Attorney Discipline Board - State of Michigan

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
MEMBERS

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD MEMBERS, OCT. 1, 2007 - SEPT. 30, 2008
LORI McALLISTER of LANSING
Chairperson
Term Expires: September 30, 2008

Ms. McAllister is a member of the law firm of Dykema Gossett, PLLC and is resident in the Lansing office where she leads the office's litigation practice. She also serves as the law firm's General Counsel. Ms. McAllister received her bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) from Central Michigan University and a Juris Doctor degree (cum laude) from the University of Michigan Law School. Ms. McAllister focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and the defense of class-action lawsuits, appellate work, and the representation of regulated entities before the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, and the Ingham County Bar Association. Ms. McAllister is currently President of the MSU College of Law chapter of the America Inns of Court. Ms. McAllister was appointed by the Supreme Court to a three-year term on the Board in October 2002 and to a second term commencing October 1, 2005. After serving two one-year terms as the Board's Vice-Chairperson, Ms. McAllister was appointed Chairperson for a one-year term commencing October 1, 2007.

WILLIAM J. DANHOF, ESQ., of LANSING
Vice-Chairperson
Term Expires: September 30, 2008

Mr. Danhof is a principal and leader of the Public Law Practice Group at the Lansing office of the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and is a past president and founding member of the American College of Bond Counsel. Since 2004, Mr. Danhof has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of banking law and public finance. He has been associated with the Miller Canfield firm since his graduation from the University of Michigan Law School in 1974. He received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. Mr. Danhof is a former member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Client Protection Fund Committee and is a fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation and the American Bar Association Foundation. In 2004, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Mr. Danhof was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to a three-year term on the Attorney Discipline Board commencing October 1, 2005 and to a one-year term as Vice-Chairperson commencing October 1, 2007.

WILLIAM L. MATTHEWS, CPA of WEST BLOOMFIELD
Secretary
Term Expires: September 30, 2008

Mr. Matthews is a former partner of Plante & Moran, having served as the firm’s managing partner and currently is a board member of Plante & Moran Financial Advisors. Mr. Matthews received his bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Detroit. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and is a former chairman and member of the Board of Governors of The American Group of Certified Public Accountants. A former director of the Detroit Economic Club, Mr. Matthews currently serves on the alumni board of Catholic Central High School and is vice-chairman of the board of trustees of Brighton Hospital. Mr. Matthews was appointed by the Supreme Court to a three-year term on the Attorney Discipline Board, effective October 1, 2005. Mr. Matthews was also elected by the members of the Board to serve a second one-year term as Secretary, commencing October 1, 2007.

GEORGE H. LENNON, ESQ. of KALAMAZOO
Term Expires: September 30, 2009

Mr. Lennon is a principal in the Kalamazoo law firm of Early, Lennon, Crocker & Bartosiewicz PLC, with a practice concentrated in taxation, business law and estate planning. He has served as an Attorney Discipline Board hearing panelist since 1994. Mr. Lennon attended the University of Michigan as a regent's alumni scholar and received a bachelor of business administration degree in 1957. He attended the University of Michigan Graduate Business School and the Michigan Law School, receiving master of business administration (with distinction) and juris doctor degrees in 1960. Mr. Lennon is a former secretary, director and president of the Kalamazoo County Bar Association and has served on the State Bar's Representative Assembly. He is a co-founder of the Kalamazoo County Probationary Authority, an early release on recognizance program. Mr. Lennon is a member of the Tax, Probate, Trust and Real Estate Sections of the State Bar of Michigan and the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association. His community activities include terms as president of the Rotary Club of Kalamazoo; first president of the Hackett High School Foundation; trustee of the James S. Gilmore Foundation and the William and Katherine Van Domelen Foundation; and member of the Advisory Board of the Caring Network of Kalamazoo. In 2006, the Michigan Supreme Court reappointed Mr. Lennon to the Board for a three-year term commencing October 1, 2006.

BILLY BEN BAUMANN, M.D. of BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Term Expires: September 30, 2009

Dr. Baumann is a former Medical Director and Chief of Staff of North Oakland Medical Centers where he specialized in surgical pathology and hematopathology. A former Lieutenant-Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he is a graduate of Harvard University (B.A.) and Washington University (St. Louis) where he received his medical degree. Dr. Baumann is a past President of the Michigan State Medical Society, Physician Service Group, Oakland County Medical Society and Michigan Society of Pathologists. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Group Insurance Trust, the Michigan State Medical Society Foundation and American Physicians Capital, Inc. Dr. Baumann is the chair of the Michigan delegation to the American Medical Association. The Michigan Supreme Court reappointed Dr. Baumann to the Board for a three-year term commencing October 1, 2006.

HON. RICHARD F. SUHRHEINRICH of LANSING
Term Expires: September 30, 2008

The Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since August 1990. From 1984 to 1990, he was a District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench, he was a senior partner in the Detroit firm of Kitch, Suhrheinrich, Smith, Saurbier & Drutchas, P.C. In addition to his practice with that firm, Judge Suhrheinrich was an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at the Detroit College of Law (1975-1985) and at the University of Detroit School of Law (1988). Judge Suhrheinrich holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne State University, a Juris Doctor (cum laude) from Detroit College of Law and a Master of Law (LL. M) from the University of Virginia School of Law. He also holds honorary Doctor of Law (LL. D) degrees from the Detroit College of Law and Michigan State University. Judge Suhrheinrich has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law since 1985, serving as president of that body from 1999 to 2001. He is currently on the faculty of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing. A former member of the Board of Trustees of Marygrove College, Southwest Detroit Hospital Corp., Sparrow, Inc., and Hutzel Hospital, Judge Suhrheinrich currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Brighton Hospital. The Michigan Supreme Court appointed Judge Suhrheinrich to the Board for a three-year term commencing October 1, 2002. In September 2005, the Michigan Supreme Court re-appointed Judge Suhrheinrich to a second three-year term commencing October 1, 2005.

ANDREA L. SOLAK of GROSSE POINTE PARK
Term Expires: September 30, 2009

Ms. Solak received her undergraduate and law degrees from Wayne State University (JD 1975). During her 25 year career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Wayne County, she served as an Appellate Prosecutor, and was, for 10 years, the Chief of Special Operations in the Prosecutor’s office. Ms. Solak also served as the legislative liaison to the Wayne County Prosecutor and the Prosecuting Attorney’s Association of Michigan. She is a former chair of the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Her service on law enforcement committees has included the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), and the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS), which she chaired for five years. In 1999, Ms. Solak was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court as a member of the Attorney Grievance Commission and she completed two full terms as a member of that body on September 30, 2005. On October 1, 2006, she was appointed by the Supreme Court to a three-year term on the Attorney Discipline Board.

THOMAS G. KIENBAUM of BIRMINGHAM
Term Expires: September 30, 2010

Mr. Kienbaum is a founding member of the Birmingham law firm of Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy & Pelton, P.L.C, a firm specializing in labor and employment matters. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and of the Wayne State University Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude, served on the Law Review, and was awarded the Order of the Coif. Mr. Kienbaum is a former President of the State Bar of Michigan, the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Detroit Barristers Association. He is a Fellow of the American and Michigan Bar Foundations and was inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Mr. Kienbaum serves on the Advisory Board of the National Employment Law Institute and lectures frequently on behalf of that institute and the Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

EILEEN LAPPIN WEISER of ANN ARBOR
Term Expires: September 30, 2010

Ms. Weiser has served as a board member for numerous community arts and civic affairs non-profit organizations, including 11 years on the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and three years as the Executive Director of the McKinley Foundation, an Ann Arbor based non-profit organization for innovative community projects. In 1998, Ms. Weiser was elected to the State Board of Education. During her eight years on the Board of Education, she co-chaired the Board's 2002 task force on Ensuring Excellent Educators and participated in the National Association of State Board's of Education (NASBE) study groups on teacher coordination and accountability and E-Learning. In 2003, she was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Education to serve a four year term as the State Board of Education member on the National Assessment Governing Board, the body which designs, administers, and reports student achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Process, also known as the Nation's Report Card. Ms. Weiser holds piano performance degrees from Michigan State University (B.M.) and the University of Michigan (M.M.). In addition to her appointment by the Supreme Court to a three-year term on the Attorney Discipline Board, commencing October 1, 2007, Ms. Weiser was appointed in 2007 by the State Board of Education to its Professional Standards Commission for Teachers.

The Board consists of 6 attorneys and 3 laypersons appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court. The members serve 3-year terms. A member may not serve more than 2 full terms. [Michigan Court Rule 9.110(B)]

The Supreme Court shall designate from among the members of the Board a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall serve 1-year terms in those offices. The termination and commencement dates of the 1-year terms shall coincide approximately with the 3-year board terms of those officers and the other Board members. The Supreme Court may reappoint these officers for additional terms and may remove an officer prior to the expiration of a term. An officer appointed to fill a mid-term vacancy shall serve the remainder of that term and may be reappointed to serve a full term. [Michigan Court Rule 9.110(C)]