Michael Franck Award

The Michael Franck Award is given annually to an attorney who has made an outstanding contribution to the improvement of the profession.

Application Form:Apply online or complete the Word document

Unsung Hero Award

The Unsung Hero Award is given annually to an attorney who has exhibited the highest standards of practice and commitment for the benefit of others.

Application Form: Apply online or complete the Word document

Award Criteria

• The recipient must be a member in good standing with the State Bar of Michigan.

• The recipient’s contribution may have been made during the past year or by virtue of cumulative effort or service.

• The Representative Assembly's Nomination & Awards Committee makes the selection.

Nominations

Nominations should be addressed to:

Attention: Anne M. Smith
Representative Assembly Awards
State Bar of Michigan
306 Townsend St.
Lansing, MI 48933-2012

Recipients

Michael Franck Award
2012    Hon. James H. Fisher
2011    Clark C. Johnson
2010   Sheldon J. Stark, John Van Bolt
2009    Daniel F. Bonner
2008    Justice Thomas Brennan
2007    William P. Hampton; Allyn D. Kantor
2006    Hon. William Leo Cahalan
2005    Linda K. Rexer
2004    E. Christopher Johnson Jr.; Dean Allen Robb
2003    Justice Marilyn Kelly; Wallace D. Riley
2002    Margaret J. Nichols; Norman D. Tucker
2001    Dennis W. Archer
2000    Hon. Gene Schnelz
1999    George A. Googasian; Hon. Martin M. Doctoroff
1998    Edmund M. Brady Jr.

Unsung Hero Award
2012    Judy B. Calton, Jeffrey S. Kopp
2011   Karen Gullberg Cook, Mayra Lorenzana-Miles
2010   Kevin Moody (posthumously)
2009    Brian M. Barkey; Kelly K. Burris
2008    Susan Spagnuolo Dal
2007    Norris J. Thomas Jr.
2006    Jay Kaplan
2005    Leslie C. Curry
2004    Henry Lukowiak