Holiday Hours
The Wayne County Probate Court will be closed in observance of Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 10 and will reopen on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 8 a.m.
Attorney Discipline Board appointments announced by court
The Michigan Supreme Court last week announced the following appointments to the Attorney Discipline Board:
• Lawrence G. Campbell of Detroit, attorney and member of the law firm of Dickinson Wright PLLC, is appointed for a term ending October 1, 2014.
• Dulce M. Fuller of Birmingham, owner and operator of Woodward & Maple, LLC, is appointed for a term ending October 1, 2014.
• Carl E. Ver Beek of Grand Rapids, attorney and of counsel to the law firm of Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt, & Howlett LLP, is reappointed for a second term expiring October 1, 2014.
• Craig H. Lubben of Kalamazoo, attorney and member of the law firm of Miller Johnson, is reappointed for a second term ending October 1, 2014.
• Thomas G. Kienbaum of Birmingham, attorney and member of the law firm of Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy, & Pelton, PLC, is appointed chairperson for a term ending October 1, 2012.
• James M. Cameron, Jr., of Ann Arbor, attorney and member of the law firm of Dykema Gossett PLLC, is appointed vice-chairperson for a term ending October 1, 2012.
The Attorney Discipline Board consists of six attorneys and three non-attorneys appointed by the Supreme Court; the appointees serve on a volunteer basis.
For additional information about the ADB, visit http://www.adbmich.org/.
State Supreme Court appoints former justice to Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions
Hon. Patricia J. Boyle, a former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, has been appointed by the Court to serve on the Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions. Her term will end on December 31, 2012.
Boyle, who served on the Supreme Court from 1983 through 1998, is of counsel to the law firm of Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy & Pelton, PLC, in its Birmingham office. From 1978 to 1983, she served as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She was a judge of Detroit Recorder’s Court from 1976 to 1978.
Boyle attended Detroit public schools and graduated from Cooley High School in 1955. She received her undergraduate education at the University of Michigan, where she majored in political science with honors. After her marriage in 1957, she transferred to Wayne State University to completed her bachelors degree locally.
Boyle entered Wayne State University Law School in 1959. She served on the Wayne State Law Review as junior and senior editor, and graduated first in her class in 1963.
The Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions is comprised of attorneys and judges appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court. The committee is charged with ensuring that the Model Civil Jury Instructions are concise, understandable, conversational, unslanted, and not argumentative.
The Model Civil Jury Instructions may be viewed at http://courts.mi.gov/mcji-index.htm. The web site also includes information on how to contact the committee to comment on existing or proposed jury instructions or to suggest new instructions.
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