Bridget Mary McCormack

Bridget Mary McCormack became President and Chief Executive Officer of the AAA-ICDR® in February 2023, bringing broad and deep experience in dispute resolution from her judicial, advocacy, and academic careers. She served most recently as Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, deciding thousands of cases and overseeing the courts throughout the state. Before she was elected to the Court, Bridget was a law professor and Associate Dean at the University of Michigan Law School. At Michigan Law, Bridget founded many new clinical programs, including a Mediation Clinic and the Michigan Innocence Clinic. Bridget continues to be involved in legal education, serving as the Strategic Advisor to the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She started her career as an attorney at the Legal Aid Society in Manhattan. Bridget’s career has allowed her to focus on creative and new approaches to sticky problems in the legal profession.

Bridget has been recognized for her leadership in Michigan and nationally: In 2020, she was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News and in September 2022 she was recognized as Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2022 Influential Woman of the Year. And on April 20, 2023, she will receive the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System’s highest honor, the Rebuilding Justice Award.

Bridget earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy with honors from Trinity College, Connecticut, and her Juris Doctor at New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar.