Family Lawyer. She then joined the Michigan Army National Guard, where she became the state's first female member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps and acquired the nickname "Barracuda Aquilina"; she served for twenty years before retiring. She is an adjunct professor at Cooley Law School and at Michigan State University College of Law. In the 1990s, Aquilina ran unsuccessfully for the Michigan State Senate herself. In 2004 she was elected a judge of the 55th Michigan District Court, and in November 2008 judge of the 30th Circuit Court for Ingham County. In 2006, she presided over the case of the adoptive parents of seven-year-old Ricky Holland, who were found guilty of his murde