Berrien County has had to hire an attorney to help with school recalls, specifically with an appeal filed over a failed school recall. At a Thursday meeting, the Berrien County Board of Commissioners hired Dickinson Wright PLLC to be the legal firm to represent the Berrien County Clerk in an appeal before the Michigan Court of Appeals. Last year, recall petitions against some trustees on the Lakeshore Public Schools Board of Education were rejected by the clerk’s office. The petitioners appealed to Berrien County Judge Dennis Wiley, who sided with the clerk’s office. Now, the petitioners have appealed to the state court. The resolution approved by commissioners this week states the case before the state court will require additional legal assistance for the county’s corporate counsel. The Lakeshore recall attempt was one of several across the county in 2022.
