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The
Wayne Lawyer
Spring 2009 Volume 25, No. 1
AIM HIGHER
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WSU Board of Governors
Richard Bernstein, Chair
Paul Massaron
Tina Abbott, Vice Chair
Annetta Miller
Debbie Dingell
Gary Pollard
Eugene Driker, ’61
Jay Noren, Ex Officio
Diane Dunaskiss
Julie Miller, Secretary
Wayne Law Board of Visitors
Executive Committee:
I. W. Winsten, ’79, Chair
Earle Erman, ’74
Thomas G. Kienbaum, ’68,
David M. Hempstead, ’75
Vice Chair
Kathryn J. Humphrey, ’80
Candyce Ewing Abbatt, ’83
Michael L. Pitt, ’74,
Hon. Nancy Edmunds, ’76
William A. Sankbeil, ’71
Members of the Board:
C. David Bargamian, ’90
Monte D. Jahnke, ’74
Henry Baskin, c57
David D. Joswick, ’69
Roger C. Bauer, ’67
Peter M. Kellett, ’82
Maurice S. Binkow
Hon. Marilyn J. Kelly, ’71
Roger Boesky, ’62
Carol H. Lesnek-Cooper, ’78
Garry G. Carley, ’64
Michael W. Maddin, ’65
Robert M. Carson, ’68
Lawrence McLaughlin, ’77
Ina C. Cohen, ’74
Hon. Donna Milhouse, ’84
John J. Collins Jr., ’76
E. Powell Miller, ’86
Albert J. Dib, ’80
Albert T. Quick, ’67
Krishna S. Dighe, ’87
James K. Robinson, ’68
Hon. Edward Ewell Jr., ’85
David L. Rogers, ’82
Tyrone C. Fahner, ’68
Hon. Gerald E. Rosen
Sherrie L. Farrell
Paul A. Rosen, ’64
Cynthia B. Faulhaber, ’82
Paul M. Shirilla, ’76
Michael D. Fishman, ’84
Miriam L. Siefer, ’75
David Galbenski, ’93
Barry P. Waldman, ’69
Hon. Elizabeth Gleicher, ’79
Prof. Jonathan T. Weinberg
David M. Hayes, ’67
Marcy Hahn Wolfson, ’98
Paul W. Hines, ’73
Hon. Joan E. Young, ’74
Thomas T. Huff, ’68
Edward M. Zelenak, ’77
Wayne Law Alumni Association
Executive Committee:
Sean A. Blume, ’02,
President
Jon T. Emaus, ’06,
Treasurer
Suzanne M. Johnson, ’84,
Vice President
Matthew Bates, ’08,
Secretary
Members of the Board:
Elisa M. Angeli, ’94
R. Bradley Lambert, ’82
Jeffrey Aronoff, ’04
June Lee, ’01
Lise A. Barrera, ’97
Tanya E.J. Lundberg, ’07
David M. Belanger, ‘86
Meghann Marken, ’06
G. Christopher Bernard, ’00
Victor A. McCoy, ’94
Catherine Brainerd, ’06
David Michael, ’03
Gregory Champion, ’93
Michele R. Miller, ’86
Barry R. Powers, ’87
Michael Fayz, ’91
Douglas C. Salzenstein, ’01
David J. Galbenski, ’93
Matthew Schenk, ’96
Krystal Gardner
Daniel D. Simjanovski, ’02
Amanda Hickman, ’06
Jami Statham, ’06
Wendy A. Hipsky, ’02
Ronni Tischler, ’96
Diane Hutcherson, ’86
Lauren Trible-Laucht, ’08
Andrew J. Kandrevas, ’01
Ricardo M. Villarosa, ’97
Rob Kent, ’08
Sonu Weaver, ’02
Eric Kociba, ’01
Susan L. West, ’99
Jill Krolikowski, ’02
Kimberlee G. Yapchai, ’93
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Wayne Law Directory
Table of Contents
Letter from the Dean
1
Admissions – J.D.
(313) 577-3937
[email protected]
Message from the Wayne Law Development Office
Alumni Giving Profile: Ty Fahner, ’68
A Year in Review
Making a Difference
in Detroit and Beyond
3
Admissions – LL.M.
(313) 577-0088
[email protected]
9
Career Services
(313) 577-3949
[email protected]
Dean of Students
(313) 577-3997
[email protected]
Catherine LaMont, ’80
Kingsley Noble Osei, 1L
One Year and Counting: A Look at Robert M. Ackerman’s
First Year as Wayne Law Dean
Development and Alumni Relations
(313) 577-3113
[email protected]
Public Interest Law Fellowships
Public Interest Law Students Association
Financial Aid
(313) 577-5142
[email protected]
Sean Blume, ’02
Wayne Law Elected Officials
Wayne Law Clinics
Giving to Wayne Law
Wayne State University Law School
471 West Palmer Street
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (313) 577-3933
Fax: (313) 577-9016
17
Law Library
(313) 577-6166
[email protected]
Records and Registration
(313) 577-8023
[email protected]
Law Firm Campaign
Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and
Community Development
Additional Law School information
can be found online at law.wayne.edu.
Class of 1968 Dean’s Challenge Fund
Class of 1969 Efforts
In Memoriam
Friend Giving Profile: The Ravitz Family
We Welcome Alumni News!
Ways to Give to Wayne Law
Honor Roll of Donors
2008 Wayne Law Scholarship Recipients
Alumni Notes
33
Upcoming Events
40
Please send news of your
professional accomplishments
to Kristin Copenhaver, Wayne
Law communications director,
at [email protected].
About this Publication
This publication was produced by the Wayne Law Office of
Communications in collaboration with the Wayne Law Office
of Development and Alumni Relations and Wayne State
University’s Central Development Office. Photography by Rick
Bielaczyc, Eric Eggly and MJ Murawka.
The Wayne Lawyer
© 2009 Wayne State University Law School
[Greetings from Wayne Law]
Dear Wayne Law alumni
and friends:
I am delighted to have this
opportunity to thank you
for your continued support.
You play a vital role in the
life of the Law School and
your generosity is deeply
appreciated.
In the short time I have been
Dean, Wayne Law has built
upon the solid foundation
established by my
predecessors to position itself
as a force to be reckoned
with in the competitive
world of legal academia.
I am proud to report that
we have forged ahead
on numerous initiatives
to provide students with
the best legal education
possible. We have hired
new administrators (e.g., in
Career Services) to provide
Alumni Profile:
better services to current
and prospective students,
and welcomed a number
of faculty members to our
already excellent faculty.
We have also partnered
with the Legal Aid and
Defender Association of
Detroit to offer students
the Child Advocacy Clinic,
have hosted a number
of lectures and symposia
featuring highly acclaimed
and nationally recognized
speakers, and have
established Public Interest
Law Fellowships, featured on
page 13 of this publication.
These accomplishments
and many more have been
made possible by your
generosity. In fact, since
my appointment, you have
helped the Law School raise
more than $2.5 million,
which will assist us further
in recruiting and retaining
an outstanding faculty,
attracting the best and
brightest students, sustaining
and building upon relevant
program offerings, and
providing additional space
for learning, outreach and
the advancement of civil
rights via the future Damon
J. Keith Center for Civil
Rights and Community
Development.
This publication pays tribute
to our alumni and donors
and celebrates Wayne
Law’s distinguished past,
exhilarating present and
promising future. Please
enjoy and, again, thank
you all for your continuing
support of Wayne Law.
Sincerely,
Robert M. Ackerman
Dean
Ty Fahner, ’68
The warmth and enthusiasm
are unmistakable in Ty
Fahner’s voice when he talks
about Wayne Law. Former
Attorney General for the
State of Illinois and CEO and
partner of Mayer Brown, one
of the largest law firms in the
world, Fahner’s curriculum
vitae belies the modesty with
which he describes his life
and career.
“I’ve been very lucky,”
Fahner said. “I am blessed
to have the success I have
experienced and I owe a
great deal of that to my time
at Wayne Law.”
Fahner grew up on the
east side of Detroit and
graduated from Denby High
School. Still deciding on
a career path, he received
his Bachelor of Arts degree
from the University of
Michigan, where he met and
married fellow student Anne
Beauchamp. He worked at
several unskilled jobs while
Anne finished her degree.
During this time, Fahner,
envisioning a better life
for Anne and himself, was
accepted at Wayne Law,
commuting almost 100
miles round-trip from Ann
Arbor every day in an old
Volkswagen and sharing the
cost of travel with another
student.
“My time at Wayne Law
created a solid foundation
for my career, and enabled
me to qualify for a Ford
Foundation Criminal
Dear Wayne Law alumni
and friends:
I wish to add my sincere
thanks to those of Dean
Ackerman for the support
of every donor to Wayne
Law. Through the generous
gifts of the people listed in
this publication, as well as
those of the many donors
throughout the school’s
history, much has been
accomplished to move
Wayne Law forward.
We are currently seeking
funding to build the Damon
Development, a structure
adjacent to the Law School
that will house a program
dedicated to the study and
advancement of civil rights,
a Wayne Law academic area
of excellence.
Justice Fellowship from
Northwestern University
School of Law, where
I received an LL.M. in
criminal justice,” Fahner
remarked. The rest of
the story is an inspiring
combination of private
practice and public service,
professional dedication and
volunteer commitment
that has benefited untold
numbers of people around
the world.
Fahner recalled his time
at Wayne Law with great
Among our ongoing
fundraising endeavors is
establishing a number of
endowed chairs. These
positions will attract
and retain distinguished
academicians who exhibit
the highest level of scholarly
achievement and make
noteworthy contributions to
the field of law, turning their
scholarship to the service
of humankind.
While a student’s years on
campus are few, each graduate
spends a lifetime as a Wayne
Law alumna or alumnus
with a vested interest in the
continuing success of the
school. I encourage you to
stay connected through our
publications, by visiting our
website at law.wayne.edu and
by serving on the Law Alumni
Association board or your
class reunion committee.
fondness. In the 1960s,
classes were scattered in
old buildings around the
campus. A particularly
memorable garage had a
small area near the heating
system that was the student
lounge, with just enough
room for a coffee machine
and soft drink dispenser. But
it was the faculty who made
the biggest impression on
Fahner.
“I can still visualize so many
of them. They ran the gamut
from mature and highly
In addition to your personal
involvement, financial
contributions to your areas
of interest at Wayne Law
are very much appreciated
and carefully stewarded to
maximize their impact.
Interested in learning how
you can make a difference?
Please visit page 22 of this
publication to read about
the many creative ways in
which you can give. Also, if
I may be of assistance to you
in any way, please contact
me at (313) 577-4141 or
[email protected].
I look forward to meeting you!
Sincerely,
Mary Hollens
Senior Director of
Development and Alumni
Relations
experienced to young and
energetic but they were all
very good teachers. I learned
a great deal from them in
addition to the principles
of law that have given me a
career and a good life for me
and my family,” Fahner said.
Fahner generously supports
the school because he feels
he owes Wayne Law a lot. “I
couldn’t meet the expense
of high tuition rates,”
he noted. “None of my
classmates were born with a
silver spoon in their mouths.
We were hungry young
people and Wayne Law, then
as now, gives opportunities
to students who otherwise
couldn’t afford them. That’s
what makes Wayne Law so
special to me and why I’m
involved, financially and as
a volunteer.”
Ty Fahner is co-chair of
the Class of 1968 Dean’s
Challenge Fund and a major
contributor to Wayne Law. •
[2
Year in Review
Wayne Law’s enviable location, the Law School’s sterling
reputation, and the support of its community and alumni
have brought an array of stimulating events to Wayne Law.
These events complement the legal education we provide
students, offering them expanded opportunities to learn
from the legal community’s finest.
Please take a quick look back at some of our many exciting
events from 2007 and 2008.
24th annual I. Goodman Cohen Lecture
Left to right: Ina Cohen, ’74, and speaker Arlene Mayerson.
Mayerson spoke on “Caste to Class: Busting Barriers Along
the Road to Citizenship.”
Fourth Keith Collection Biennial Lecture
Left to right: E. Christopher Johnson, Assistant Dean of Admissions Ericka MatthewsJackson, ’97, Elliott Hall, ’65, The Hon. Damon J. Keith, LL.M. ’56, Constance Rice,
Professor Dana Roach Thompson, Chuck Boyce and Dean Robert M. Ackerman.
Izumi Lecture
Thomas J. Sugrue addressed a full house in a public
lecture as the Izumi Scholar in Residence.
The Boundary Waters Treaty Centennial Symposium
This symposium, recognizing the 100-year anniversary of the 1909 Boundary Waters
Treaty, explored its history, impact and continued relevance moving forward into the
next century. It was presented with the generous assistance of the Government of
Canada (avec l’appui du gouvernement du Canada ) and the Wayne State University
Student Council.
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Cohn Family Endowed Scholar Program
Left to right: Former Wayne Law Dean Frank H. Wu,
Professor Gregory Fox and The Hon. Avern Cohn. Fox
addressed “Internationalized Territories.”
[Transitions]
Associate Professor John A. Rothchild assumed
his responsibilities as Associate Dean of Wayne
Law in spring 2008.
Driker Forum for Excellence in the Law
“Google in the Court: Copyright and the Universal Library”
Clockwise from upper left: Professor Oren Bracha, Professor
Hannibal Travis, Professor Derek Bambauer, Eugene Driker,
’61, and Professor Diane Zimmerman.
Anne Marie Burr, ’81, joined the Law School
team as Director of Legal Research and Writing.
Associate Professor Linda M. Beale was appointed
Director of Graduate Studies.
Marc Poirier Lecture
Seton Hall Professor Marc Poirier spoke on “The Cultural
Property Claim Within the Same-Sex Marriage Controversy”
during a visit to Wayne Law.
Ericka Jackson, ’97, was hired to
serve as Assistant Dean of Admissions.
After more than 35 years of service to Wayne
State University and Wayne Law, Library
Director Georgia Clark has retired.
Daniel Benjamin Lecture
Benjamin, of the Brookings Institution, presented a lecture
titled “The Middle East and the Next President: What
Direction for U.S. Foreign Policy.” Left to right: Sonia Salah,
Professor Gregory Fox, Daniel Benjamin and Fadwa Alawieh.
Virginia Thomas was hired as the new
Director of the Arthur Neef Law Library.
Leslie Demeter was hired in the Law School’s
Development and Alumni Affairs Office as a
Development Officer.
Mary Valade-Levin was hired as
Director of Finance and Operations.
Oral Arguments before the Michigan Court of Appeals
Left to right: Judge Joel Hoekstra, Professor John Dolan, Judge
Richard Bandstra, Professor Anne Burr, ’81, Judge Henry
William Saad, ’74, and Professor Robert Sedler.
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Year in Review
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Judge Michael A. Martone visits Wayne Law
Judge Martone met with Wayne Law students, alumni and friends
to discuss his legal career in a public event.
Ford Motor Company Fund announced a gift of $250,000 to support the
Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and Community Development. The
check was presented by Jim Vella, President of Ford Motor Company Fund
and Community Services, to The Hon. Damon J. Keith, LL.M. ’56, WSU
President Jay Noren, and Wayne Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman.
“Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Asian Americans and Higher Education”
From left to right: Dr. Subrata Sengupta, Dr. Ratna Naik, former Wayne
Law Dean Frank H. Wu and Dr. Yuan F. Zheng.
Kristen Clarke Lecture
Kristen Clarke, co-director of the Political Participation Group at the
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., gave a lecture
titled “City-County Consolidation: Costs and Consequences for Detroit
Residents.”
23rd annual SBG Ambulance Chase
Wayne Law students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members
participated in the Ambulance Chase to benefit Cass Community
Social Services.
“Legal Perspectives on the Obama Administration”
From left to right: Professors Brad Roth, Robert Sedler, Robert Ackerman,
Linda Beale, Peter Hammer, Stephen Calkins and CJ Peters. Professors
Richard Broughton, Susan Cancelosi and Lance Gable also participated in
the symposium but are not pictured.
2008 Wayne Law
“Resuscitating and Revitalizing American Labor Law:
A Constructive Dialogue on Areas of Agreement”
From left to right: Peter Pantaleo, NLRB Chair Wilma Liebman,
Joe Canfield, Elizabeth Bunn, ’77, Professor William Mateikis
and Marty Mulloy.
Commencement
A total of 226 students received J.D. degrees in 2008 and 17
were awarded LL.M. degrees. Robert M. Ackerman served as the
Commencement speaker. The Hon. Maura D. Corrigan received an
honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Visit Wayne Law’s online photo
gallery at law.wayne.edu to view photos from the recently held
2009 Commencement Ceremony!
“The Start of the Japanese-style Jury System”
Judge Daisuke Takahara of the Tokyo District Court discussed
the jury system in Japan during a visit to Wayne Law.
The 2008 Edward M. Wise Memorial
“Comparative Legal Approaches to Same-Sex Unions”
Panelists included Brenda Cossman, Ian Curry-Sumner,
Nancy Maxwell, Robert Wintemute, John Corvino, Deborah
LaBelle, ’79, and Mike Steinberg, ’89.
A Night Out with Wayne Law
The Hon. Claudia House-Morcom, ’56, and Dean Robert
M. Ackerman pose for a photo during a celebratory evening
with Wayne Law alumni, students and friends.
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2008 Treasure of Detroit
Honorees: John Collins Jr., ’76, Jessica Cooper, ’73, Cornelius Pitts, ’64,
and Georgia Clark
Honorees and Deans Photo:
Standing – Wayne Law deans past and present – Frank H. Wu, Joan
Mahoney, Robert M. Ackerman, Frederica K. Lombard and James
K. Robinson. Sitting – Honorees – John Collins Jr., Jessica Cooper,
Georgia Clark, and Cornelius Pitts.
2009 Treasure of Detroit
Honorees: G
eorge J. Bedrosian, ’59, Carl Ziemba, ’48 (posthumously), and Lifetime
Achievement Award recipient Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, ’71
Honoree George Bedrosian, ’59, pictured
far right, with President Jay Noren, Sheri
Noren Everts and Gina Bedrosian.
Honoree Carl Ziemba appointed William Kokas, second
from left, to administer the trust for his scholarship.
Kokas accepted Ziemba’s award on his behalf.
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Honoree Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, ’71, pictured in
center, with David Ripple, Donald Newman, The Hon.
Damon J. Keith, LL.M. ’56, and I.W. (Bill) Winsten, ’79.
Be sure to check out more 2009 Treasure of Detroit photos in our online photo gallery at law.wayne.edu/gallery.php
[Faculty Briefs]
Professor Erica Beecher-Monas was selected as a 20082009 Fulbright Scholar to China, joining the ranks
of a number of distinguished alumni of the program
including heads of state, judges, ambassadors, CEOs,
Nobel Prize winners and more.
2009-2010 Wayne Law
Student Board
of Governors
Students elected to the 2009-2010 Board include:
President Meghan Curavo; Vice President Ellen
Davis; Secretary Samantha Orvis; Treasurer
Michelle Burns; Student Council Representative
Andrew Mast; 2L Day Representatives Sridevi
Assistant Professor Lance A. Gable published
“Research with High-Risk Populations:
Balancing Science, Ethics, and Law.”
Peravali and Eric Berg; 2L Evening Representative
Anisa Lari; Upperclass Evening Representative
Abha Tiwari; and Representatives-at-Large
Robert Avers, Stephanie Burruel, Brandon Davis,
Stefania Gismondi, Kevin Kelly, Tyler Roebke,
Paul Isso, Nameer Kajy and Erica Washington.
Assistant Professor and Cohn Family Endowed
Scholar Jocelyn Friedrichs Benson was honored by
the School with the Donald H. Gordon Award for
Excellence in Teaching.
The SBG executive board was elected by the
entire student body, while representatives were
selected by their class peers.
2009-2010 Wayne Law
Review Editorial Board
Assistant Professor Noah Hall was honored
by the Wayne State University Academy of
Scholars with a Junior Faculty Award.
Students elected to the 2009-2010 Editorial
Board include: Editor-in-Chief Tanya L. Nava;
Executive Articles Editor Timothy A. Rimer;
Executive Note & Comment Editor Christian
Murad; Managing Editor Marc W. Oswald;
Production Editor Lauren B. Dunn; Survey Editor
Professor Peter Hammer joined forces with the Center for
Khmer Studies on the development of a set of conference
proceedings titled “Living on the Margins: Minorities
and Borderlines in Cambodia and Southeast Asia.”
Sarah M. Kwiatkowski; Senior Note & Comment
Editors Kevin Kelly, Lillian Kishek, David S.
Ludington, Erin M. McDonald and Sonia A.
Salah; and Senior Articles Editors David P.
Dunaway, Matthew S. Ehrlich, Nicole A. Matisse,
Daniel J. Phillips, Trevor M. Salaski, John E.
Scheibelhut and Luke A. Suchyta.
Professor Ralph Slovenko published
the second edition of “Psychiatry in
Law/Law in Psychiatry.”
2009-2010 Journal of Law
in Society Editorial Board
Students elected to the 2009-2010 Editorial
Board include: Editor-in-Chief Rita Subhedar;
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced
the appointment of Professor John Mogk to
the Council for Labor and Economic Growth.
Mogk was designated to serve as chair of the
council for a term expiring at the pleasure of
the governor.
Managing Editor Amanda Bentley; Symposium
Director Heather Sexton-Dauzy; Reviewing
Editor Stephanie Burruel; Web Editor Elisa
Gomez; Article Editor Elisa Gomez; Article Editor
Robyn Rontal; Article Editor Thomas Tabin;
Article Editor Fallon Yaldo; Note Editor Meredith
Cohen; and Note Editor Julia Gilbert.
The above represents a small sample of remarkable accomplishments by Wayne Law
faculty members. To read more about our faculty members and their accomplishments,
please visit law.wayne.edu/faculty/accomplishments.php
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[Making a Difference]
The Wayne Law Community:
Making a Difference in Detroit & Beyond
Cathy LaMont, ’80
the opportunity to make a
difference.”
Now, nearly 30 years later,
LaMont can still be found
most days right in the heart
of “The D.”
As a student enrolled at
Wayne State University Law
School in the late 1970s,
Cathy LaMont and her nowhusband Michael Donovan
— also a Wayne Law graduate
— lived in Detroit only a few
miles from the Law School
and close to the city’s many
attractions.
“I was drawn to the urban
environment surrounding
Wayne Law, as well as
the Law School’s clinical
offerings,” said the 1980
alumna. “To me, Detroit
represented a lot of energy,
vitality and possibility. It
was — and remains — a
city with a lot of grit and
character. I was excited about
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In 1989 LaMont, who at
the time was searching for
flexibility in her life due
to the birth of her second
daughter, shifted gears after
practicing real estate law
for more than a decade in
Detroit. She entered the
title industry and, in 2002,
formed the LaMont Title
Corp. to be involved with
commercial transactions on a
nationwide scale and to work
on urban redevelopment with
a focus in Detroit.
According to LaMont, who
serves as president of the
333 West Fort Street-based
corporation, the notion
of starting her own title
insurance company was
spurred under Detroit’s
Archer administration
when Detroit was granted
empowerment zones.
“There was so much land
waiting to be redeveloped,”
she said. “It dawned on me
that there would be new
opportunities if we looked
back into tax-reverted
properties. There was
national investment in the
city but title insurers were
not willing to grapple with
the problem of tax-reverted
properties. It became clear
that nothing was going to
change in the city until
someone stepped up to the
challenge.”
LaMont proved both willing
and able.
Securing titles is a vital
component of Detroit’s
revitalization. It takes time
and energy to determine
who may rightfully lay claim
to a parcel of land, how
property lines may have
shifted over time, and how
and why the land’s value
may have changed. Without
title insurance, a bank will
not lend money secured by
a mortgage and purchasers
cannot be assured that they
own the land free and clear
of defects and challenges to
the title.
Knowing this, LaMont and
her team developed an
expertise on handling titles
for foreclosed properties
and began marketing the
city, resulting in deals with
Detroit stadiums, casinos, the
RiverWalk, the new riverfront
projects and much more.
“In Detroit, you have old
titles, there’s history,” LaMont
explained in a Model D article
from 2006. “We got all the
big deals in town, based on
the company’s willingness to
understand and to insure taxreverted parcels.”
In addition, she was able
to secure a wide variety of
projects that were residential
in nature, a testament to her
unwavering commitment to
community service and urban
development dating back to
her involvement in both the
Free Legal Aid Clinic and the
Landlord/Tenant Clinic while
a student at Wayne Law.
Her team has collaborated
with a large number of area
non-profit organizations to
focus on the rejuvenation of
neighborhoods like Jefferson
Village, Brush Park and more.
LaMont has certainly found
a niche in the city’s business
landscape and continues to
make a difference in the city’s
future economic landscape.
“Detroit is an incredible
community with an unequaled
accumulation of cultural,
historical and entrepreneurial
opportunities,” she said. “It
has been through ups and
downs and its residents remain
resilient, hopeful and strong. I’m
thrilled to be a part of it and am
optimistic for its future.”
Her work has not gone
unnoticed. LaMont has been
the recipient of the following
awards: The Elite Eight Award,
2000 Commercial Inc.; The
Innovator Award, 2004-2005,
Community Legal Resources;
and the 2005 Award for
Outstanding Volunteerism,
Community Legal Resources. She
was also voted a Super Lawyer
in 2006, 2007 and 2008, as well
as one of the Top 50 Women
Lawyers in 2007 and 2008.
LaMont’s dedication to the city
of Detroit makes her the type
of student Wayne Law aims
to enroll.
“Our students and graduates
have the ability to profoundly
alter the economic landscape
wherever they direct their
energies,” said Wayne Law Dean
Robert M. Ackerman. “Cathy
certainly serves as a role model
and inspiration to our students
and alumni. She was unafraid
to take on a challenge and, as a
result, has changed the history
of our great city.”
That respect is certainly mutual
as LaMont credits Wayne Law
as the place that helped start
her on her journey to where she
is today.
“I believe Wayne Law really
gave me a valuable start on
how to practice law,” LaMont
said. “I learned so much from
the faculty — especially from
Professor Mogk, Professor Sedler,
Professor Schenk and Professor
Lombard. It’s a superb school in
an urban environment bursting
with possibilities.” •
Kingsley Noble Osei, 1L
“It will take vigorous defense of human rights to sustain
the dignity of every human being in the future and I
want to be a great defender of global human rights.”
Law stemmed from
the school’s excellent
reputation, high bar passage
rate and the breadth of
courses available. However,
Osei noted that its location
also added to its draw.
Born nearly 5,500 miles
away in his hometown of
Dadease, Ghana, Kingsley
Noble Osei knew little of
where his life would take
him. He did, however,
know at a young age what
he wanted to accomplish
within his lifetime.
“I had always wanted
to study law since [high
school],” said Osei,
who added that his
government teacher was an
accomplished lawyer and
inspired him in his journey.
After graduating from the
University of Ghana, the
country’s oldest and largest
public university, with his
bachelor’s degree in political
science, Osei traveled to the
United States in 2002 to
continue his education.
Over the next few years, he
earned a master’s degree in
public administration from
Central Michigan University
and a master’s degree in
political science from Clark
Atlanta University.
Osei then decided to tackle
one of his lifelong goals.
He applied to Wayne State
University Law School and
is currently a full-time, firstyear law student.
According to Osei, his
choice to apply to Wayne
“My desire for higher
education and more
knowledge is a result of
my quest to have a better
understanding of my
environment in order
to make meaningful
contributions to society,”
he said. “Detroit is a
multicultural city which
represents true America and
is very welcoming to people
with diverse backgrounds
like me.”
Osei’s background in
Ghana, along with his
passion for knowledge and
understanding, has spawned
a particular focus on human
rights law.
“My interest in human
rights law stems from the
current happenings around
the world where many poor
people, especially in Africa,
live in extreme deprivation
and therefore are willing
to trade their basic rights
for survival,” he said. “I
also grew up under military
dictatorship where many
people suffered human
rights abuses before we
transitioned into democratic
governance.
“It will take vigorous
defense of human rights
to sustain the dignity of
every human being in the
future and I want to be a
great defender of global
human rights.”
Ardent in both his
beliefs and his academic
endeavors, Osei has
developed straightforward
goals for his time at Wayne
Law, which he hopes will
not only lead him to great
success as a lawyer, but will
allow him to impact the
world around him.
“I want to be a good
student by studying hard
and cultivating good
relationships with my
classmates and professors,”
he said.
Well on his way, the
34-year-old student is
already involved with the
American Civil Liberties
Union, the Black Law
Students Association and
the International Law
Students Association.
Although he maintains
focus on the future, Osei
cannot help
but look back on his
educational experiences
and the differences that
exist between obtaining
an education in Ghana
and going to school in the
United States.
“Learning here is more
intense and exam focused,”
he said. “In Ghana, life is
very relaxed and learning
becomes part of normal
life. I look forward to using
my experiences in both
countries as I graduate from
Wayne Law and become a
licensed practitioner.” •
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One Year and
Counting:
A look at Robert M. Ackerman’s
first year as Wayne Law Dean
Let’s face it. The job of a
law school dean is not an
easy one. Deans must be
well educated, experienced,
disciplined and respected.
They must be able to adapt
to and thrive in a variety
of roles, including those of
leader, advisor, professor,
team player, diplomat and
fundraiser. Deans juggle a
thousand tasks at once and
hold the future of a law
school in their hands.
Fortunately for Wayne State
University Law School,
Dean Robert M. Ackerman
demonstrates a keen ability
to balance and effectively
transition between his
many roles. In fact, it’s this
ability that has allowed him
to hit the ground running
on numerous new projects
at Wayne Law since his
appointment in January 2008.
“It means a great deal to me
to be a part of the Wayne
Law team and the vibrant
southeast Michigan legal
community,” Dean Ackerman
said in January 2008. “I look
forward to building upon
the solid foundation already
established by Dean Frank
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H. Wu and others, and look
forward to playing a role in
shaping Wayne Law’s future.”
Dean Ackerman formally
took office in May 2008 and
has been shaping the Law
School’s future ever since.
Just two weeks into his
tenure, he outlined a number
of initial objectives. Some
of those objectives included
reaching out more effectively
to current and prospective
students, developing and
better defining the Law
School’s mission in the
community, and enhancing
Wayne Law’s already stellar
reputation in the legal
community and in academia.
Now, one year into his
deanship, the dean — a
Harvard Law School alumnus,
former Pennsylvania State
University Dickinson School
of Law professor and former
dean of Willamette University
College of Law — has already
made significant strides in
accomplishing his objectives
and has had a profound
impact on Law School
programming, initiatives and
activities.
In an effort to reach out
to and assist current and
prospective students, Dean
Ackerman established a goal
of making the Law School a
more user-friendly place for
students by suggesting and
implementing new and more
efficient ways to get things
accomplished.
“We are here to help our
students obtain the best
legal education possible,”
said Dean Ackerman, who
also serves as Wayne State
University’s Faculty Athletics
Representative. “As law
school professionals, it is our
job to step in and help clear
away the clutter and red tape
so that students can focus on
the thing that matters most
— their education.”
He has also made it a priority
to hire additional faculty
and staff members, again
allowing the Law School to
serve its students, alumni
and community. Since his
appointment, he has led the
Law School as it engaged in
searches for several faculty
members, a library director,
a business manager, a
legal research and writing
director, an assistant dean
of Admissions, an associate
dean, and several other staff
positions.
“We have been impressed
by the quality and quantity
of applications for both
faculty and staff positions,”
Dean Ackerman said. “I
am confident that we have
hired the best people for
the positions and will move
forward with even greater
momentum in providing an
excellent legal education to
our students.”
With new faculty and staff
members in place, combined
with an already impressive
Wayne Law team, Dean
Ackerman has forged ahead
on a number of initiatives
related to academic
programming and the Law
School’s urban mission in
the community — helping
to position Wayne Law as
the go-to public interest law
school in the Midwest.
He has appointed an ad
hoc faculty committee
to explore programming
options for the future Damon
Development. The Center,
which will be devoted
to promoting research,
academic programming and
community engagement
on legal and policy issues
relating to civil rights and
urban development, will
serve as Michigan’s primary
civil rights and community
engagement forum.
In August 2008, Dean
Ackerman and Director of
Clinical Education David
Moss, along with the Legal
Aid and Defender Association
of Detroit, announced the
creation of a new client
clinic, the Child Advocacy
Clinic. Like Wayne Law’s
other client clinics, the Child
Advocacy Clinic was created
to provide students with
practical experience and assist
Detroit-area families and
individuals through difficult
times.
Additionally, through the
work and dedication of
the Dean and Wayne Law
Assistant Professor Noah Hall,
the Law School will, in 2009,
offer an Environmental Law
Clinic. The Law School will
also offer an Immigration
Law Clinic in 2010 (proposal
pending).
“Our clinics provide students
with opportunities to address
problems facing urban
residents and environments,”
Dean Ackerman said. “A legal
education involves not only
learning in the classroom
but experiencing the law
outside of it. The work by
Professors David Moss, Dana
Roach Thompson, Noah
Hall and Rachel Settlage
to provide these clinics is
invaluable to students and
the community.”
Dean Ackerman, the Public
Interest Law Association
and a team of law school
faculty, staff and alumni also
created Public Interest Law
Fellowships in an effort to
allow students additional
opportunities to gain
practical experience before
graduation, ease financial
stress and offer needed
assistance to organizations
providing legal services to
underserved constituencies.
Fellowships of $6,000 were
recently awarded to 10
Wayne Law students.
While public interest law
is certainly a focus, so too
are many of Wayne Law’s
existing legal programs.
Dean Ackerman, a founding
member of Mediators
Beyond Borders, has asked
the Faculty International
Programs Committee to
inventory the many strands
of Wayne Law’s international
program, seek out synergies,
and propose new initiatives.
A comprehensive program
proposal has now been
adopted by the faculty.
“This Law School offers a
wide variety of international
program options for students,
and our faculty members
are experts on a range of
legal issues in Africa, Asia,
Europe, North America and
South America,” he said. “As
business and industry become
even more globalized,
Wayne Law’s position
on the nation’s busiest
international border will
be an even greater benefit
for students, alumni and
the community.”
Similar efforts are
likely in the fields
of entrepreneurship,
intellectual property and
Check out Dean Ackerman’s blog at:
law.wayne.edu/blogs/deansblog/
health law — all areas of
curricular strength at the Law
School.
It takes a great deal of
energy and resources to
make the kind of impact
Dean Ackerman has already
made on the Law School.
Fortunately, according to
the Dean, he is able to lean
on the wide expertise of his
faculty and staff members to
assist in the implementation
of Wayne Law’s many
initiatives.
The efforts of Senior
Director of Development
and Alumni Relations Mary
Hollens, for instance, have
assisted the Dean and the
Law School in raising more
than $2.5 million since his
appointment.
“We have raised significant
sums for the Law School,
including the Damon J.
Keith Center for Civil Rights
and Community
Development,
through a variety of
initiatives such as
the Class of 1968
Dean’s Challenge
Fund and a
law firm
campaign,” he said. “This
success is directly linked to
Mary’s hard work and the
incredible generosity of our
alumni and friends.”
Dean Ackerman credits his
team for helping Wayne Law
move forward ever stronger.
“The support, competence
and creativity of the Law
School’s faculty and staff
members is remarkable,”
Dean Ackerman said. “We
could not have done any of
these things without their
diligence, thoughtfulness and
extraordinary expertise.”
He added, “Our faculty is first
rate and always rises to the
occasion. And, our students
— the reason we are all here
— are an absolute joy. I
look forward to many
more years as Dean
of Wayne Law.” •
New to Wayne Law:
Public Interest Law Fellowships
Wayne Law recently announced the establishment of Public
Interest Law Fellowships in an effort to allow students
additional opportunities to gain practical experience before
graduation, ease financial stress and offer needed assistance
to organizations providing legal services to underserved
constituencies, reinforcing Wayne State University’s public
service mission.
Approximately $60,000 in total fellowships was awarded to 10
current Wayne Law students who will hold public interest jobs
during the summer of 2009.
• J ason Dinsmore – Great Lakes Environmental Law Clinic/
Wayne Law Environmental Law Clinic
• Elisa Gomez — State Appellate Defender, Detroit
•L
aura Kubit — Lakeshore Legal Aid, Southfield
•R
ita Subhedar — National Housing Law Project,
Washington, D.C.
•A
isa Villarosa — Michigan Poverty Law
•E
rica Washington — Catholic Charities Legal Services,
Washington, D.C.
Recipients (listed with their
summer public interest jobs)
include:
• Kimberly Adams — Salvation
Army Booth Legal Aid Clinic,
Detroit
• Eric Berg — Attorney General
of Michigan Children/Youth
Services Division, Detroit
• Lara Chelian — American Civil
Liberties Union, Detroit/Lansing
• David Deeg — Worker Rights
Consortium, Washington, D.C.
Wayne Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman with PILF
recipient Rita Subhedar.
“We were fortunate to be able to
locate funds for these fellowships
this year, and hope that we are in
a position to continue funding
in the future,” said Wayne Law
Dean Robert M. Ackerman. “In this
time of economic difficulty, it is
especially important that we help
worthy organizations to provide
legal assistance to underserved
constituencies. At the same time, we
can provide hands-on opportunities
for students and help relieve some
financial stress.” •
Wayne Law’s Public Interest Law Association
The Wayne Law Public Interest
Law Association endeavors to
broaden the perspective of
future lawyers by promoting
legal work that not only serves
the surrounding communities
but also improves the quality of
life for the individuals assisted
by the organization’s members.
“PILA strives to create
opportunities for students who
are interested in practicing
public interest law,” said PILA
President Sarah Kwiatkowski.
“PILA’s membership represents
the Law School’s commitment
to serving the urban mission of
the university as a whole. That
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means that our students are
committed to using their law
degrees to help out poor and
underserved communities.”
In fact, a large focus for PILA
members involves helping
Wayne Law
students find
funding for their
legal education
so that they can
pursue the jobs
of their choice
instead of jobs of
necessity upon
graduation.
Not only does
PILA assist with
the planning of scholarship
fundraisers, such as the
Treasure of Detroit Silent
Auction, but the organization
was instrumental in producing
a faculty-endorsed proposal for
a Wayne Law Loan Repayment
Assistance Program. The
organization also recently
played a crucial role in the
development of Public Interest
Law Fellowships (see above).
Sean Blume, ’02
Detroit area blossomed while
he was enrolled at Wayne
Law. A 1999 graduate of
the University of Detroit
Mercy, he originally applied
to Wayne Law due to the
Law School’s location in an
urban setting and the number
of potential job prospects
available to him after
graduation.
Students expect to see their
professors on a regular basis
once enrolled in law school.
What don’t they necessarily
expect to see? The always
friendly face of a prominent
Detroit-area attorney,
volunteer and Wayne Law
alumnus. In fact, at Wayne
Law, one of the most
recognizable faces is that of
2002 alumnus Sean Blume.
As current president of
the Wayne Law Alumni
Association, Blume is
very active on the Board
and is always willing to
participate in meetings,
events and activities that
assist in enhancing Wayne
Law’s future. Blume sits on
a number of committees,
volunteers his time to mentor
current students, gives of
his resources at student
and alumni events, and is
instrumental in fostering
excitement and engagement
among Law School alumni.
Quite possibly the most
remarkable aspect of
Blume’s involvement with
Wayne Law, however, is his
simultaneous involvement
in and passion for a number
of other Detroit-area
organizations and initiatives
— all while leading his own
law practice.
The Farmington Hills
resident’s affection for
community service and the
“I certainly did not just
end up at Wayne Law
accidentally,” Blume said.
“I went to great efforts
to compare the available
Michigan law schools. The
end selling point for me — in
addition to being located in
the heart of Detroit — was
that I was put in touch with
a recruiter for one of the
major firms and asked him
where they are hiring their
employees from. He said
that most were coming from
Wayne Law.”
While a student, Blume
served as president of the
Wayne Law Student Board of
Governors, assisted with the
reactivation of the Wayne
Law chapter of Habitat for
Humanity under the direction
of Wayne Law Professor
John Mogk, and purchased a
Detroit condo.
Upon graduation, he
reached out to the Wayne
Law community through a
position in the Law School’s
Office of Development and
Alumni Relations before
spending three monumental
years heading up non-profits
that worked with Wayne
County foster youth who
were aging out of the foster
care system. He also bought a
home in Detroit.
“It was heading up grants
in the area of foster care
and delinquency that really
got me into helping young
adults in Detroit,” Blume
said. “At that point I had
graduated from Wayne
Law and, as many recent
graduates do, I felt a sense
of accomplishment. I had
struggled quite a bit in getting
up to and then through law
school and I really felt that
I had accomplished what I
wanted to do.
“That freed me up to look
around and figure out how
I could help out. Taking
the work with foster youth
aging out of the foster care
system was a natural match
for me since I had spent
several years in- and out-ofhome placement when I was
a teenager due to my own
juvenile delinquency issues.
That also led me to the work
in the juvenile court where I
now represent kids in foster
care and delinquency cases.”
Blume then spent close to
a year working with the
Detroit City Council as a
staff attorney to Sheila M.
Cockrel, which allowed him
to take an even more handson approach to moving
Detroit forward.
“I had taken several law
school classes in the area
of local government and
I was excited to dive in,”
Blume said. “The work was
incredible and I loved the
experience. It instilled in me
a better sense of the impact
of non-profits on a city with
regard to issues like housing,
legal services and recycling.”
Blume’s dedication to
making a difference through
his involvement with area
non-profits amazes those
around him. Some of the
many organizations he has
volunteered with include
The Greening of Detroit,
Community Legal Resources,
Recyclean and Detroit
Synergy. He also recently
served as a mentor with the
DREAM Academy Mentoring
Program — a program advised
by Wayne Law Associate
Professor Janet Findlater and
sponsored by the State of
Michigan — which matches
11th- and 12th-grade students
at risk of not completing high
school, and who had been
in foster care, with a group
of mentors who could help
support them.
So, how does he find the
time? Or the energy, for
that matter?
“Although I have gotten
much busier than when
I first graduated from law
school, I try to offer my
support when I can,” Blume
said. “People can make a
profound difference in their
communities by lending their
time, energy or resources. I
just try not to say no when
asked to help out.”
Fortunately for Wayne Law,
Blume continues to show his
face around the Law School
— all the more impressive
since in 2007 he started his
solo practice focused on
family and criminal law, all
while continuing to represent
neglected and abused
children in Wayne County.
Most recently, Blume has
taken advantage of an
opportunity to expand his
practice and has opened an
office in the Femminineo
Building in Mt. Clemens.
An inspiration to countless
people, Blume’s involvement
with Wayne Law and in the
Detroit community is sure
to have a positive impact for
years to come.
“Sean has been a terrific ‘goto’ guy for all of us here at
Wayne Law,” said Wayne Law
Dean Robert M. Ackerman.
“He is committed to the
success of this Law School
and its students, and for that
we are very appreciative.” •
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Alumni Serving our Communities
Wayne Law alumni elected in 2008:
Wayne Law alumni re-elected in 2008:
Hon. Mary Ellen Brennan, ’90, Oakland County Circuit Court
Bruce Bagdady, ’87, Novi School Board
Jessica R. Cooper, ’73, Oakland County Prosecutor
Hon. David Bajorek, ’86, Wayne County District Court
Carrie Lynn Fuca, ’98, Macomb County Charter Commission
Neal Barnett, ’88, Bloomfield Township Trustee
Kenneth H. Hempstead, ’54, Waterford Township Trustee
Hon. Megan Maher Brennan, ’87, Wayne County Circuit Court
Andrew Kandrevas, ’01, Michigan House of
Representatives
Garth Christie, ’81, Redford Township Clerk
Gary Peters, ’89, United States Congress, Michigan’s
9th District
Steven H. Schwartz, ’88, Oakland County Commissioner
John Walsh, ’87, Michigan House of Representatives
Jamie L. Wittenberg, ’02, Oakland County
District Court
John Conyers, Jr., ’58, United States Congress, Michigan’s
14th District
Hon. Linda Davis, ’86, Macomb County District Judge
Kevin Elsenheimer, ’93, Michigan House of Representatives,
105th District
Hon. Elizabeth Gleicher, ’79, Michigan Court of Appeals
Judith A. Holtz, ’69, West Bloomfield Library Board of Directors
Hon. Brian W. Mackenzie, ’74, Oakland County District Court
Hon. David Parrott, ’85, Wayne County District Court
Hon. Paul Paruk, ’84, Wayne County District Court
David W. Potts, ’69, Oakland County Commissioner
Hon. Henry Saad, ’74, Michigan Court of Appeals
Hon. Richard Skutt, ’72, Wayne County Circuit Court
Hon. Mark Somers, ’83, Wayne County District Court
Hon. Charlotte Wirth, ’79, Wayne County District Court
If you were accidentally omitted from this list, please send an e-mail
to [email protected] with your name and elected position.
Left: Jessica Cooper, who was elected Oakland
County Prosecutor in 2008, accepting an award
for her contributions to the legal profession at
the 2008 Treasure of Detroit Gala.
Join the Wayne Law Alumni Association today!
• V
isit law.wayne.edu/alumni/association.php to connect with Wayne Law
alumni and learn about a variety of member benefits and services.
• Also be sure to check out law.wayne.edu/alumni/reunion-events.php for a
list of monthly alumni-sponsored events.
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Spotlight on:
Wayne Law’s Small Business Enterprises
and Non-profit Corporations Clinic
Non-profits
The Small Business Enterprises and Non-profit Corporations
Clinic is led by Wayne Law Assistant Professor (Clinical) Dana
A. Thompson.
For-profits
• Since the Small Business Enterprises and Non-profit
Corporations Clinic began serving for-profit businesses in
January 2007, the Clinic has provided legal assistance to
more than 20 for-profit entities on a variety of legal issues
including evaluating and establishing business entities,
evaluating trademarks and filing trademark applications
and drafting various contracts and privacy statements.
• For-profit clients have included two record labels, a
traveling day spa, technology companies, a bath and body
care manufacturer, and a financial literacy company.
• S ince January 2007, the Clinic has provided legal services
to more than 20 startup non-profit, Section 501(c)(3)
clients. These services primarily consist of filing articles of
incorporation, drafting bylaws, drafting various corporate
governance documents, drafting corporate resolutions,
filing an application for recognition of tax-exempt status
and filing various documents with the Michigan attorney
general’s office.
• N
on-profit clients have included organizations formed to
mentor at-risk students in Detroit and Highland Park, an
organization that provides free clothes and other material
necessities to low income people in Detroit, Highland
Park and Hamtramck, an organization formed to provide
services to children of domestic violence survivors, a public
interest environmental law firm, and an organization
formed to educate children and the public about
conservation and the detrimental effects of plastic bags on
the environment.
A Clinical Focus
Wayne Law is committed to providing practical experience to its students and invigorating the region. Our client
clinics are directed by full-time expert faculty members and help bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Located on or close to campus and offered for credit, our clinics provide hands-on casework to law students while
simultaneously assisting residents of the Detroit Metropolitan community. For more information on our clinics,
visit law.wayne.edu today.
Wayne Law Client Clinics
Disability Law Clinic
Small Business Enterprises and Non-profit
Corporations Clinic
Child Advocacy Clinic
Criminal Appellate Practice
Free Legal Aid Clinic (offered for work study)
Additional Clinic Offerings in 2009-2010!
Environmental Law Clinic
Immigration Law Clinic (proposal pending)
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[Giving to Wayne Law]
Law Firm Campaign at Wayne Law:
Off to a Great Start
Pictured: G. Christopher Bernard, partner at Bodman
LLP, announces Bodman gift of $155,000 to Wayne
Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman at the 12th annual
Treasure of Detroit Gala.
Wayne Law began a series
of campaigns at various
local law firms in 2006 in
an effort to reach out to our
many remarkable Wayne
Law alumni. With a goal of
$1 million, Wayne Law has
already received more than
$480,000 from generous
alumni and friends at:
Honigman, Miller, Schwartz
and Cohn, LLP; Jaffe, Raitt
Heuer and Weiss, PC; and
Bodman, LLP.
Honigman, Miller,
Schwartz and Cohn, LLP
Approximately $200,000
The campaign started at
and Cohn, LLP with a
kick-off luncheon at the
firm’s downtown Detroit
offices on Oct. 2, 2007. Firm
Chairman Alan S. Schwartz,
Wayne State University
Board of Governors thenChair Eugene Driker, ’61
(partner at Barris Sott Denn
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and Driker PLLC), Wayne
Law then-Dean Frank H.
Wu, and in-house Campaign
Chair and Wayne Law Chair
of the Board of Visitors I.W.
(Bill) Winsten, ’79, spoke at
the event about the greater
Wayne First campaign
and the needs of Wayne
Law. Winsten, along with
Honigman members Alan
there, plus pledges from
five additional attorneys
who did not graduate from
Wayne Law.
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and
Weiss, PC
The campaign reached Jaffe,
Raitt, Heuer and Weiss, PC
in 2007 thanks to Ira Jaffe
“Our attorneys appreciate that the education
we all received at Wayne Law has contributed
greatly to our success. We are pleased that we
have the opportunity to do our part to ensure
that the Law School gets the resources to do
the same for others.”
– I.W. Winsten, ’79
Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn, LLP
M. Hurvitz, ’81, Jonathan
D. Block, ’98, and Douglas
C. Salzenstein, ’01, secured
pledges from 53 percent
of Wayne Law alumni
and Harold D. Pope. Pope,
a Duke University School
of Law alumnus, acted as
the Wayne Law champion,
collecting pledge sheets
and contributions from a
diverse group of attorneys.
was raised through pledges
by both alumni and nonalumni to support the Law
School and the Damon
Development.
Bodman, LLP
The campaign at Bodman,
LLP kicked off at the
Bodman offices at Ford
Field in 2008. Bodman
announced its total gift of
$155,000 at the 12th annual
Treasure of Detroit Gala held
at the Westin Book Cadillac
on March 28, 2009. •
Is your firm interested in
participating in the Law Firm
Campaign? Call Mary Hollens
at (313) 577-4141 today.
The Damon J. Keith
Center for Civil Rights and
Community Development
$3.8 million raised, $1.9 million to go
For more than 75 years, Wayne Law has produced inspired
leaders in the legal profession who have helped shape
the character and direction of American society. The Law
School’s reputation for excellence in outreach, scholarship
and instruction, as well as its role as an urban educational
institution, make it the logical place for the study of civil
rights and constitutional law. Today, more than ever, law
schools are challenged not only to train students to practice
law, but also to instill in them the fundamental virtues of
social conscience and heightened sensitivity to the needs of
Programmatically, the Center will allow for:
•
A named chair in constitutional and civil rights law
•
Enhanced clinical outreach in fields such as
Environmental Justice
Child Advocacy
Immigration Law
Small Business and Non-profit Development
Disability Rights
Criminal Justice
an increasingly diverse public. The Damon J. Keith Center
Consider your involvement in the Damon J. Keith Center for
for Civil Rights and Community Development will serve
Civil Rights and Community Development today. Contact
as the nucleus for civil rights education at Wayne Law and
Mary Hollens,
will be a leading light in this field of law in Michigan and
Wayne Law
across the nation. The Center will also serve as a focal point
senior director of
for Law School engagement with the Metropolitan Detroit
Development and
community.
Alumni Relations,
The Keith Center, made possible through generous gifts
from individuals, corporations and foundations, will allow
Wayne Law to attract and retain the best students, support
at (313) 577-4141
or at am2674@
wayne.edu.
and strengthen our faculty, honor Damon J. Keith’s
legacy, enhance programming, and promote
civil rights internationally from one of the most
culturally rich and diverse cities in the United States.
The Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and
Community Development will feature:
•
More than 10,000 square feet
•
Meeting space
•
Conference/reception space
•Facilities tailored to the needs of students and
faculty
Tentative building plans
for the Damon J. Keith
Center for Civil Rights and
Community Development,
which will be built adjacent
to the Law School on
Wayne State University’s
campus.
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Class of 1968:
Raising the Bar
in Giving
Class of 1968 Reunion photos
Far left: Class of 1968 Committee Chairs James K.
Robinson, Thomas Kienbaum and Tyrone Fahner
Left: Robert M. Ackerman and Frederick Damm
Members of the Wayne
Law Class of 1968 found a
lasting way to commemorate
their 40th anniversary
by establishing a class
fundraising vehicle for the
Law School — the Dean’s
Challenge Fund. Announced
in February 2008, the fund
has a goal of $1 million.
With the enthusiastic
endorsement of the Wayne
Law Board of Visitors, the
university has contributed
$170,000 in matching funds
each year for three years.
The final year of this support
is contingent on the fund
reaching a minimum of
$340,000 in hand by
January 2010.
“In the rapidly changing
and increasingly complex
world of legal education, our
school needs the unwavering
commitment of its alumni
to assure that Wayne Law
can meet and exceed the
standards for a superb
learning experience,” said
Thomas Kienbaum, co-chair
of the Dean’s Challenge
Fund. “Competition is fierce
among law schools. Wayne
Law must continually
buttress its reputation to
attract and retain the best
faculty and the highest
caliber students.”
Contributions to the
Dean’s Challenge Fund can
be designated to support
students, faculty and
initiatives viewed important
by the Dean. On behalf of
students, the Career
Services Office provides
comprehensive career
planning and professional
development assistance, a
high priority for today’s law
students. Faculty support
includes time for writing
and research as well as
participation as presenters
at important forums and
symposia. A discretionary
fund will give the dean
flexibility in addressing
constant new and pressing
demands. Contributors
will be recognized on a
prominent plaque at the
Law School.
“We have an active
campaign to reach every
member of the Class of
1968 through mailings
and telephone calls and
encourage their support,”
Kienbaum noted. “We have
also challenged the Class of
1969 to continue this new
effort on behalf of Wayne
Wayne Law thanks the Class of 1968 Dean’s Challenge Fund Co-chairs
James K. Robinson, Tyrone C. Fahner and Thomas G. Kienbaum and the
committee members for their dedication to helping the Law School move
forward with strength and confidence in training future generations of
legal professionals.
Class of 1968
Committee
Members
Committee members:
Ronald L. Piasecki
Samuel I. Bernstein
Thomas R. Quilter
Clell C. Boyer Jr.
Joseph D. Reid Sr.
James K. Robinson
Co-chair
Robert M. Carson
Howard S. Rosenberg
Frederick R. Damm
Leon N. Schurgin
Tyrone C. Fahner
Co-chair
Robert J. Finkel
Joel H. Serlin
James A. Fisher
Robert E. Slameka
Edward L. Haroutunian
John R. Urso
W. Bruce Knight
Sarah N. Wildgen
Thomas G. Kienbaum
Co-chair
Michael R. Kramer
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Law. Not only will alumni
have a personal sense of
satisfaction in helping their
school, but they also will
be assuring that they can
always say with justifiable
pride, ‘I graduated from
Wayne Law.’”
Accomplishing 40 years
of professional service
is a wonderful reason to
celebrate. The Class of 1968
held its 40th reunion at the
Law School the evening of
Nov. 1, 2008. More than
50 classmates and guests
enjoyed a complimentary
dinner, refreshments
and entertainment while
renewing friendships
and helping to build a
legacy through the Dean’s
Challenge Fund. •
Annual TUITION
Then vs. Now
$22,501
$560
1968
2009
In Memoriam
We respectfully remember the following
members of the Wayne Law community and
acknowledge their passing with sorrow.
Class of 1969:
Up to the Challenge
Class of 1969 Leadership Committee members
include:
David Potts
Gary Smith
Barry Waldman
Daniel Wyllie
Class of 1969 members: Are you up to the challenge?
Please contact Mary Hollens, Wayne Law senior
director of Development and Alumni Relations, at
[email protected] or by phone at (313) 577-4141.
We look forward to hearing from you!
FY 2008 Contributions to Wayne Law
John E. S. Scott, ’61
William N. Fritz, ’47
Thaddeus Winiarski, ’62
Boyd C. Baird, ’49
Harvey D. Tack, ’64
The Honorable Robert
Burns, ’49
James N. Fanzini, ’66
William M. Davidson, ’49
With the success of the Dean’s Challenge Fund
formed by the Class of 1968, the Class of 1969 has
already begun making efforts to raise dollars for
support of Wayne Law and the future of its students
and community.
Richard Burstein
Peter Houk
Rose Houk
David Joswick
Mitchell L. Bacow, ’41
Donors Amount
Alumni
752 $377,228
Non-Alumni
251 $497,319
Corporations
43 $134,497
Foundations
29 $563,208
Other
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John Jonas, ’51
Alan Walt, ’51
Barton W. Morris, ’52
George C. Edwards, ’67
Thomas E. Policka, ’69
Horace E. Stone, ’69
Sidney J. Suo, ’69
Robert R. Helfenstein, ’53
The Honorable Jack R.
Jelsema, ’70
Harold I. Robinson, ’53
Lyle B. Skalland, ’71
Jess P. Santo, ’53
John P. Sheridan, ’89
Elton A. Eckstrand, ’54
William A. Harrison, ’74
Anthony E. Micale, ’54
Laura J. Campbell, ’80
William J. Williams, ’54
Frederick Synk, ’80
Dudley I. Davies, ’55
Ernestine Moore, ’81
Donald E. Holbrook Jr., ’56
Carol J. McCloskey, ’82
Keith E. Wilson, ’56
Richard A. Rinn, ’82
Donald McGuigan, ’58
Charles J. Adams, ’98
Lewis A. Rockwell, ’58
Daniel M. Sak, ’00
Richard J. Francis, ’59
Robbe J. Moore, ’01
Arthur H. Yim, ’59
Cedric Kirby, ’03
Milton R. Braidwood, ’60
$69,282
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Friend Giving Profile:
The Ravitz Family
After Justin Ravitz passed on
in December 2007, his wife
Berna and children Jason,
Jessica and Anthony wanted
to commemorate his life by
establishing a scholarship
in his name. Although Mr.
Ravitz was not an alumnus
of Wayne Law, he was
devoted to the practice of
law in Detroit, both as an
attorney and as a judge in
Detroit Recorder’s Court for
many years.
“The children and I carefully
reviewed the options of
having a scholarship at his
alma mater or at Wayne
Law,” said Mrs. Ravitz.
“While both possibilities
had many positive aspects,
we decided on
behalf of Detroit
law students who
will carry on my
husband’s work.”
Justin Ravitz left a
tremendous legacy.
Born into a family
whose members
have demonstrated
outspoken passion
for worthy causes
through several
generations, Ravitz’
own innate sense
of justice was
nurtured as a young
radical lawyer and
leader in Detroit’s
leftist movement.
Committed to
opposing the
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conservative establishment,
he helped to shut down a
lethal decoy police squad,
change a jury selection
process that favored whites
and improve the thendeplorable Wayne County
Jail conditions.
As a judge, Ravitz dazzled
the legal community with
his intellect and fairness,
even when he knew
decisions might create
firestorms. In private
practice, he battled for
handicap accessibility on
city buses, represented
wrongly convicted clients
and sought justice for sex
abuse victims.
The Ravitz family sought a
way to empower students to
follow their passion to ‘do
the right thing,’ a pursuit
Ravitz maintained with
unwavering integrity.
“Through a colleague of
my husband, I learned that
the caliber and dedication
of Wayne Law students
are very high, assuring us
that we will be benefiting
future practitioners who
will be committed to
public service,” Mrs. Ravitz
said. “We also discovered
that Wayne Law will be
supportive of our efforts to
raise the money needed to
endow the scholarship, a
major factor in our decision
to house the scholarship at
Wayne Law.”
The Justin C. Ravitz
Memorial Scholarship
will support students who
exhibit a commitment to
social justice work. The
Ravitz family can think of
no better way to honor a
man who spent his legal
career, as well as his energies
outside the office and
courtroom, striving to right
the wrongs in Detroit and
beyond, making a difference
and changing lives for the
better. •
From left to right: Jason Ravitz, Anthony
Ravitz, Jessica Ravitz, Berna Ravitz and
Justin Ravitz (pictured on easel).
Creative Ways
To Establish Your Legacy and Make a Difference
Did you know that you
most. A scholarship, professorship, annual faculty support or
and your clients can
research program fund can be named for the donor or other
establish a legacy at
individuals or in memory of loved ones.
Wayne Law that will
support law students and
legal education far into
the future? Dean Robert
M. Ackerman and Senior
Director of Development
and Alumni Relations
Mary Hollens are
working with Gerrie
Paulson, Wayne State University director of Planned Gifts,
to ensure strong support for the future of the Law School.
It’s much easier than you may think to create a gift that will
make an impact, either now or after your lifetime.
You can establish a legacy in a number of ways:
Michael Witzke, ’89, is a volunteer who assists Dean
Ackerman and the Law School development staff with
the Planned Gifts program. He practices in the areas of
estate and gift tax planning, financial planning, retirement
planning, charitable giving, elder law and small business
planning. He is available to discuss planned gifts that will
benefit Wayne Law.
For more information about establishing a Wayne Law
legacy or to contact Mr. Witzke, call Gerrie Paulson at (313)
577-6483 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. We
look forward to exploring with you the ways you and your
clients can establish lasting support for Wayne Law and
future Law School students. •
•A bequest in a will or trust, for a specific amount or a
percentage of the estate
•“Life-income” gifts that provide income to the donor
(and/or other beneficiary) for life and the remainder of
the fund to Wayne Law
•A gift from your otherwise heavily taxed retirement
fund assets
•
A life insurance policy
•A Charitable Lead Trust that provides income to Wayne
Law for a specific number of years or for a lifetime, with
the remainder to your beneficiaries with minimal taxes
•Other assets such as real estate, closely-held stock,
business practices, partnerships, contracts, leases,
royalties and patents
Gifts can be designated for student scholarships, for faculty
support, for named Endowed Chairs or for specific programs,
such as the Public Interest Law Fellowships initiative or the
Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights and Community
Development. Gifts for the Law School that are not
specifically designated will be used where they are needed
Nicole Holmes,
LL.M. ’08
Dean Robert M. Ackerman and the faculty, students, and staff of Wayne Law recognize the
individuals, estates, corporations, foundations and organizations who made generous gifts
during 2007 and 2008. Your generosity has enabled the Law School to maintain excellence in
scholarship, research and service. We sincerely thank you for your continued support.
UNIVERSITY SOCIETY Glen Fisher
Michael D. Gorge, ’88
O’Neil D. Swanson, II
$500,000+
WAYNE STATE CLUB
David M. Hempstead, ’75
TYJ LLC
Betty Marie Maiullo
$5,000-$9,999
A. Alfred Taubman
1868 SOCIETY
$250,000-$499,999
Community Foundation for
Southeast Michigan
Marjorie S. Fisher
Ford Motor Company Fund
Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher
Foundation, Inc.
Carl Ziemba, ’48
HERITAGE SOCIETY
$100,000-$249,999
Thomas G. Kienbaum, ’68
Abbott Laboratories
Professor Sandra F. VanBurkleo
W. Bruce Knight, ’68
Katherine L. Barnhart, ’76
Wachler and Associates
Lawrence D. McLaughlin, ’77
Samuel I. Bernstein, ’68
Barry P. Waldman, ’69
James B. Nicholson
Bodman LLP
Rader, Fishman and Grauer, PLLC
Jonathan R. Borenstein, ’84
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr LLP
Joseph D. Reid, ’68
Joan M. Brovins
Harvey L. Solway, ’81
Bush Seyferth & Paige PLLC
Dean Emeritus Frank H. Wu
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
ANTHONY WAYNE
SOCIETY
$10,000-$24,999
Keith A. Cheresko, ’80
Boyd C. Baird, ’49
Walter E. Douglas, Sr.
William Abbatt
Oscar H. Feldman
Abbott Nicholson, PC
William F. Frey, ’80
Michael J. Friedman, ’91
Dean Robert and Janice
Ackerman
Fisher Construction Company
Diane L. Akers, ’85
Albert and Dorothy Fruman
Foundation
Comerica Bank
Richard Burstein, ’69
Tyrone C. Fahner, ’68
Robert M. Carson, ’68
The Hon. Marilyn Kelly, ’71
John J. Collins Jr., ’76
Christine Hansen
Spencer M. Partrich, ’64
Detroit Legal News Publishing,
LLC
Edward L. Haroutunian, ’68
Morton E. Harris
DTE Energy Foundation
George Hogg, Jr., ’52
James K. Robinson, ’68
William C. Edmunds, ’76
Ira J. Jaffe
Herbert J. Strather
Earle I. Erman, ’74
Shirley A. Kaigler, ’93
Isabelle B. Ziegelman
Erman, Teicher, Miller, Zucker
and Freedman, PC
Beth P. Klimczak, ’81
CORNERSTONE
SOCIETY
$50,000-$99,999
Thomas W. Forster II, ’00
The Hon. Arthur J. Lombard
Tom J. Goldberg, ’77
Professor Lawrence C. Mann, ’80
Freda K. Goodman
Webb F. Martin, ’69
Elizabeth P. Hardy, ’84
Kevin and Margaret Green, ’84
Mary McCarthy Quarles, ’83
Roy Roberts
Elliott S. Hall, ’65
McCarthy Family Foundation
Lewis A. Rockwell, ’58
Alan Hurvitz, '81
E. P. Miller, ’86
Howard Sims
Kienbaum, Opperwall, Hardy
and Pelton, PLC
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and
Stone, PLC
James R. Lites, ’78
David Moran
Masco Corporation
Cyril Moscow
Matilda R. Wilson Fund
David K. Page
Mayer Brown LLP
Michael L. Pitt, ’74
William F. Pickard
Thomas R. Quilter, III, ’72
Mark A. Stern, ’84
Howard S. Rosenberg, ’68
Peter Sugar, ’70
Leon M. Schurgin, ’76
Steven I. Victor, ’50
Sommers Schwartz, PC
Angie Zelenak
Samuel T. Stahl, ’83
AT&T
Wayne A. Budd, ’67
Gregory J. DeMars, ’81
Eugene Driker, ’61
Erwin C. and Isabelle Ziegelman
Foundation
Daniel G. Wyllie, ’69
Ina C. Cohen, ’74
Charles N. Boyce
CHARTER SOCIETY
$25,000-$49,999
I. W. Winsten, ’79
DEANS CLUB
$1,000-$4,999
The Hon. Avern L. Cohn
Richard and Jane Manoogian
Foundation
Sheldon P. Winkelman, ’63
Ruth Driker Kroll
AlixPartners LLP
Genelle M. Allen
Brad B. Arbuckle, ’84
David S. Aronow, ’70
Susan Artinian
Aspen Publishers, Inc.
Amy E. Bachelder, ’76
C. David Bargamian, ’90
Barris, Sott, Denn and Driker,
PLLC
Baskin Foundation
The Hon. James M. Batzer, ’78
Elliot I. Beitner, ’57
Ruth Sugar Beresh
Berkman and Shapiro
Orthodontics
Richard H. Bernstein
Jonathan D. Block, ’98
George Blond
Roger B. Boesky, ’62
Donna L. Bookholder, ’69
The Hon. Paul D. Borman
Clell C. Boyer Jr., ’76
Jay E. Brant, ’71
Nancy L. Hutcheson, ’76
Margaret Sind Raben, ’86
Milton Y. Zussman, ’49
Dr. and Mrs. Glenn C. Briggs
Kenneth N. Hylton
Rachor Family Foundation
Robert G. Brower, ’78
Iannotti and Associates, PLC
John M. Ranke, ’83
Geraldine Buckles, ’76
David J. Jacob, ’97
Stephen Ravas, ’05
Linda G. Burwell, ’85
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and Weiss, PC
Theodore E. Ravas Jr., ’68
GREEN AND GOLD
CLUB
$500-$999
Robert A. Byrd, ’77
Monte D. Jahnke, ’74
Bradley T. Raymond, ’77
John C. Cabaniss, ’81
W. Anthony Jenkins
Gerald F. Reinhart, ’89
Professor Stephen Calkins
The Hon. Charles W. Joiner
Donald N. Ritzenhein
Chrysler Foundation
David D. Joswick, ’69
Ann Young Robinson, ’82
Clark Hill, PLC
Professor Yale Kamisar
David L. Rogers, ’82
Roger J. Cook, ’74
Michael J. Kemnitz, ’97
Paul A. Rosen, ’64
Angela M. Davison, ’02
Michael S. Khoury, ’82
Paul S. Rosen
Deloitte and Touche LLP
Robert S. Krause
Douglas C. Salzenstein, ’01
Robert W. Denner
Mark J. Kriger, ’79
Rebecca Samberg
Fredrick J. Dindoffer, ’79
Blake W. Krueger, ’78
William A. Sankbeil, ’71
Professor John F. Dolan
Kathleen A. Lang
Raynold A. Schmick, ’72
Joseph C. Dunbar, Jr.
Larene and Kriger, PLC
Kenneth M. Schneider, ’80
Douglas S. Ellmann
Sheldon Leemon
Leonard Schwartz
Ellmann and Ellmann, PC
Carol H. Lesnek-Cooper, ’78
Mindy M. Schwartz, ’01
Exelon Corporation
Louis A. Lessem
Beverly Scott
Joan Fencik
Diane L. Lindholm, ’73
Professor Robert A. Sedler
Robert J. Finkel, ’68
Little Davy and the Diplomats
Bruce L. Segal, ’84
Frederick J. Frank, ’80
Mary K. Mansfield, ’03
Brian G. Shannon, ’73
Dr. Lee S. Fruman, ’89
Kenneth R. Marcus, ’84
Ruth Share
Galasso, PC
Marler Harlow Construction
Calvin E. Shuster, ’92
Stephen P. Gale, ’90
Ericka M. Jackson, ’97
David E. Sims, ’88
Joseph F. Galvin, ’71
Marc S. Mazer, ’77
Stanton Kinnie Smith Jr.
General Motors Foundation
Adrianne C. Mazura, ’78
Patricia A. Stamler, ’83
Alan G. Gilchrist, ’73
Roger J. McClow, ’76
State Bar of Michigan
Robert L. Gilliat, ’55
Cary S. Smith-McGehee
Ann S. Swartwout, ’69
Martha B. Goodloe, ’81
McGregor Fund
Patrick J. Szymanski, ’76
Frank L. Gorman, ’98
Thomas M. Meyer
Arline Gould
Michigan State Bar Foundation
The James M. and Louise C.
Roche Foundation
Paul Gould
Derri T. Thomas, ’98
Edythe W. Cohn
Beth J. Grant
Michigan Technological
University
Michael T. Timmis, ’65
Judith L. Collier, ’76
John J. Grant, ’79
Harry Mihas
Janet M. Tooley, ’76
The Hon. Jessica R. Cooper, ’73
Mark R. Granzotto, ’78
Mika, Meyers, Beckett and
Jones, PLC
Trico Foundation
Jack S. Couzens II, ’67
Charles E. Turnbull, ’86
Harvey Covensky, ’61
Martin M. Miller, ’55
Margaret Van Meter, ’87
Covington and Burling
David N. Morrell Jr., ’91
Deborah N. Vanderhoef, ’85
Susan R. Csia, ’75
Jon R. Muth, ’71
Nusrat Hasan, ’08
Kathleen H. Damian Sawicki, ’78
Robert R. Nix II, ’71
Kurt R. Vilders, ’79
Dash of Detroit
Stuart S. Opotowsky, ’62
David Weiss
Charles W. Davis, ’61
Daniel S. Opperman, ’81
Dr. Harold Weiss
Dennis A. Dawson, ’73
Dwight D. Opperman
J. B. Williams
Dean Emeritus John W. Reed
Stephen J. Ott, ’79
J. E. Williamson, ’80
Irwin J. Deutch
Andrea B. Page, ’66
Janet C. Witkowski, ’77
Susan L. Diehl, ’86
Edward H. Pappas
Marcy Hahn Wolfson, ’98
Kristin Wilcox Dighe, ’87
E. Lou Hoos, ’68
Ronald L. Piasecki, ’68
Wolters Kluwer Law and Business
Terence M. Donnelly
Saburo Hori
Michael E. Piston, ’82
Lynda Wozniak
Timothy H. Howlett
Harold D. Pope
Edgar A. Zarins, ’82
Dow Chemical Company
Foundation
James P. Gregory, ’74
Steven E. Grob, ’79
Thomas F. Guernsey, ’76
William P. Hampton, ’63
Raymond W. Henney, ’83
Richard G. Himelrick, ’74
Michael Hindelang, ’04
Susan D. Hoffman, ’84
Honigman Foundation, Inc.
Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and
Cohn, LLP
Accenture Foundation, Inc.
Christine E. Albert
Raymond J. Andary, ’80
Roberta M. Wojcik-Andrews, ’95
David J. Babiarz, ’81
Mitchell L. Bacow, ’41
Jane Bailey
Thomas J. Barnes, ’72
Gregory J. Bator, ’81
Ronadl E. Baylor
Carol Bendure
Robert L. Benham Jr., ’51
Best Gold Deal, LLC
Kathleen M. Bialas, ’82
Dennis H. Bloomquist, ’68
Barbara A. Bowman, ’82
Cecil Boyle Jr.
The Hon. Patricia Boyle, ’63
Daniel J. Bretz, ’82
Thomas K. Brichford, ’62
Robert B. Brown, ’94
Janice Buchanan
Carl’s Golfland
Claude M. Chapman
Jill M. Chapman, ’85
David W. Christensen
Susan F. Ciullo, ’79
Marjory B. Cohen
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Frank D. Eaman
Jeffery L. LaBine, ’99
Steven P. Schubiner, ’82
Diane Alfafara, ’94
The Hon. Nancy G. Edmunds,
’76
Frederick A. Lake, ’61
Robert A. Shaya, ’86
Janet M. Allen
Donald M. Lansky, ’72
Burton R. Shifman, ’54
Pamela S. Allen, ’85
Brian D. Einhorn, ’67
Evan Leibhan, ’07
Larry R. Shoffner, ’80
Professor Gerald Alvin, ’64
David R. Fernstrum, ’75
Robert F. Liss, ’61
John Shureb, ’74
Ronald D. Ambrose, ’91
Elaine S. Fieldman, ’87
James E. Lozier
Dr. Alan W. Solway
Joseph M. Ammar, ’88
Fieldman Sims Foundation
Luigi Bruni Capelli Moderni Salon
Michael J. Steinberg, ’89
The Hon. Peter Anastor, ’66
Professor Janet E. Findlater
Roger P. Lundberg
Daniel M. Stock, ’71
Robert B. Ancell
Anthony T. Finn, ’83
Carlo J. Martina, PC, ’79
Irwin P. Stotzky
Blair V. Anderson
Steven F. Fishman, ’73
Thomas J. McGraw, ’84
Neil A. Strefling, ’77
John Jeffrey Anderson, ’71
Michael S. Flintoff, ’99
Daniel B. McMahon, ’75
David Stringer
Anheuser-Busch Foundation
David K. Foust, ’73
Thomas G. McNeill
Marianne G. Talon, ’83
Ann M. Tobin, PC
John A. Frecka, ’67
Mitch Meisner
The Law Offices of Dov Lustig
Virginia Tomasulo Anthes
The Hon. J. A. Friedlis, ’68
George D. Mercer, ’74
The Upson-Walton Company
Leroy L. Asher Jr., ’85
Fund for Equal Justice, Inc.
Robert D. Meredith, ’63
Francis J. Tinney, ’92
Barbara C. Bachman
Michael V. Gabel, ’78
Michele R. Miller, ’86
John R. Towle Jr., ’71
Thomas F. Baglione, ’01
Joseph P. Galasso Jr., ’77
Daniel H. Minkus, ’85
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Barbara A. Bailey, ’98
Kristine Galien, ’76
Roy F. Moore III, ’79
Andronike A. Tsagaris, ’78
Elizabeth Ballis
Yousif B. Ghafari
Eugene R. Morabito, ’77
USA Tardec
Diana K. Bangert-Drowns, ’84
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Michael W. Muma, ’78
Alan M. Valade, ’77
The Hon. Elizabeth Gleicher, ’79
Lawrence J. Murphy, ’68
David Vigna
Bank of America Charitable
Foundation
James S. Golanty, ’65
The Hon. William B. Murphy, ’70
Joseph J. Vogan, ’78
Keith M. Banka, ’01
Nancy B. Goldstein-Levine
Patricia M. Nemeth, ’90
The Hon. Jacqueline Walker, ’51
James S. Banks, ’70
Mitchell Goodman, ’81
David E. Nykanen, ’95
David J. Watts, ’71
Jack L. Barker, ’71
Howard J. Gourwitz, ’72
Michelle Denice Olmsted
Professor Jonathan Weinberg
Cori E. Barkman, ’03
Pamela Maas Grantham, ’87
Charles W. Painter, III, ’78
Professor Vincent A. Wellman
Patrick T. Barone
Philip A. Grashoff Jr., ’72
Perry G. Pastula, ’83
Ronald E. Westen, ’62
Rochelle Barr
Mark D. Greenman, PC, ’79
Diane Bader Perlman, ’75
Richard A. Wilhelm, ’82
Patrick M. Barrett, ’75
Catherine Groll
Antoinette M. Pilzner, ’95
Reid S. Willis, ’02
The Hon. Y. G. Barsamian, ’56
David M. Hayes, ’67
Michael A. Pivoz, ’79
Kimberly A. Connelly, ’86
Janice M. Bartee, ’80
Joyce V. Hayes-Giles, ’85
M. Jon Posner
Andrew N. Wise, ’92
Margaret Bartindale, ’04
David W. Hipp, ’77
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
David S. York, ’69
D. James Barton, ’69
Judith A. Holtz, ’69
Mary Louise Pridmore, ’77
Wendy L. Zabriskie, ’91
BASF Corporation
The Hon. Harold Hood, ’59
Jacob J. Pruiksma Jr., ’68
Wolfgang Hoppe
Gaile L. Renegar, ’86
Harvey M. Howitt, ’70
Kalliope K. Resh
CENTURY CLUB
$100-$499
Roger C. Bauer, ’67
Susan A. Bauer, ’89
Candyce Ewing Abbatt, ’83
Professor Linda M. Beale
About Face Beauty Spa
Allen H. Bean, ’69
Michael F. Abramsky
Donald Beck
Joanna S. Abramson
Kathleen McNichol Behn, ’80
James F. Kamp, ’84
Rogers Mantese and
Associates, PC
Abramson Law Offices, PLLC
Everett M. Behrendt, ’55
Mitchell A. Kantor
Barry M. Rosenbaum, ’76
Dale S. Adams, ’68
Andrew M. Beider
David Karapetian, ’72
Dr. Howard S. Rosman
Michael C. Adams, ’02
Ronald E. Beier, II, ’91
Richard C. Kaufman, ’77
Anne Gerry Sabourin, ’87
Robert D. Adas
Thomas H. Bejin, ’71
Richard A. Kay, ’73
James Samborn
Peter J. Bender, ’70
Christopher J. Keane, ’92
Sanford C. Bernstein and
Co., LLC
Professor Emeritus Martin J.
Adelman
Robert A. Hudson, ’72
Daniel V. Iannotti, ’79
Alice D. Irani, ’78
James Johnson, ’08
Peter M. Kellett, ’82
George G. Kemsley, ’73
Matthew Keuten, ’06
Emery C. King
Kirsch & Satawa, PC
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Laura Bassett, ’08
David E. Riley, ’79
Roger and Jeanne Lundberg
Foundation
Barry D. Adler, ’79
Ronald M. Sangster Jr., ’86
The Hon. Fred Ajluni
Thomas L. Schellenberg, ’73
Michelle L. Alamo
Judith A. Schramm
Albertsons Stores Chairtable
Foundation, Inc.
William J. Schramm
William L. Benefiel, ’74
Alison C. Benjamin
Brian J. Benner, ’75
David J. Bennett, ’71
Mark J. Bennett, ’90
Robert W. Bennett, ’90
Professor Jocelyn Benson
Jared P. Buckley, ’69
The Hon. Maura D. Corrigan
James Donahue
Gregory M. Bereznoff
The Hon. Harold M. Bulgarelli,
’60
Cost Plus Wine Shop
Marguerite M. Donahue, ’87
Irene Berkey, ’80
Paul W. Coughenour, ’82
Alona Donerson
Mark Berkman
Mary Elizabeth Bunn, ’77
Margaret A. Coughlin, ’75
Michael P. Donovan, ’80
Richard J. Berlin
Daniel B. Burg, ’96
Lou Cove
Walter J. Downes, ’85
Robert A. Berlow, ’71
Bonnie Burk
Harry E. Craig, ’55
Timothy Downs, ’72
G. Christopher Bernard, ’00
Professor William Burnham
Candace A. Crowley, ’80
Douglas A. Dozeman, ’83
Mary T. Berredetto, ’84
Marty A. Burnstein
Richard M. Cussigh
Elaine C. Driker
Jennifer S. Bidwell, ’76
Owen Burt
Gordon B. Cutler, ’58
William J. Drillock, ’55
Aimee E. Bierman, ’98
The Hon. Freddie G. Burton Jr.,
’76
Dr. Jay M. Daitch
Joseph F. D’Souza, ’01
Michael E. Dallen, ’82
Melissa J. Duke, ’94
Frederick R. Damm, ’68
Julie Dunbar, ’87
Danielle A. Smith, PLLC
Irving Dworkin, ’49
John M. Dankovich, ’81
Dykema Gossett, PLLC
Darrell’s Firestone
David E. Eason, ’66
Paul F. Davidoff, ’70
The Hon. S. J. Elden, ’50
Steven M. Davidoff
Loyal A. Eldridge, ’67
Kenneth M. Davies, ’63
Bettye S. Elkins
Alan G. Davis, ’77
Lawrence J. Ellenbogen, ’61
Janet L. Anderson Davis, ’83
Harry S. Ellman, ’71
Paul D. Davis, ’87
James A. Engbers, ’63
Angela Davison
David L. English, ’64
Donna M. Dean, ’95
Pamela G. Enslen, ’81
The Hon. John E. Dearman, ’57
The Hon. Richard A. Enslen, ’58
F. R. DeCastro
Kenneth B. Eserow, ’69
Paul D. Delacourt, ’93
J. Timothy Esper, ’87
Deloitte Foundation
Paula L. Ettelbrick, ’84
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dennisuk
Richard D. Eusani, ’81
Ronald W. Citkowski, ’82
DENSO International America,
Inc.
Claretta Evans, ’83
Robert M. Citrin, ’68
Derrick A. Humphries, PC
Mark L. Clark, ’78
ExxonMobil Foundation
Gloria J. Clark-Arnold
Matthew and Genevieve
Desmond
The Hon. Charles J. Falahee Jr., ’77
James E. Clevenger Jr., ’74
Detroit Artists Market
Cynthia A. Cockrel
Novella L. Cockrel
John A. DiCicco, ’73
Julie Cohen
Nancy J. Diehl, ’78
Marshall J. Cohen, ’62
Krishna S. Dighe, ’87
Norton J. Cohen, ’59
Professor Anthony M. Dillof
The Hon. Robert W.
Farnsworth, ’74
Mark A. Coir
Andrew DiMaggio, ’86
Marian L. Faupel, ’83
John D. Cole
Kim Robert Fawcett, ’75
Lynn M. Collins, ’78
The Hon. Graydon W. Dimkoff,
’72
Raymond R. Comiskey Jr., ’74
Judy M. Dinges
Michael T. Cone, ’94
Matthew S. Disbrow, ’03
Gerald J. Connolly, ’65
Andrew S. Doctoroff
Douglas C. Dodge, ’65
Kimberly T. Brown, ’88
Constellation Energy Group
Foundation, Inc.
Lewis C. Brown, ’59
Consumers Energy Foundation
Gary C. Dolan, ’80
Robert I. Brown, ’87
Kristine L. Cook, ’93
John A. Dolan, ’77
Sherry Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Cooney
D. Edward Dolgorukov, ’72
Richard H. Browne, ’77
David Cooper
Michael G. Domonkos, ’60
Joseph C. Bird, ’81
Ms. Wendy Bird, ’93
L. Crispin Birnbaum, ’84
Donald E. Black, ’97
John J. Blase
Ralph Blasier, ’07
Susan Blatt
Edward A. Blaty, ’54
Bruce A. Block, ’92
Lori Grigg Bluhm, ’92
Barbara A. Blumenfeld, ’80
Mitchell Boardman, ’06
Linda G. Bobrin-Plotkin, ’84
Nancy D. Bolash, ’79
Rebecca Bolton
David D. Boltz
Megan A. Bonanni, ’93
Ronald M. Bookholder, ’68
Gwen Borders
David G. Boutell, ’65
Heide K. Boutell
Erin Bowles, ’08
Andrea L. Bowman, ’86
Kenneth M. Boyer, ’70
Harold J. Boyes, ’67
Janet M. Brandon, ’79
The Hon. Megan Maher
Brennan, ’87
Vicki L. Brennan, ’80
James A. Brescoll, ’66
Bonnie Brickett, ’97
Deborah M. Brodsky, ’85
Jeffrey L. Brodsky, ’81
Jay H. Brody, ’76
Scott A. Brooks, ’83
Jeffrey A. Bussell, ’03
James H. Byrd, ’80
Lindsay Calhoun, ’07
Donald A. Calkins, ’58
Maria Callaghan, ’90
Judy B. Calton, ’86
Susan L. Cameron, ’92
Steven J. Cannello, ’80
Theodore A. Caris, ’68
Joseph P. Carrier, ’91
Carson Fischer, PLC
Angela M. Bodley Carter, ’03
Eric T. Carver, ’97
John L. Cerretani, ’78
Ronald T. Charlebois, ’76
Linda Chess
Edgar L. Church, ’50
Samuel J. Churikian, ’78
Dodge and Cox Funds
The Hon. Edward Ewell Jr., ’85
Monte L. Falcoff, ’92
Cynthia J. Falkenstein, ’75
N. Victor Farah, ’82
The Hon. Charles S. Farmer
The Hon. Nancy A. Farmer
Mark L. Feinberg, ’86
Jeffrey H. Feldman, ’73
Ted F. Felker
Tony Ferris
Financial Resource Associates, Inc.
Harold Finegood
Fischer Family Dental
Fischer, Franklin and Ford
Edmund J. Fish, ’87
Jon Fisher, ’02
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Robert D. Flack, ’70
Deborah L. Gordon
Robert L. Heritier, ’52
Terrance A. Keith
James S. Fontichiaro, ’83
Dean Emeritus Donald H.
Gordon
Ronald M. Herman, ’77
Charles P. Kellett, ’74
Jacalyn M. Foot
Joyce C. Herron-Taylor, ’82
Joseph T. Kelly Jr., ’59
Antonio Forcellini, ’73
Michael Gordon
Howard Hertz, ’76
Rozlyn E. Kelly
Mark L. Fossee, ’77
Jerome F. Gorgon Jr.
Thomas R. Hess, ’72
Douglas E. Ketchum, ’76
Robert J. Fraile, ’69
Susan Hennigan Grant, ’81
Claudia A. Hevel, ’77
Diana L. Khachaturian, ’98
Jeanette M. Franck, ’96
Peter K. Grantz, ’93
Hickey, Ciancilo and Fishman, PC
Joan A. Killion, ’98
J. Thomas Franco, ’83
Great Lakes Gas Transmission
Company
John A. Hilgendorf, ’59
James W. Kin, ’69
George C. Hill
Clifford J. Kirvan Sr., ’72
Kenneth Hines
Coleman E. Klein, ’67
Wendy A. Hipsky, ’02
James M. Knaus, CFP
Jerome C. Hirsch, ’56
Richard Knoll, ’62
Michael J. Hluchaniuk, ’72
Johann F. Kolling, ’83
Kenneth G. Hofman, ’86
David A. Kotzian
Eugene S. Hoiby, ’65
Allen J. Kovinsky, ’61
Daniel J. Holdwick, ’71
Elizabeth Kowik
Don L. Horwitz, ’72
Barbara J. Kraft, ’78
Melvin Houston, ’83
Allen M. Krass, ’56
Edgar C. Howbert
Kristen Wallace, LLC
Brian V. Howe, ’71
Michael A. Kus, ’76
Andrew B. Howell, ’76
Courtney Labadie
Douglas M. Hughes, ’79
Elizabeth Lanciault, ’99
Derrick A. Humphries, ’72
Dr. Mark W. Langberg
Norman A. Hunstad
Joseph W. Lash, ’94
Robert P. Hurlbert
Law Office of Glenn A. Saltsman,
PLC
Ronald J. Frandsen, ’87
Alan Frank
The Hon. Gerald A.
Freedman, ’56
Nino E. Green, ’63
Alan M. Greene, ’80
Mark A. Frentrup, ’99
Susan L. Greenfield, ’75
Eugene S. Friedman, ’58
Milton H. Greenman
Richard J. Friedman, ’73
The Hon. James D. Gregg, ’77
Susan Friedman, ’79
Russell Gregory
Berna J. Friedman-Ravitz
Joseph E. Grinnan, ’69
John Ernest Fundukian, ’02
Henry M. Grix
Professor Lance Gable
James G. Gross, ’77
John W. Gaines, ’50
Thomas J. Guyer, ’74
Jeremy J. Gajewski, ’03
Andrew D. Hakken, ’93
Linda M. Galante, ’83
Wallace R. Haley, ’91
Frank S. Galgan, ’67
Haley Law Firm, PLC
Lawrence Gallant
The Hon. Lysle G. Hall, ’58
Lynn T. Gandhi, ’86
Lawrence M. Halman, ’92
Claudia M. Gappy, ’99
Lee E. Halsey, ’59
Kathy Garbarino
Stephen J. Hamilton, ’74
Arnold P. Garber, ’60
Abed E. Hammoud, ’95
Bonita Reid Gardner, ’91
Scott E. Hamner, ’83
Robert F. Garvey
Diane Hanaway
Barry J. Gates, ’75
The Hon. Katherine L.
Hansen, ’97
Robert F. Gavin, ’80
Patricia M. Gawlik
Charlotte E. Gendler
Christine Gerdes, ’04
David R. Getto
Gary J. Ghent
Gerald N. Gilman
Richard A. Glaser
Glassworks
Stephen E. Glazek, ’73
George Gluski, ’49
David Goldenberg
William H. Goldenberg
Michael A. Goldring, ’88
Julie L. Goldsberry, ’98
Janet Goldwasser
Mitchell A. Goodkin, ’83
Barry J. Goodman
William H. Goodman
Goodwin and Scieszka, PC
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Fred B. Green, ’75
John R. Hurley, ’72
Roland Hwang, ’84
Jonathan D. Hyams, ’51
Law Offices of Gregory M.
Bereznoff
Amy Iannone, ’05
Law Offices Of Robert J. Dinges
& Associates
Mr. William C. Ibershof, ’61
Audrey F. Lawrie
Denise Ilitch
Sheila Lawson, ’06
Nick D. Hansen, ’64
Thornton G. Jackson
Lawsuit Financial, Inc.
Warren L. Hanson
Sandra L. Jasinski, ’84
Kathleen M. Leavey-Kageff, ’80
Alan C. Harnisch, ’70
Kenneth L. Jesmore, ’66
James D. Ledbetter, ’83
Susan Licata Haroutunian, ’67
William R. Jewell, ’59
Linda M. Ledbetter, ’83
Lewis Harp
Dr. Arthur L. Johnson
Patrick J. Ledwidge
Richard S. Harris, ’75
Derek T. Johnson, ’01
Allen Ledyard, ’62
Kathryn B. Harrison
Suzanne M. Johnson, ’84
June S. Lee, ’01
Derek Hartl
The Hon. Donald A.
Johnston III, ’69
Donna J. Lehl, ’87
Audrey J. Harvey, ’92
Barbara M. Harvey, ’75
William J. Hassett, ’69
Rachel M. Haviland, ’88
Richard T. Haynes, ’72
Mark A. Haywood, ’92
HB Salon (Somerset Mall)
Heathers Club of Bloomfield Hills
Jeffrey R. Heinze, ’95
Richard M. Helfrick, ’81
Professor Peter J. Henning
Steven G. Jonas, ’70
Lisa Jones
Kevin Kalczynski, ’00
The Hon. George Kalinski, ’59
Bo H. Kang, ’95
Lawrence S. Katz, ’72
David I. Kaufman, ’63
Kevin P. Kavanagh, ’91
Thadine K. Kazmer, ’79
Edward V. Keelean, ’78
Ronald R. Kefgen, ’72
Richard A. Lenter
Sally A. LePla, ’79
Joshua Lerner
Richard H. Levey
Jeffrey B. Levine, ’74
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lewis
Chester W. Lewis, ’73
Michael A. Limauro, ’84
Daniel Waino Linna Jr.
Richard W. Lipack
L’Occitane
Armando A. Lopez
Gordon E. Meske, ’58
Nancy L. Newman, ’86
Jill Leslie Price, ’81
Gerald M. Lorence, ’67
George D. Mesritz
Margaret J. Nichols, ’77
Russell E. Price, ’58
Michael D. Lorenz, ’91
James R. Meyer, ’69
John R. Nicholson, ’66
Sarah Projansky
Lorman Education Services
Jeffrey R. Meyer, ’91
Zan M. Nicolli, ’83
Jane M. Dusina, ’95
Richard C. Lowe, ’80
Mrs. Elvira D. MezaDombkowski, ’81
Nancy L. Niemela, ’85
Kenneth A. Puzycki, ’91
Frederick Lucas, ’78
Frederick A. Nobis, ’59
Professor Julia Ya Qin
Lumen Legal
Michael Angelo Hair Salon
Megan P. Norris
Peter E. Quint
Dr. Tammy Lundstrom, ’05
Melissa Michaelis, ’08
David W. Nowinski, ’74
R. Bradley Lambert PLC
Russell N. Luplow, ’72
Michigan CAT
Gregory T. Obloy, ’98
Mr. James M. Radabaugh, ’89
Richard M. Lustig, ’68
Christopher J. Micklatcher, ’84
Ronald E. Ogle, ’77
Bruce A. Ranta, ’82
Joel A. Lutz, ’62
The Hon. Donna Robinson
Milhouse, ’84
Barbara Stanton O’Hair
Richard D. Rathburn, ’65
P. Dan O’Kray, ’68
Jessica Ravitz
Ava K. Orther, ’88
Robert A. Ravitz
Palazzolo Salon
Teresa Stanek Rea, ’80
Robert Palmer
Rehom, Inc.
Angelo A. Paparelli, ’76
Martin I. Reisig, ’70
George W. Parker, ’67
Jesse Reiter
The Hon. Marla E. Parker, ’80
Brett A. Rendeiro, ’02
David M. Parrott, ’85
James M. Rettig, ’73
Patricia Paruch, ’92
Daniel M. Rhodes, ’80
Nadia A. Patino
Eric S. Richards, ’86
Erin Marie Patrick
Thomas Grant Richards, ’75
Joanne M. Patterson
David Riley
Professor Anne T. Patton
Judith M. Riley, ’79
Richard W. Paul
Charles E. Ritter, ’66
The Hon. John E.
MacDonald, ’60
Annetta Miller
The Hon. Marion J. Mack Jr., ’81
I. Matthew Miller, ’94
Danette Magilligan
Bernard Mindell, ’64
Edwin T. Mahr
Timothy I. Miner, ’68
Anna Marie Maiuri, ’92
Marilyn H. Mitchell, ’79
Ronald S. Majka, ’79
Steven K. Mitori
Scott L. Mandel, ’81
Mark D. Mitshkun, ’74
The Hon. Blanche M. Manning
Kenneth M. Mogill
Theresa M. Mantese
Professor John E. Mogk
Mark A. Haywood and
Associates
Thomas G. Moher, ’62
Robert A. Marsac, ’72
Emmit D. Moore, ’38
David J. Masson, ’84
Dale A. Mattis, ’84
The Hon. Claudia HouseMorcom, ’56
David L. Maurer, ’75
Alice Jones Morris, ’49
Frank K. Penirian Jr., ’61
Beth Rivers
Dr. C. Robert Maxfield Jr.
William R. Morris, ’80
William A. Penner Jr., ’66
Matthew R. Robbins, ’77
Martin Ted Mayden, ’78
Carl M. Moses, ’67
Richard W. Pennings, ’75
Elizabeth Roberto, ’81
Bradley Maze, ’06
William M. Moss, ’72
The Hon. Steven D. Pepe
J. Robert Rock, ’58
Anne Saad McAlpine, ’84
Donald A. Mott, ’74
Mary Anne Perrone
Susan Rock
Karen A. McCoy, ’83
Russell Moy, ’00
Professor Christopher J. Peters
Rocky’s Eastern Market
Wendy L. McCoy, ’97
Douglas R. Mullkoff
Thomas M. Peters, ’73
David L. Rogers
Brian J. McCullough, ’76
Philip M. Mulvihill, ’68
Robert V. Peterson
Marilyn K. Rollinger
Dennis S. McCune, ’67
James P. Murphy
Helene Phillips, ’98
Theresa Rosenberg
David S. McDaniel, ’97
The Hon. John A. Murphy, ’74
Kenneth J. Phillips, ’99
Dr. Howard Rosenblate
Reginald L. McGhee
Murphy and Caris Attorneys
At Law
Karen L. Piana
Benjamin F. Rosenthal, ’73
Donald A. Pierce Jr., ’72
Bernard Rosner, ’52
Donald G. McGuigan, ’58
Museum of Contemporary Art
Detroit
Hans H. J. Pijls, ’83
James E. Ross, ’62
Mark W. McInerney, ’78
Craig A. Mutch, ’77
Sharon K. Pink
Linda S. Ross, ’88
Malcolm C. McIntire, ’59
Joseph C. Najpaver, ’64
Charles J. Pinto, ’56
Kenneth J. McIntyre
Associate Dean John A.
Rothchild
Philip W. Nantz, ’66
Margaret L. Pittman, ’92
Michael D. McIntyre, ’80
Arthur S. Rothschild, ’77
Joan B. Natinsky
Mark A. Pittman
Kenneth A. McKanders, ’77
The Hon. Frances Pitts, ’74
John F. Royal, ’77
James H. McKinnon Jr., ’95
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Natinsky, ’69
Mark E. Plaza, ’03
Kathleen L. Royal, ’93
John M. McLaughlin Jr., ’77
Jack Neal, ’57
Robert A. Pollice, ’76
Erwin A. Rubenstein, ’61
Dale J. McLellan, ’76
Nathan Nebeker
Donald T. Popielarz, ’80
Thomas E. Rumschlag, ’91
Donald R. McMillan, ’76
Mary A. Neff, ’88
Arnold D. Portner
John R. Runyan Jr., ’72
Raymond E. McQuillan, ’74
Gary E. Neighbors, ’72
Suzanne Portner
Charles Russman, ’07
Debra B. Melican, ’81
Neiman Marcus
Sidney Powell
Timothy P. Ruwart, ’84
James T. Mellon, ’03
Kirk D. Nemer, ’87
Diana V. Pratt
Thomas Ryan
Thomas E. McGovern, ’82
Richard A. Monash, ’68
Dr. Mark B. Saffer
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The Hon. Donald L.
Sanderson, ’74
Anne Gonte Silver, ’38
The Lark
Milton Silverman, ’60
Ines Santiago
Evelyn Simon, ’78
The Law Offices of David M.
Belanger, PC
Vernon P. Saper, ’72
Ted A. Simons, ’84
The Metropolitan Hotel
Robert M. Weiss, ’70
William D. Sargent, ’85
Fae Weiss
The Hon. Richard M. Skutt, ’72
Bruce C. Thelen
Dawn M. Welk Wise, ’99
Kenneth R. Sasse, ’74
William C. Slifkin, ’92
Wells Fargo Foundation
Charles R. Scales Jr., ’78
Michael Smigulec, ’66
The Hon. James L.
Theophelis, ’65
Phyllis Z. Scales
Leonard J. Smit, ’73
Susan M. Schaffer, ’85
Curtis W. Smith, ’79
Thomas M. Schehr
Danielle A. Smith, ’96
Professor Alan S. Schenk
Frederic A. Smith, ’85
Phillip Chloop
Judith A. Schornack-Smith, ’82
Tony Schmitt
Michael D. Smith, ’71
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony B. Schmitt
Pat Smith
Leonard Schneider, ’74
Amy Snell, ’83
James H. Schoolmaster, ’73
Jonas V. Sniokaitis, ’75
Barbara H. Schreibman, ’90
Warren R. Snyder, ’57
Harold G. Schuitmaker, ’70
Leroy T. Soles, ’80
Stephen O. Schultz, ’78
Neil J. Sosin, ’72
Vincent P. Schumacher, ’77
The Hon. Edward Sosnick, ’67
Alan S. Schwartz
Robert G. Sosnowski, ’79
Alan C. Schwartz, ’83
Robert M. Spence, ’82
Robert Harry Schwartz, ’72
Larry E. Spigner
Steven H. Schwartz, ’88
Thomas James St. Dennis Jr., ’83
Christopher R. Sciotti, ’81
St. Dennis Development, Inc.
Robert L. Segar, ’72
Steven G. Stancroff, ’90
Leonora C. Seid, ’89
John M. Staniszewski, ’78
Seldom Blues (Southern
Hospitality Resturant Group)
Nicholas J. Stasevich
Betty Semrau
Lisa Sewell DeMoss, ’77
James S. Sexsmith, ’71
Michael L. Stefani, ’79
Daniel T. Stepek, ’69
Steven H Schwartz and
Associates, PLC
Tova G. Shaban, ’85
Barbara Straus
Captain Tim Shaffer
Sandra R. Strauss
The Hon. Walter Shapero
Daniel Share
Richard H. Shaw, ’70
Michael E. Stroster, ’98
John S. Sullivan, ’94
George M. Thomas Jr., ’69
Kathleen Westover & Roger
Erickson
Megan A. Thomas
Anne B. Wetherholt, ’75
Michelle T. Thomas, ’07
Ingrid D. White
Samuel W. Thomas, ’51
Derek S. Whitefield, ’85
Thomas E. McGovern, PC
Richard M. Whiteman, ’83
F. Martin Tieber, ’75
Sarah N. Wildgen, ’68
Margaret M. Tobin
Adrian S. Williams, ’61
Robert J. Tomlinson, ’61
Karen J. Williams, ’80
Ted C. Tow III, ’94
Theodore N. Williams Jr., ’80
Thomas V. Trainer
Thomas R. Williams, ’84
Arthur Tranow
Keith E. Wilson, ’56
Carol Treventi
Hadley J. Wine, ’70
Duane T. Triemstra, ’68
Susan Winshall, ’78
Richard M. Trost, ’85
Hon. Charlotte Wirth, ’79
Paul M. Tschirhart, ’68
Edward C. Wishnow, ’68
Irving Tukel, ’60
Robin L. Wishnow
Michael E. Turner, ’75
Roger L. Wolcott, ’83
Mark Ulfig, ’06
Miriam Z. Wolock, ’93
United Way of Genesee County
Wolverine Bar Association
Elizabeth M. Unkovic, ’77
Shannon N. Wood, ’99
Michael L. Updike, ’78
Jeffrey L. Woolstrum, ’91
Peter J. Van Hoek, ’76
Kay K. Wornell
Paul G. Van Oostenburg, ’82
Joseph M. Wright, ’74
Donald A. Van Suilichem, ’75
Steve N. Yardley, ’78
Sara E. Vander Werff, ’91
Jabran G. Yasso
The Hon. Susan E. Vandercook,
’75
The Hon. Thomas C. Yeotis, ’55
Louann VanDerWiele Martin, ’81
Neal A. Young, ’90
Robert J. Vandeventer
Michael T. Zambricki, ’87
Michael J. Vincent, ’85
James Zeman
Phillip J. Shefferly, ’79
Jessiephine W.
Summerville, ’78
Sheldon Halpern, PC
Judith A. Susskind, ’87
James W. Vollman, ’90
Paul D. Sher, ’91
The Hon. Donald L. Swank, ’68
Jeffrey L. Vollmer, ’03
Aaron H. Sherbin, ’88
Samuel D. Swisher, ’74
Wachovia Foundation
Shiffman Foundation
William W. Swor Sr., ’72
John R. Walke, ’80
Pamela Shifman
Frederick A. Synk, ’80
John J. Wallbillich, ’84
Michael R. Shpiece
The Hon. Henry J. Szymanski, ’51
L. Graham Ward, ’72
P. Robert Shrauger, ’64
Rebecca L. Takacs
Dieter R. Wasserbaech, ’95
Michael Shrier
Michael J. Tauscher, ’80
Water Sports Marine, Inc.
Joseph A. Siciliano, ’84
Darrell Tennis
George C. Watson, ’75
Coco Siewert
Lawrence R. Ternan, ’65
Patricia Meekings Ways, ’95
Craig L. Sigworth, ’88
The Cameron Foundation
Duane S. Weed, ’75
Beverly A. Sikora, ’99
The Joy House, Inc. Bed &
Breakfast
Capt. Gerald Weigle, JAGC, USN
(ret.), ’60
Randi S. Silibovsky
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Weishaus
Vincent Law Firm, PC
York, Dolan and Tomlinson, PC
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excellence in the classroom — a focus that has better prepared
a tremendous show of confidence. It’s someone taking the time
me for the practice of law.”
and energy to say to a law student, ‘I think you’re worth it.’”
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2008 Wayne Law Scholarship and Award Recipients
Order of the Coif
Academic year 07-08
(A few recipients pictured
below with Dean Ackerman)
Thomas Amon
Kenton Bednarz
Adam Bellile
John Cusmano
Sayf Fathy
Jennifer Ferro
David Hill
James Johnson
Hemant Keskar
Anthony Kochis
American Corporate
Counsel Annual
Scholarship Award
Michael Druzinski
Ruth and Mitchell Bacow
Endowed Scholarship
Angela Caligiuri
Meghan Curavo
Bockoff and Mall
Endowed Scholarship
Joseph Novell
Aaron Schwaderer
Bodman, LLP Annual
Scholarship
Sonia Salah
Robert C. Brown Annual
Award
David Council
Steven Williams
Tobijah Koenig
Kristine Lucas
Jesse Markos
Timothy Monsma
Eric Novetsky
Tricia Roelofs
Toni Rumschlag
Oday Salim
Nicole Schleben
Andrew Schuster
Aaron Schwaderer
Kimberly Yourchuck
Adam Zajac
David Adamany Endowed
Constitutional Law
Scholar Award
Laura Bassett
Kevin Kelly
David Ludington
Michael McCandlish
Denis Shamo
Benjamin Sobczak
Ida and Benjamin Alpert
Foundation Annual
Scholarship
below)
Kristina Araya
Adam Geffen
Robert Gundlach
Kerrie Kennedy
David Ludington
Matthew Moussiaux
Denis Shamo
Benjamin Sobczak
Melanie Van Antwerp
Dean Zarafonetis
Wayne Budd Endowed
Scholarship
To be awarded in 2009
Bush, Seyferth and
Paige, PLLC Annual
Scholarship
Michael Wakeley
John Cabaniss Endowed
Scholarship
Louis Meizlish
Edward Stieber
Kenneth V. Cockrel
Endowed Scholarship
Jehan Crump-Gibson
Jerry S. Cohen Memorial
Endowed Loan
Leor Barak
F. Philip Colista Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Jason Wade
William Davidson
Endowed Scholarship for
Student Athletes
(One recipient pictured below)
Charla Burill
John Wright
Dean’s Scholars
Lauren Andary
Katie Anger
Kristina Marie Araya
Christopher Atallah
Brandon Babiarz
Nathan Backus
Carol Bagdady
Adam Ball
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Adam Banton
Amy Bartold
Kheng Be
Allison Bentley
Bradley Bidwell
Alexander Blum
Ryan Bohannon
Tanya Bowers
Yekaterina Brinkman
Kenneth Burger
Michelle Burns
Peter Clark
Darren Cooper
David Council
Ellen Davis
David Deeg
Tamar Dolcourt
Roquia Draper
David Dunaway
Nathan Dupes
Jason Eggert
Deborah Fisch
Amy Friedman
Tara Gavioli
Elisa Gomez
Matthew Goodman
Robert Gundlach
Justin Hakala
John Hamood
Ashley Heidemann
Lindsey Hoffman
Aimee Jachym
Kaitlin Jeziak
Gjina Juncaj
Amanda Kakos
Jason Kanter
Kerrie Kennedy
Ali Koussan
Elizabeth Kruman
Bartosz Kumor
Joseph Lakier
Hava Leichtman
Scott Levasseur
Shannon Little
Megan Loch
Karen Lopetrone
David Ludington
Joshua Lushnat
Jonathan Martone
Nicole Matisse
Joseph McGuire
Louis Meizlish
Richard Merpi
Jeffrey Mies
Tiffany Miller
Crystal Monroe
Joel Moyer
Angela Murch
Joseph Novell
Laura Orlowski
Marc Oswald
Daniel Phillips
Brian Pokladowski
Jared Ragozine
Ryan Reck
Timothy Rimer
Ruby Robinson
Christopher Roelofs
Joshua Rouan
James Roush
Brandon Rutkowski
David Schwartz
Muhammad Shahid
Denis Shamo
Michael Shelton
Elaine Siegle
Aaron Silvenis
Andrew Smith
Benjamin Sobczak
Bethany Stawasz
Andrew Steiger
Luke Suchyta
Danial Sullivan
Bradley Thomson
Mallory Tomaro
Melanie Van Antwerp
Kristina Van Beek
Aisa Villarosa
Salvatore Vitale
Michael Wakeley
Tara Willoughby
Katie Zeiter
Deloitte Tax LLP Annual
Award
Kristen Baiardi
Erman, Teicher, Miller,
Zucker and Freedman,
PC Annual Scholarship
Charla Burill
Frances and Charles
Driker Endowed
Scholarship
Day: David Ludington
Evening: Katie Zeiter
Eugene Driker
Endowed Scholarship
(pictured below)
Amanda Morris
Cynthia B. Faulhaber
Endowed Scholarship
Michelle Hinkley
Alexander Freeman
Endowed Fellowship
Lindsay Maas
Ralph M. Freeman
Annual Scholarship
Kenneth Burger
Charles H. Gershenson
Trust Scholarship
Christopher Atallah
Roquia Draper
Leonard R. Gilman
Annual Scholarship
Thomas Tabin
Ernest and Freda
Goodman Endowed
Scholarship
Reuben Metreger
Bradley Thomson
Jason Wade
Bernard Gottfried
Memorial Endowed
Scholarship in Labor Law
Mami Kato
Joseph Grano
Endowed Scholarship
Manuel Haddad
Charles V. Hammond
Memorial Scholarship
Lauren Andary
Matthew Ehrlich
Robert Zora
Iannotti Annual
Scholarship
Faculty Annual Awards
below)
Kristina Araya
Darren Cooper
David Dunaway
Olukunle Fadipe
Elisa Gomez
Kevin Kelly
Matthew Koss
David Ludington
Michael McCandlish
Kaitlin McKenzie
Daniel Phillips
Jared Ragozine
John Scheibelhut
Thomas Tabin
Robert Zora
Izumi Endowed
Scholarship
Stephen Naiah
Raymond L. Krell
Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Chastity Graham
Eric Rosenberg
Shannon Weinrick
Norman I. Leemon
Endowed Scholarship
Andrew Peterson
Judges Leona and Leonia
Lloyd Twins for Justice
Endowed Scholarship
Yvonne London
Frederica K. Lombard
Scholarship
Kaitlin McKenzie
Kristina Van Beek
Bethany Stawasz
Joan Mahoney
Scholarship
Nathan Dupes
Joseph Lakier
Anthony Maiullo
Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Amy Bartold
M. Misbah Shahid
Benjamin Sobczak
Wade H. McCree Jr.
Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Ebony Jamison
Erica Partee
Adwya Saeed
Menendez-Diaz Endowed
Scholarship
Reuben Metreger
Dimitrios Mihas
Memorial Annual
Scholarship
Brandon Kalasho
Bruce A. Miller Family
Endowed Scholarship in
Labor Law
Jesse A. Markos
John W. Reed Endowed
Scholarship
Michelle Hinkley
James K. Robinson
Scholarship
Katie Anger
Kerrie Kennedy
Lewis Rockwell Endowed
Scholarship
Thomas Tabin
Rogers Mantese and
Associates, PC Annual
Scholarship in Health
Law
Steven Ogilvie
Richard H. Rogers
Endowed Scholarship
Matthew Koss
Professor Alan Schenk
Annual Student Prize
(pictured below)
John Collins
Alan R. Waterstone
Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Steven Williams
Mark Weiss Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
Amanda Morris
Joyce Schon
Andrew Smith
Women Lawyers
Association of Michigan
Foundation Annual
Scholarships
Michal Duer
Melanie Elturk
Angela Murch
Monica Smith
Judge Thomas C. Yeotis
Annual Scholarship
Monica Wilson
George Peck Endowed
Scholarship for Superior
Advocacy
Jenifer Measel
Michael L. Pitt and Peggy
Goldberg Pitt Endowed
Award (pictured below)
Sridevi Peravali
Boaz Siegel Endowed
Award
Nathaniel Kaleefey
Max Smitt Endowed
Scholarship
Ryan Bohannon
Ira J. Spoon Endowed
Award
Laura Bassett
Ira J. Spoon Endowed
Scholarship
Kristina Araya
Daniel Phillips
John Scheibelhut
Edward H. Rakow Annual
Memorial Award
Tamar Dolcourt
Rader, Fishman and
Grauer, PLLC Endowed
Scholarship (pictured below)
Sungwook Lee
A. Albert Sugar
Memorial Annual
Scholarship
David Schwartz
Wachler and Associates,
PC Annual Award
Matthew Ehrlich
Ferne Walter Endowed
Scholarship
(pictured below)
Carol Bagdady
Donald E. Barris Trial
Competition Awards
Fall Winners:
Andrew Crump
Michael Wakeley
Winter Winners:
Matthew Bates
Melanie Elturk
Jason L. Honigman
Scholarship
Matthew Moussiaux
Best Appellate Brief in
Advanced Legal Writing
Merit Award
Samia Atasi
Best Contract in FirstYear Legal Writing Merit
Award
Sara Light
Sheila Marshall
Shannon Weinrick
Katie Zeiter
Patrick J. Burkett
Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Marc Oswald
Diana Pratt Legal
Research and
Writing Annual
Merit Awards
Best Appellate Brief
Merit Award
(pictured below)
Jason Fisher
Marc Oswald
Melanie VanAntwerp
Walter Nussbaum
Endowed Award
Kenton Bednarz
Thomas H. Oehmke
Endowed Scholarship
Law Review, Moot
Court and Student
Trial Advocacy
Program Awards
and Scholarships
Carl Ziemba Annual
Scholarship
(pictured below)
Michael Akins
Meghan Curavo
Laura Iacona
Sridevi Peravali
Jason Wade
Lisa Zatyko
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Alumni Notes
Winsten,
Kienbaum
Named Wayne
Law Board of
Visitors Chair
and Vice Chair
LLP, was elected President of
Lawrence J. Murphy, ’68,
Robert A. Berlow, ’71, joined
the Michigan Housing Council
was featured in a June 2, 2008,
the law firm of Taubman Nadis
for a one-year term.
article in the Grand Rapids
and Neuman, PC as of counsel
Business Journal for his new
to the firm. Berlow concentrates
Joseph M. Fazio, ’65, was
role as managing partner at
his practice in the areas of
elected by the law firm of Miller,
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt
business and commercial real
Canfield, Paddock and Stone,
and Howlett, LLP.
estate law with a particular
focus on commercial real estate
PLC to serve a two-year term
as a managing director. Fazio
Boyd E. Chapin, ’69, was
is a principal in the Real Estate
appointed general counsel
Group in the firm’s Ann Arbor,
for the Michigan Podiatric
Joseph F. Galvin, ’71, of Miller,
Mich., office.
Medical Association.
development and leasing.
PLC, spoke on “Current Issues
I.W. Winsten, ’79
Thomas Kienbaum, ’68
50s
The Hon. Damon J. Keith,
LL.M. ’56, of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,
received an honorary degree
at the 2008 Harvard University
Commencement for his
outstanding career in law.
Robert M. Thrun, ‘59, retired
from The Thrun Law Firm after
nearly 50 years. The firm was
started in 1948 by Thrun’s father
and has grown to include 27
attorneys staffing offices in East
Lansing and Bloomfield Hills.
60s
Patricia J. Boyle, ’63, was
honored during the unveiling of
a Wall of Fame for distinguished
alumni of the Wayne County
Prosecutor’s Office.
Sheldon Winkelman, ’63,
a partner in the Real Estate
Department of Honigman,
Miller, Schwartz and Cohn,
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Stephen Ross, ’65, was
Judge Peter D. Houk, ’69,
in Zoning” at the Michigan
highlighted for his work in real
former Ingham County Circuit
Township Association Legal
estate and development in an
Court Chief, addressed the
Institute for Township Attorney’s
article on therealdeal.com.
annual State Bar of Michigan’s
55th annual Educational
Negligence Law Section
Conference.
Jim Nelson, ’66, and his wife,
Conference in Las Vegas,
Jean, were awarded the 2008
Nevada, on May 4, 2008.
Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly,
’71, was awarded the Lifetime
Distinguished Service Award
by the Ypsilanti Area Chamber
Michael D. Lewis, ’69, joined
Achievement Award at Wayne
of Commerce.
the law firm of Smith, Haughey,
Law’s 12th annual Treasure of
Rice and Roegge as of counsel
Detroit Gala on March 28, 2009.
Frederick “Fritz” Damm, ’68,
in the firm’s Traverse City,
joined Scopelitis, Garvin,
Mich., office.
John E. McSorley, ’71, senior
Light, Hanson and Feary as a
shareholder and member of the
partner in its newly established
70s
firm’s management executive
named a power lawyer by
was elected as president of the
Detroit office.
Thomas Kienbaum, ’68, was
named vice chair of the Wayne
Law Board of Visitors. Kienbaum
is a co-founder of Kienbaum,
Opperwall, Hardy and Pelton,
PLC and specializes in traditional
labor matters, employment
class actions and individual
plaintiff litigation.
Michael R. Kramer, ’68, of
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., partner
with Dickinson Wright, PLLC,
was appointed to the Oakland
University Board of Control by
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
to represent the general public for
a term expiring Aug. 11, 2016.
F. Thomas Lewand, ’70, was
Crain’s Detroit Business. Lewand
is a partner with Bodman,
LLP in Detroit and has played
a significant role in the 31year federal court battle over
control and operation of the
Detroit Water and Sewerage
Department.
William B. Beach, ’71, senior
attorney in the Public Law Group
at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and
Stone, PLC, was appointed to
a one-year term as chair of the
Public Corporations Law Section
of the State Bar of Michigan.
committee in the Detroit office
of Garan Lucow Miller, PC,
Association of Defense Trial
Counsel through May 31, 2009.
Robert Nix, ’71, was appointed
as the Michigan State Chair
for the American College of
Mortgage Attorneys.
Arthur Y. Liss, ’72, founder of
Liss, Seder, and Andrews, PC in
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was listed
in the 2009 edition of The Best
Lawyers in America.
William O. Lynch, ’72, of Fryhoff
and Lynch, PLLC, was included
in the 2009 edition of The Best
Lawyers in America as one of
Joan Mahoney, ’75, Wayne
PLC in Okemos, Mich. The
Daniel R. Kubiak, ’80, of Mika
only 28 family law practitioners
Law professor and former dean,
firm represents a range of private
Meyers, Beckett and Jones, PLC
in Michigan.
was featured in Crain’s Business
and public sector clientele
was listed in the 2009 edition of
Detroit in an article highlighting
centered on the use of
The Best Lawyers in America.
Judge Jessica Cooper, ’73, was
her as the first woman lawyer to
“green technology.”
named a power lawyer by Crain’s
join Honigman, Miller, Schwartz
Detroit Business. Cooper was
and Cohn, LLP (in 1975).
elected managing partner of the
Graff Goodman, ’79, a married
Detroit office of Bowman and
Chris E. Rossman, ’75, a
couple practicing together
Brooke, LLP.
recently elected Oakland
County prosecutor.
Lawrence C. Mann, ’80, was
Neil Goodman, ’79, and Maxine
member of Foley and Lardner,
for the first time, formed The
Murray R. Feldman, ’73,
LLP, was named in The Best
Goodman Law Group, PC in
Karl W. Schettenhelm, ’80, of
a senior shareholder in the
Lawyers in America guide.
Farmington Hills, Mich.
Strobl and Sharp, PC, joined the
firm as a shareholder.
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., law
firm of Strobl and Sharp, PC,
Steven Grob, ’79, a leader
was elected chairperson of the
of Dykema’s Taxation and
Noreen L. Slank, ’80, attorney
Estate Practice Group, was
at Collins, Einhorn, Farrell and
included in The Best Lawyers i
Ulanoff, PC, was named as one
n America guide.
of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s
Workers’ Compensation Section
of the State Bar of Michigan.
Brian MacKenzie, ’74, Chief
Judge Pro Tem of the 52nd
District Court, 1st Division,
Oakland, Mich., was named a
Judicial Fellow by the National
Highway Transportation Safety
Administration and the American
Bar Association.
Congratulations
to Wayne Law’s
58 Alumni Named
2008 Michigan
Rising Stars and
378 Alumni
Named 2008
Michigan Super
Lawyers
Margaret A. Coughlin, ’75,
2007 “Lawyers of the Year.”
Daniel Iannotti, ’79, was elected
as vice president, general counsel
Michael J. Tauscher, ’80, joined
and corporate secretary of
Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson
Ecology Coatings, Inc.
and Feary as a partner in its
newly established Detroit Office.
Stephen J. Ott, ’79, was elected
by Miller, Canfield, Paddock and
Robert E.L. Wright, ’80, an
Stone, PLC to serve a two-year
attorney-mediator with Miller,
term as managing director,
effective Jan. 1, 2008.
PLC, was elected to a one-
member of Dickinson Wright,
Wendy Potts, ’77, was
PLLC, was elected chair of the
interviewed by Motion Magazine
Eastern Michigan Chapter of
in an article titled “Hail to
Susan Patton, ’79, joined
Alternative Dispute Resolution
the Air and Waste Management
the Chiefs” in the summer
Butzel Long as a senior attorney
Section of the State Bar
Association.
2008 edition.
based
of Michigan.
Samuel C. Damren, ’75, of
Roger A. Smith, ’77, of Garan
Dykema Gossett, PLLC, was
Lucow Miller, PC, was listed in
I. W. (Bill) Winsten, ’79, was
a shareholder of Foster, Swift,
ranked as a leader in commercial
the 2009 edition of The Best
named chair of the Wayne Law
Collins and Smith, PC.
litigation and alternative dispute
Lawyers in America.
Board of Visitors. A partner in
year term as secretary of the
in the firm’s Ann Arbor office.
Joseph E. Kozely, ’81, became
the litigation department of
Stanley H. Pitts, ’81, a partner
Daniel C. Watson, ’77, joined
in the labor and employment
the Dykema Gossett, PLLC Real
and Cohn, LLP, Winsten has
practice at Detroit-based
David F. DuMouchel, ’75, a
Estate Department as a member
served the community with his
shareholder of Butzel Long
in the firm’s Detroit office.
leadership and expertise for
Cohn, LLP, was re-elected to
more than 30 years.
an additional one-year term as
resolution in The Best Lawyers in
America guide.
was inducted into the
International Society of Barristers,
Maureen Aughton, ’78, was
a member of the D. Augustus
a society of trial lawyers chosen
honored as Legal Aid Attorney
Straker Bar Association Board of
by their peers on the basis of
of the Month for her work as a
excellence and
steering committee member of
integrity in advocacy.
the Collier County Foreclosure
Task Force.
David R. Fernstrum, ’75, of Mika
Meyers Beckett and Jones, PLC,
Stephen O. Schultz, ’78,
was listed in the 2009 edition of
announced the founding of
The Best Lawyers in America.
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes,
80s
George W. Gregory, ’80, of
George W. Gregory, PLLC in
Birmingham, was elected to the
office of secretary by the Probate
and Estate Planning Section of
the State Bar of Michigan on
Sept. 27, 2008.
Directors for 2008-2009.
Stanley “Skip” Pruss, ’81,
was appointed by Gov. Jennifer
Granholm to serve as the CEO
and director of the Department
of Energy, Labor and Economic
Growth.
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William Robinson Jr., ’81,
joined Farmington Hills,
Mich., Attorneys Title Agency
as president.
James E. Spurr, ’81, a principal
in the Kalamazoo office of
Stone, PLC, was appointed to
Blume, Johnson,
Emaus and Bates
Named Officers
of the Wayne
Law Alumni
Association
Anne Widlak, ’83, a partner with
shareholder in the Bloomfield
Detroit-based employment law
Hills, Mich., office.
firm Nemeth Burwell, PC, was
named a fellow of the Litigation
Joseph M. Fazio, ’85, was
Counsel of America.
elected by Miller, Canfield,
Paddock and Stone, PLC to serve
Cynthia Brazzil, ’84, shareholder
a two-year term as managing
and director of Kemp Klein
director, effective Jan. 1, 2009.
Law Firm of Troy, Mich., was
recognized in Crain’s Detroit
Michael A. Fleming, ’85, of
the Commemoration of the
Business as an exceptional
Plunkett Cooney, PC, was named
Bicentennial of the War of 1812
woman of law.
a shareholder of the firm.
the Michigan Commission on
by Governor Jennifer Granholm.
Kevin J. Cox, ’84, of McKeen
Daniel S. Saylor, ’85, was a
D. Jennifer Andreou, ’82,
and Associates, PC, was named
presenter at the 2008 Insurance
shareholder of Plunkett Cooney,
senior associate.
Institute of Michigan Seminar
PC, was named Practice Group
at the James B. Henry Center
Sean Blume, ’02
Suzanne Johnson, ’84
John M. Halan, ’84, a
for Executive Management of
shareholder and lawyer with
Michigan State University in
Brooks Kushman, PC, was invited
Lansing, Mich. He presented on
Sandra D. Glazier, ’82, joined
to serve on the Engineering
“New Boundaries on the Scope
the Bloomfield Hills, Mich., office
Technology Industrial Advisory
of No-Fault.”
of Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer
Board of Lawrence Technological
and Garin, PC as an attorney in
University.
Leader of the firm’s Medical
Liability Practice Group.
and Center for Estate Planning.
Lee Hornberger, ’82, of the
Arbitration and Mediation
Office of Lee Hornberger,
was appointed to the Awards
Committee of the State Bar
Jon Emaus, ’06
Matthew Bates,’08
Anne Bagno Widlak, ’83, joined
firm Nemeth Burwell, PC.
of Michigan.
Joseph Richert, ’83, president
Peter M. Kellett, ’82, of Dykema
Rehabilitation System in
Gossett, PLC, was ranked as a
leader in The Best Lawyers in
America guide. Kellett is director
of the Litigation Department.
Michael A. Robbins, ’82,
was elected president of
the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers —
Michigan Chapter. Robbins will
serve as president for the 2008-
and CEO of Special Tree
Romulus, Mich., was named
chairman of the board
of directors of the Vienna, Va.based Brain Injury Association
of America.
James D. Robb, ’83, was named
one of the 2008 “In-House
Leaders in the Law” by Michigan
Lawyers Weekly.
2009 year.
Alan E. Schwartz, ’83, a
Robert W. Stevenson, ’82,
firm Honigman, Miller, Schwartz
joined Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein,
Cohen and Pokotilow, Ltd
as counsel.
founding partner in the law
and Cohn, LLP, was honored
with the Judge Learned Hand
Award by the metropolitan
Detroit chapter of the American
Jewish Committee.
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Michael R. Blum, ’86, joined
the Farmington Hills, Mich.,
the firm’s Estate Planning Group
Elizabeth Hardy, ’84, was
office of Foster, Swift, Collins and
named a power lawyer by Crain’s
Smith, PC as a partner.
Detroit Business. She is a founding
partner of Kienbaum, Opperwall,
Lynn A. Gandhi, ’86, partner
Hardy and Pelton, PLC.
with Honigman, Miller, Schwartz
and Cohn, LLP of Detroit, was
Thomas J. McGraw, ’84, of
Dykema Gossett, PLLC, was
Business for being an exceptional
ranked as a leader in The Best
woman of law.
Lawyers in America guide.
Gerald Lievois, ’86, will lead
Patricia Nemeth, ’84, the
the 2008 Dykema Gossett, PLLC
founding partner of Detroit-
Automotive Industry Team.
based employment law firm
Nemeth Burwell, PC, was
Mark A. Metz, ‘86, was
named one of Michigan’s “25
ranked as a leader in corporate
Leaders in the Law” by Michigan
governance and compliance
Lawyers Weekly.
law, corporate law, and securities
law in The Best Lawyers in
Linda G. Burwell, ’85, a partner
America guide.
at Nemeth Burwell, PC, was a
presenter at the annual Michigan
Stephen J. Rhodes, ’86,
Society for Human Resource
announced the founding of
Management State Conference.
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes,
PLC in Okemos, Mich.
Margaret Carroll Alli, ’85,
joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Calvin J. Sterk, ’86, of Smith
Smoak and Stewart, PC as a
Haughey Rice and Roegge,
joined the firm as of counsel in
Emily A. Minns, ’89, joined
the Grand Rapids office.
Cohn, LLP’s Oakland County
Sheryl L. Toby, ’86, co-leader
office as a partner in the Real
of the Bankruptcy and Corporate
Estate Department.
Restructuring Practice Group
of Dykema Gossett, PLLC,
was elected to the Board of
Directors of the American
Bankruptcy Institute.
Mark D. Rubenfire, ’87, a
partner with the Southfield office
of Michigan-based Jaffe, Raitt,
Heuer and Weiss, PC, was named
head of the firm’s Real Estate
Practice Group.
James L. Allen, ’88, a principal in
the Troy office of Miller, Canfield,
Paddock and Stone, PLC,
recently authored “Michigan
Foreclosure Practice,” a
chapter of The Law of Distressed
Real Estate, which was published
by Thompson West in
December 2007.
David M. Thoms, ’88, a principal
in the Troy office of Miller,
PLC, was re-elected as secretary
of the board of directors of
the Visiting Nurse Association
of Michigan.
Timothy M. Wittebort, ’88, of
Howard and Howard Attorneys,
PC, was appointed by Governor
Granholm to the financial review
team that examined the city of
Pontiac’s finances.
Nanci Grant, ’89, was named
Secretary of the Michigan Judicial
Tenure Commission.
Peter Van Hartesveldt, ’89,
joined Nossaman, LLP in
Washington, D.C., as a partner
and as part of the firm’s
recently expanded public
policy law practice.
90s
Mark J. Bennett, ’90, senior
counsel at the law firm of Miller,
PLC and leader of the firm’s
Climate Change initiative, is
lead author of a publication
titled, “Current Critical Issues
in Environmental Law: Green
Buildings and Sustainable
Development.”
AnnMarie Sanford, ’90, an
attorney in Pepper Hamilton
LLP’s Detroit office, was qualified
as a Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design Accredited
Professional by the Green
Building Certification Institute.
Mark A. Davis, ’91, was
unanimously re-elected as
president and CEO of Howard
and Howard Attorneys, PLLC for
his second, five-year term.
Kathleen Gatti, ’91, an attorney
with Detroit employment law
firm Nemeth Burwell, PC, made
a presentation titled “Hiring
and Firing Within the Law” to
human resource professionals
at a seminar sponsored by the
American Society of Employers.
Matthew Meyer, ’91, was hired
by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for
the Western District of Michigan
as an assistant U.S. attorney and
chief of its Civil Division.
Steven M. Ribiat, ’91, Butzel
Long attorney and shareholder,
was
inducted into the Litigation
Counsel of America at the Spring
Wayne Law Alumni Association, Student Board of
Governors 2008 Annual Golf Outing a Success
From left to right: Rochelle Denomme, David Moran,
Robert M. Ackerman, Helen Casey, Wayne Kauffman, ’08,
Sean Blume, ’02, and Warren Hunt.
Conference and Induction of
Karen Seder, ’92, partner with
Fellows in Miami.
Liss, Seder and Andrews, PC
of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was
Wendy Zabriskie, ’91, co-
chair with the banking practice
group of Bodman, LLP of Troy,
woman of law.
Mich., was recognized in Crain’s
Detroit Business as an exceptional
Laura Talt, ’92, joined Lockton
woman of law.
Companies, the world’s largest
privately held insurance broker.
Cameron J. Evans, ’92, a
partner with Honigman, Miller,
Bryan Waldman, ’92, was
Schwartz and Cohn, LLP, was
hired as litigation partner at the
appointed chair of the State
Chicago-based personal injury
Bar of Michigan’s Law and the
law firm of Levin and Perconti.
Media Committee for the
2008-09 term.
Carl C. Wilson, ’92, moderated a
judicial forum for the Washtenaw
Charles M. Fish, ’92, joined
County judicial candidates and
the international law firm of
a Michigan Supreme Court
Chadbourne and Parke, LLP
candidate in Ann Arbor, Mich.,
as counsel in the intellectual
on June 28, 2008.
property practice in the New
York office.
Marcy J. Ford, ’93, a partner
with Trott and Trott, PC, was
Anna M. Maiuri, ’92, was
named U.S. Foreclosure Network
re-elected by Miller, Canfield,
secretary.
Paddock and Stone, PLC to serve
a two-year term as managing
director, effective Jan. 1, 2008.
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David Galbenski, ’93, past
of Commerce 2009 Board of
“Settlement of Cases on Appeal,”
president of the Wayne Law
Directors as Legal Counsel.
published in the winter edition
Alumni Association, became
woman of law.
chairman of the Global Board of
of Appellate Practice Journal of the
Ericka Jackson, ’97, was
American Bar Association Section
of Litigation.
Directors of the Entrepreneurs’
Humma S. Siddiqi, ’95, was
appointed Assistant Dean of
Organization on July 1, 2008.
recently elected to membership
Admissions at Wayne Law.
of Dykema Gossett, PLLC.
Robert McWhorter, ’93, was
Siddiqi’s practice focuses on
Paul T. O’Neill, ’97, was
elected a partner at Nossaman,
automotive, toxic tort and other
promoted to partner at Bowman
LLP. He is co-chair of the firm’s
general litigation matters.
and Brooke, LLP.
Jennifer Van Horn, ’95, a senior
Kevin A. Smith, ’97, was elected
attorney with the Grand Rapids
a principal by Miller, Canfield,
Jeffrey T. Rogg, ’93, a senior
and Lansing offices of Miller,
Paddock and Stone, PLC.
attorney in the Detroit office of
PLC, was recently elected to
Joseph B. Urban, ’97, was
Stone, PLC, was re-appointed to
the advisory board of the Jane
admitted as a member of Clark
a third term on the State Bar of
Hibbard Idema Women’s Studies
Hill, PLC’s Birmingham, Mich.,
Michigan’s Standing Committee
Center at Aquinas College.
office, where he concentrates his
Financial Services Practice Group
and is based in Sacramento.
practice in the areas of municipal
on Criminal Jury Instructions.
Sherry O’Neal, ’96, joined
finance, education law, and real
Dickinson Wright, PLLC.
estate law.
Ryan Lee Perry, ’96, was named
Mark D. Baker, ’98, after
partner in the Business Litigation
serving in the U.S. Navy’s JAGC
Ann Marie Uetz, ’93, partner
Section by Giamarco Mullins and
for nearly 10 years, took a
and trial attorney with Foley
Horton, PC.
civilian position in Washington,
Mark Sparschu, ‘93, joined
Brooks Kushman, PC as a
senior attorney.
D.C., as an assistant counsel
and Lardner, LLP of Detroit, was
Norman Richards, ’96, joined
to the Inspector General of the
the Farmington Hills, Mich.,
Department of Housing and
woman of law.
office of Foster, Swift, Collins and
Urban Development.
Smith, PC as a shareholder.
Kurt M. Brauer, ’98, joined
Michael T. Cone, ’94, was
selected by the Chief Judge of
Matthew Schenk, ’96, was
Warner, Norcross and Judd, LLP
the U.S. Court of International
named Wayne County chief of
as a partner.
Trade to serve a five-year
staff and assistant deputy CEO.
appointment on its Advisory
Michael Socha, ‘96, joined
Carrie Lynn Fuca, ’98, joined
Committee on Rules.
The Fitch Law Firm in the Mt.
Clemens, Mich., office.
Sean H. Cook, ’95, was elected
Steven Tyshka, ‘96, joined
a shareholder of the law firm
Lutheran Social Services of
Brent N. Bateman, ’99,
Butzel Long.
Michigan as vice president of
was named one of the 2009
services for senior adults.
“Utah Legal Elite” by Utah
Business Magazine.
Gerald J. Gleeson II, ’95, was
elected a principal by Miller,
David W. Williams, ’96, was
named partner at Jaffe, Raitt,
Mark A. Frentrup, ’99, was
PLC. He specializes in criminal
Heuer and Weiss, PC.
elected a principal of Harness,
Dickey and Pierce, PLC.
and civil litigation.
Steven J. Enwright, ’97, joined
Antoinette Pilzner, ’95,
principal in the Detroit office
shareholder and attorney with
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Todd A. Holleman, ’99, a
Butzel Long
Jeffrey C. Hicks, ‘97, was elected
of Miller, Canfield, Paddock
of Ann Arbor, Mich., was
to the Lansing Regional Chamber
and Stone, PLC, authored
00s
G. Christopher Bernard, ’00,
was promoted to partner at the
Bodman, LLP law firm in Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Thomas W. Cronkright, ’00, was
recognized in the Grand Rapids
Business Journal for his creation of
Sun Title.
Lawrence Duthler, ’00, was
recognized in the Grand Rapids
Business Journal for his creation of
Sun Title.
Adam Kutinsky, ’00, was
promoted to principal at The
Kitch Law Firm.
Monica M. Moore, ’00, joined
firm Nemeth Burwell, PC.
Russell Moy, ’00, joined the
Southeastern Universities
Research Association as general
counsel and senior advisor to the
president.
Gjon Juncaj, ’01, senior litigation
counsel in the Civil Divisions
Office of Immigration Litigation,
District Court Section, received
the Attorney General’s Special
Commendation Award for
Outstanding Service in the Civil
Division of the U.S. Department
of Justice.
Anthony Kandare, ‘01, joined
Plumsea Law Group, LLC as an
attorney in the firm’s Bethesda,
Md., office.
James R. McCullen, ’01, of The
Brian Pappas, ’05, took a job
Rachel (Coe) Bissett, ’07, was
Karissa M. W. Holmes, ’08,
Kitch Law Firm, was recently
as the associate director of the
chosen by Michigan Lawyers
joined the Corporate and
promoted to associate principal
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Weekly as one of Michigan’s Up
Securities Department at
at the firm’s Detroit office.
Program at Michigan State
and Coming Lawyers.
and Cohn, LLP’s Detroit Office.
University’s College of Law.
Justin S. Cohen, ’07, joined the
Brittany M. Schultz, ’01,
was elected to membership
Samuel Saks, ’05, (pictured
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., office of
Anthony Kochis, ’08, joined
of Dykema Gossett, PLLC and
below) co-authored a book
Rader, Fishman and Grauer PLLC.
Bush, Seyferth and Paige, PLLC
serves on the firm’s Automotive
with Michael G. Brook titled
Industry Team.
Contemporary Issues in Family Law
Gary Francis, ’07, joined the
attorney in the Bankruptcy and
and Mental Health.
Plunkett Cooney, PC team as a
Creditor’s Rights Group.
in Troy, Mich., as an associate
Zana Tomich, ’02, was
member of the firm’s Labor and
promoted to partner at the law
Employment Practice Group.
Julie A. Paquette, ’08, became
an associate attorney at the law
firm Tomkiw Dalton, PLC.
Dana G. Khalife, ’07, joined
firm of Donald A. DeLong, PC.
Andrew A. Ayar, ’03, joined the
Strobl and Sharp, PC team as an
Stone, PLC as an attorney in the
Heather M. Maldegen-Long,
associate in the firm’s corporate,
Troy, Mich., office.
’08, joined Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and
Weiss, PC as an associate in the
real estate and estate planning
practice areas.
Ellen M. Schwab, ’07, joined
firm’s Corporate Law and Real
Howard and Howard Attorneys,
Estate Practice groups.
Justin R. Peruski, ’03, joined
PC and its Intellectual Property
Group.
Eric Novetsky, ’08, joined the
Southfield-based Jaffe, Raitt,
Cohn, LLP in its Detroit office
as an attorney in the Insurance
Gurinder J. Singh, ’07, an
Heuer and Weiss, PC as an
Department.
associate in the Ann Arbor,
associate in the firm’s Insolvency
and Reorganization Group.
Heather Joy Thompson, ’05,
Mich., office of Miller, Canfield,
Erica L. Keller, ’04, joined the
was sworn in as a member of the
Paddock and Stone, PLC, was
Detroit office of Honigman,
138th Class of the Department of
appointed vice president and
Dawn N. Perry, ’08, joined
Miller, Schwartz and Cohn, LLP
State’s Foreign Service.
director of events planning of
Dykema Gossett, PLLC as an
the Indo-American Chamber of
associate. Perry focuses on
Commerce of Michigan.
litigation matters, particularly
as an attorney in its Litigation
Department.
Amanda M. Hickman, ’06,
with respect to the automotive
joined Warner, Norcross and
Teri Dennings, ’05, whose
Judd, LLP as an associate.
Alicia M. Siefer, ’07, was hired
industry.
as an associate attorney of Garan
specialty areas include labor
and employment litigation, was
April L. Neihsl, ’06, an associate
Lucow Miller, PC, in the Troy,
Tricia L. Roelofs, ’08, joined
promoted to senior associate at
for attorney Julie I. Fershtman,
Mich., office.
The Kitch Law Firm.
was elected to the State Bar
Shawn G. Jappaya, ’05, joined
associate. Roelofs’ practice
of Michigan Representative
Cristina M. Walters, ’07, joined
revolves around litigation
Assembly.
the corporate and securities
matters, particularly business and
group in the Detroit law offices
commercial litigation.
the Detroit office of Honigman,
Miller, Schwartz and Cohn, LLP
David Adler, ’07, joined Jaffe,
of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and
as an attorney in the Tax Appeals
Raitt, Heuer and Weiss, PC as an
Stone, PLC.
Department.
associate in the firm’s Litigation
Practice Group.
Suzanne M. Miller, ’05, joined
Kimberly Yourchock, ’08, joined
the Bankruptcy, Reorganization
John J. Collins III, ’08, joined
and Commercial Department at
Cohn, LLP’s Detroit office.
Butzel Long as an associate
Shanta S. Anderson-Williams,
associate. Collins focuses on
attorney based in the firm’s
’07, joined Honigman, Miller,
general corporate and securities
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., office.
Schwartz and Cohn, LLP’s Detroit
matters.
office as an attorney in the Labor
and Employment Department.
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