SBM announces 2012 election results

Four attorneys--Lawrence P. Nolan, the Hon. Michael J. Riordan, Jules B. Olsman, and Maureen McGinnis--won contested seats in this year's SBM Board of Commissioners elections. All will serve three-year terms expiring at the close of the 2015 Annual Meeting. The State Bar Board of Commissioners provides oversight to the various operations of the Bar, such as finance, public policy, and member services. Lawrence P. Nolan won in District E, representing Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Livingston, Montcalm, and Shiawasee counties. He is president of Nolan, Thomsen & Villas, P.C., and has been involved in State Bar work for 35 years. During his last three years on the SBM Board of Commissioners, he has served on its Executive, Finance, and Audit committees and the Presidential Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group. He served as chair of the Young Lawyers Section in 1984, and has served on the SBM Judicial Qualifications, Pre-Paid Legal Services, and Pro Bono committees. He currently serves as treasurer of the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society. Nolan is a past president of the Ingham County Bar Association and past chairman of the Ingham County Bar Foundation. He is the longest-serving member of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Board of Directors, having served continuously for 30 years, and has served as its vice chairman for 15 years. Nolan has been named to the Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers each year from 2006-2011. He received the ICBA's Outstanding Attorney Award in 2009 and was selected by the American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the state's top 100 trial lawyers in 2010. Thomas C. Rombach and Lori A. Buiteweg won unopposed races to the State Bar Board of Commissioners. Rombach, of New Baltimore, won in District D, representing Macomb and St. Clair counties. Buiteweg, of Ann Arbor, won in District G, representing Washtenaw and Jackson counties. Buiteweg serves as Treasurer of the SBM Board of Commissioners and works at Nichols, Sacks, Slank,Sendelbach & Buiteweg PC in Ann Arbor. Both will serve three-year terms expiring at the close of the 2015 Annual Meeting. State Bar Representative Assembly Twenty-six attorneys won contested races for the State Bar Representative Assembly. In the 30th Circuit, representing Ingham County, Joshua S. Smith, Michael J. Marutiak, and Janene McIntyre won three-year terms expiring in 2015. Twenty-six attorneys won unopposed races in the State Bar Representative Assembly, created in 1972 to increase the proportion of members who actively participate in Bar policy; it serves as the SBM final policy-making body. Pamela S. Munderloh will represent the 29th Circuit--Clinton and Gratiot Counties. Hon. Michael M. Hathaway won election for a three-year term on the Judicial Tenure, a constitutionally created body that promotes the integrity of the judicial process and preserves public confidence in the courts. His term will will commence Jan. 1, 2013, and expire Dec. 31, 2015. Three attorneys--Jade J. Edwards, Bonnie R. Shaw, and Shenique A. Moss--won uncontested elections in District Three of the SBM Young Lawyers Section Executive Council, representing all Michigan counties except for Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb, for two-year terms expiring in 2014. The Young Lawyers Executive Council governs the members of the Young Lawyers Section, one of the State Bar's largest sections. The section provides education, information, and analysis about issues of concern through meetings, seminars, public service programs, and newsletters. The section has won numerous awards for its public service and educational programs. Published: Thu, Jul 5, 2012