State Supreme Court appoints 3 to Board of Commissioners

The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Patrick J. Crowley, Claudnyse D. Holloman, and Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop to three-year terms on the State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners.

Patrick J. Crowley is the Marquette County Chief Public Defender. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney handling family and district courts in Muskegon and later as trial counsel in Kent, Ionia, and Montcalm counties handling criminal defense, family law, and other general litigation. Crowley also helped found Crowley, Cornish, Rockafellow, & Sartz, PLLC. in Lansing. Crowley’s experience also includes service on State Bar or Michigan’s committees related to Character & Fitness, the Lawyer Referral Service, and publications. Crowley graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law.

Claudnyse D. Holloman is president & CEO of Voices for Children Advocacy Center, serving Genesee and Shiawassee counties. A gubernatorial appointee on the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice, Holloman also has provided testimony on child abuse and human trafficking to the Michigan House Judiciary Committee. Holloman contributes to national committees including the National Children’s Alliance, Child Death Review, and Children’s Public Policy. She represents children and families in family court proceedings. Holloman graduated from Cooley Law School at Oakland University.

Elizabeth Kitchen-Troop co-founded Kitchen Sharkey in Ann Arbor where she practices family law, primarily handling matters including divorce, custody, separate maintenance, paternity, and child support. She also works as a mediator, arbitrator and parenting coordinator. Kitchen-Troop is actively involved with the Washtenaw County Bar Association, where she served as president from 2016-2017. She was also the president of Women Lawyers of Michigan’s Washtenaw region from 2012-2013 and served on the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly from 2015-2017. Kitchen-Troop received her law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law.

They will be sworn in at the September 19, 2024, Board of Commissioners meeting.

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