Aaron V. Burrell elected to State Bar of Michigan leadership

The State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners has elected Aaron V. Burrell to serve as Board secretary for the 2026-27 Bar year. 

Burrell will be officially sworn into his new role at the Presidential Inauguration & Awards Luncheon on September 18, 2026, at the Detroit Marriott Troy. He will serve alongside incoming President Erika L. Bryant, President-Elect Thomas H. Howlett, Vice President David C. Anderson, and Treasurer Suzanne C. Larsen. 

Burrell is a partner at Dickinson Wright PLLC in Detroit and Troy, where he co-chairs the firm’s Diversity Committee. He practices commercial law, labor and employment law, appeals, and minority business enterprises. 

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and his law degree from Cooley Law School. He was recently sworn in as the 94th president of the Oakland Bar Association, previously served as chair of the State Bar’s Representative Assembly, and serves on the Board of Directors of Cooley Law School. 

Burrell is also a fellow of the Oakland County Bar Foundation, Michigan State Bar Foundation, and the American Bar Foundation, and an active member of the Wolverine Bar Association and Detroit Bar Association.

Posted August 7, 2026