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MEMBERS ON THE MOVE

Reginald M. Turner, American Bar Association 2020 President-Elect

Nominee

Remarks to ABA House of Delegates, Feb. 17, 2020
Crains Detroit Business, Feb. 20, 2020

In remarks to the ABA House of Delegates, Reginald M. Turner,
Past President of the National Bar Association and the State Bar
of Michigan, spoke of his desire for service to the bar and of
his first meeting with Dennis Archer Sr., the first African-
American to serve as President of the American Bar Association,
the National Bar Association and the State Bar of
Michigan. Turner stated that, "the most respected lawyers
distinguish themselves by breathing life into the lawyers' oath"
and that he is “proud to be among these guardians of the public
welfare, promoting the rule of law”.

Turner spoke on Feb. 17, 2020 at the 81st ABA Midyear
Meeting, in Austin, Texas.

Aaron V. Burrell, Straker Past President, Sworn In As SBM

Representative Assembly Chair

State Bar of Michigan News, Sept. 26, 2019

Aaron V. Burrell of Detroit has been sworn in as the chair of the
State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly for 2019-2020. The
150-member Representative Assembly is the final policy-making body
of the State Bar. The Michigan Supreme Court created it in 1971 at the
request of the SBM Board of Commissioners in order to increase
geographical representation and member participation in State Bar
policy. Burrell represents the Third Judicial Circuit in the Assembly.
Burrell practices with Dickinson Wright LLC and focuses his practice in
the areas of commercial litigation, labor and employment litigation,
appellate litigation, and minority business enterprises. He is a member
of the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar of Michigan, as well as
an officer on its Representative Assembly; is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oakland
County Bar Association; is a past-president of the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association and vice
president of the D. Augustus Straker Bar Foundation; was named a foundation fellow of both the
American Bar Foundation and the Oakland County Bar Foundation; served as affiliate
representative of the National Bar Association; and he previously co-chaired the State Bar of
Michigan Equal Access Initiative.