Wayne J. Miller and Peter L. Dunlap have been chosen as this year's recipients of the Respected Advocate Award, presented jointly by Michigan Association for Justice and Michigan Defense Trial
Counsel.

This award is presented annually to an attorney from the other side of the courtroom that has a “history of success in civil litigation matters, unfailing adherence to the highest standards of ethics and candor in dealing with the court and with counsel, and the respect and admiration of counsel
on the opposing side of the bar.”

Respected Advocate Award winners are nominated and selected by the Executive Board of the Michigan Association for Justice and the Board of Directors of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel. Both Miller and Dunlap were nominated “in recognition of their superb skills as courtroom adversaries, whose civility and decorum distinguishes them as outstanding advocates on behalf of their clients.”

Miller of Miller & Tischler in Southfield is a member of the Michigan Association for Justice, and practices in the areas of no-fault benefits and auto negligence. He is a member of the executive board of the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association and the advisory board of the Southeastern Michigan Traumatic Brain Injury System. Miller is an adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School, where he teaches a class on no-fault insurance.

Dunlap of Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis, and Dunlap in Lansing and Detroit is the 28th president of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel. He practices in the area of appellate law, arbitration, legal
malpractice defense, mediation, alternative dispute resolution, mediation, and arbitration. In addition to being admitted to practice before Michigan courts, Mr. Dunlap is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Colorado Bar Association, the Eaton County Bar Association, the Ingham County Bench, the American Bar Association, the American Arbitration Association, and the ICLE Mediation Advisory Board.

The Respected Advocate Award will be presented Sept. 26 at the State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting Awards Banquet at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids.

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