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Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. is a Michigan nonprofit corporation governed by a corporate Board of Directors and a Policy Board that oversees operations funded by the federal Legal Services Corporation. As a provider of legal services, however, we function much like a large private law firm, with an Executive Management Group responsible for overall operations, supported by an Administrative Service Group.
 
Board Leadership
Board Officers

Patricia Wallace

Harold Gurewitz
Patricia Wallace, Ph.D. – Chair Harold Gurewitz – Vice Chair
   

Eric Taylor

Joel Applebaum Esq.
Eric Taylor – Treasurer Joel D. Applebaum Esq. - Secretary
 
Board of Directors

Lois E. Bingham
Karen L. Chadwick
Sherrie L. Farrell
Harold Gurewitz, Esq.
Vance K. Jackson, Jr.
J. Russell LaBarge, Jr.
J. Sherman Larkins
Anthony R. McCree, CPA

Walter Pookrum, Esq.
Roger Short
Leona Stallworth
Eric Taylor
Gwedolyn Taylor
John A. Taylor
Muddasar Tawakkul


 
Executive Management Group
The Executive Management Group consists of our President and CEO, Deierdre L. Weir, Miriam L. Siefer, Executive Vice President and Chief Defender of the Federal Defender Office, Joan Glanton Howard, Chief Counsel of the Civil Law Group, and Donald L. Johnson, Chief Defender of the State Defender Office.
 
   

Deierdre L. Weir

Joan Glanton Howard

Deierdre L. Weir
President & CEO
Joan Glanton Howard
Chief Counsel
Civil Law Group
   

Donald J. Johnson

Miriam L. Siefer
Donald L. Johnson
Chief Counsel
State Defender Office
Miriam L. Siefer
Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel
Federal Defender Office
 
Adiministrative Services Group

The Administrative Service Group consists of the executive director and the following staff:  

  • Angela R. Smith, Vice President, Finance
  • Tanya G. Cleveland, Vice President, Facilities Managment Project Director
  • Roger S. Lennert, Vice President of Marketing & Development
  • Evetta Adams, Executive Assistant
  • Mark Montgomery, Information Systems Manager
  • Alicia Bembry, Systems Operations Manager

To reach an LAD staff member, email us.

 
 
 


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