- Michigan Solicitor General
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John J. Bursch is the current Michigan Solicitor General.
The Michigan Solicitor General or Solicitor General of Michigan is the top appellate lawyer for the State of Michigan. It is an appointed position in the Office of the Michigan Attorney General, with supervision over all of the office's major appellate cases and amici briefs. The majority of the matters that the Solicitor General handles are argued in the United States Supreme Court and the Michigan Supreme Court, although the Solicitor General is also responsible for Michigan's filings in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Michigan's appellate courts, and other federal and state appellate courts. On February 28, 2011, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette named John J. Bursch Michigan Solicitor General and Eric B. Restuccia Deputy Michigan Solicitor General, proclaiming them "the best one-two punch of any Attorney General's office in America."[1]
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Creation
The office of Michigan Solicitor General was created in 1939 and is modeled after the United States Solicitor General. The position is codified in Michigan Compiled Laws Section 14.28.[2]
List of Solicitors
The current Michigan Solicitor General is John J. Bursch.
Years Michigan Solicitor General Michigan Attorney General 1941–1957 Edmund E. Shepherd Herbert J. Rushton Foss O. Eldred
Eugene F. Black
Stephen John Roth
Frank G. Millard
1957–1961 Samuel J. Torina Paul L. Adams 1961–1962 Joseph B. Belitzke Frank J. Kelley 1962–1962 Eugene Krasicky Frank J. Kelley 1963–1982 Robert A. Derengoski Frank J. Kelley 1982–1990 Louis J. Caruso Frank J. Kelley 1990–1992 Gay Secor Hardy Frank J. Kelley 1992–2008 Thomas L. Casey Frank J. Kelley Jennifer M. Granholm
2008–2011 B. Eric Restuccia Mike Cox 2011–present John J. Bursch Bill Schuette References
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Categories:- Solicitors
- Government of Michigan
- Michigan law
- 1939 establishments
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