Blessed be thou, O Lord;
teach me thy statutes!
With my lips I declare
all the ordinances of thy mouth.
Psalm 119:12-13

The CLSMD Board of Directors presently consists of 15 members; each member serves a term of three years. Board members are elected at the Annual Meeting. CLSMD members in good standing, whether attorneys or judges, who have been members for at least one year are eligible to run for board membership.

Robert S. Gazall, President
Assistant Macomb County Corporation Counsel
Parish: St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms

Gregory J. DeMars, Vice-President
Business consultant
Formerly partner at Honigman Miller (retired)
Parish: Our Lady Star of the Sea, Grosse Pointe Woods

Steven J. Grobbel, Treasurer
Liquor Licensing Attorney, Carlin Edwards Brown PLLC
Parish: Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Beverly Hills

Marcia M. McBrien, Secretary
Formerly Public Information Officer, Michigan Supreme Court (retired)
Parish: St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms

Farrah Abona 
Associate Attorney 
Conklin Benham, P.C. 
Parish: St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church, West Bloomfield

Hon. Annette J. Berry
Judge, Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan
Parish: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Plymouth

Hon. Edward J. Joseph
Judge, Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan
Parish: St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms

John E. Fitzgerald 
Associate Attorney
Hom, Arene, Bachrach, Corbett, Kramer, Harding & Dombrowski
Parish: Sts. Peter  & Paul Jesuit Church, Detroit 

Margaret E. Fitzgerald 
Associate Attorney
Hom, Arene, Bachrach, Corbett, Kramer, Harding & Dombrowski
Parish: Sts. Peter  & Paul Jesuit Church, Detroit

Patricia Rossi Galvin
Principal, Law Offices of Patricia Rossi Galvin
Parish: St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms

Robert Klucens
Retired Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County
Parish: St. Joan of Arc, St. Clair Shores

Joseph D. Fresard
Staff Attorney
UAW Legal Services Plan
Parish: St. Joan of Arc, St. Clair Shores

Hon. Lawrence J. Paolucci
Judge, Wayne County Probate Court
Parish: St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms

Joseph E. Richotte
Shareholder, Butzel Long
Parish: St. Hugo of the Hills, Bloomfield Hills

Hon. Michael J. Riordan
Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 
Parish: Our Lady of Good Counsel, Plymouth

Monsignor Ronald T. Browne, Chaplain 
Judicial Vicar for the Archdiocese of Detroit
Formerly an attorney with Cummings, McClorey, Davis and Acho
CLSMD Chaplain since 2017