State Bar Announces Results of Judicial Tenure Commission, Young Lawyers Section and Representative Assembly Elections

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7/23/04

The State Bar-appointed Board of Tellers has verified the results for the Judicial Tenure Commission, Representative Assembly, and Young Lawyers Section Executive Council. The results are as follows:

Thomas J. Ryan of Sylvan Lake was elected to the Judicial Tenure Commission for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2005 and expiring December 31, 2007.

Seats were filled in 22 Representative Assembly circuits. The following were elected:

3rd Circuit – Wayne County

Scott A. Wolfson, Detroit

6 th Circuit – Oakland County

Gerald J. Andree, Southfield

M. Sheila Garin, Pontiac

J. Scot Garrison, Pontiac

Jennifer Greco, Southfield

Edward L. Haroutunian, Bingham Farms

John A. Hubbard, Farmington Hills

Randall S. Miller, Bloomfield Hills

Richard W. Paul, Bloomfield Hills

Victoria A. Valentine, West Bloomfield

7 th Circuit – Genesee County

Donald G. Rockwell, Flint

9 th Circuit – Kalamazoo County

Gary C. Giguere, Jr., Kalamazoo

12 th Circuit – Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw Counties

Don R. Hiltunen, Hancock

13 th Circuit – Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Leelenau Counties

Barbara A. Assendelft, Traverse City

14 th Circuit – Muskegon County

David B. Kortering, Muskegon

16 th Circuit – Macomb County

Paul Piatt, Mount Clemens

Charles Trickey, III, Mount Clemens

17 th Circuit – Kent County

Meredith A. Jagutis, Grand Rapids

Kevin Michael Lesperance, Grand Rapids

Kara A. VerMeulen, Grand Rapids

18 th Circuit – Bay County

Dawn A. Klida, Bay City

22 nd Circuit – Washtenaw County

JoAnne Barron, Ann Arbor

Veronique Liem, Ann Arbor

25 th Circuit – Marquette

Suzanne L. Curry, Marquette

30 th Circuit – Ingham County

Goldie Adele, Lansing

Teresa Caine Bingman, Lansing

Stephen J. Gobbo, Lansing

Monique C. Pointer, Lansing

J. Matthew Serra, Okemos

31st Circuit – St. Clair County

Michael G. Boucher, Port Huron

Gregory T. Stremmers, Port Huron

37 th Circuit – Calhoun County

Kent A. Bieberich, Battle Creek

Jennifer L. Schrand, Battle Creek

38 th Circuit – Monroe County

Timothy J. Laitur, Monroe

40th Circuit – Lapeer

William M. Ogden, Metamora

43 rd Circuit – Cass County

William Luke LaBre, Edwardsburg

44 th Circuit – Livingston County

Robert C. Gardella, Brighton

Richard M. Trost, Brighton

50 th Circuit – Chippewa County

LeAnne Barnes Deuman, Sault Ste. Marie

55 th Circuit – Clare and Gladwin Counties

Marcy A. Klaus, Clare

57 th Circuit – Emmet County

LeRoy Kramer, III, Harbor Springs

Elections were also held for the Young Lawyers Section Executive Council for two-year terms expiring at the close of the Annual Meeting in 2006 and balance of a term expiring at the close of the Annual Meeting in 2005.

The following were elected to uncontested races:

District 1 – Wayne and Macomb Counties

John J. Conway, Detroit

Carlos A. Escurel, Jr., Detroit

Chiri N. Holt, Detroit

District 2 – Oakland County

Ryan J. Deel, Troy

Maureen M. McGinnis, Troy

Solon M. Phillips, Southfield

Elias T. Xenos, Farmington Hills

District 3 – All Other Counties

Bernhardt D. Christenson, III, Flint