For Immediate Release
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CONTACT: Jason Westphal
State Bar of Wisconsin
(800) 444-9404, ext. 6077
jwestphal@wisbar.org |
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American Bar Association president-elect to visit Milwaukee
MADISON, November 18, 2002 - Dennis Archer, the next
president of the American Bar Association (ABA), will be in Milwaukee on
Tuesday to make a luncheon presentation at the Wisconsin Club. The
event, "Diversity Leadership Development," will begin at 1 p.m. and is
co-sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Bar
Association.
"The events of the recent past - the war on terrorism, corporate
accounting scandals and other uncertainties surrounding our country's
future - have tested the public's trust and confidence in our national
institutions," stated Archer. "As individuals now look to the law to
restore a sense of justice, we as lawyers are charged with an even
greater responsibility to provide legal direction to ensure that the
freedoms we all enjoy are preserved."
Born in Detroit, Archer earned his Juris Doctor from Michigan State
University's Detroit College of Law in 1970. In 1985 he was appointed an
Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Archer then went on to
serve two terms as mayor of the city of Detroit (1994-2001). Since
leaving the mayor's post last year, he has been elected chairman of the
Detroit-based law firm of Dickinson Wright PLLC. Additionally, Archer
currently sits on the corporate boards of Johnson Controls Inc.,
Compuware Corporation and Covisiant.
In 2000, Archer was named Public Official of the Year by
Governing magazine. In addition, he has been named one of the
25 most dynamic mayors in America by Newsweek magazine; one of
the 100 Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony magazine; and
one of the 100 Most Powerful Attorneys in the United States by the
National Law Journal. In his final year on the bench, Archer
was named the most respected judge in Michigan by Michigan Lawyers
Weekly.
Archer will "officially" take over the top leadership position of the
ABA in August during the association's annual meeting in San Francisco.
He will become the first person of color elected to head the
organization.
For more information on this program, visit http://www.milwbar.org/.
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