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- Posted June 01, 2026
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New lawyers join the bar
The Oakland County New Lawyers Admission Ceremony
was conducted on Friday, May 15, in the Oakland County Commissioners
Auditorium at the Oakland County Courthouse in Pontiac. Attorneys who
passed the February bar exam were sworn into the State Bar of Michigan
during the ceremony.
The
Oakland County New Lawyers Admission Ceremony was conducted on Friday,
May 15, in the Oakland County Commissioners Auditorium at the Oakland
County Courthouse in Pontiac. Attorneys who passed the February bar
exam were sworn into the State Bar of Michigan during the ceremony.
Cheering on new attorney Lorraine Riffle (center) at the ceremony were
her parents (left to right) Catherine and Chris Riffle.
(Left
photo) Eliza Everson (right) proudly watched as her mom, Macherie
Everson (left), was sworn in as a new attorney. (Right photo) New
attorney Rebecca Schantz (left) was happy to receive congratulations
from her daughter Scarlett at the ceremony.
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