Swanson elected new Board of Governors chairman

An Oshkosh lawyer and longtime member of the State Bar Board of Governors was elected Wednesday to be the board’s chairman.

Paul Swanson of Steinhilber, Swanson, Mares, Marone & McDermott was the sole nominee for the position. His nomination was approved by a voice vote at the BOG’s meeting.

He will succeed Chairwoman Sherry Coley, whose term ends Monday.

Swanson was a member of the BOG between 1987 and 1995, and from 2006 to the present. He also was the bar’s treasurer between 1994 and 1995.