2013 election - candidate bios2013 GRBA Board of Trustees Election - Candidate Biographies
Vice President
Patrick F. Geary
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Shareholder; President; General Counsel
Education:
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1972
J.D., University of Michigan, 1975
Areas of Practice:
Commercial litigation, Insurance coverage, Products liability
Bar-Related Involvement:
GRBA: Member; Trustee (2011-2013); Community Interaction Committee, Co-Chair; Law Day Committee, Co-Chair; Justice Foundation Fellow
State Bar of Michigan: Member; Member Law Practice Management Council; Special Commission on “Loser Pays” Legislations; Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (President, 2001)
ABA: Member, Product Liability Advisory Council; Member, Litigation Council of America.
Civic/Community Involvement:
Current: Member of Corporate Board of Catholic Charities of West Michigan; Member of Board of Directors D.A. Blodgett-St. John’s Home; Member of Board, Notre Dame Club of Grand Rapids; Parishioner – Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish.
Former: Board of Catholic Social Services of Grand Rapids; Board of Adoptive Families Support Network; Member of Secretariat for Social Justice, Diocese of Grand Rapids; Member of Board Catholic Central Boosters Club; Youth Sports Coach, Immaculate Heart of Mary School; Leadership Grand Rapids (2006)
Larry Murphy
Varnum LLP
Partner
Education:
B.G.S., University of Michigan, 1976
J.D., Wayne State University, 1979
Area(s) of Practice:
Labor and Employment Law
Bar-Related Involvement:
GRBA: Member; Member of Managing Partners Diversity Collaborative
State Bar of Michigan: Member; Member of Labor Section of State Bar; Ex-Officio Member of Labor & Employment Law Council of Labor Section; Member of Michigan State Bar Foundation
Other: Fellow of The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
Civic/Community Involvement:
Secretary of Grand Rapids Community College Foundation Board; Member of The Right Place Board of Trustees; Member of Grand Rapids Symphony Board of Directors; Member of West Michigan Policy Forum-Steering Committee; Member of the Ehlers Transit Partnership - The Rapid; Member of Dégagé Ministries Board of Directors
Secretary
Richard E. Hillary, II
Randall L. Velzen
Treasurer
Elizabeth K. Bransdorfer
Kevin J. O'Dowd
Trustee Postion 1
Daniel W. Borst
Brian K. Lawson
Trustee Postion 2
Marcus Ray Jones
Julie M. Westra
Trustee Postion 3
James R. Oppenhuizen
Courtney L. Quist