Seven records, one courtroom. Rita Williams walks through what publicdocuments show about Judge Kathleen Galen's 38th District Court in Eastpointe, Michigan, ahead of the November 3, 2026 election: a magistrate who swore he left Warren, a campaign committee on a reporting waiver, one visiting judge paid 70 percent of the court's visiting-judge money, a sentence the Court of Appeals vacated, hearings attorneys say never made the record, endorsers who had already died, and the residency lawsuit her brother filed against her opponent. The closing minute is Rita's opinion, labeled as such: she endorses Richard Goodman.

The reporting:

The Wine Bar Clause: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/09/22/kathleen-galen-cork-wine-pub-jtc-admonition/

Causing Her Problems: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/09/23/kathleen-galen-soward-ability-to-pay-reversal/

Off the Record: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/09/24/kathleen-galen-off-the-record-pattern/

Slumbering on Their Rights: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/09/24/kathleen-galen-goodman-residency-lawsuit-dismissed/

Seventy Percent: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/09/29/seventy-percent-38th-district-court-visiting-judge-spending/

The Endorsers Who Had Already Died: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/09/30/kathleen-galen-deceased-attorneys-endorsements-website/

A Residency Question for Mark Makoski: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/09/27/mark-makoski-residency/

Makoski Told the Assessor He Moved Out of Warren: https://clutchjustice.com/2026/10/06/mark-makoski-principal-residence-rescission/

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