Terry Bankert

Terry Ray Bankert (born 1951) is an American lawyer and former politician from Michigan.

He graduated from the University of Michigan - Flint with a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 and a Master of Public Administration in 2005. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 1992.

From 1971 to 1976 he served in the United States Army Reserve where he served as a drill instructor and reached the rank of Staff Sergeant.

From 1975 to 1982 he served as the executive director of the Genesee County Democratic Party. From 1982 to 1983 he served as division director of the United Way of Genesee & Lapeer Counties. Bankert was appointed in 1983 Flint City Clerk and served until being appointed Flint City Ombudsman in 1987.He ran for Flint 7th Ward City Council seat in 2005 losing in the nonpartisan primary to Jim Ananich and Clyde D. Edwards. In 2009, Bankert was a number of lawyers under consideration to be appointed by Governor Grandholm for the vacancy in the position of Probate Judge for Genesee County caused by the death of the judge.

He has practiced law in Flint since 1994.