Erika L. Bryant is the 92nd president of the State Bar of Michigan. A solo practitioner with Butler Davis PLLC in Detroit, Bryant has spent more than two decades representing nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and individuals in litigation and transactional matters. She also serves as a commercial arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.

She is the 10th woman and the second Black woman elected President. Prior to serving in the State Bar’s highest office, Bryant served as president-elect, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. As part of her service on the Board of Commissioners, she also chaired committees responsible for public policy, strategic planning and engagement, finance, and professional responsibility.

Bryant has a long history of leadership within the legal profession. She is a past president of the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association and has held several leadership roles with the National Bar Association — including director of Region VI, member of the Women Lawyers Division’s national board of directors, and secretary of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. Bryant has also provided statewide leadership on the Michigan Supreme Court’s Commission on Fairness and Public Trust in the Michigan Judiciary.

Bryant earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in political science and Black studies from Amherst College and her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.