Lansing, August 8--Bruce W. Neckers of Grand Rapids has been elected President of the State Bar of Michigan for the 2001-2002 Bar year. Neckers, who is currently President-elect of the State Bar, will be sworn in as President of the 34,000-member organization at the Friday, September 14 luncheon during the Bar's 66th Annual Meeting in Lansing.

Also serving as officers of the State Bar for 2001-2002 will be President-Elect Reginald M. Turner of Detroit (currently Vice-President), Vice President Scott S. Brinkmeyer of Grand Rapids (currently Secretary), Secretary Nancy J. Diehl of Detroit (currently Treasurer) and Treasurer Thomas W. Cranmer of Bloomfield Hills.

All officers will assume their new responsibilities at the close of the State Bar's Annual Meeting, which will be held September 12-14, 2001 at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing.

Neckers is an attorney with the firm of Rhoades, McKee, Boer, Goodrich & Titta in Grand Rapids. Turner is a member with Clark Hill, PLC in Detroit. Brinkmeyer is a member with Mika, Meyers, Beckett & Jones, PLC in Grand Rapids. Diehl is an attorney at the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorneys Office in Detroit. Cranmer is an attorney with Miro Weiner & Kramer, PC in Bloomfield Hills.

Bruce W. Neckers

Reginald M. Turner

Scott S. Brinkmeyer

Nancy J. Diehl

Thomas W. Cranmer

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