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Officers
President
Kevin O'Dowd
Dickinson Wright PLLC
(616) 458-1300
kodowd@dickinsonwright.com
Vice President
Programs
Ronald G. DeWaard
(616) 339-6482
Immediate Past President
Geoffrey Fields
(616) 458-1300
A Message from the Chapter President
The Western District of Michigan Chapter
of the Federal Bar Association is a professional organization for private
and government lawyers who practice in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Michigan. The district comprises the western half
of the Lower Peninsula and the entire Upper Peninsula.
Our chapter is proud to include among its members judges from the 6th
Circuit Court of Appeals and the Western District of Michigan, the U.S.
attorney for the Western District of Michigan and many esteemed private
practice and public agency attorneys.
Our goals are to improve the practice of law in our federal courts and
to foster a positive and collegial relationship among the attorneys and
judges who practice law and dispense justice in this district. We offer
continuing legal education opportunities, including the annual Hillman
Trial Skills Workshop and periodic luncheon programs focused on specific
aspects of federal practice. We offer an award winning quarterly newsletter,
Bar & Bench. We act as a liaison between the practicing lawyers
and the judges in the district.
Kevin O'Dowd
Western District of Michigan Chapter President