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Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ)

The Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) was formally known as the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA). The MAJ is a non-profit membership association dedicated to furthering civil justice and the rights of those wrongfully injured.

Members include more than 1,600 plaintiff's attorneys and their staff. With offices in Lansing, Michigan, the MAJ is an affiliated member of the American Association for Justice.


Contact Information

Michigan Association for Justice
Website: www.michiganjustice.org
6639 Centurion Drive, #120
Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 517-321-3073
Fax: 517-321-4694


Benefits of Joining the MAJ

MAJ provides members with professional networking, online listserves, and a data bank of relevant court documents and legal experts. The MAJ website also includes a public member directory that helps the public find a qualified personal injury attorney in Michigan.

The organization also provides an extensive continuing legal education (CLE) program in locations throughout the state. The MAJ provides some of the best continuing legal education seminars in the state.

Additionally, MAJ's Lansing-based government affairs staff lobbies legislators and state agencies to advance a pro-civil justice legislative agenda, intended to preserve and enhance the rights of injured people.

MAJ states that it "promotes justice and fairness for injured persons, safeguards victims' rights--particularly the right to trial by jury--and strengthens the civil justice system through education and disclosure of information critical to public health and safety."


Past Presidents of the MAJ

2017 - 18 Brian J. McKeen
2016 - 17 Thomas W. Waun
2015 - 16 Ven R. Johnson
2014 - 15 Scott A. Goodwin
2013 - 14 Gerald H. Acker
2012 - 13 Marc E. Lipton
2011 - 12 Michael J. Behm
2010 - 11 Barry J. Gates
2009 - 10 Richard Warsh
2008 - 09 Judy Susskind
2007 - 08 Robert Raiit
2006 - 07 Jesse Reiter
2005 - 06 Linda Miller Atkinson
2004 - 05 Michael Pitt
2003 - 04 Brian Waldman
2002 - 03 Alan Helmkamp
2001 - 02 Norman Tucker
2000 - 01 Jules Olsman
1999 - 00 Barry Goodman
1998 - 99 Carol McNeilage
1997 - 98 Kathy Bogas
1996 - 97 Richard Skutt
1995 - 96 Mark Weiss (d)
1994 - 95 Dave Getto
1993 - 94 Michael Pianin
1992 - 93 Marjory Cohen
1991 - 92 Thomas Hay
1990 - 91 Barry Waldman
1989 - 90 Sheldon D. Erlich
1988 - 89 Charles J. Barr
1987 - 88 Carl R. Edwards
1986 - 87 Hon. William B. Murphy
1985 - 86 Nicholas J. Rine
1984 - 85 Sherwin Schreier
1983 - 84 Beverly Clark
1982 - 83 George T. Sinas
1981 - 82 Paul A. Rosen
1980 - 81 Jeffrey N. Shillman
1979 - 80 Jack H. Bindes
1978 - 79 George M. Maurer, Jr.
1977 - 78 Clifford H. Hart
1976 - 77 James F. Logan
1975 - 76 Sheldon L. Miller
1974 - 75 George Bedrosian
1972 - 74 Harry M. Philo
1971 - 72 Morton E. Schneider
1970 - 71 Irving Kroll
1969 - 70 Eugene D. Mossner
1968 - 69 James W. Baker (d)
1967 - 68 Cassius E. Street
1966 - 67 James E. Burns (d)
1965 - 66 Howard Silver
1964 - 65 Lee C. Dramis (d)
1963 - 64 George L. Downing
1962 - 63 Max Dean
1961 - 62 Dean Robb
1960 - 61 D. Charles Marsten
1959 - 60 I. Goodman Cohen (d)
1958 - 59 Duane S. Van Benschoten (d)
1957 - 58 Saul M. Leach     
1956 - 57 James A. Markle (d)
1955 - 56 Carl Gussen (d)
1953 - 55 Benjamin Marcus (d)
1949 - 53 Hon. Theodore R. Bohn
1945 - 49 Samuel Charfoos (d)


This article was last updated on Thursday, September 5, 2019.

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