Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 32. Military Establishment § 32.720

Sec. 320. The adjutant general shall appoint as staff judge advocate an officer of the national guard, who shall be an attorney-at-law licensed to practice in this state. He shall perform the duties required of him in the administration of military justice or to perform other legal duties of an official nature. The adjutant general shall provide, within his office, for the administration of military justice as provided in the state code of military justice and shall administratively supervise the claims in behalf of personnel of the state military establishment and the public generally, as against the United States, or this state, under the federal tort claims act and other state and federal acts.