Kym worthy biography

American prosecutor (born )

Kym Loren Worthy (born December 5, ) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the prosecutor of Wayne County, Michigan since A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first African-American woman to serve as a county prosecutor in Michigan.

She is most noted for prosecuting then-Detroit MayorKwame Kilpatrick at the beginning of March

Career

Worthy received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. degree from the university of Notre Dame Law School.

She attended high school in Alexandria, Virginia and is a graduate of T.C. Williams High School.

She started as an assistant prosecutor in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in She served in this position for ten years, becoming the first African-American special assignment prosecutor under Prosecutor John O'Hair.

Her most notable prosecution was the trial of Detroit police officers Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers in the beating death of motorist M