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September 13, 2006

Vernon Saper Elected Secretary of Michigan Chapter of The ESOP Association

Vernon Saper, a partner at Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, has been elected secretary of the Michigan Chapter of The ESOP Association.

A longtime member of the organization and its executive committee, Saper will serve a two-year term in this leadership role. The ESOP Association is a national organization of companies who sponsor employee stock ownership programs. Saper, who concentrates his practice in employee benefits law, has extensive experience designing and preparing ESOPs for numerous public, closely held and family-owned businesses.

Active both professionally and personally, Saper is past chair and has served for more than 25 years as a board member of Goodwill Industries of Grand Rapids and its Foundation. He is also past president of the board of directors of the Hearing and Speech Center of Grand Rapids.

Saper is a frequent author and speaker on a wide variety of employee benefits issues, including retirement planning and employee stock ownership plans. He has served as an adjunct faculty member for several years in the Grand Valley State University master's in taxation program.

Saper has been listed in multiple editions of The Best Lawyers in America for more than 20 years. He is a member of the American Bar Association, serving on the employee benefits committee of its Taxation Section, and the same committee and section for the State Bar of Michigan.

Saper holds a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University and his doctor of jurisprudence, summa cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit.

 

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About Warner Norcross & Judd:

Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2006, Warner Norcross & Judd LLP is one of Michigan’s leading providers of legal services with more than 180 attorneys in Grand Rapids, Holland, Metro Detroit and Muskegon. For the third consecutive year, the Firm has a greater percentage of partners listed in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America than any other large law firm in Michigan. Warner Norcross was also named the best corporate law firm in West Michigan by Corporate Board Member magazine for the third year in a row. Warner Norcross has been recognized as a national leader in client service among law firms by BTI Consulting and as one of West Michigan's 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For. The Firm represents local, statewide, regional, national and international clients in all areas of business and civil law.
 

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