Professional ethics programs advance our bar association's founding purposes "to cooperate with the State Bar of Michigan in promoting the ethical practice of law in accordance with the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct" and "to honor the dignity of the legal profession and judicial system."
For the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct, click here.
The SBM Ethics Helpline is reserved for attorneys, judges, and law students to discuss ethics issues. Members may contact the SBM Ethics Helpline at (877) 558-4760 to receive a confidential, informal advisory opinion from a staff attorney regarding an ethics issue pertaining to the inquirer's prospective conduct. The opinions of staff counsel are non-binding and advisory only.
Ethics Opinions By Topic: https://www.michbar.org/opinions/ethics/ethicsindex1
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Madeleine Thomas died tragically in a rafting accident on a family trip. She was a passionate advocate and provided many charitable organizations with legal services. Her greatest work centered on domestic violence.
Because of Madeleine, the Woman’s
The Bar Association recognizes one attorney for the Madeleine Thomas Award each year. The criteria for the award include service to the community, non-profit work, and, actions and personal contributions that make our community better.
This award to reinforces the positive work by our membership that would otherwise go unnoticed by our membership and the general public.
Brenda Quick (Law Professor)
Joseph C. Fisher (Alward, Fisher, Rice, Rowe, & Graf)
Marian Kromkowski (Kromkowski & Posner, P.C.)
Maura Brennan (Indian Legal Services) and Dan O'Neil (Thompson O'Neil Law Firm)
George R. Thompson (Thompson O'Neil Law Firm)
Charlie Koop (Antrim County Prosecutor)
Chuck Judson (Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge)
Thomas Phillips (Walton, Smith, Phillips & Dixon)
Pat Wilson (Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge)
Stephen Chambers (Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge)
Ronald Sondee (Sondee, Racine & Doren)
Jo Bullis (WRC)
Patrick Heintz (Bishop & Heintz)
Jerome Colligan (Bishop & Heintz)