Martin Fisher, a magna cum laude graduate of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, was sworn in as a member of the State Bar of Michigan on November 16 at a special ceremony in Lansing performed by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman. A graduate of Michigan State University, Fisher earned his bachelor’s degree in environmental geosciences from MSU. He plans to pursue a career in elder law and estate planning. Pictured (left to right) at the ceremony in the Hall of Justice are: Larry Nolan, president-elect of the State Bar and chair of the Cooley Board of Directors; Justice Markman; Fisher; his mother, Julie; and his father, Gerald, a professor at Cooley’s Auburn Hills Campus.
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