Commission suggests raise for Michigan judges in 2013
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A bipartisan commission has recommended that Michigan judges get a 3 percent increase in 2013 and a similar raise in 2014 after a decade of frozen salaries.
In a report released Monday, the State Officers Compensation Commission suggested that salaries for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and lawmakers remain the same over the two-year period. All saw 10 percent salary cuts at the beginning of 2011.
If the state House and Senate approve the commission's recommendations, state Supreme Court justices’ salaries would rise to $169,548 in 2013 and $174,634 in 2013.
The raise also would increase other judges’ pay because lower court pay is based on a percentage of what justices earn.
In a statement supported by the Michigan Judges Association, the Michigan Probate Judges Association, the Michigan District Court Judges Association, and the Michigan Judicial Conference, the Supreme Court said:
“The judges of Michigan appreciate that the State Officers Compensation Commission has recognized that a freeze on judicial compensation for over a decade is not good public policy. Our priority continues to be to make the justice system right-sized, smarter, more user-friendly and more accountable.We appreciate the recommendation for an increase in compensation. Given the continued budgetary situation of the state, however, we would understand if the legislature chose not to increase judicial salaries at this time. We are confident that as Michigan’s recovery progresses, the issue will be revisited.”
Attorney named to Environmental Advisory Rules committee
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn partner Richard A. Barr has been appointed to serve on the Environmental Advisory Rules Committee of the Office of Regulatory Reinvention (ORR). Barr is one of two attorneys to be appointed to the 13-member, state-wide committee.
Barr is a noted authority on the redevelopment of contaminated sites including the use of federal, state and local incentives for Brownfield redevelopment. He served on the Part 201 Advisory Group of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality from 2006 to 2007, which recommended many changes to Michigan’s primary environmental protection law at that time.
Barr earned a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.B.A., with high distinction, in Accounting from the University of Michigan.
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