George T. Roumell, Jr. is Roberts P. Hudson Award Recipient

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George T. Roumell, Jr. is Roberts P. Hudson Award Recipient

9/5/03

A former president of the State Bar of Michigan, George T. Roumell, Jr., will receive the organization's highest and most prestigious award for 2003. The Roberts P. Hudson Award is presented for the, "unselfish rendering of outstanding and unique service to and on behalf of the State Bar of Michigan, the legal profession and the public" and is awarded to the member who "best exemplifies that which brings honor, esteem and respect to the legal profession." Roumell will receive the award Friday, September 12, during the State Bar of Michigan 68th Annual Meeting in Lansing.

Roumell is recognized for his dedication to the State Bar, having served in several capacities, including president (1985-1986), vice president (1983-1984), president-elect (1984-1985), commissioner (1975-1986), chairperson of the Bar Journal Advisory Board, and chairperson of the Character and Fitness Committee (1969-1972). Roumell was also chairperson of the Young Lawyers Section (1959-1960), and was instrumental in the founding of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Roumell is also past president of the Detroit Bar Association (1973-1974), which changed its name to the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association in 1992.

In 1968, Roumell co-founded the Detroit firm of Riley & Roumell, P.C., which is now Riley Roumell & Connolly, P.C. Roumell is considered an arbitrator of national reputation and is a writer and lecturer on labor law. Mr. Roumell speaks throughout the country on labor arbitration and has authored several books. He has also worked for more than 43 years as an associate professor at the Michigan State University-DCL College of Law and for the past few years as a lecturer at the University of Detroit Law School.

Roumell received a bachelor's degree in 1951 from the University of Michigan and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School in 1954. He was awarded an honorary L.L.D. from Detroit College of Law in 1986.

Roumell is a member of many bar associations and professional organizations, including the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, the American Bar Association (fellow since 1977), the Labor Arbitration Panel for the American Arbitration Association, and the Michigan Employment Relations Commission.

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