Judge Ronda M. Fowlkes Gross was elected to the 50th District Court in November 2008. She is the first non-incumbent woman elected to the 50th District Court. She previously served 13 years as an Oakland County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney prior to her election to the bench.

Judge Gross is a 1994 graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Western Michigan University in 1983 and a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University in 1989.

Judge Gross is active with the Michigan District Judges Association and the Oakland County District Court Judges Association.