GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Members of the State Bar of Michigan are notified that the following elections will be held in June 2025:
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A statewide election for a non-judicial member of the Judicial Tenure Commission.
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for 85 members of the Representative Assembly in 48 judicial circuits.
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for seven members of the Board of Commissioners in five commissioner districts.
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for 13 members of the Young Lawyers Section Executive Council in three districts.
Nominating petitions must be submitted by emailing them to csharlow@michbar.org no earlier than April 1, 2025, and no later than April 30, 2025. Nominating petitions for all elections can be accessed here.
Online voting will begin no later than June 1, 2025, and must be completed online no later than June 16, 2025. Ballots will be emailed to active Michigan attorneys at the email address they have on file. Check or update your contact information at michbar.org/MemberArea.
JUDICIAL TENURE COMMISSION
Active Michigan attorneys will elect one non-judicial member of the Judicial Tenure Commission for a term of three years beginning on Jan. 1, 2026, and expiring on Dec. 31, 2028. Article 6, Section 30 of the Michigan Constitution provides that three of the commission’s nine members shall be State Bar members elected by the members of the State Bar. One of these shall be a judge and two shall not be judges. The seat to be filled by an election in June 2025 is to be held by a member who is not a judge.
STATEWIDE – NON-JUDICIAL
Elect one.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Thomas J. Ryan
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
Active members in certain judicial circuits will elect members of the Representative Assembly for three-year terms in districts with seats that expire in September 2025 or for the balance of a seat’s term in seats that are vacant or currently filled with an interim appointment. When a partial term is being filled by the election, the elected candidates will take office immediately upon certification of the election in June 2025.
2ND CIRCUIT – BERRIEN COUNTY
Elect one for a two-year term.
3RD CIRCUIT – WAYNE COUNTY
Elect two for a three-year term and two for a two-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
LaKena T. Crespo, Detroit
4TH CIRCUIT – JACKSON COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Brad A. Brelinski, Jackson
5TH CIRCUIT – BARRY COUNTY
Elect one for a two-year term.
6TH CIRCUIT – OAKLAND COUNTY
Elect eight for a three-year term, one for a two-year term, and five for a one-year term.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
Fatima M. Bolyea, Southfield
James P. Brennan, Hazel Park
Tanisha M. Davis, Lathrup Village
Dennis M. Flessland, Huntington Woods
Elizabeth A. Hohauser, Troy
Toya Y. Jefferson, Southfield
Marcileen C. Pruitt, Southfield
Kymberly Kinchen Reeves, Novi
Rhonda Spencer Pozehl, Lake Orion
Michael E. Sawicky, Farmington Hills
7TH CIRCUIT – GENESEE COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Marc D. Morse, Grand Blanc
8TH CIRCUIT – MONTCALM AND IONIA COUNTIES
Elect one for a one-year term.
9TH CIRCUIT – KALAMAZOO COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Mark A. Holsomback, Kalamazoo
12TH CIRCUIT – BARAGA, HOUGHTON, AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES
Elect one for a three-year term.
13TH CIRCUIT – ANTRIM, GRAND TRAVERSE, AND LEELANAU COUNTIES
Elect three for a three-year term.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
Agnieszka Jury, Traverse City
Anca I. Pop, Traverse City
14TH CIRCUIT – MUSKEGON COUNTY
Elect two for a two-year term.
15TH CIRCUIT – BRANCH COUNTY
Elect one for a two-year term.
16TH CIRCUIT – MACOMB COUNTY
Elect three for a three-year term and one for a one-year term.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
Lauren D. Walker, Mount Clemens
Ashley L. Zacharski, Mount Clemens
17TH CIRCUIT – KENT COUNTY
Elect three for a three-year term and one for a two-year term.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
Brent T. Geers, Grand Rapids
Tobijah B. Koenig, Grand Rapids
Philip L. Strom, Grand Rapids
18TH CIRCUIT – BAY COUNTY
Elect two for a three-year term.
20TH CIRCUIT – OTTAWA COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term.
22ND CIRCUIT–WASHTENAW COUNTY
Elect two for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Lisa C. Hagan, Ann Arbor
23RD CIRCUIT – ARENAC, IOSCO, ALCONA, AND OSCODA COUNTIES
Elect one for a one-year term.
24TH CIRCUIT – SANILAC COUNTY
Elect one for a one-year term.
25TH CIRCUIT – MARQUETTE COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Jeremy S. Pickens, Marquette
26TH CIRCUIT – ALPENA AND MONTMORENCY COUNTIES
Elect one for a one-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Lucas B. Patton, Alpena
27TH CIRCUIT – NEWAYGO AND OCEANA COUNTIES
Elect one for a one-year term.
29TH CIRCUIT – CLINTON AND GRATIOT COUNTIES
Elect one for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Ann C. Sharkey, Ithaca
30TH CIRCUIT – INGHAM COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term.
31ST CIRCUIT – ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Elect two for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Richard W. Schaaf, Marysville
33RD CIRCUIT – CHARLEVOIX COUNTY
Elect one for a two-year term.
35TH CIRCUIT – SHIAWASSEE COUNTY
Elect one for a two-year term.
36TH CIRCUIT – VAN BUREN COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term.
37TH CIRCUIT – CALHOUN COUNTY
Elect two for a three-year term.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
David E. Gilbert, Battle Creek
Lee D. Graham, Battle Creek
38TH CIRCUIT – MONROE COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Gregg P. Iddings, Monroe
39TH CIRCUIT – LENAWEE COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Katarina L. DuMont, Adrian
40TH CIRCUIT – LAPEER COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Bernard A. Jocuns, Lapeer
41ST CIRCUIT – DICKINSON, IRON, AND MENOMINEE COUNTIES
Elect one for a three-year term
42ND CIRCUIT – MIDLAND COUNTY
Elect two for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Patrick A. Czerwinski, Midland
43RD CIRCUIT – CASS COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term.
44TH CIRCUIT – LIVINGSTON COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term and one for a two-year term
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
David T. Bittner, Howell
46TH CIRCUIT – CRAWFORD, KALKASKA, AND OTSEGO COUNTIES
Elect one for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Courtney E. Cadotte, Gaylord
47TH CIRCUIT – DELTA COUNTY
Elect one for a two-year term.
48TH CIRCUIT – ALLEGAN COUNTY
Elect one for a one-year term.
49TH CIRCUIT – MECOSTA AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES
Elect one for a one-year term.
50TH CIRCUIT – CHIPPEWA COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Robert L. Stratton III, Sault Ste. Marie
51ST CIRCUIT – LAKE AND MASON COUNTIES
Elect one for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Tracie L. McCarn-Dinehart, Ludington
52ND CIRCUIT – HURON COUNTY
Elect one for a two-year term.
53RD CIRCUIT – CHEBOYGAN AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES
Elect one for a two-year term.
54TH CIRCUIT – TUSCOLA COUNTY
Elect one for a one-year term.
55TH CIRCUIT – CLARE AND GLADWIN COUNTIES
Elect one for a two-year term.
56TH CIRCUIT – EATON COUNTY
Elect two for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Adam H. Strong, Charlotte
57TH CIRCUIT – EMMET COUNTY
Elect one for a three-year term.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Christina L. DeMoore, Petoskey
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Active members will elect members of the Board of Commissioners in certain districts. The terms of the following commissioners of the State Bar will expire at the close of the September meeting of the 2024-2025 Board of Commissioners.
The three-year terms will be filled by election in June 2025. The following are the districts in which elections are to be held, the number of seats to be filled, and the names of incumbents.
DISTRICT A – JUDICIAL CIRCUITS 11, 12, 13, 19, 23, 25, 26, 28, 32, 33, 34, 41, 46, 47, 50, 51, 53, AND 57
Elect one.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
Suzanne C. Larsen, Marquette
DISTRICT C – JUDICIAL CIRCUITS 14, 17, 20, 21, 27, 49, AND 55
Elect two.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
Thomas P. Murray Jr., Grand Rapids
Nicholas M. Ohanesian, Grand Rapids
DISTRICT F – JUDICIAL CIRCUITS 1, 2, 5, 9, 15, 36, 37, 43, 45, AND 48
Elect one.
Incumbent eligible for reelection:
James L. Liggins Jr., Kalamazoo
DISTRICT H – JUDICIAL CIRCUITS 3, 38, AND 39
Elect one.
DISTRICT I – JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 6
Elect two.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
James W. Low, Royal Oak
Gerard V. Mantese, Troy
YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
The members of the Young Lawyers Section will elect members of the Executive Council for their districts. The terms of the following council members expire at the close of the Young Lawyers Section Executive Council meeting in September 2025.
These seats are to be filled in by election in June 2025 for two-year terms. The following are the districts in which elections are to be held, the number of seats to be filled, and the names of the incumbents.
DISTRICT 1 – MACOMB AND WAYNE COUNTIES
Elect four.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
Ali A. Berro, Deaborn
Fawzeih H. Daher, Detroit
Tenika R. Griggs, Redford
DISTRICT 2 – OAKLAND COUNTY
Elect four.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
Isra K. Khuja, Troy
Alexander P. Sheldon-Smith, Farmington Hills
Kayla M. Toma, Farmington Hills
Jessica D. Warfield, Southfield
DISTRICT 3 – ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT MACOMB, OAKLAND, AND WAYNE
Elect five.
Incumbents eligible for reelection:
John F. Duffield, Allegan
Megan N. Mitchell, Davison
Alexandar J. Thibodeau, Grand Rapids
Marisa A. Vinsky, Okemos