| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Michael F. Cavanagh | |
| Office: | Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | January 1, 1983 |
| Term End: | December 31, 2014 |
| Office3: | Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court |
| Term Start3: | 1991 |
| Term End3: | 1995 |
| Office4: | Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals |
| Term Start4: | 1975 |
| Term End4: | 1982 |
| Office5: | Judge of the Michigan 54-A District Court |
| Term Start5: | 1973 |
| Term End5: | 1975 |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1940 |
| Spouse: | Patricia |
| Residence: | East Lansing, Michigan |
| Alma Mater: | University of Detroit (BA, LLB) |
Michael Francis Cavanagh[1] (born October 21, 1940, in Lansing, Michigan)[2] is former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
He is a younger brother of Jerome Cavanagh who was Mayor of Detroit in the 1960s. He earned a B.A. degree from the University of Detroit in 1962 and his JD degree from the University of Detroit Law School in 1966.[3]
He previously served as a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1982. Before that, he served as Lansing City Attorney and as a District Court judge.
Cavanagh served as chief justice from 1991 to 1995.[4]
In November 2018, his daughter, Megan Cavanagh, was elected as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and became the first child to have joined her parent as a member of the Court since 1857.[5]