Tonya Phillips' Biography
- State House (MI) - District 7, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
124 North Capitol Avenue
House Office Building 686
Lansing, MI 48933
Full Name:
Tonya Myers Phillips
Gender:
Female
Family:
Married; 1 Child
Birth Place:
Detroit, MI
Home City:
Detroit, MI
Juris Doctor, Law, University of Michigan, 2001-2004
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of Michigan, 1999
Representative, Michigan State House of Representatives, District 7, 2025-present
Candidate, Michigan State House of Representatives, District 7, 2024
Commissioner, Detroit Charter Revision Commission, 2010-2012
Member, Energy Committee
No caucus information on file.
Public Policy Advisor, Michigan Legal Services Inc., 2019-present
Director of Community Partnerships & Development, Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, 2019-present
Attorney, Private Practice, 2018-present
Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University Law School, present
Executive Director, Southwest Detroit Community Justice Center, 2015-2018
Attorney, Michigan Legal Services, 2009-2015
Volunteer, Detroit Church, 2016-present
Board Member, Institute for Population Health, 2015-present
Member, Wolverine Bar Association, 2004-present
Member, International Detroit Black Expo, 2006-2009