State Bar of Michigan announces 2024 election results
The State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners will welcome four newly elected members and see the return of three re-elected members.
New to the BOC this year are:
- Douglas Shapiro was elected to serve District G, representing Jackson and Washtenaw counties. Shapiro recently retired from the Court of Appeals where he served as a judge from 2009-2024. He began his career working as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice James Brickley after which he joined the State Appellate Defender Office representing indigent criminal defendants
- Ashley Lowe was elected to serve District I, representing Oakland County. Lowe is the Chief Executive Officer of Lakeshore Legal Aid, a non-profit law firm providing free legal services in the Detroit metro region. Prior to joining Lakeshore, Lowe was the associate director of clinical education at Wayne State University Law School and a professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where she founded and directed the Family Law Assistance Project.
- Elizabeth Luckenbach was elected to serve District I, representing Oakland County. Luckenbach is a member of Dickinson Wright PLLC, serving as division director for the firm’s Regulatory/Administration department. She specializes in probate and fiduciary litigation, trust and estate administration, estate planning, and special needs planning.
- Danielle Walton was elected to serve District I, representing Oakland County. Walton previously was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to the Board of Commissioners. She has served on the State Bar of Michigan Public Policy Committee and Criminal Jurisprudence and Practice committees. She works at the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office concentrating in appellate practice. 2024 marks her thirtieth year as a prosecutor.
The three attorneys returning to the BOC after re-election are
- Sherriee L. Detzler, re-elected to serve District D, representing Macomb and St. Clair counties.
- Judge Kristen D. Simmons, re-elected to serve District E, representing Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Shiawassee counties.
- Aaron V. Burrell, re-elected to serve District H, representing Wayne, Monroe, and Lenawee counties.
Hon. Brian R. Sullivan won a contested election for re-election to a three-year term on the Judicial Tenure Commission that will begin Jan. 1, 2025.
Elected to the Representative Assembly in uncontested races were:
1st Circuit — Hillsdale County
3rd Circuit — Wayne County
- Mark M. Koroi
- Deborah K. Blair
- Rita O. White
- Delicia A. Taylor Coleman
- Robin E. Dillard
- Daniel S. Korobkin
- Robbie J. Gaines, Jr.
6th Circuit — Oakland County
- Sheldon G. Larky
- James T. Weiner
- Steven L. Rotenberg
- Dandridge Floyd
- Coryelle E. Christie
- Spencer M. Bondy
- Alec M. D’Annunzio
- Lanita L. Carter
- Nicole S. Huddleston
- Catrina Farrugia
7th Circuit — Genesee County
9th Circuit — Kalamazoo County
10th Circuit — Saginaw County
12th Circuit — Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties
13th Circuit — Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Leelanau counties
16th Circuit — Macomb County
- R. Timothy Kohler
- Brianne M. Gidcumb
- Lauren D. Walker
- Ashley L. Zacharski
17th Circuit — Kent County
- Ashleigh K. Russett
- Carolyn M. Horton Sullivan
- Davina A. Bridges
22nd Circuit — Washtenaw County
- Toi E. Dennis
- Amy S. Krieg
25th Circuit — Marquette County
28th Circuit — Missaukee and Wexford counties
29th Circuit — Clinton and Gratiot counties
30th Circuit — Ingham County
- Alena M. Clark
- Joshua M. Pease
- Kara R. Hart-Negrich
- Kristina A. Bilowus
- Elizabeth K. Abdnour
32nd Circuit — Gogebic & Ontonagon counties
34th Circuit — Roscommon & Ogemaw counties
42nd Circuit — Midland County
- Patrick A. Czerwinski
- Peter K. Durance
45th Circuit — St. Joseph County
Elected to the SBM Young Lawyers Section Executive Council in uncontested races were:
- Myles J. Baker, Matthew J. High, Laila A. Malki, and Joseph S. Pernicano in District 1, representing Macomb and Wayne counties, for two-year terms expiring in 2026.
- Antwuan M. Hawkins and Elizabeth N. Erickson in District 2, representing Oakland County, for two-year terms expiring in 2026.
- Chad L. Antuma, Marisa A. Vinsky, Ashley E. Chalut, and Emma N. Green, in District 3, representing all counties except Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, for two-year terms expiring in 2026.
Posted June 27, 2024