8/26/05

Thomas W. Cranmer of Bloomfield Hills has been elected president of the State Bar of Michigan for the 2005-2006 Bar year. He will be sworn in as president of the more than 37,000-member organization at a luncheon on Thursday, September 22, during the Bar's 70th Annual Meeting in East Lansing.

Also serving as officers for 2005-2006 will be president-elect Kimberly M. Cahill of Center Line, vice- president Ronald D. Keefe of Marquette, secretary Edward H. Pappas of Bloomfield Hills and treasurer Charles R. Toy of Lansing.

Cranmer is a principal at the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, practicing both criminal and civil litigation. Cahill is a partner with Schoenherr and Cahill P.C. in Center Line. Keefe is a shareholder of Kendricks, Bordeau, Adamini, Chilman and Greenlee, PC in Marquette. Pappas is the director of the Commercial and Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution at Dickinson Wright, PLLC in Bloomfield Hills. Toy practices environmental, commercial and criminal litigation with Farhat and Story, PC in Lansing.

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