A local attorney has been appointed chair of the Nineteen District Bar Associationís Ethics Committee, effective Jan. 12, 2007. Michael Welch, a partner in the Hebert-Welch practice in Forest Lake and a prosecutor for the city of Forest Lake, was named to the post by the Minnesota Supreme Court. He replaces Richard C. Illkka, a Stillwater attorney whose term as chair will expire. The Nineteenth District includes Chisago, Kanabec, Pine and Washington counties. District ethics committees are established in each of the 21 district bar associations to investigate complaints of unethical conduct against Minnesota lawyers for the state Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. Committee members are volunteer attorneys and public members. The Minnesota Supreme Court order was issued on Nov. 15, 2006 by Chief Justice Russell A. Anderson.

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