Lori A. Buiteweg
Contact Information
Firm: Nichols Sacks Slank Sendelbach, Buiteweg & Solomon, PC
Address: 524 S Main St Ste 210, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2993
Phone: (734) 994-3000
Fax: (734) 994-1557
Practice State
Michigan
Emphasis
Alternate Dispute Resolution
Legal Organizations
2025: Supreme Court Licensing Pilot Examination Committee Subject Matter Expert 2021 - SBM Executive Director Search Committee
2021 - present: Present: State Bar of Michigan Foundation Access to Justice Grant Application Review Committee
2020: SCAO Virtual Courtroom Task Force
2019 - present: Attorney Discipline Board panelist
2019 - present: State Bar of Michigan Public Policy Committee
2016: Supreme Court Administrative Office Uniform Collaborative Law Court Rules Committee
2009-present: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Michigan. President 2020-2021; National Board of Governors 2019 - 2025. National Legislative Committee 2023 - present.
2017-2018: State Bar of Michigan: Public Policy Committee Steering Committee; Website and Social Media Committee Chairperson
2017-2018: American Bar Association National Conference of Bar Presidents: Bar Leadership Training Programming Committee
2015-2016: State Bar of Michigan (President) following twelve years of service as a Commissioner for District G. Included: attending ABA Days in Washington, D.C.; serving on the State Planning Body; attending multiple meetings of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, the Great Rivers Bar Leadership Meeting, and the American Bar Association; chairing the committees of the Client Protection Fund, Finance, Member Services, Public Policy and Awards Committees; speaking at engagements throughout the state of Michigan; participating in the Task Forces on the Role of the SBM and 2l51 Century; delivering commencement speech at Cooley Law School; writing monthly columns and biogs for the SBM magazine and website; leading the SBM strategic planning committee; and running Board of Commissioner meetings.
2010-2015: Founded and led efforts to form the Legal Resource Center in Washtenaw County.
2003-2006: State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly (Chairperson, 2006) following approximately six years of service as a Representative for Washtenaw, Livingston and Jackson counties.
2001: Washtenaw County Family Law Section (Chairperson)
1998-2004: State Bar of Michigan, Character & Fitness Panelist District G 1998-2001: Washtenaw County Bar Association (President, 2000-01)
Awards
2026: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame
2018: Women's Bar Association of Oakland County, Evelyn Forrest Distinguished Advocate Award
2017: Michigan Lawyer's Weekly Leaders in the Law
2017: Catholic Lawyer's Guild St. Thomas More Award
2017: Michigan Super Lawyers Top 50Women Lawyers
2016: Italian American Bar Association Phillip F. Greco Award
2015: Washtenaw County/Eastern Michigan University Outstanding Service Award
2013: Washtenaw County Bar Association Patriot Award
2012: Michigan Council for the Social Studies Citizen of the Year
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
2009: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
2006: Grand Blanc High School Alumnae of the Year
2005: Women Lawyer's Association of Washtenaw County- "First Women in Washtenaw County Awards" for being first woman state bar commissioner from Washtenaw County
Presentations
Written and edited approximately fifty substantive biogs on my law firm's www.nsssb.com website
2026: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Annual Spring Seminar Speaker - "Cybersecurity – Protecting your clients’ information"
2025: Co-hosted webinar on mastering changes to the Michigan Court Rules on Ex-Parte Motions and Orders in Family Law cases
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers each May annually from 2011 to present, seminar speaker on topics including: Established Custodial Environment; Parenting Time; Alimony; Intersection of Custody and Abuse/Neglect Cases; Deviating from the Michigan Child Support Formula; Life Insurance and Annuities; Alternative Reproduction and Disposition of Embryos in Family Law proceedings; Child Development and Parental Conflict.
Limited Scope Representation, University of Detroit Mercy Law School 2017 and 2018
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, February 2018 St. John's Conference Center, Plymouth, Ml "Dividing the Marital Estate" (Family Law Certificate Program)
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, November 2017, Mackinaw Island, Michigan "Nuts and Bolts of Collaborative Law Practice"
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society Annual Luncheon 2016
Practical Law, November 2015, Channel 15 Birmingham Community Access TV Show hosted by Henry Gornbein https://vimeo.com/145263314
State Bar of Michigan Engagements statewide October 2015- September 2016
Upcoming in May 2022: "Embryo Disposition: An Evolving Frontier"
Panelist, When and How to Respond to Discovery Requests, Sponsored by Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention & Treatment Board (2008)
Guest Lecturer, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, How to Run a Law Practice (2007)
Guest Lecturer, Advanced Negotiations taught by Prof. J.J. White, University of Michigan School of Law (2006)
Panelist, What to Expect from Character & Fitness, Michigan State University Law School, (2006)
Panelist, Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor, Sponsored by Safe House of Washtenaw County (2005)
Guest Speaker, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Discovery in a Family Law Case (2003)
Authored
Eleven Michigan Bar Journal Articles and many Presidents' biogs (2015-2016)
Reflections on the 2007 Annual State Bar Meeting Res lpsa Loquitor, Nov. 2007
Representative Assembly Weighs in on Important Issues Michigan Bar Journal, 2006
What Clients Want Res lpsa Loquitor, January 2001
Court Rule Initiative: Drafted proposed changes to MCR 3.222 et seq regarding uncontested judgments of divorce and judgments of separate maintenance, adopted by the State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section and State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly, ultimately encompassed in pending Collaborative Court Rule proposals on the Supreme Court's administrative docket.
State of Practice
Michigan