John Mathias Engler is an American politician,lawyer,businessman,and lobbyist who served as the 46th governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. Considered one of the country's top lobbyists,he is a member of the Republican Party.
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Penn Carey Law offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.),Master of Laws (LL.M.),Master of Comparative Laws (LL.C.M.),Master in Law (M.L.),and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.).
The Michigan State University College of Law is the law school of Michigan State University,a public research university in East Lansing,Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law,it was the first law school in the Detroit,Michigan area and the second in the state of Michigan. In October 2018,the college began a process to fully integrate into Michigan State University,changing from a private to a public law school. The integration with Michigan State University was finalized on August 17,2020.
Lou Anna Kimsey Simon is an American academic administrator who served as the 20th president of Michigan State University (MSU). Simon was appointed interim president of the university in 2003,then served as president from 2005 until her resignation in 2018.
Amalya Lyle Kearse is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a world-class bridge player.
Deborah Louise Cook is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,based in Akron,Ohio. She served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003.
Wallace Bernard Jefferson is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas,who served from 2004 until October 1,2013. In October 2013,he joined the law firm Alexander Dubose &Jefferson LLP as a name partner and now practices appellate law.
Jim Chen is an American legal scholar known for his expertise in constitutional law. He holds the Justin Smith Morrill Chair in Law at Michigan State University College of Law. From 2007 to 2012,he served as the dean of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.
Martha Louise Minow is an American legal scholar and the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University. She served as the 12th Dean of Harvard Law School between 2009 and 2017 and has taught at the Law School since 1981.
The State Bar of Michigan is the governing body for lawyers in the State of Michigan. Membership is mandatory for attorneys who practice law in Michigan. The organization's mission is to aid in promoting improvements in the administration of justice and advancements in jurisprudence,improving relations between the legal profession and the public,and promoting the interests of the legal profession in Michigan.
Michigan has a republican form of government with three branches of government:the executive branch consisting of the governor of Michigan and the other independently elected constitutional officers;the legislative branch consisting of the House of Representatives and Senate;and the judicial branch consisting of the one court of justice. The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative,referendum,recall,and ratification.
Bridget Mary McCormack is an American lawyer,professor,and retired justice. She served on the Michigan Supreme Court from 2013 to 2022,first as an associate justice,and as chief justice from 2019 to 2022. Previously she was a professor at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor,where she taught criminal law and legal ethics and oversaw the law school's clinical programs as associate dean of clinical affairs. Her academic work focused on practical experience in legal education. McCormack launched and worked in a pediatric advocacy law clinic focusing on children with health problems,and a domestic violence clinic. She retired from the Supreme Court at the end of 2022 and became President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Arbitration Association in February 2023.
Cynthia Holcomb Hall was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Linda Leuchter Addison is an American business executive,lawyer and author. Addison served as U.S. Managing Partner,Chair of the U.S. Management Committee,and global board member of Norton Rose Fulbright. She is Founding President of the Center for Women in Law,and co-chaired the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession. Crain's New York Business named Addison one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in New York." She is a member of the Board of Directors of Globe Life Inc. Addison also is an independent board member of KPMG LLP,the U.S. audit,tax and advisory firm. She previously served on the Advisory Board of Northern Trust Bank,N.A.
Richard D. McLellan is a lawyer at McLellan Law Offices PLLC. He has served as Chairman of the Michigan Law Revision Commission since 1986. He argued on the side of the appellee in the United States Supreme Court case Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce,494 U.S. 652 (1990).
Harry Lee Tindall is a founding shareholder of Tindall &England,P.C. in Houston,Texas. The firm is ranked as a top tier firm by both Martindale Hubbell and U.S. News &World Report.
Cynthia Anita Ackron Baldwin is an American jurist who was a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after serving sixteen years as a Pennsylvania County Court judge. Baldwin was the first African-American woman elected to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas and the second African-American woman to serve on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. She retired from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2008. After her retirement from the Court,she became a partner with Duane Morris and served as the first General Counsel for the Pennsylvania State University.
Philip Mandie KC,was a judge on the Supreme Court of Victoria from May 1994 to August 2012. He was Judge in charge of the Commercial List (1995–2001),Corporations List and Victorian Taxation Appeals List (2007–2009);Chair of the Supreme Court Library Investment Committee (2002–2012),sometime member of the Supreme Court Executive Committee,Library Committee and Chair of the Supreme Court IT Committee.
Mary Ellen Coster Williams is a former judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims,appointed to that court in 2003 by President George W. Bush.
Dana Michelle Nessel is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 54th Attorney General of Michigan since January 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
