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Home > Fellows > Michelle Behnke, Patron Fellow, Sworn In as President of the American Bar Association

Michelle Behnke, Patron Fellow, Sworn In as President of the American Bar Association

September 05, 2025

Michelle Behnke, Patron Fellow, was sworn in as the president of the American Bar Association at the Annual Meeting in Toronto. As of her swearing in, she becomes only the second State Bar of Wisconsin member to become president of the ABA.

Michelle Behnke, photo courtesy of the ABA

She has served the ABA in many roles, from Treasurer from 2017-2020, to chairing the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, and as a member of the ABA Board of Governors from 2010-2013.

Behnke is currently an attorney with Boardman Clark, specifically practicing in their business, real estate, and estate planning practice groups. In 2004, she was awarded the YWCA Women of Distinction award and the University of Wisconsin Law School LEO Alumnus Award.

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