Three attorneys at the Department of Attorney General recently received recognition for exceptional service to the legal profession and State of Michigan.
Assistant Attorneys General Roshundra Graham-Simmons and Marla Linderman Richelew were named recipients of the State Bar of Michigan’s Champion of Justice Award.
Graham-Simmons serves as Litigation Section Head of the Children and Youth Services Division. Prior to becoming an Assistant Attorney General in 2019, she was a Lawyer Guardian Ad Litem with The Juvenile Law Group.
She was also employed with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a Children’s Protective Services Specialist, Foster Care Specialist, Facilitator, and Analyst.
Graham-Simmons is active with the ABA Agency Attorney Collaborative, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan as the newly elected Director at Large-Macomb, and the State Bar of Michigan, where she serves as a District H Character and Fitness Committee Member.
Linderman Richelew is an Assistant Attorney General Appellate Specialist in the Civil Rights & Election Law Division. She is a published author for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Michigan Lawyers Weekly and Westlaw, and is a former law professor.
A fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, she has been named a Leader in the Law, Top 20 Women in the Law and Up and Coming Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
Linderman Richelew chairs the State Bar of Michigan’s Civil Procedure and Courts Committee and was recently elected to its Representative Assembly.
Assistant Attorney General Alexandria Casperson was recognized by the National Association of Women’s Lawyers (NAWL) as a 2025 Rising Star.
Casperson currently manages the Job Court, Expungement, and Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation sections for the Department of Attorney General. She previously prosecuted criminal cases for the State of Michigan including those involving political and police misconduct.
Casperson has been a dedicated public servant her entire career, starting at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in 2015.
She is very active in the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan and also serves on the State Bar of Michigan Criminal Jurisprudence & Practice Committee.
Last year, Casperson was named to the American Bar Association’s On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers list.
Assistant Attorneys General Roshundra Graham-Simmons and Marla Linderman Richelew were named recipients of the State Bar of Michigan’s Champion of Justice Award.
Graham-Simmons serves as Litigation Section Head of the Children and Youth Services Division. Prior to becoming an Assistant Attorney General in 2019, she was a Lawyer Guardian Ad Litem with The Juvenile Law Group.
She was also employed with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a Children’s Protective Services Specialist, Foster Care Specialist, Facilitator, and Analyst.
Graham-Simmons is active with the ABA Agency Attorney Collaborative, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan as the newly elected Director at Large-Macomb, and the State Bar of Michigan, where she serves as a District H Character and Fitness Committee Member.
Linderman Richelew is an Assistant Attorney General Appellate Specialist in the Civil Rights & Election Law Division. She is a published author for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Michigan Lawyers Weekly and Westlaw, and is a former law professor.
A fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, she has been named a Leader in the Law, Top 20 Women in the Law and Up and Coming Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
Linderman Richelew chairs the State Bar of Michigan’s Civil Procedure and Courts Committee and was recently elected to its Representative Assembly.
Assistant Attorney General Alexandria Casperson was recognized by the National Association of Women’s Lawyers (NAWL) as a 2025 Rising Star.
Casperson currently manages the Job Court, Expungement, and Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation sections for the Department of Attorney General. She previously prosecuted criminal cases for the State of Michigan including those involving political and police misconduct.
Casperson has been a dedicated public servant her entire career, starting at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in 2015.
She is very active in the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan and also serves on the State Bar of Michigan Criminal Jurisprudence & Practice Committee.
Last year, Casperson was named to the American Bar Association’s On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers list.
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