Adhering to a guiding principle that America’s justice system should be focused on the law, not the personal views of the judge, motivated current State Rep. Andrew Fink to seek a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court in this year’s general election.
According to Fink, Michigan’s judiciary should be “governed by judges who will respect the rule of law and apply an unwavering originalist interpretation to every case.”
“Upholding our Constitutional rights is a judge's sacred duty because every one of us deserves due process, equal protection of the laws, and the guarantee of a fair day in court,” he added.
That principle, backed by legal experience as a practicing attorney and his consistent support of Michigan agriculture, earned him the coveted “Friend of Agriculture” endorsement from Michigan Farm Bureau’s AgriPac committee for the November general election.
First elected to serve the 35th District in the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2020, Fink’s district encompasses all of Branch and Hillsdale counties, and the city of Hudson in Lenawee County.
In his second term, as the highest-ranking Republican member of the Michigan House Judiciary Committee, Fink currently serves as Republican vice chair of the committee and dealt with a wide assortment of policy issues impacting the state’s judicial system.
The committee has recently taken up legislation related to trial court funding, estate planning, probate court rules, appeals court judge compensation, treatment courts, and many other issues.
Fink has used his role on the judiciary committee to argue for constitutionally protected civil rights, speaking out against bills that would undermine them.
“The time I have spent as an elected official has been committed wholeheartedly to defending our rights from encroachment and adhering to our constitutional system of separation of powers. Nowhere is this more crucial than in our judiciary, and especially in the highest judicial body in our state — the Michigan Supreme Court,” Fink said.
Fink’s first job as an attorney was as a judge advocate in the United States Marine Corps, where he immediately received exposure to a variety of cases and hands-on experience as a Marine officer.
He specialized in estate planning while in the Marines, helping the other men and women serving in the armed forces with preserving and managing their assets. During his service, Fink was promoted to the rank of Captain and awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.
Fink comes from a family of experienced, successful attorneys, including his father, who served in the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, and his grandfather, who was a district court judge in Michigan.
After finishing his time as an active-duty Marine officer, he joined the family’s law firm, Fink and Fink, in Ypsilanti, practicing civil litigation, probate litigation, property law, and municipal law. He eventually opened his own satellite office for Fink and Fink in Hillsdale County.
Fink has had a tenured history of interacting with or serving on some of Michigan’s most important legal bodies, including the Michigan Supreme Court who appointed him as a commissioner-at-large for the State Bar of Michigan.
Fink has also appeared in courts at every level of the judiciary, including the Michigan Supreme Court where he successfully provided legal counsel to a man whose property was foreclosed for a marginal amount of unpaid taxes.
In the case Rafaeli v. Oakland County, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Fink’s client, ruling that his client’s property rights under the Michigan Constitution were indeed violated.
By ensuring that duty and honor are held in high esteem within the judiciary system, Fink said he hopes to, “reverse the declining faith in our governing institutions caused by activist judges and special interests abusing our court system.”
“Our state needs justices who will not waver from their duty of upholding the Constitution, maintaining the separation of powers in government, and defending our constitutional freedom.”
A 2006 Hillsdale College graduate with a B.A. in politics, Fink earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law school in 2010. Married to Lauren for 14 years, the couple are parents to five children.
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