Board of Commissioners
• Thomas P. Murray Jr., a trial attorney, was elected in an uncontested race to serve District C, representing Muskegon, Kent, Ottawa, Isabella, Newaygo, Oceana, Mecosta, Osceola, Clare, and Gladwin Counties. Murray is on the Board of Trustees for the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Justice Foundation of West Michigan.
• Nicholas M. Ohanesian, an administrative law judge, was elected in an uncontested race to serve District C. He currently serves on the Board of Commissioners as chair of the Representative Assembly. He serves in the Social Security Administration Office of Hearings Operations.
• Matthew B. Van Dyk, Miller Johnson was elected in an uncontested race to serve District F, representing Hillsdale, Berrien, Barry, Kalamazoo, Branch, Van Buren, Calhoun, Cass, Saint Joseph, and Allegan Counties. .
• Gerard V. Mantese, Mantese Honigman, PC, was elected in a contested race to serve District I, representing Oakland County.
• Erika L. Bryant, of Butler Davis PLLC was re-elected in a contested race to serve District H, representing Wayne, Monroe, and Lenawee counties.
• James W. Low, The Dollar Law Firm PLLC was re-elected in a contested race to serve District I, representing Oakland County.
• Suzanne C. Larsen, Marquette city attorney, was re-elected in an uncontested race to serve District A, representing Luce, Mackinac, Schoolcraft, Alger, Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Antrim, Manistee, Benzie, Arenac, Iosco, Alcona, Osceola, Marquette, Alpena, Montmorency, Missaukee, Wexford, Gogebic, Ontonagon, Charlevoix, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Dickinson, Iron, Menominee, Otsego, Crawford, Kalkaska, Delta, Chippewa, Law, Mason, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, and Emmet counties.
All will serve three-year terms.
Judicial Tenure Commission
• Thomas J. Ryan won a contested election to serve a three-year term on the Judicial Tenure Commission from Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2025.
SBM Representative Assembly
• 2nd Circuit – Berrien County: Blair M. Johnson, St. Joseph
• 3rd Circuit – Wayne County: Ponce D. Clay, Detroit; Kristina Robinson Garrett, Detroit; Lisa Whitney Timmons, Detroit; Rita O. White, Canton
• 4th Circuit – Jackson County: Brad A. Brelinski, Jackson
• 6th Circuit – Oakland County: Fatima M. Bolyea, Troy; James P. Brennan, Hazel Park; Alec M. D’Annunzio, Pontiac; Karen R. Geibel, Troy; Edward L. Haroutunian, Bingham
Farms; Emily A. Karr, New Hudson; Joshua A. Lerner, Royal Oak; Michael E. Sawicky, Farmington Hills
• 7th Circuit – Genesee County: Marc D. Morse, Grand Blanc
• 13th Circuit – Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Leelanau Counties: Agnieszka Jury, Traverse City
• 17th Circuit – Kent County: Brent T. Geers, Grand Rapids; Philip L. Strom, Grand Rapids
• 19th Circuit – Benzie and Manistee Counties: Lesya N. Dull, Manistee
• 20th Circuit – Ottawa County: Christopher M. Wirth, Zeeland
• 21st Circuit – Isabella County: Becky J. Bolles, Mt. Pleasant
• 22nd Circuit – Washtenaw County: Elizabeth C. Jolliffe, Ann Arbor; Marla A. Linderman Richelew, Ann Arbor
• 24th Circuit – Sanilac County: Matthew C. Lozen, Sandusky
• 30th Circuit – Ingham County: Nicholas E. Gobbo, Lansing
• 31st Circuit – St. Clair County: Richard W. Schaaf, Port Huron
• 37th Circuit – Calhoun County: Angela Easterday, Battle Creek
• 39th Circuit – Lenawee County: Katarina L. DuMont, Adrian
• 40th Circuit – Lapeer County: Bernard A. Jocuns, Lapeer
• 41st Circuit – Dickinson, Iron, and Menominee Counties: Christopher S. Ninomiya, Iron Mountain
• 44th Circuit – Livingston County: David T. Bittner, Howell
• 46th Circuit – Crawford, Kalkaska, and Otsego Counties: Courtney E. Cadotte, Gaylord
• 50th Circuit – Chippewa County: Jason N. Rozencweig, Sault Sainte Marie
• 51st Circuit – Lake and Mason Counties: Tracie L. McCarn-Dinehart, Ludington
• 56th Circuit – Eaton County: Timothy H. Havis, Charlotte; Adam H. Strong, Charlotte
—SBM Young Lawyers Section Executive Council
• Fawzeih H. Daher, Southfield won an uncontested election in District 2, representing Oakland County, for a two-year term expiring in 2024.
• Miriam Saffo, Ann Arbor won an uncontested election in District 3, representing Michigan counties except for Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb, for a two-year term expiring in 2024.
• Alexander J. Thibodeau, Grand Rapids won an uncontested election in District 3 for a two-year term expiring in 2024.
