--- title: "David Viviano | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-viviano-4799" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # David Viviano Michigan Supreme Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Michigan Supreme Court - State: Michigan - Role: Judge - Service status: former - Last verified: 2026-08-22 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, Michigan Supreme Court, 2013-present - Retirement: Did not seek re‐election in 2024; succeeded by Justice Kimberly Thomas on January 1, 2025 - David Francis Viviano is an American judge best known for his tenure as the 109th Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 2013 to 2025 - Appointed: February 27, 2013, by Governor Rick Snyder to replace Justice Diane Hathaway ### Education - Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College — B.A. - University of Michigan Law School — J.D. ### Additional information - Viviano has received multiple awards, including the Macomb Hall of Fame Inductee (2018) and the Justinian Award from the Italian American Bar Association of Michigan (2015) - Practitioner, 2012-2012 - Born December 8, 1971. - Date of birth: 1971-12-08 - Practiced law at Dickinson Wright and Jenner & Block, then founded Viviano & Viviano, PLLC in Mt. - Clemens, MI - After leaving the bench, Viviano founded Viviano Mediation Group PLC, offering mediation services in complex commercial, employment, and other disputes. - He remains active in legal and civic leadership roles, including as Vice Chair of the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### videoconferencing Scope: statewide Michigan courts may determine the manner and extent of videoconferencing technology, subject to participant requests and suitability factors under MCR 2.407. Evidence excerpt: courts may determine the manner and extent of the use of videoconferencing technology and may require participants to attend court proceedings by videoconferencing technology [Michigan Court Rule 2.407, Videoconferencing](https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/michigan-court-rules/court-rules-book-ch-2-responsive-html5.zip/Court_Rules_Book_Ch_2/Court_Rules_Chapter_2/Court_Rules_Chapter_2.htm?rhtocid=_2) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote access notice Scope: statewide If a Michigan proceeding will be held by videoconferencing technology, the court must provide reasonable notice of how to access it. Evidence excerpt: If a proceeding will be held using videoconferencing technology, the court must provide reasonable notice of the way(s) to access that proceeding. [Michigan Court Rule 2.407, Videoconferencing](https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/michigan-court-rules/court-rules-book-ch-2-responsive-html5.zip/Court_Rules_Book_Ch_2/Court_Rules_Chapter_2/Court_Rules_Chapter_2.htm?rhtocid=_2) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### recording and broadcasting Scope: statewide Michigan prohibits photography, audio or video recording, broadcasting, or live streaming in a courtroom unless allowed by the presiding judge, subject to the separate media-coverage order. Evidence excerpt: In a courtroom, no one may use a portable electronic device to take photographs or for audio or video recording, broadcasting, or live streaming unless that use is specifically allowed by the Judge presiding over that courtroom. [Michigan Court Rule 8.115, Courthouse Decorum and Portable Electronic Devices](https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/michigan-court-rules/court-rules-book-ch-8-responsive-html5.zip/Court_Rules_Book_Ch_8/Court_Rules_Chapter_8/Court_Rules_Chapter_8.htm?rhtocid=_25) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### device use Scope: statewide Michigan allows courtroom use of portable electronic devices for information retrieval, storage, internet access, and messaging, but requires silence and bars calls or other audible functions without court permission. Evidence excerpt: Attorneys, parties, and members of the public may use a portable electronic device in a courtroom to retrieve or to store information (including notetaking), to access the Internet, and to send and receive text messages or information. [Michigan Court Rule 8.115, Courthouse Decorum and Portable Electronic Devices](https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/michigan-court-rules/court-rules-book-ch-8-responsive-html5.zip/Court_Rules_Book_Ch_8/Court_Rules_Chapter_8/Court_Rules_Chapter_8.htm?rhtocid=_25) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4799/david-viviano/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4799/david-viviano/) - [Michigan Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4799/david-viviano/) - [Michigan Court Rule 2.407, Videoconferencing](https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/michigan-court-rules/court-rules-book-ch-2-responsive-html5.zip/Court_Rules_Book_Ch_2/Court_Rules_Chapter_2/Court_Rules_Chapter_2.htm?rhtocid=_2) - [Michigan Court Rule 8.115, Courthouse Decorum and Portable Electronic Devices](https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/michigan-court-rules/court-rules-book-ch-8-responsive-html5.zip/Court_Rules_Book_Ch_8/Court_Rules_Chapter_8/Court_Rules_Chapter_8.htm?rhtocid=_25) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/4799/david-viviano/) - [David Viviano](https://ballotpedia.org/David_Viviano) - [Wikidata: David Viviano](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16982963) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-viviano-4799", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/david-viviano-4799", "name": "David Viviano | KnowJudges", "description": "David Viviano, Michigan Supreme Court. 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