The Law Society of Scotland’s Council has selected respected Glasgow solicitor Michael Samuel as just the 20th person to receive Honorary Membership.
He is the first person bestowed with life membership of the Law Society since 2021, and just the 10th person since the millennium.
Mr Samuel will receive a special welcome to mark his life membership at the Law Society's Annual General Meeting, which is being held online on 29 June.
He was a founding Partner when Miller Samuel was established in 1973 and the firm’s first and only chairman for more than four decades, continuing in the role when it merged to become Miller Samuel Hill Brown in 2016.
He was elected Dean of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow in 2004 and served until 2007.
He was also Convener of the Law Society of Scotland’s Business of Conveyancing Committee and then long-time Vice Convener of the Property Law Committee.
