Gregory L. Ulrich of Livonia, Thomas W. Cranmer of Bloomfield Hills and Kurt E. Schnelz of Birmingham have been elected to the State Bar of Michigan's Board of Commissioners. They will sit on the board for three-year terms expiring at the close of the Annual Meeting in 2004.

Ulrich will represent District H (Wayne County). Cranmer and Schnelz will represent District I (Lapeer, Oakland and St. Clair).

Gregory Ulrich has served three terms as State Bar commissioner. As chairperson and clerk of the Representative Assembly, he expanded its policy-making role in 1990. He is very active in various Bar committees. Ulrich is a partner with the Livonia-based firm, Cummings, McClorey, Davis and Acho, PLC. His practice includes business litigation, real estate, technology, Alternative Dispute Resolution and governmental matters.

A long-time active member of the State Bar, Thomas Cranmer is a partner in the Bloomfield Hills firm of Miro, Weiner and Kramer where he specializes in white-collar criminal defense and commercial litigation. He has served as a member of the Representative Assembly and is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Oakland County Bar Association, and the Oakland County Bar Foundation.

Kurt Schnelz has a family law practice in Oakland County and is currently the chief financial officer of the Birmingham firm of Schnelz, Wells, Monaghan and Wells. He has served two terms as a

commissioner for the Bar and is a past chairperson of the Representative Assembly. He has also served on various Bar committees and is a recipient of the American Bar Association's Award of Achievement for service to the Bar. Currently, he is a director of the Oakland County Bar Association.

The State Bar's Board of Commissioners acts as the primary managing body for the Bar. It also sets State Bar policy between meetings of the Representative Assembly. Twenty members are elected from districts apportioned based on lawyer population. Other members include three Representative Assembly officers, five members appointed by the Supreme Court and three officers of the Young Lawyers Section.