Senator Mike Bishop Biography

Michigan State Senator

State Senator Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) was first elected to the Michigan Senate last November after two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives. He was sworn into office in January to represent Michigan’s 12th District in State Senate, which includes the communities of Auburn Hills, Keego Harbor, Lake Angelus, Sylvan Lake, Pontiac, Rochester and Rochester Hills, and the townships of Addison, Independence, Oakland, Orion and Oxford.

He was chosen Assistant Senate Majority Leader and as chairman of the Senate Banking & Financial Institutions Committee and as vice chairman of both the Gaming & Casino Oversight Committee and Judiciary Committee.

During his four-year tenure in the Michigan House, he served as vice chairman of the Commerce Committee and as a member of the Energy & Technology, Criminal Justice, Redistricting & Elections and Commerce Subcommittee on Appropriations. He was also appointed to chair the Commerce Subcommittee on Banking & Finance, Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee and Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.

Sen. Bishop is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan, Oakland County Bar Association, Macomb County Bar Association, Sports Lawyer Association and Michigan Association of Realtors. He served on the Municipal Law and Business Law committees of the Oakland County Bar Association and is a member of the National Association of Sportsmen Legislators.

A 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan, Sen. Bishop received his law degree from the Detroit College of Law in 1993. He is a practicing attorney for Booth & Patterson, P.C., a licensed real estate broker and president/owner of Freedom Realty, Inc., and Pro Management, Inc.

A native of Almont, Mich., Sen. Bishop, 35, resides in Rochester with his wife, Cristina, and two children Benjamin Donald and Gabriella Maria.



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