State Bar of Michigan

306 Townsend Street
Lansing, MI 48933
United States

Established in 1935, the State Bar of Michigan is the mandatory bar organization governed by the Michigan Supreme Court Rules. According to these rules, the State Bar of Michigan should always support and improve the justice system's efficiency, law, rules, and jurisprudence, the independence, professionalism, public service, and competence of the bench and bar, access to justice for all, public understanding of the system and profession, openness of the legal profession, and the position of the State Bar of Michigan as the representative of the profession. Additionally, the State Bar of Michigan favors continuing legal education through the Institute of Continuing Legal Education founded in 1959 with the cooperation of the University of Michigan Law School and Wayne State University Law School.

Any prosecutor that fails, or refuses, to fully disclose all Brady/Giglio material (exculpatory and impeachment evidence including, but not limited to: records of police misconduct; public complaints; and, use-of-force reports) is subject to Rules of Professional Conduct [R.P.C.] 3.8(g): Special Responsibilities of the Prosecutor. Violation of R.P.C. 3.8(g) may included an individual attorney, while acting in the capacity of prosecutor, being sanctioned up to and including disbarment. The obligations upon the prosecutor are both retroactive and perpetual.

Ange, John	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714112 - 187165453 May 15, 2022	Attorney Misconduct	Employer: Michigan Department of the Attorney General Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Ange, Kerry Ann	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714133 - 1485219377 March 15, 2022	Attorney Misconduct	Employer: Michigan Department of the Attorney General Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Cleland, Robert H	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714133 - 673469198 November 15, 2019	Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material	Employer: Michigan Department of the Attorney General Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Cleland, Robert H	Cleland, Robert H	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714133 - 17904480 September 17, 2022	Overcharging	Employer: Michigan Department of the Attorney General Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Jarzynka, Jerard 'Jerry' M	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714065 - 2000352340 March 11, 2021	Attorney Misconduct	Employer: Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Straka, Daniel J	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1673130978 - 91427646 July 18, 2022	Coercive Plea Bargaining, Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material, Overcharging, Suborning Perjury, Whistleblower Retaliation, Witness Tampering	Employer: Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Theide, Brian	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1677262616 - 44856615 February 21, 2023	Bias, Obstruction of Justice	Employer: Mecosta County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Walton, Danielle	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1677263093 - 1875379788 April 4, 2020	Bias, Failure to Disclose Brady/Giglio Material	Employer: Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: State Bar of Michigan
Wendling, Michael	Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714112 - 988339629 April 21, 2021	Attorney Misconduct	Employer: Saint Clair County Prosecuting Attorney Authority: State Bar of Michigan

Michigan Freedom of Information Act

Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. §15.231 et seq.

The Michigan Freedom of Information Act, enacted in 1977, is a series of laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels in Michigan. Records are defined as a writing which encompasses handwriting, typing, printing, photographing, photocopying, and every other means of recording, and includes letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, or other means of recording or retaining meaningful content prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by a public body in the performance of an official function, from the time it is created."

Any person other than incarcerated felons may request public records in Michigan. A person who asks for access to public records is not required to justify his or her request. A person can use the information any way they please. The Michigan Freedom of Information Act allows 5 days for any response to record requests.

We the People

We the People have a Right to Know according to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. As an expression of that Right to Know, we have coordinated valuable information from a number of resources into a single, public-facing, searchable database.

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