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Appointment To State Bar Of Michigan Board Of Commissioners

ANNOUNCED BY MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT

LANSING, MI, June 28, 2006 – The Michigan Supreme Court today announced the following appointments to the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar of Michigan:

Beverly Hall Burns of Detroit is an attorney and principal in the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C.

Eric J. Pelton of Bloomfield Hills is an attorney and principal in the law firm of Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy & Pelton, P.L.C.

Michael J. Riordan of Plymouth is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Burns, Pelton, and Riordan are all appointed to three-year terms beginning in September, when the State Bar of Michigan adjourns its annual meeting. They will serve as commissioners at-large. Other commissioners are elected by the members of the State Bar.

The State Bar Board of Commissioners is one of two governing bodies of the State Bar of Michigan, the other being the Representative Assembly. The Board of Commissioners oversees the State Bar’s operations, including finance, public policy, member services, and strategic planning.

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