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Before
becoming a judge, Leonia was a partner in the law firm of
"Lloyd and Lloyd", specializing in Entertainment and
Civil law. Judge Lloyd and her late sister, the Hon.
Leona L. Lloyd, were the country's first twin judges to sit on
the bench at the same time. They were affectionately
dubbed "Twins for Justice". In compliance with
her commitment to the community, Judge Lloyd has established 2
scholarship foundations in memory of her late sister that
assists undergraduate students in the field of Education and
law students pursuing a Law degree.
Judge
Lloyd has also taken her concern and compassion for others to
the bench. Through creative sentencing alternatives, she
has encouraged hundreds of young people to obtain GEDs, high
school diplomas, college admittance, trade school training and
job obtainment, instead of JAIL. She strives to take the
guns out of the hands of young people and the drugs out of
their systems and replace them with books, goals and a game
plan for success, with the hope for the future.
In
addition to the Judge's regular duties, she sits as the senior
of two Drug Treatment Court judges, which help hundreds of
people each year lead productive lives and reunites them with
their families. Judge Lloyd in conjunction with the
Wayne County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Mental
Health played an active role in the creation and establishment
of "Project Fresh Start" which is designed to help
prostitutes remain drug free, restore self-respect, acquire
housing and employment and become productive citizens in the
community. She has been a member and integral part of
the 36th District Court's Handgun Intervention Program, which
was created to help rid the streets of illegal hand guns; was
instrumental in the development of the Misdemeanor Morality
Program, designed to sensitize the participants to
inappropriate conduct regarding sexual activities. She
successfully recommends the implementation of the "Wayne
County Sheriff's Juvenile Reality Tour" (currently known
as the "Dose of Reality Tour) to the bench -- impressing
the need for youths to alter their behavior and avoid
incarceration.
She
has conducted court in the "Middle School Court
Program" for the Detroit public schools because she
believes it is important for young people to see and hear real
cases with attorneys at work, representing real defendants and
witnessing the judicial process first hand.
In
keeping with her personal commitment, Judge Lloyd always finds
the time to speak at churches and to youth groups. She
believes that telling our young people how talented and
beautiful they are empowers the to "be all the can
be" and describes her courtroom as the "empowerment
zone".
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