VICTORIA A. VULETICH Attorney At Law CAREER PROFILE EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

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1 VICTORIA A. VULETICH Attorney At Law CAREER PROFILE Creative, innovative attorney and teacher with extensive and unique experience in the law of lawyering. Expert in the changing nature of the legal profession and its implications for lawyers, firms, individuals and society. Strategic planner, skilled in building and leading teams that promote optimal utilization of talent to achieve goals in the legal setting. The Thomas M. Cooley Law School Associate professor EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS 4/2008 to present Teach, coach, and guide law students regarding professional responsibility, including the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the ability and importance of developing good judgment. Extensive public speaking on legal ethics and legal cultural issues. State Bar of Michigan, Lansing, MI 4/1999 to 4/2008 Mandatory Association of over 36,000 lawyers Ethics Counsel Created and implemented the State Bar of Michigan Practice Management Resource Center, which is a law office management program that assists lawyers in managing their practices. Advised Michigan attorneys on a daily basis regarding ethical dilemmas and practice issues they are facing. Hired, trained and coached the employees of three State Bar programs. Staff counsel to the State Bar of Michigan Client Protection Fund and Ethics programs, with special experience in researching, formulating and advocating court rule and policy proposals. Experience in both state and federal trial and appellate courts, including the U.S. 6 th Circuit Court of Appeals.

2 Shanahan Hoy & Kremski, Owosso, MI Attorney, Private practice Represented and advised individuals and small businesses in litigation proceedings. Practice emphasized personal injury, landlord tenant and family law matters Firm won the largest jury verdict ($16,000,000.00) in the State of Michigan in (Osgood v. Genesys Regional Medical Center, Genesee Circuit Court EDUCATION University of Denver School of Law JD. Denver, CO Fort Lewis College, B.A. Political Science, cum laude Durango, CO PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 5/14 t0 6/14 Guest researcher University of Surrey Law School Guildford, England, UK Spent one month interviewing leaders in the English legal profession and researching the U.K. s recent adoption of alternative business structures. 3/28/2014 Panelist Seminar Marketing Your Practice Through Social Media Grand Rapids Bar Association Panelists John Reed and Victoria Vuletich 11/5/2013 Presentation Seminar Multijurisdictional Practice Issues ICLE Annual Ethics Update 2012

3 10/3/2013 Presentation Ethical Issues Involved In Representing Disabled Clients Elder Law Conference Crystal Mountain Resort, MI 9/11/2013 Presentation Ethical Issues Involved in Representing Disabled Clients Annual Veterans Law Summit Livonia, MI 8/22/2013 Moderator Webinar Ethical Pitfalls for Young Lawyers American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility Over 1,000 attendees nationwide largest audience to date for a CPR CLE seminar 10/23/2012 Moderator - Webinar Panel Discussion The Ethics of Ending Attorney- Client Relationships American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility Largest number of webinar attendees to date for a CPR CLE seminar 3/15/2011 Moderator Panel Discussion Ethics in Our World Inaugural edition of annual ethics symposium Sponsored by Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, Cooley Law School and the Grand Rapids Bar Association 8/6/2010 Co- Presenter ABA Annual Meeting Lawyer Know Thyself San Francisco, CA 8/5/2010 Co- Presenter ABA Annual Meeting What to Do If Your Client is Lying San Francisco, CA 11/5/09 Co- Presenter

4 ICLE Ethics Seminar Difficult Times, Dangerous Practices 7/31/09 Co- Presenter ABA Annual Meeting How To Deal With Difficult Opposing Counsel Chicago, IL 2/2/2009 Co- presenter Grand Rapids Inns of Court Ethical Issues of Withdrawing from Representation 1/24/2009 Presenter Convention of the Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar Association On Blizzard Lines, Atticus Finch and Not Getting Lost: What It Means to be a Lawyer in These Times & Dealing With the Three F s Fear, Failure & Frustration Myrtle Beach, SC 11/18/2008 Co- presenter Women Lawyer s Association of Michigan Dealing With the Three F s Fear, Failure & Frustration 11/13/2008 Co- presenter Ethics 2008: What You Need to Know Ethics Issues in Probate Practice 10/30/08 Co- presenter Thomas M. Cooley Law School Navigating the Legal Culture 10/13/08 Co- Presenter 14 th Annual Attorney Seminar Accident Fund Insurance Co. How To Deal With Difficult Opposing Counsel East Lansing, MI 9/19/08 Presenter State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting Overcoming Fear, Failure and Frustration How to Have the Life and Practice You Want

5 Dearborn, MI 8/4/08 Ex Parte Contact & The Unauthorized Practice of Law: What Every Court Employee Needs to Know Training for Calhoun County Court Personnel Battle Creek, MI 7/27/08 Panelist Issues Involving Notary Signing Agents National Association of Secretary of States Convention 6/25/08 Frequently Asked Ethics Questions Berrien/Cass County Bar Association Meeting Berrien County, MI 5/30/08 Moderator Panel Presentation Potpourri of Issues for Lawyers Funds for Client Protection 24 th ABA National Forum on Client Protection Boston, MA 11/15/07 Ethics 2007: Meeting the Challenges What s Hot at the Ethics Hotline Institute of Continuing Legal Education 6/2/07 Moderator Panel Presentation Lawyer Disability/Mental Health Issues 23 rd ABA National Forum on Client Protection Chicago, IL 5/29/07 Unauthorized Practice of Law Issues for Mediators State Court Administrative Office mediator training Lansing, MI 4/7/07 Happy, Healthy Lawyers Conference How To Deal With Difficult Opposing Counsel University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 6/3/06 Moderator Panel Presentation Multijurisdictional Practice of Law: The Choice of Fund Dilemma 22 nd ABA National Forum on Client Protection Vancouver, B.C

6 PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Monthly columnist, Michigan Lawyer s Weekly The Law Principles, and Practice of Legal Ethics, 2d. ed. with Nelson P. Miller, Vandeplas Publishing, 2012 IS PROPERTY MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE? The Moral Inadequacy of Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.6 Charlotte Law Review Spring 2010 On Pitbulls, Piranhas & Other Creatures: Why Attorney Advertising Makes Us Gnash Our Teeth and Wring Our Hands and What Can Be Done About It, Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law, Spring 2010 EFFECTIVE ATTORNEY ADVERTISING Why It Will Make Your Life Better Michigan Bar Journal December 2009 Who Is the Customer and What Are We Selling Article, co- authored with Dean Nelson Miller, The Journal of the Legal Profession, Spring 2009 A Law Student s Guide to Being a Happy, Healthy and Honorable Lawyer. Article developed for the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility posted at: The State Bar of Michigan Unauthorized Practice of Law Program and the Probate Practitioner, co- authored with Catherine M. O Connell, Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal, Spring 2007 Promoting Public Confidence in the Legal Profession: The State Bar of Michigan Client Protection Fund, 82 Mich Bar Journal 1, January 2003 Multidisciplinary Practices and the Main Street Lawyer, 79 Mich Bar Journal, Sept Ethical Ramifications for Michigan Attorneys Involved With Will and Trust Kit Companies, 79 Mich Bar Journal, May 2000 The Unauthorized Practice of Law and Landlord Tenant Cases, 78 Mich Bar Journal 964, Sept. 1999

7 AFFILIATIONS & APPOINTMENTS Fellow, American Bar Foundation Former Chairperson, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility Continuing Legal Education Committee Member, American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility Policy Implementation Committee Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation Member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Client Protection Former President of the Shiawassee County Bar Association