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  • New ABA/Krill Strategies lawyer mental health study shows escalating burnout, risky alcohol use

    September 11, 2026

    The American Bar Association, through its Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (CoLAP), and Krill Strategies, a Pittsburgh-based legal advisory firm, released a new nationwide study on lawyer mental health and burnout that updates a 10-year old benchmark and reveals substantial distress, burnout and risky alcohol use within the legal sector.

  • Nessel challenges administration’s rollbacks of Endangered Species Act regulations

    September 11, 2026

    Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing two lawsuits to protect endangered and threatened species, one against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and another against FWS and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together, “the Services”).

  • Time to renew license for 2026-2027 bar year

    September 11, 2026

    License renewal for the 2026-2027 Bar year is now open. All Michigan attorneys are required to renew their license with the State Bar of Michigan and complete mandatory regulation disclosures annually.

  • Judge sentences man to 22 to 37 years for murder, felony firearm

    September 11, 2026

    Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido announced that 52-year-old Luke Svacha, of Center Line, was sentenced today after he pleaded no contest on July 27, to charges stemming from the February 1, 2025, shooting death of 24-year-old Jajuan Marls at the Extended Stay America hotel in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

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