Professional Leadership

Warner Norcross attorneys take seriously their leadership responsibilities and it shows in the numerous roles they play in professional, legal and industry associations in our local, regional and national communities.

Representative examples include:

• Chair-Elect of the Business Section of the American Bar Association and Chairman and CEO of TerraLex - Charles McCallum
• Former Chair of the American Bar Association's 11,000-member Section of Environment, Energy & Resources - Gene Smary
• Executive Committee of the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers and Treasurer of the State Bar of Michigan's Appellate Practice Section - John Bursch
• Secretary of the Michigan Chapter of The ESOP Association and Co-Founder of the West Michigan Pension Conference - Vern Saper
• President of the Grand Rapids Bar Association - Paul Sorenson
• President-Elect of the Grand Rapids Bar Association, President of the Floyd Skinner Bar Association and former Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission - Val Simmons
• Chair of West District Expo Council - Michigan - Craig Meurlin
• Chair of the Environmental Section of the State Bar of Michigan - John Byl
• Council of the Environmental Section of the State Bar of Michigan - Dennis Donohue
• Chair of the Michigan Trust Code Committee drafting a trust code for Michigan - Mark Harder
• Chair of Young Lawyers Section of the Grand Rapids Bar Association - Sarah Riley Howard
• Chair of the Adjudication Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association - Scott Keller
• Board of Directors of the Muskegon County Bar Association - Brian Lang
• Business Law Section Council, State Bar of Michigan - Steve Waterbury