Center marks milestone "25 Years of Resolution"

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SHORT
TAKES
Winter Meeting to look
at ‘No-Fault Nuances’
The Michigan Defense
Trial Counsel (MDTC)
will host its 2015 Winter Meeting on Friday,
November 7, from 7:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the
at the Sheraton Detroit
Novi Hotel, 21111 Haggerty Rd. This year’s meeting
is titled “No-Fault Nuances & More.”
During the luncheon, the 2015 Respected
Advocate Awards will be presented to George
T. Sinas (MDTC recipient) of Sinas Dramis
Law Firm and Robert F. Riley (MAJ recipient) of Riley & Hurley PC. The fourth annual
Judicial Award will be presented to Genesee
County Circuit Court Judge Joseph J. Farah.
Cost for the meeting is $235, $75 for luncheon only, and $285 for a new member special (cost of meeting and one year of membership). To register, visit www.mdtc.org and
click on “events.”
Ex-manager of Catholic
church pleads guilty
to misdemeanor
TROY (AP) — The former manager of a
Catholic parish in Troy says she kept her
divorced husband on the church's health insurance at a cost of $26,000.
Janice Verschuren pleaded guilty Tuesday
to a misdemeanor in federal court. The plea
deal ends a case that began with more serious
charges of fraud and conspiracy involving her
boss, the Rev. Ed Belczak, at St. Thomas
More Church in Troy.
Judge Arthur Tarnow will have flexibility
when he sentences Verschuren on Oct. 26. She
could avoid a prison term.
Belczak recently pleaded guilty to fraud in
a scheme to conceal the theft of more than
$500,000. He used a portion of the money to
buy a Florida condominium from Verschuren.
Belczak will get his sentence on Dec. 1.
Local man who kept
neighbor’s body in closet
convicted of murder
PONTIAC (AP) — A suburban Detroit
man accused of killing a neighbor and storing
the body for weeks in a closet has been convicted of first-degree murder.
Alex Adamowicz said he acted in selfdefense in the stabbing of John Watson, but
the Oakland County jury rejected it Tuesday.
The 23-year-old faces a life sentence with no
chance for parole after turning down a plea
deal with a shorter sentence.
Investigators believe Adamowicz killed the
51-year-old Watson during an argument over
noise at an apartment complex in Walled
Lake.
The Detroit News says Adamowicz’s
mother found Watson’s body, wrapped in
plastic, during a visit on Mother’s Day 2014
and persuaded her son to go to police.
Prosecutor Jason Pernick says an innocent
man claiming self-defense would have immediately called police.
“For in a government of laws and not of
men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled to defy a court of law. If
this country should ever reach the point
where any man or group of men by force
or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and our Constitution,
then no law would stand free from doubt,
no judge would be sure of his writ, and no
citizen would be safe from his neighbors.”
JOHN F. KENNEDY
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Thursday, October 8, 2015, ONE DOLLAR
Center to mark milestone of ‘25 years of Resolution’
BY LINDA LADERMAN
“With this event we are celebrating
the future and our dedication to be of
more service to the community before
potential litigants seek to sue.”
—BONNIE HANES
Legal News
More than three decades have passed since
two task forces, one appointed by Michigan
lawmakers, and the other by the State Bar of
Michigan, undertook an effort to explore
options to traditional judicial processes.
Both task forces discovered that a large
sector of Michigan’s residents were dissatisfied with a legal system that was too costly
and courts that were too slow to hear their
cases.
The Oakland Mediation Center (OMC)
was established as result of those findings.
“Our citizens wanted more alternatives to
the legal status quo,” said Bonnie Hanes,
executive director of OMC. “So, in 1990,
based on recommendations from both groups,
the Oakland Mediation Center (OMC) was
founded.”
Twenty-five years later, OMC is making a
significant difference in how civil conflicts
are adjudicated.
To celebrate that success, OMC will honor
six community leaders for their dedication to
the center at “25 years of Resolution,” a Masquerade Ball, October 30 at 6 p.m. at the
Lafayette Grand in Pontiac.
OMC will recognize Marilyn Flam, a former educator and volunteer mediator; Oakland County 43rd District Court Judge Joseph
Longo; Oakland County Probate Court Chief
Judge Elizabeth Pezzetti; Oakland County
52nd District Court Chief Judge Julie Nicholson; Julie McDaniel of Oakland County
Schools; and retired Judge Stephen Cooper,
formerly of Oakland County 46th District
Court.
“There is a common thread that connects
all of our honorees. All of them really believe
in the mediation process. They know our programs abide by best practices,” Hanes said.
“With this event we are celebrating the
future and our dedication to be of more service to the community before potential litigants seek to sue,” Hanes said.
Along with her staff and members of the
mediation community, Hanes has pioneered
programs that reach out to a diverse population.
“We only have six people on staff, but they
are on full throttle all of the time,” Hanes said.
OMC has conducted mediation trainings
for students and teachers at 370 Oakland
County schools.
“We are very pleased that we can offer
schools an array of recognized and sustainable
programs to address school to prison pipeline
issues like bullying and truancy,” Hanes said.
“The center is very involved in resolving
social conflicts among students in grades K12, through programs like Peers Making
Peace,” Hanes said. “We teach them to ask
what do you need to do to feel better about
yourself? It is amazing to see the kids act as
mediators.”
The Olweus Bullying Prevention program
tackles school bullying through intervention.
The program has reduced the number of bullying reports by 20-50 percent, Hanes noted.
Truancy Prevention through Mediation is
another OMC initiative.
”OMC works to keep kids in school,”
Hanes said. “If an elementary school age
child is out of school more than two days a
month they are likely to be future drop-outs.
(See HAVING A BALL, Page 2)
State of the
Court presented
by Federal Bar
Oakland County
wins financial
reporting award
The Federal Bar Association (FBA),
Eastern District of Michigan Chapter,
kicked off its 2015-2016 luncheon series
with the annual “State of the Court Luncheon” on Thursday, September 24, at
the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit.
Providing the State of the Court address
was U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gerald Rosen (center). Thanking Rosen for
participating in the event were (left to
right) FBA President Kim Altman, career
law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge
Avern Cohn; and Matt Lund, FBA chapter program chair, of Pepper Hamilton
LLP.
Oakland County has won the Award of
Excellence for its Popular Annual Financial
Repor t (PAFR) from the Gover nment
Finance Officers Association of the United
States and Canada (GFOA) for 18 years
running. The PAFR summarizes for taxpayers how the county spends their money. It is
one of the ways County Executive L.
Brooks Patterson’s administration works to
make county government more transparent
and accessible to residents.
“Excellence is a part of everything we do
as a county government,” Patterson said. “In
this case, our Fiscal Services Division has
done outstanding work to make the county
more transparent to our residents.”
The GFOA gives the PAFR award based
on reader appeal, understandability, creativity, and overall quality and usefulness of the
report, among others. The GFOA established it to encourage local governments to
produce a high quality PAFR based on their
comprehensive annual f inancial report
(CAFR) for individuals without a background in public finance.
The PAFR award follows Oakland County’s Award of Excellence for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)
which it won last month for the 24th year in
a row from the GFOA.
“The commitment to excellence by the
Fiscal Services staff is evident in the fact
that we have won both awards numerous
years in a row,” said Lynn Sonkiss, fiscal
services division manager. “Our fiscal services team is among the best in the nation.”
To view the Fiscal 2014 PAFR, go to
www.OakGov.com/fiscal, click on “Information & Publications” then “Oakland
County 2014 Financial Summary.”
Photo by John Meiu
Body of work
BY KURT ANTHONY KRUG
Legal News
Attorney-turned-author Laura Caldwell’s
latest novel “The Dog Park” was initially
supposed to be the next installment of
lawyer Izzy McNeil, her series character.
“I sold seven Izzy McNeil books to my
publisher, MIRA. But by the time I got to
planning the last, I’d become one of those
dog people. My Facebook page had gone
from books… to a whole lot of dog stuff.
Since we had two completed Izzy trilogies,
my agent and editor and I decided to do a
single title – ‘The Dog Park,’” said Caldwell,
who is the Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Loyola University Chicago School
of Law, her alma mater.
In “The Dog Park” (MIRA $7.99), Jessica and her ex-husband Sebastian agree to
joint custody of their dog Baxter. However,
Baxter rescues a child, which is caught on
video and goes viral. In the wake of this,
Jessica and Sebastian found themselves
thrust back together and their lives take
some unexpected twists as they find themselves in the glare of the media spotlight.
“Dogs have become more and more an
accepted member of the family. And I’d
heard from fellow attorneys that they were
getting asked to write dog custody agreements into divorce settlements, even though
the law doesn’t usually officially recognize
them. At the same time pet videos were
exploding online. So I decided a couple who
shared joint custody of their dog would get
thrown together again when their dog is in a
video that goes viral,” explained Caldwell.
Baxter was inspired by her own goldendoodle named Shafer. In fact, Shafer has
more than 6,000 followers on Twitter.
“When ‘The Dog Park’ came out, my
publisher recommended I get Twitter and
Instagram pages for my dog… which I think
is hilarious. I feel like I have a kid because
(this dog) has a life outside of me,” said
Caldwell. “I don’t put on the content on her
Twitter page – someone else does it – but
there are times I am walking her and people
Novelist turns her attention
to ‘Anatomy of Innocence’
are like, ‘Gasp! Is that the dog Shafer?’ and
they rush her. I never get recognized. The
thing about being a writer is I never get recognized, just praised. I just think it’s so
funny.”
Practicing law is a family tradition for
Caldwell. Her late grandfather William
Caldwell, her father William Caldwell Jr.,
and her uncle Judge Michael Caldwell
are/were part of the law f irm Caldwell,
Berner, & Caldwell in Woodstock, Ill.,
which celebrated its 100th anniversary on
October 2. In fact, these men – like her – are
also Loyola Law alumni.
“I graduated from law school and started
practicing law,” said Caldwell, who was a
civil trial attorney, doing medical malpractice for Clausen Miller in Chicago.
CALDWELL
“I was writing the whole time because I
felt I needed something creative. I saw a
class for novel writing, which had a creative
bent to it. I was getting into that grind that
every new professional does: You get up,
work late, and go home. From that circle, I
thought I needed to do something creative.”
Caldwell has published 14 novels and one
non-fiction book. She’s written in the mystery-thriller genre and the romantic comedy
genre. Her f irst book was “Burning the
Map,” a rom-com about a law school grad
who travels to Europe before starting her
first job as an attorney. Her first mysterythriller “Look Closely” was set in Michigan.
“I created a fictional town on the Michigan/Indiana border called Woodland Dunes,
a combination of Long Beach, Ind.; Grand
Forced Arbitration
Beach, Mich.; and New Buffalo, Mich. I was
being very (Scott) Turow at the time; I created my own Kindle County (the fictional
county where the majority of Turow’s books
occur). Woodland Dunes was the predominant setting,” she said.
Writing “The Rome Affair” was a gamechanger for Caldwell not only as an author
and attorney, but also as a human being.
“I have a scene where a Chicago couple’s
at the police station. Their friend fell off
their balcony and died. The cops are trying
to get this couple to confess to killing her.
As a reader, you don’t know the details – if it
was intentional or accidental. You don’t
know who killed her,” explained Caldwell.
“As a writer, you have to have authority and
you have to show your authority on each
page. This wasn’t even a particularly long
part of the book; it was sort of an aftermath.
I just couldn’t do it justice is if I didn’t
understand why the cops would get someone
to confess to something they didn’t do. I didn’t know if people would buy it.”
She continued: “So I called Catharine
O’Daniel, who I highlighted in the book.
She’s a superstar criminal defense lawyer in
Chicago. She’s a name I decided to call for a
research question. I was writing my book in
a coffeehouse and needed to double-check
my sources before I could push on with this.
I asked her, ‘Do false confessions ever happen?’ She laughed and said, ‘Oh, honey, they
happen all the time.’ Those are the words
that changed my life.”
According to Caldwell, O’Daniel
explained that in late 2004 when she was
visiting a client at Supermax, Cook County’s
maximum security jail in Chicago, unsupervised inmates coming in from exercise cornered her, making sexual overtures,
whistling at her, asking her to defend them.
Before things escalated, an inmate named
Jovan Mosley who was sweeping the floors
witnessed this and got the inmates to back
off.
O’Daniel thanked Mosley for coming to
her rescue and asked him about his case.
(See CALDWELL, Page 2)
Legal Help
Financial regulators move
to restrict forced arbitration.
Page Two
Colleges help student startups
navigate the legal landscape.
Page Three
Jury awards
$16M to driver
in tire trial
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan
jury has returned a $16 million verdict in
favor of an Ohio man who blamed a tire for
a crash that left him paralyzed.
Half the figure represents past and future
suffering. But attorney Craig Hilborn says
the amount likely will be reduced because
of Michigan’s product liability limits and
other factors.
Hilborn represents Harry Patel of Montpelier, Ohio, whose Nissan Pathf inder
flipped in Berrien County in 2012. Lawyers
for Goodyear Tire & Rubber said the tire
was not defective and that it likely hit something, causing tread separation.
The verdict was returned Monday after a
two-week trial.
The tire was made at a Goodyear factory
in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The 59year-old Patel was living in South Bend,
Indiana, at the time of the crash.
GPS Concerns
Hidden GPs devices to track
suspects raise legal concerns.
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‘Raising Capital in Michigan’
focus of seminar in Dearborn
Any entrepreneurs interested in
knowing more about available
options for raising capital and
other issues important to the success of a new business should
plan to attend a free seminar on
Wednesday, October 21, at Henry
Ford College in Dearborn.
The seminar, “Understanding
Your Options for Raising Capital
in Michigan,” will give information on how to raise capital in
Michigan.
Attendees will learn about
legal and structural basics; key
formation and other often overlooked issues; private offerings
using regulation D or intrastate
exemptions
(504/SCOR,
504/202(1)(n) and 201(g));
Michigan intrastate crowdfunding; crafting a winning investor
pitch; venture capital; long-term
planning for a potential IPO; protecting yourself from arbitration,
civil litigation and potential criminal liability; and more.
The event is free and is being
offered by the Department of
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs,
Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau.
The event will be conducted
Wednesday, October 21, from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Henry Ford College Forfa Auditorium, 5101
Evergreen Road in Dearborn.
There will be no charge for parking or admission to the seminar. A
continental breakfast and boxed
lunch will be provided.
Seating is limited. Register online
at https://w2.lara.state.mi.us/CapitalSeminar.
IMF downgrades forecast
for world, emerging markets
BY PAUL WISEMAN
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
International Monetary Fund is
downgrading its forecast for global economic growth and says
falling commodity prices and
jumpy f inancial markets have
raised global risks.
In a report Tuesday in advance
of the IMF-World Bank annual
meetings this week in Lima, Peru,
the fund says the world economy
will grow 3.1 percent this year,
down from a July forecast of 3.3
percent and slowest since the
recession year 2009.
“Downside risks to the world
economy appear more pronounced
than they did just a few months
ago,” the fund said in its World
Economic Outlook.
The fund predicts the United
States will grow 2.6 percent this
year, up from a July forecast of 2.5
percent.
Emerging market economies
will likely grow 4 percent, which
would mark the f ifth straight
annual drop. They have been hurt
by an economic slowdown in
China, which has reduced demand
for emerging market raw materials
and pushed down prices of commodities such as copper and oil.
Among those hardest hit by the
commodities bust: The Brazilian
economy, forecast to contract by 3
percent this year; and Russia, forecast to shrink 3.8 percent because
of lower oil prices and economic
sanctions imposed by the West as
punishment for Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Collapsing energy prices are also
hurting Canada. The IMF downgraded its forecast for the Canadian
economy by half a percentage point
to 1.5 percent this year.
The Chinese economy has been
slowing for four straight years,
partly because the government is
engineering a transition away from
dependence on exports and ofteninefficient investments. Instead,
they are moving toward slower,
more sustainable growth based on
consumer spending. The IMF
expects Chinese economic growth
to drop to a 25-year low 6.8 percent this year, but that is
unchanged from its July forecast.
The IMF foresees continued
improvement in Europe. It kept its
forecast for 1.5 percent growth
this year in the 19 countries that
share the euro currency.
The Japanese economy is
expected to grow 0.6 percent this
year, down from the IMF’s July
forecast of 0.8 percent but an
improvement from last year when
it shrank 0.1 percent.
CALDWELL:
Author does not plan
on giving up legal career
(Continued from page 1)
He’d told her he’d been in jail for
more than f ive years, awaiting
trial for first-degree murder and
armed robbery. His attorney from
the public defender’s office gave
no indication when his case would
go to trial. O’Daniel took
Mosley’s case.
“It was the first pro-bono case
(O’Daniel) ever took on,”
explained Caldwell. “She called
the public defender and asked,
‘Why does this kid who doesn’t
have a record and who doesn’t
have a gang affiliation… Why has
he been in the county lockup
since he was 19? Why doesn’t he
have a trial date?’ He was originally charged with murder…
death-penalty murder. But he was
just hanging out. (O’Daniel) said
he was forced into a confession. I
couldn’t understand it. She said,
‘I’d give you two hours with the
Chicago Police Department,
you’ll tell them your mother killed
(John F.) Kennedy. You’d put her
on the grassy knoll.’ If law
enforcement decides it’s you (who
they like for a crime), you’re
screwed. Period.”
Caldwell tried Mosley’s case
with O’Daniel in what was “definitely the most seminal case I
tried.” According to Caldwell, the
police arrested Mosley in early
2000 for the August 6, 1999 murder of Howard Thomas. There are
different versions of what exactly
happened to Thomas, whose
death was ruled a homicide.
Mosley was allegedly one of several young men who brutally beat
Thomas. Mosley denied these
allegations, but admitted he was
present as a witness at the beginning of the crime. The police kept
him nearly three days, Caldwell
stated.
“They said they’d let him go if
he confessed to punching the victim in the left eye, which he did.
And off he went to county,
charged with murder, until
(O’Daniel) found him,” said Caldwell.
Eventually, Caldwell and
O’Daniel won Mosley his freedom in 2005. This inspired Caldwell to write “Long Way Home: A
Young Man Lost and the Two
Women Who Found Him.” Further, Caldwell founded the Life
After Innocence clinic at Loyola
Law in 2009, working with
wrongfully convicted individuals
or other innocent persons impacted by the criminal justice system
in order to help them re-enter
society and reclaim their lives.
Today, Mosley is “doing fabulous,” according to Caldwell. He
graduated from college, is married with two children, and works
with Chicago’s at-risk youth.
Currently, Caldwell is editing
with Leslie S. Klinger a collection
of essays called “Anatomy of
Innocence,” which pairs mystery
writers with exonerees. One of the
writers includes New York Times
best-selling novelist Lee Child,
author of the Jack Reacher series.
The above-mentioned Turow, considered a godfather of the modern
legal thriller, and Barry Scheck,
co-founder of the Innocence Project in New York City who was
portrayed by Peter Gallagher in
2010’s “Conviction,” are writing
the foreword. This proceeds of
this book, debuting in 2016, will
go to LAI.
“There’s an interesting career
trajectory for lawyers-turned-writers. I always pick up legal thrillers
because the authors have an exacting perspective on crime fiction
when they’ve been lawyers
before. You really see it more as a
puzzle as opposed to what I write,
which I think is more emotional,”
said novelist Jenny Milchman,
who appeared at Ker rytown
BookFest in Ann Arbor on September 13.
Caldwell admitted while she
has more freedom being a writer,
she has no plans to give up being
a lawyer, nor can she choose
between the two disciplines.
“It’s like having two kids,” she
said. “They’re both so great, I
don’t know if I could get rid of
one of them.”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015
Taking
Stock
by Malcolm Berko
Financial regulators move
to restrict forced arbitration
BY KEN SWEET
Tyson Foods
Dear Mr. Berko:
My young broker (I’m 61) of
four years is fairly straight with me
and has made some good suggestions for my $185,000 individual
retirement account. He knows I
won’t buy annuities, load mutual
funds or the proprietary junk that
he and his firm sell to other suckers. He recently recommended that
I buy 150 shares of Tyson Foods. A
while ago, our pastor told us Tyson
is a Muslim-run company. I can’t
find any evidence of this, and I
don’t want to annoy our pastor by
confronting him. I would ask my
broker, but that would make me
feel silly. My wife says, “What
would Berko do?” So please tell us
what to do.
—GL, Detroit
Dear GL:
Get another pastor, or stop
being such a wuss. Most Muslims
are good people, and I think a 150share purchase of Tyson Foods
(TSN-$41.49) as a long-term
investment might be a swell addition to your $185,000 IRA.
Approximately 250 of the 1,200
employees at TSN’s poultry processing plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee, are of Muslim faith. During the summer of 2008, in the
name of political correctness, the
Retail, Wholesale and Department
Store Union, representing the
Tyson plant, asked for Eid al-Fitr
to be one of the paid holidays, in
place of Labor Day. In order to
maintain a peaceful settlement,
Tyson blinked and agreed. However, this must have caused a ruckus
in Shelbyville, because a week
later, TSN implored the union to
reopen negotiations. It did, and
Labor Day was reinstated as a paid
holiday. Muslims were given a personal paid day they can take whenever they want. Things are changing out there!
TSN, a $41 billion-revenue
company with 124,000 employees,
may be the largest processor and
marketer of chicken, beef and pork
products north of the South Pole.
Among TSN’s largest customers
are Wal-Mart, our military commissaries, fast-food franchises
such as McDonald’s, wholesale
clubs and major grocery chains.
Most folks don’t know that TSN’s
brands include Jimmy Dean, with
its great sausage; Ball Park and its
extra-juicy hot dogs; Sara Lee,
which makes a great cheesecake;
Gallo, maker of great salami; and
my all-time favorite, Golden
Island, whose premium jerky I
keep in my office and my car.
I like TSN because it has an
impressive portfolio of excellent
products that are sold in over 130
countries. I also like TSN because
its acquisition of Hillshire Farm
early this year has been a surprisingly comfortable fit. I especially
like TSN because the Hillshire
operating synergies will benefit
TSN by at least $400 million next
year. And I like TSN because Hillshire will be a huge boost to operating margins, which have been
stuck in the low single digits for
the dozen-plus years I’ve followed
the company. Those margins
should improve to 8 percent this
year and reach the low double digits in 2016. And in the process, this
should improve TSN’s low priceearnings ratio by about 54 percent,
from 13-to-1 to 20-to-1, in the next
few years. So if TSN’s chicken
salesmen cross enough roads to
sell enough chickens, Wall Street
believes that TSN could earn $3.55
a share in 2016. Another reason I
like TSN is that conservatively figuring a modestly higher P/E of
15.5-to-1, the Street’s consensus is
$54 a share next year. And dramatic growth in crop yields will contribute to low commodity inflation,
which also will help expand margins. In addition, I’m told by one
of the fellows at RBC Capital Markets, whose firm follows the stock,
that the 40-cent dividend should be
raised to 46 cents.
I’d cross most highways to own
this stock, the price of which has
remained surprisingly steady in
this very volatile market. At the
current price, TSN is down just a
couple of points from its all-time
high, which suggests unusual price
stability for conservative investors.
Meanwhile,
Morningstar,
Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch
also have good things to say about
TSN. And Vanguard must be a big
fan, because those folks own over
24 million shares.
————————
Please address your financial
questions to Malcolm Berko, P.O.
Box 8303, Largo, FL 33775, or
email him at [email protected].
To find out more about Malcolm
Berko and read features by other
Creators Syndicate writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate
website
at
www.creators.com.
©Copyright 2015 Creators.com
HAVING A BALL:
Center celebrates 25 years
(Continued from page 1)
We want to keep these kids
engaged so they don’t become
part of the juvenile justice system.”
Hanes has been at OMC for 16
years, and executive director for
10. But time has not dampened
her enthusiasm about the benefits
of mediation.
“Mediation is so powerful. I
see families who won’t speak to
each other at the beginning of a
mediation, then three hours later
they are walking out together and
planning the next family dinner,“
Hanes said.
From 1992 until 2015, OMC
has trained more than 1,000 mediators, Mediators are not required
to be attorneys.
“They are social workers,
teachers, architects, doctors and
construction workers,” Hanes
said.
“Because our mediators represent a multiplicity of ages, professions, religions and ethnicities,
the community can relate to us, to
think OMC is a place for them,”
Hanes said. “Our oldest mediator
is in her eighties, our youngest
ones are in their twenties.”
Besides its youth and domestic
mediation programs, OMC has
partnered with Western Michigan
University Cooley Law School to
train law students as state court
administrative off ice approved
civil mediators.
“The program prepares stu-
dents for the real world of mediation by providing experiential
training and practical experience
to WMU-Cooley students while
developing highly-trained mediators,” Hanes said.
Before potential mediators
earn their accreditation they are
required to complete a five-day
interactive training. Additional
courses are offered for domestic
relations and advance mediation.
“OMC strives to maintain a
roster of 70 mediators,” Hanes
said. “Although we are a community mediation center, we deliver
court rule mediation for the
courts, attorneys and clients. It is
a facilitated neutral process.”
Subsequently, members of the
legal community have embraced
OMC’s programs, often referring
cases to the center.
“They see the benef its of
mediation,” she said.
Going forward, Hanes is working on a long-term strategic plan.
“We want OMC to be of more
service to our community. Many
people still don’t know what our
brand is so we are reaching out to
everyone to encourage them to
think of mediation before they sue
their neighbor,” Hanes said.
For information about OMC’s
“25 Years of Resolution” Masquerade Ball, contact Alexis
LaClair at 248-338-4280, ext. 214
or [email protected].
Visit http://www.mediationomc.org/ to purchase tickets.
Correction: Ballast dumping story
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — In a story Oct. 7 about a federal
appeals court ordering the government to rewrite regulations on
ballast water discharges from ships, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an environmental group that challenged the rules. It is the Natural Resources Defense Council, not
the National Resources Defense Council.
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau is considering rules that
would severely curtail a contentious practice called forced
arbitration, which consumer advocates have long argued does a disservice to people who have disputes with banks, credit card
issuers and other financial service
providers.
Many Americans still don’t
know that they’re not able to bring
lawsuits against banks or other
financial institutions if they have
complaints over issues such as
disputed charges on their checking accounts or credit card bills.
Instead, they’re required to go
through a binding arbitration
process. Consumer advocates say
these arbitrators are often biased
and routinely rule against consumers. If a customer loses an
arbitration ruling, oftentimes it
cannot be appealed.
The goal of forcing disputes to
be arbitrated instead of litigated
was to streamline and lower the
cost of resolving disputes that
customers had with financial service providers.
But what started off as a good
idea became corrupted over time,
critics say. Companies who did not
like how an arbitration firm would
rule could shop around, giving
arbitration companies a reason to
rule in favor of the companies who
hired them. Arbitration rulings
were also not transparent.
The proposal, which the
agency announced Wednesday,
follows years of scrutiny by financial regulators, state attorneys
general and consumer financial
advocates.
“Companies can sidestep the
legal system, avoid big refunds,
and continue to pursue profitable
practices that may violate the law
and harm countless consumers,”
said Richard Cordray, director of
the CFPB, in a statement.
The proposal is the first step
toward restricting the practice.
The regulator is likely to face stiff
resistance from the f inancial
industry and its lobbyists in
Washington.
The CFPB’s proposal does not
create a blanket ban on arbitration, which is legal in the U.S.
under the Federal Arbitration Act
of 1925. Instead, the CFPB’s new
rules would allow disgruntled
customers to sue banks or other
financial companies as a group,
should they choose to, even if
they’re subject to arbitration
agreements. Financial companies
will still be able to force individuals to settle disputes through arbitration, however those cases are
less common. Many disputes are
also resolved outside of the formal arbitration process.
Another proposal would force
companies that continue to use
arbitration to submit those claims
to the CFPB, so the agency can
monitor the process and make
sure it’s fair to customers.
Roughly 20 years ago, arbitration began to become a common
way for financial companies to
resolve disputes with customers
without having to go to trial. Over
the years, the practice ballooned
to the point that many financial
services, ranging from checking
accounts to private student loans
have incor porated arbitration
clauses in the fine print of their
customer agreements.
In one notorious case in 2009,
Minnesota Attorney General Lori
Swanson found out that a debt
collection company and the
National Arbitration Forum, at the
time one of the largest arbitration
companies, were owned by the
same investors. National Arbitration Forum was also involved in
helping writing arbitration clauses
into contracts.
“The Forum presented itself as
this neutral party like our court
system, but consumers didn’t
know they were aff iliated with
same companies bringing the
claims against them,” Swanson
said in an interview.
Shortly after Swanson’s lawsuit
was f iled, National Arbitration
Forum agreed to get out of the
business of arbitrating consumer
financial disputes.
If a group of bank customers
found they were victims of unfair
practices at their bank, under the
new rules they would be able to
pursue a class-action lawsuit
against the bank.
Under current rules, customers
can be bound to use individual
arbitration to resolve disputes,
even in cases where many individuals were victims of the same
practice. For consumers, pursuing
individual lawsuits is typically a
drawn-out and expensive process.
“It is simply impossible to have
an effective group claim where
the vast majority of consumers
have all lost their right to have
their day in court,” Cordray said.
While it is only a partial ban in
writing, arbitration experts say
that by allowing class action lawsuits to go forward, the CFPB’s
proposal is in essence a de-facto
ban on arbitration because the service, which is typically paid for
by the bank, becomes less costeffective.
“If I was a consumer advocate
against arbitration, and I was
looking at what the CFPB proposed, I would be popping those
champagne corks right about
now,” said Alan Kaplinsky, a consumer financial services lawyer
with Ballard Spahr LLP.
The Dodd-Frank Act required
the CFPB to study forced arbitration and submit a report to Congress. In its final report, released
in March, the CFPB found companies widely used arbitration
clauses to dismiss class action
lawsuits and, despite being on the
majority of f inancial products,
three out of four Americans did
not know they were subject to
arbitration.
The CFPB was holding a hearing on arbitration in Denver on
Wednesday, where it heard from
consumers, advocates and industry officials about its proposal.
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Record pace for U.S. law
firm combinations continues
There were 20 law firm combinations announced
in the United States in the third quarter of 2015,
according to Altman Weil MergerLine. There have
been 68 deals announced through the end of September 2015 – the highest number recorded in that time
period in the nine years that Altman Weil MergerLine has been compiling data.
All of the combinations announced in July,
August, and September 2015 were acquisitions of
law firms with 35 lawyers or fewer.
“Large and mid-sized law firms continue to cherry-pick desirable small firms based on practice specialty or geography,” says Altman Weil principal Eric
Seeger. “We’re also seeing same-city or same-state
tie-ups between smaller firms that are joining forces
in an attempt to strengthen their relative market positions.”
Intellectual property boutiques were a prime target for large law firm acquirers in the third quarter.
Cincinnati-based Dinsmore & Shohl acquired 17lawyer intellectual property law firm Gifford, Krass,
Sprinkle, Anderson, & Citowsi in Detroit, moving
the firm close to the 600-lawyer mark in total headcount.
Haynes and Boone, a 550-lawyer Dallas-based
Am Law 100 law firm, acquired another small intel-
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lectual property firm—eight-lawyer Mavrakakis Law
Group with offices in Palo Alto and Chicago.
Brownstein Hyatt, a Mountain West law firm with
225 lawyers, expanded its presence in Reno, Nevada
with the addition of seven-lawyer intellectual property litigation specialists Watson Rounds.
Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt, a 150-lawyer
Pacific Northwest regional firm also picked up an IP
boutique—seven-lawyer Stolowitz, Ford, Cowger in
Portland, Oregon.
The largest combination of the quarter,
announced on September 30th, was 230-lawyer New
York state law firm Bond Schoeneck & King’s acquisition of 35-lawyer Buffalo firm Jaeckle, Fleischmann, & Mugel. The deal will be final January 1,
2016.
The Midwest was the most active region in the
third quarter of 2015 with six law firm combinations. Five law firms in the western U.S. and five in
the Middle Atlantic states were also acquired in the
quarter.
The complete list of law firm mergers and acquisitions announced to date in 2015 as well as an
archive from prior years and an eight-year trend
summary
are
available
online
at
www.altmanweil.com/MergerLine.
Colleges help student startups
navigate the legal landscape
BY COLLIN BINKLEY
Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) —
It seemed like a sure thing. Working on weekends in a cramped fraternity room, four friends at MIT
built a computer program that
would give websites a new way to
make money without online ads.
Not so fast.
New Jersey’s attorney general
alleged the software had been used
to hijack computers. Progress halted while authorities investigated.
After more than a year, the inquiry
ended and none of the students
was charged with a crime. But by
then, this past May, another company had already picked up on a
similar idea.
The case reminded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
that, on a campus where students
are encouraged to tinker and to
turn their ideas into businesses,
students had largely been left to
navigate legal obstacles alone.
Now, following a trend at colleges
nationwide, MIT is partnering with
Boston University’s law school to
open a free legal clinic for campus
entrepreneurs.
“There is this increasing interest among our students to engage
in innovation and entrepreneurial
activities,” said Cynthia Barnhart,
the chancellor of MIT and an engineering professor at the school of
11,000. “MIT students needed
exactly these kinds of services.”
Run by BU law students, the
clinic helps get protection for their
intellectual property, work with
investors and avoid legal pitfalls.
Next year, MIT is opening a
High court to
hear appeal
of National
Park Service
authority
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Supreme Court will decide whether
the National Park Service has
authority to enforce federal regulations on state-owned lands and
rivers in national parks in Alaska.
The justices agreed last Thursday to hear an appeal from an Alaska hunter who says the park service
cannot ban him from operating a
hovercraft along the Nation River,
which runs through the YukonCharley Rivers National Preserve.
John Sturgeon claims all navigable rivers within national parks in
Alaska are state-owned lands and
not subject to federal enforcement.
But a federal judge ruled that the
regulations extend to all parts of
the national park system.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals also sided with the park
service.
Alaska officials had urged the
justices to take the case to protect
state-owned property from federal
regulation.
second law clinic on Internet law,
also in response to Tidbit, the project that was investigated by New
Jersey. MIT drew scrutiny when it
steered the students elsewhere for
legal help, and a nonprofit ultimately represented them.
Jeremy Rubin, an MIT student
who led Tidbit, said the controversy had a chilling effect among
campus entrepreneurs. But with
legal support from the school, he
said, students across campus
should feel free to pursue creative
ideas, not just those who can afford
a lawyer.
“For students who are working
on really innovative things, they
need to be able to show people
what they’re working on,” he said.
“Making those resources available
will be immensely helpful.”
Other colleges have seen similar demand. Along with traditional
student-run legal clinics, which
serve groups like military veterans
and low-income families, more
law schools are opening clinics
that aim to help startups off the
ground, especially those created on
campus.
Penn State plans to open a free
clinic for entrepreneurs next year.
The University of Missouri
launched one this semester.
Dozens of others have been
formed at U.S. colleges in recent
years, including at the University
of Virginia and Boston’s Northeastern University.
“These clinics are growing
because there’s an unmet need,”
said James Greif, spokesman for
the Association of American Law
Schools. “Patent applications have
tripled over the last 20 years, and
small businesses make up about
T the
half of the private sector in
U.S.”
THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY
In honor of the late, beloved crossword constructor Merl
Reagle, today we present a classic puzzle of his from the
1999 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
ACROSS
1 Small group, as
of trees
6 Hibernating
13 Lush
14 Greek god of
bondage?
15 Greek goddess of
learning?
16 Greek goddess of
communication?
17 Slogging areas
18 “You want to go
___?”
20 Had wings
21 23-Across and
others
22 Wear away
23 Slugger’s first
name
25 Young ’un
26 Does a number
on
27 Greek god of
fertility?
31 Greek goddess of
messages?
33 Used bookstore
containers
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34 Pep rally cry
35 Catch some rays
36 Bumpy
38 Sicilian’s millions
39 Key to
understanding
the theme of this
puzzle
43 Title villain of a
“Star Trek” film
44 May, for one
45 Peeping ___
46 1940s war zone:
Abbr.
47 Prepares to fire
48 Greek god
of equal
opportunity?
53 Greek god of
electricity?
55 Actor Ryan
56 Hit bonus, for
short
57 Poison
indicators, on
bottles
58 Butler’s last words
59 Goad gently
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healthy hair?
67 Greek god of
mercy?
69 Greek god of
tangy drinks?
70 Goof-offs
71 Weapon-free
72 Fabric meas.
ciation Inc. (LAD) will conduct a
free outreach clinic on civil legal
services for income-eligible residents of Macomb, Oakland, and
Wayne counties, including the city
of Detroit, on Friday, Oct. 9, from
9 a.m. to noon at the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency,
1956 Hilton Road in Ferndale.
Attendees are asked to register
before 10 a.m. as a LAD attorney
will assist only those persons who
have done so by that time. For
additional information, contact
Stacey Felder, paralegal at LAD’s
Oakland County office in Pontiac,
at 248-253-1548, ext. 4005.
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Climate and Energy Solutions,
will present “Paris Preview: How
the New Global Climate Agreement is Shaping Up” on Tuesday,
Oct. 13, at Wayne State University
Law School. The free lecture will
take place from 12:15 to 1:30
p.m. in the Spencer M. Partrich
Auditorium at the law school, 471
W. Palmer St. Lunch will be provided. The lecture is sponsored by
the law school’s Program for
International Legal Studies and
presented in part through a grant
from the International Law Students Association. For additional
information about this event, contact Professor Gregory Fox at
[email protected].
13 The Oakland County Bar
Association’s Circuit Court Committee will present a seminar on
“Counseling Your Client
Through Litigation” on Tuesday,
October 13, from 9 to 11 a.m. at
the Oakland County Bar Center,
1760 S. Telegraph Rd., Suite 100,
in Bloomfield Hills. Pre-registration cost is $35 for OCBA members, $25 for OCBA new lawyers
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14 Raising the Bar, an educa-
tional series raising employer
awareness of current issues in
employment and labor law and
offered by Detroit-based management side labor and employment
law firm Nemeth Law PC, returns
in October to discuss best practices in adjudicating unemployment claims before the Unemployment Agency and beyond.
“Successfully Defending Unemployment Claims” will be
offered Wednesday, October 14 at
the Detroit Marriott Troy, 200 W.
Big Beaver Rd. in Troy. “Successfully Defending Unemployment Claims” will start with a
continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
The program begins at 9 a.m. and
ends at 11:45 a.m. The cost of the
event is $75 per person and preregistration is required. To register, e-mail Pamela Perkowski at
[email protected]
or call 313-567-5921.
14 The Oakland County Circuit
Court Judiciary has again offered
to sponsor a Pro Bono Breakfast
to recognize pro bono efforts in
Oakland County and to celebrate
Pro Bono Month. The event will
take place Wednesday, October
14, from 8 to 8:30 a.m. in the
West Wing Judicial Conference
Room at the Oakland County
Courrhouse in Pontiac. Karen
Koshen in the Court Administration Offices has offered to be the
point person for registration. To
register, call 248-858-0296 or
email [email protected].
41 Club aliases, for
short
42 Work hard
43 Mauna ___
47 “Facts ___ facts”
49 Moriarty, to
Holmes
50 Wrinkle removers
51 You can count on
it
52 “Boxcars”
54 Performer of a
banishing act
55 “To Spring” and
others
58 Air force heroes
Association Inc. (LAD) will conduct a free outreach clinic on
civil legal services for income-eligible veterans on Wednesday, Oct.
14 from 9 a.m. to noon at Detroit
Veterans Center, 2770 Park Ave.
Attendees are asked to register
have done so by that time. Anyone seeking legal services can call
877-964-4700
or
visit
www.ladadetroit.org.
15
National Labor Relations
Board General Counsel Richard
F. Griff in Jr. will deliver the
keynote address during the
Bernard Gottfried Memorial
Labor Law Symposium on
Thursday, Oct. 15, at Wayne State
University Law School. Alumni,
students and anyone interested in
furthering their insight into labor
law are invited to attend the symposium from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at the law school, 471 W.
Palmer St. The registration fee
for the symposium is $100, which
includes all sessions, presentation
materials, breakfast and lunch.
Students, NLRB staff and government employees can register
for a reduced cost of $35. The
deadline for registration is Thursday, Oct. 1. Register online at
law.wayne.edu/gottfried2015.
16 All Wayne State University
Law School alumni are invited to
the Wayne Law Reunion on Friday, Oct. 16, honoring the classes
of 2005 to 2014, 1980 and 1965. A
cocktail reception will take place
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit, 1114
Washington Blvd. Tickets to the
cocktail reception are $25. Alumni
from the classes of 1980 and 1965
are invited to continue the reunion
celebration with special dinners
following the reception. Dinner
tickets are $85 and include the
cocktail reception. To register for
the reception and/or dinners, visit
http://law.wayne.edu/reunions. For
additional information, contact Duc
Abrahamson, alumni relations officer, at 313-577-6199 or [email protected].
16 The 2015 Midwest Securi-
ties Law Institute, presented by
Michigan State University College of Law and sponsored by the
State Bar of Michigan Business
Law Section, will take place Friday, October 16, from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m. at Michigan State University
College of Law Building, 648 N.
Shaw Lane in East Lansing. The
Midwest Securities Law Institute
co-chairs are Raymond W. Henney of Honigman, Miller,
Schwartz, and Cohn LLP and
Elliot A. Spoon of Michigan State
University College of Law. Registration costs $135 and includes
materials, breakfast, lunch, and
break refreshments. Register by
October
9
online
at
www.law.msu.edu/securities or
contact Lauren Anderson at 517432-6844.
16
This year’s Wayne Law
Review Symposium will bring
together a former associate U.S.
attorney general, corporate counsel and academic experts on Friday, Oct. 16, to discuss “Corporate Counsel as Gatekeepers.”
The symposium will take place
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the
Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium
at Wayne State University Law
School, 471 W. Palmer St. The
event is free and open to the public. The event includes a continental breakfast, lunch and a cocktail
and networking reception. Register online at law.wayne.edu/lawreview2015 by Wednesday, Oct. 7.
16 Legal Aid and Defender
civil legal services for income-eligible residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties, including the city of Detroit, from 9
a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 16, at
the HOPE Center, 33222 Groesbeck Highway in Fraser. Attendees are asked to register before
10 a.m. as a LAD attorney will
assist only those persons who
further information, call LAD’s
Macomb County office in Mount
Clemens at 586-465-1344.
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Legal Aid and Defender
civil legal services for income-eligible residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties, including the city of Detroit, on Tuesday,
Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon at
Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency, 196 Cesar E.
Chavez Ave. in Pontiac. Attendees are asked to bring copies of
their documents and register
additional information, contact
Stacey Felder, paralegal at LAD’s
Oakland County office in Pontiac,
at 248-253-1548, ext. 4005.
20 The Oakland County Bar
Association’s Criminal Law Committee will continue its Anatomy
of a Criminal Case-Year XVII, a
brown bag lunch lecture series,
with a look at “Veterans Court”
featuring Jack H. Holmes on
Tuesday, October 20, from 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Oakland
County Bar Center in Bloomfield
Hills. The pre-registration fee for
OCBA members is $10 per lecture. The seminar fee for all nonmembers and walk-ins is $20 per
lecture. For additional information or to register, call 248-3343400 or visit www.ocba.org.
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PUZZLE BY MERL REAGLE (1950-2015)
28 Rock’s Police or
Cream, e.g.
29 Get through work
30 “Does” or
“doesn’t” follower
32 Where to see
“Outside the
Lines”
33 America’s
only bachelor
president
37 Province opp.
Detroit
38 Life’s partner
39 Baba au ___
40 Tombstone
lawman
(P73649+), and $50 non-members. Cost at the door is $45 for
OCBA members and $65 for nonmembers. Register online at
www.ocba.org. For additional
information, call 248-334-3400.
13 Elliot Diringer, executive 14 Legal Aid and Defender
vice president of the Center for
Edited by Will Shortz
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1 Cable channel
that broadcasts
trials
2 Silver streaks
3 Weapons in
action films
4 Trysted
5 Do before, as a
gift chore
6 Bumpers of
Arkansas
7 Common lunch
hour
8 Grammys
category
9 Lt. commander
of ’60s TV
10 Frequently
11 Hawaiian goose
12 Poet on whose
work “Cats” is
based: Abbr.
13 Tony Blair, for
one
14 Nothing more
than
15 Be a ham
16 Kennedy and
others
19 Base clearers
22 Cuts in expenses
23 Macy’s Parade
locale
24 Dash units
26 Disparaging
remark
27 Best Picture of
1958
zens Alliance for the Oakland
County Probate and Circuit
Courts will conduct a free seminar titled “Removing the Mysteries of Probate Court” at the
City of Farmington Hills Senior
Division-Costick Center in Farmington Hills from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
This program is designed to
enlighten and educate senior citizens and their families so that
they may make informed decisions regarding their estate planning and understand the probate
process. The Farmington Hills
Senior Division is located in the
Costick Center at 28600 Eleven
Mile Road in Farmington Hills.
Panelists will include Jill Koney
Daly, probate register for the Oakland County Probate Court, and
attorney James Lampertius from
Lampertius & Associates PLC.
To register for this free seminar,
contact The City of Farmington
Hills Senior Division at 248-4731830.
9 Legal Aid and Defender Asso-
Clinics give law students
important work experience, Greif
said, while their clients get free
advice. Colleges, meanwhile, can
get a boost from the success stories.
“Who doesn’t want to say that
they were responsible in some way
for the next Google or Facebook?”
he said.
A clinic at the University of
Wisconsin’s helped students start
EatStreet, an online food-delivery
service. The University of Michigan helped launch TurtleCell, a
phone case with built-in headphones. Northeastern worked with
two students to get their energy
bar, Coffeebar, sold at 300 stores.
Even without a law degree, students running the clinics can handle most cases. They draft contracts, check the availability of
trademarks and work with
investors. But there are limits. At
Northeastern, for example, students don’t submit patent applications.
“The students operate like a
small startup law firm. They make
decisions as group, they collaborate on their projects,” said Susan
Montgomery, a law and business
professor at Northeastern, who
advises the clinic.
Between classes at MIT, sophomore Isaiah Udotong visited the
clinic asking how to get nonprofit
status for his fledgling startup,
which helps African companies
expand their online reach. While
there, law students also urged him
to strike a formal agreement with
his co-founders.
“It’s almost like a godsend,”
Udotong said. “We were looking
for legal advice and wondering
how we were going to make sure
everything is legitimate.”
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civil legal services for clients of
the Neighborhood Service Organization on Wednesday, Oct. 21,
from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tumaini Center, 3430 Third Ave. in
Detroit. Attendees are asked to
register before 10 a.m. as a LAD
attorney will assist only those persons who have done so by that
time. Anyone seeking legal services can call 877-964-4700 or
visit www.ladadetroit.org.
22
Area investment advisors,
registered representatives, and
trust officers are invited to join
Miller Canfield corporate lawyers
Ken Konop and Kal Goren at the
next Before the Bell Breakfast
Forum taking a look at “Beneficiary Designations For Individual Retirement Accounts, Roth
Individual Retirement Accounts
and Employer Sponsored TaxQualified Retirement Plans.”
The forum will take place on
Thursday, October 22, from 7:15
to 8:30 a.m. at the Townsend
Hotel in Birmingham. There is no
cost to attend. Space is limited to
registered representatives, investment advisors, and trust officers.
Advance reservations are
required. To register, visit
www.millercanf ield.com and
click on “events.” For additional
information, call Sandy Bera at
248-267-3345.
22
Association Inc. (LAD) is providing legal assistance to the
Capuchin Legal Clinic on the
fourth Thursday of every month
from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Capuchin
Soup Kitchen on 4390 Conner St.
in Detroit. Assistance is available
exclusively to clients of the
Capuchin Soup Kitchen. The next
fourth Thursday session will be on
Oct. 22. Anyone seeking legal
services can call 877-964-4700 or
visit www.ladadetroit.org.
22 Thanks to a fundraising
campaign that raised $1.3 million,
on Oct. 22 the Michigan State
University College of Law will
dedicate its new plaza, which honors thousands of alumni who
graduated from Detroit College of
Law. A reception will be held
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the college, 648 N. Shaw Lane in East
Lansing. To register to attend the
Oct. 22 ceremony, visit
www.law.msu.edu/advancement/d
cl-plaza.
23 Secrest Wardle is proud to
serve as a presentation sponsor
for the upcoming Chamber of
Commerce Business Success
Conference, “Today’s Workplace…Tomorrow’s Profit.” The
conference will take place at Oakland Schools in Waterford on Friday, October 23, from 7:30 a.m.
until noon. The conference
includes education, exhibitors,
and a continental breakfast. For
details or to register, visit
http://bit.ly/1jbPkwb.
28
civil legal services for residents of
the Coalition On Temporary Shelter (COTS), 26 Peterboro St. in
Detroit, on Wednesday, Oct. 28,
from 9 a.m. to noon. Attendees
are asked to register before 10
a.m. as a LAD attorney will assist
only those persons who have done
so by that time. Anyone seeking
legal services can call 877-9644700 or visit www.ladadetroit.org.
30
Oakland Mediation Center
will celebrate it’s twenty-f ifth
anniversary with a “25 Years of
Resolution” Masquerade Ball
on Friday, October 30, from 6 to
11 p.m. at Lafayette Grande located in downtown Pontiac. Attire
for the evening will be dressy
with a mask, black tie will be
optional. The $100 ticket price
will include cocktails, entertainment, dinner, dancing, and valet.
Next Generation (30 years &
under) ticket price is $75. Visit
OMC’s
website
at
http://www.mediation-omc.org/ to
register for the event, purchase
tickets, and access the sponsorship contract.
November
4 WMU-Cooley Law School
graduates are invited to attend the
Alumni Association’s annual
meeting and networking reception on Wednesday, November 4,
in the 10th floor board room of
the Cooley Center at 300 S. Capitol in downtown Lansing. The
meeting begins at 5 p.m. while the
wine and cheese reception starts
at 5:45 p.m. Come visit and hear
who has won this year’s Distinguished Alumni Service Award,
get up-to-date on nationwide
alumni events and other business,
catch up with other members
across the country on videocast,
and enjoy hors d’ouevres and
refreshments. Plentiful parking
available on the street and in the
parking ramp next to the Cooley
Center. Register by October 30 to
[email protected], at 800-243ALUM, or online at www.cooley.edu/alumni/events.html.
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roger L Germonprez 205 Grosse
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Martin J Knollenberg 5064 Christy
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realty Knollenberg 198 e Big
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Birmingham 48009-2083 LAKe MICHIGAn CredIT UnIon $357,000
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oak Park 48237-1526 MAIn sTreeT
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dr Bloomfield Hills 48301-3031
Brendan Mullender 960 oak Creek
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rd Clarkston 48348-2253 PnC BAnK
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Matthew C Belt 1480 W Horseshoe
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Huntington Woods 48070-1120 PeoPLes BAnK Tr Co $272,000
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Cir West Bloomfield 48323-3915 MB
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st Farmington Hills 48334-2242 MB
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david Leffler 1539 Charter oak dr
rochester Hills 48309-2703 MorTGAGe 1 InC $88,000
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Christopher Hogg 31868 Wayburn
st Farmington Hills 48334-2879
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rd rochester Hills 48306-4154 LAKe
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royal oak 48073-1602 JPMorGAn
CHAse BAnK $123,000
BAnK $168,000
Aryeh Hauer 15588 stratford dr
southfield 48075-3027 nATIons
dIreCT MTG $142,000
david dubin 2421 Baltimore Ct
Commerce Twp 48382-4880 nATIons
dIreCT MTG $276,000
James A riddle 6500 Livernois rd
Troy 48098-1506 nATIons LendInG
CorP $142,000
Kathleen A Arrington 2600 Greenstone Blvd Apt 106 Auburn Hills
48326-3757 nATIonsTAr MorTGAGe LLC $98,000
Matthew P Jensen 2933 Glenview
Ave royal oak 48073-3171 nATIonsTAr MorTGAGe LLC $157,000
Brandon Boehmer 3359 Crooks rd
rochester Hills 48309-4154 nATIonsTAr MorTGAGe LLC $132,000
Kimberley L Curtis 20885 Cass st
Farmington Hills 48335-5213 nATIonsTAr MorTGAGe LLC $136,000
Jane A Wandrei 1625 s Hill rd Milford 48381-2859 PnC BAnK $100,000
narendrakumar r shah 5583 Whitfield dr Troy 48098-5105 PnC BAnK
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Brenda L ormiston 3010 old
orchard dr Waterford 48328-3650
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Loretta J Zeeb 719 Kentucky dr
rochester Hills 48307-3739 PnC
BAnK $85,000
Timothy Kernohan 670 rolling
Acres dr ortonville 48462-9151 PnC
BAnK $80,000
Brett Myers 8291 Golf Lane dr
Commerce Twp 48382-3417 PnC
BAnK $25,000
shanelle Mansoor 29052 Hearthstone dr novi 48377-2724 PnC BAnK
$65,000
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Way Bloomfield Hills 48302-1040
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dr Highland 48356-2305 PnC BAnK
$75,000
Gina M Paese 4832 Filer st Waterford 48328-2843 nATIonsTAr
MorTGAGe LLC $103,000
Hemunder P singh 6088 oak Trl
West Bloomfield 48322-2074 PnC
BAnK $150,000
Jacob r Boven 17178 Kirkshire
Ave Beverly Hills 48025-3256 nAVY
FederAL CU $197,000
Patricia Whiting 3521 durham rd
royal oak 48073-2341 PnC BAnK
$50,000
Alexander C Youngheim 1426
royal Ave royal oak 48073-5710
neW eXeCUTIVe MTG $182,000
daniel d dunn 1730 Moffat
Leonard 48367-3527 PnC BAnK
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ross A Beckley 6182 stonewood
dr Clarkston 48346-5008 neW YorK
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Kevin s Webster 1423 donald Ave
royal oak 48073-2024 PnC MorTGAGe $135,000
david P ross 5841 King James Ln
Waterford 48327-3035 neW YorK
CoMMUnITY BAnK $188,000
Francesco Faita 119 ely dr s
northville 48167-2706 PnC MorTGAGe $154,000
Gary Krajenke 781 Phillips dr
oxford 48371-6382 norTHPoInTe
BAnK $284,000
Madeleine J Adamec 4003 Hillsdale dr Auburn Hills 48326-4305 PnC
MorTGAGe $201,000
Thomas C Maclean 7245 old Mill
rd Bloomfield Hills 48301-3935
norTHPoInTe BAnK $275,000
Michael Kruckeberg 29740 english
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stephanie sexton 19 Pleasant st
oxford 48371-4647 oAKLAnd CoUnTY $120,000
John T Costigan 2919 n Vermont
Ave royal oak 48073-3526 PnC
MorTGAGe $140,000
Karen Parkhurst 2123 Hampton st
White Lake 48386-1538 oAKLAnd
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shelia Wood 23728 Mccall st
southfield 48033-5256 PnC MorTGAGe $102,000
richard Kelly 2947 Mohawk Cir
rochester Hills 48306-3828 PrIMeLendInG $247,000
nicholas scarsella 28183 Wildwood Trl Farmington Hills 48336-2158
PrIMeLendInG $134,000
Adam Haimour 25080 delmont dr
novi 48374-2737 PrIMeLendInG
$270,000
Arboretum Ashley 34705 W 12 Mile
rd Farmington Hills 48331-3259 PrIVATeBAnK TrUsT Co $5,200,000
david r shepard 455 Timber Hill
dr ortonville 48462-8655 ProVIdenT FUndInG $185,000
daniel Berent 606 royal Ave royal
oak 48073-3223 ProVIdenT FUndInG $248,000
Matthew Walton 4267 Greensboro
dr Troy 48085-3616 ProVIdenT
FUndInG $228,000
Kerry A Martino 1122 Cloverdale dr
orion 48359-0002 PULTe MorTGAGe $370,000
daniel Barth 4567 Tanglewood Ln
orion 48359-1184 PULTe MorTGAGe $388,000
Barbara elson 191 Winslow Cir
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Joshua Burgess 5271 Woodview
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royal oak 48067-3662 QUICKen
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Curtis Faulkner 17440 nadora st
southfield 48076-7705 QUICKen
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Yuria Takehana 5559 Abington
West Bloomfield 48322-4014 QUICKen LoAns InC $172,000
Frederick W Gregory 1133 Barton
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LoAns InC $308,000
Israel Hernandez-Guzman 3370
duffield White Lake 48383-1711
Angela Hoskins 2542 n Trail rd
Commerce Township 48390-2760
Kathleen Landschulz 587 stanley
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Waterford 48329-4255 QUICKen
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nancy L Mcnamara 1952 Allendale
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Alexander shub 6240 Andrea Ln
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Chondra Coffer 24330 roanoke
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derrick demeritt 686 Leyland Ct
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Timothy P Kelley 2100 n Fairview
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Patsey Magnan 2875 otsego rd
Waterford 48328-3247 QUICKen
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Lisa A newman 611 Cherry Ave
royal oak 48073-4079 QUICKen
LoAns InC $113,000
sara e rosell 3825 Hi dale dr
Lake orion 48360-2424 QUICKen
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which credit shall be the sole remedy to advertiser.
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illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference,
limitation, or discrimination.
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First Insertion
William C. Hanson, Esq.
1750 S. Telegraph Road
Suite 301
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
SHORT FORECLOSURE NOTICE
(OAKLAND COUNTY)
MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Ilene Perrymond to Habitat
for Humanity of Oakland County, Inc.,
Mortgagee, dated October 25, 2006, and
recorded on October 25, 2006, in Liber
38299, on page 583, Oakland County
Records, Michigan, on which mortgage
there is claimed to be due at the date
hereof the sum of Thirty-three Thousand
Four Hundred Twenty-Eight and 45/100
Dollars ($33,428.45), plus interest at
eleven percent (11%) per annum from
October 1, 2014.
Under the power of sale contained in
said mortgage and the statute in such
case made and provided, notice is hereby
given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the main entrance to the County
Building in the City of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Michigan, at 10:00 a.m. on
November 17, 2015.
Said premises are situated in the City of
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, and
are described as:
East 25' of Lot 21 and West 25' of Lot
22, Taylor & Stowell's Addition to the City
of Pontiac, according to the Plat thereof as
recorded in Liber 1, Page 24 of Plats,
Oakland County Records.
Commonly known as: 89 Oak Hill, Pontiac, Michigan 48342
Tax Parcel No.: 14-28-109-018
The redemption period shall be one (1)
year from the date of such sale, unless
determined abandoned in accordance
with 1948 MCL 600.3241a, in which case
the redemption period shall be 30 days
from the date of such sale.
If the property is sold at the foreclosure
sale, under MCL 600.3278, Ilene Perrymond will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage
holder for damaging the property during
the redemption period.
Dated: October ___, 2015
Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County,
Inc.
150 Osmun Street
Pontiac, MI 48342
1750 S. Telegraph Road, Suite 301
(248) 253-1100
(10-8)(10-29)
Suite 301
(OAKLAND COUNTY)
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Jacqueline Roberson to
Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 20,
2004, and recorded on December 27,
2004, in Liber 34651, on page 450, Oakland County Records, Michigan, on which
mortgage there is claimed to be due at the
date hereof the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Sixty-Seven and 77/100 Dollars
($25,067.77), plus interest at eleven percent (11%) per annum from May 1, 2015.
given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the main entrance to the County
Building in the City of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Michigan, at 10:00 a.m. on
November 17, 2015.
Said premises are situated in the City of
are described as:
Lot 59, GILLESPIE AND VAN WAGONER ADDITION, according to the plat
thereof as recorded in Liber 6, Page 38 of
Plats, Oakland County records.
Commonly known as: 305 Rockwell,
Pontiac, Michigan 48342
Tax Parcel No.: 14-32-431-008
sale, under MCL 600.3278, Jacqueline
Roberson will be held responsible to the
person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage
Inc.
150 Osmun Street
Pontiac, MI 48342
Suite 301
(248) 253-1100
(10-8)(10-29)
Suite 301
(OAKLAND COUNTY)
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Patrice Edwards to Habitat
for Humanity of Oakland County, Inc.,
Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2007 and
recorded on February 7, 2007, in Liber
38736, on page 306, Oakland County
hereof the sum of Twenty-Nine Thousand
Two Hundred Fifty-One and 61/100th Dollars ($29,251.61), including interest at
11% per annum commencing 30 days
after the last time the mortgage was current.
given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue,
at the main entrance to the County Building in the City of Pontiac, Oakland County,
Michigan, at 10:00 a.m. on November 17,
2015.
Said premises are situated in City of
are described as:
Lot 9 of Assessor's Plat No. 138, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber
54A, Page 70 of Plats, Oakland County
Records.
Tax Parcel No. 14-28-335-009
Commonly known as: 178 Mechanic
sale, under MCL 600.3278, Patrice
Edwards will be held responsible to the
person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage
Inc.
150 Osmun Street
Pontiac, MI 4342
Suite 301
(248) 253-1100
(10-8)(10-29)
Orlans Associates, P.C.
Attorneys for Servicer
P.O. Box 5041
Troy, MI 48007
IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE
PRIOR ONE YEAR, PLEASE CONTACT
OUR OFFICE AT 248-502-1400.
made in the conditions of a mortgage
made by Charles S. Baker and Shirley
Henry Baker, husband and wife, to Bank
of America, N.A., Mortgagee, dated
November 2, 2007 and recorded November 27, 2007 in Liber 39786, Page 547,
Oakland County Records, Michigan. Said
mortgage is now held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage
Company, by assignment. There is
claimed to be due at the date hereof the
sum of One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Two and
63/100 Dollars ($135,192.63), including
interest at 1.86% per annum.
given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue
at the place of holding the circuit court
within Oakland County, Michigan at 10:00
AM on DECEMBER 15, 2015.
Said premises are located in the City of
Oak Park, Oakland County Michigan, and
are described as:
East 29 feet of Lot 6 and West 24.50 feet
of Lot 7, "Thomas Brothers Earlmont Subdivision", as recorded in Liber 17, Page 13
of Plats, Oakland County Records.
The redemption period shall be 6
months from the date of such sale, unless
with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the
redemption period shall be 30 days from
the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee
can rescind the sale. In that event, your
damages, if any, are limited solely to the
return of the bid amount tendered at sale,
plus interest.
If the property is sold at foreclosure sale,
pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower
will be held responsible to the person who
buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for
damage to the property during the
redemption period.
Dated: October 8, 2015
P.O. Box 5041
Troy, MI 48007
File No. 15-013846
(10-08)(10-29)
NEW FAX NUMBER
FOR
OAKLAND
LEGAL NEWS
PUBLICATIONS,
CANCELLATIONS AND
CORRECTIONS IS:
(248)589-1823
Trott Law, P.C.
Attorneys For Servicer
31440 Northwestern Hwy Ste 200
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-5422
THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.
ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT
THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN
ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be
rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee.
In that event, your damages, if any, shall
be limited solely to the return of the bid
amount tendered at sale, plus interest.
made by Ronnie Conley, a single man,
original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 21,
2006, and recorded on January 3, 2007 in
Liber 38579 on Page 774, and assigned
by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage
Loan Trust 2007-CP1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-CP1 as assignee as
documented by an assignment, in Oakland county records, Michigan, on which
date hereof the sum of One Hundred
Sixty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Eight
and
27/100
Dollars
($169,428.27).
given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit
court within Oakland County, at 10:00 AM,
on November 10, 2015.
Auburn Hills, Oakland County, Michigan,
and are described as: Lot 244, Bloomfield
Orchards Subdivision No. 4, as recorded
in Liber 104, Pages 24 and 25 of Plats,
with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the
the date of such sale.
If the property is sold at foreclosure sale
under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL
600.3278 the borrower will be held
responsible to the person who buys the
property at the mortgage foreclosure sale
or to the mortgage holder for damaging
the property during the redemption period.
For more information, please call:
FC H (248) 593-1300
Trott Law, P.C.
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-5422
File #249297F07
(10-08)(10-29)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Bruce M. Brannon, a married
man and Ericha L. Brannon, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to America's Wholesale
Lender, Mortgagee, dated January 30,
2003, and recorded on March 11, 2003 in
Liber 28308 on Page 61, and assigned by
said Mortgagee to THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF
NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS,
INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 20034CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-12 as
assignee as documented by an assignment, in Oakland county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed
to be due at the date hereof the sum of
One Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand
Nine Hundred Eighty-Two and 34/100 Dollars ($172,982.34).
Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, and are
described as: Lot 2, Pamela Heights Subdivision, According to the Plat thereof as
recorded in Liber 82, Page 5, of Plats
FC X (248) 593-1302
Trott Law, P.C.
File #455683F01
(10-08)(10-29)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Craig Thomas and Cherie
Thomas husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June
27, 2008, and recorded on July 2, 2008 in
Liber 40431 on Page 265, and modified by
agreement recorded on April 29, 2013 in
by said Mortgagee to Bank of America,
N.A. as assignee as documented by an
assignment, in Oakland county records,
Michigan, on which mortgage there is
sum of One Hundred Eighty Thousand
One Hundred Forty-Three and 95/100
Dollars ($180,143.95).
Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan,
and are described as: Lot 31, Blackwood's
Forest Glens Subdivision, as recorded in
Liber 55, Page 45 of Plats, Oakland County Records.
FC X (248) 593-1302
Trott Law, P.C.
File #403642F05
(10-08)(10-29)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Kurt Treuter and Lynn M. IseleTreuter, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. its successors and
assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 27,
2006, and recorded on November 1, 2006
in Liber 38334 on Page 466, and assigned
by mesne assignments to VENTURES
TRUST 2013-I-H-R BY MCM CAPITAL
PARTNERS LLC, ITS TRUSTEE as
One Hundred Ninety-One Thousand One
Hundred Twenty-Four and 23/100 Dollars
($191,124.23).
Hazel Park, Oakland County, Michigan,
and are described as: The East 10 feet of
Lot 93, and all of Lots 94 and 95 and the
one-half vacated alley adjacent to same,
Ten-Oakland Subdivision, according to
the recorded plat thereof, Oakland County
Records.
FC X (248) 593-1302
Trott Law, P.C.
File #454594F01
(10-08)(10-29)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Tamara Hoffstatter, a single
woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 23, 2009,
and recorded on April 8, 2009 in Liber
41051 on Page 28, and modified by
agreement dated February 29, 2012, and
recorded on June 13, 2013 in Liber 45923
on Page 400, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Bank of America, N.A. as
Two Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand FiftyTwo and 24/100 Dollars ($232,052.24).
Auburn Hills, Oakland County, Michigan,
and are described as: Part of Lot 63
Supervisor's Plat No. 4, part of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 26, Township
3 North, Range 10 East, Pontiac Township
(now City of Auburn Hills), Oakland County, Michigan, described as beginning at a
point located distant South 04 degrees 17
minutes 05 seconds West 87.38 feet from
the Northwest corner of Lot 63, Supervisor's Plat No. 4, as recorded in Liber 50,
Page 22 of plats, Oakland County
Records; thence South 75 degrees 44
minutes 40 seconds East 364.83 feet;
thence South 08 degrees 58 minutes
West 97.53 feet; thence North 75 degrees
44 minutes 40 seconds West 356.73 feet;
thence North 04 degrees 17 minutes 05
seconds East 98.62 feet to the point of
beginning. Except West 30 feet taken for
Rosetta Court.
FC X (248) 593-1302
Trott Law, P.C.
File #436557F03
(10-08)(10-29)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent's Trust Estate
STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF
OAKLAND
Estate of Donald W. Warneke Rev. Living
Trust (UAD 9/05/2002)
Decedent's
Date of Birth: December 18, 1920
TO ALL CREDITORS: *
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Donald William Warneke, died February 13, 2015.
Creditors of the decedent are notified
that all claims against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Donald R.
Warneke, named Successor Trustee within 4 months after the date of publication of
this notice.
Date October 7, 2015
Jeffrey A. McKeever P49490
Attorney
19500 Victor Parkway, Suite 290
Livonia, MI 48152
734.927.6900
Donald R. Warneke
Successor Trustee
29475 Hemlock
Farmington Hills, MI 48336
248.471.6599
(10-8)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Matter of: ISADORE AVERBUCH
LIVING TRUST u/a/d January 15, 2010
TO ALL CREDITORS:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: Isadore Averbuch, Settlor of the ISADORE AVERBUCH LIVING TRUST u/a/d 1/15/2010
and who was born on February 16, 1923
Who lived at: 6690 W. Maple, Apt. 3321,
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Died on September 30, 2015
Creditors of the Trust are notified that all
claims against the Trust will be forever
barred unless presented to Susan G.
Averbuch, the Trustee of the Trust, within 4
months after the date of the publication of
this notice.
October 7, 2015
DENNIS C. MODZELEWSKI (P30586)
Gaggos Law Firm, P.C.
32100 Telegraph Road, Suite 150
Bingham Farms, MI 48034
248-646-7700
SUSAN G. AVERBUCH
9005 Campbell Creek Drive
Commerce Twp., MI 48390
248-514-2380
(10-8)
PUBLICATION NOTICE
TO CREDITORS
DECEDENT’S PROBATE ESTATE
STATE OF MICHIGAN - The County of
Oakland, Estate of JEROME WALLACE
CHRISTOPHER, Deceased, Social Security No.: XXX-XX-7637, Decedent’s date of
birth: 10/12/1931
Oakland County Probate Court File No.
2015-365,888-DE
TO ALL CREDITORS:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, JEROME WALLACE CHRISTOPHER, who lived at: 21185 Van Buren
Street, Southfield, MI 48033.
Creditors of the deceased are notified
that all claims against the estate will be
forever barred unless presented to JERRI
NIEZGODA, named Personal Representative, within 4 months of the publication of
this notice.
JERRI NIEZBODA
Personal Representative Testate
40733 Opollo
Northville, MI 48167
(248) 349-1355
RICHARD A. MASTAW P-24935
Attorney at Law
39111 Six Mile Road
Livonia, Michigan 48152
(313) 533-1050
(10-8)
CASE NO. 15520071
PETITION 15004947
PUBLICATION OF HEARING
STATE OF MICHIGAN, Judicial Circuit Family Division, County of Wayne. In the
matter of: LAYLA MARIE PARKER -DOB08/19/2015
A hearing on CHILD PROTECTIVE will
be conducted by the court on: TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 03, 2015, AT 10:00 A.M., in
Courtroom 1-C, Lincoln Hall, 1025 E. Forest, Detroit, MI 48207 before: Referee
LESLIE GRAVES 33929
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that
*LETESHIA TIFFANY PARKER or the Biological Mother of LAYLA MARIE PARKER
the Biological Father of LAYLA MARIE
PARKER personally appear before the
court at the time and place stated above.
Notice to parent:
This hearing may result in the termination of your parental rights, placement of
the child(ren) in the permanent custody of
the court for the purpose of adoption planning.
A TRUE COPY
CATHY M. GARRETT
WAYNE COUNTY CLERK
BY AF
DEPUTY CLERK
(10-8)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Randolph J. Mielnicki, deceased
Date of Birth: 11/18/1952
TO ALL CREDITORS:
Your interest in the Randolph J. Mielnicki
Trust dated April 14, 2009, may be barred
or affected by the following:
The decedent, Randolph J. Mielnicki,
who lived at 3737 Edinborough Drive,
Rochester Hills, Michigan, died on May
31, 2015. There is no personal representative of the decedent's estate to whom
Letters of Authority have been issued.
that all claims against the Randolph J.
Mielnicki Trust dated April 14, 2009, will be
forever barred unless presented to Elizabeth A. Mielnicki, Trustee, c/o Elizabeth M.
Petoskey, Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick,
P.C., 350 S. Main St., Suite 400, Ann
Arbor, Michigan 48104-2131, within four
(4) months after the date of publication of
this Notice.
Notice is further given that the Trust will
thereafter be assigned and distributed to
the persons entitled to it.
Elizabeth M. Petoskey (P37369)
350 South Main Street, Suite 400
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-2131
(734) 761-9000
(10-8)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent's Trust Estate
STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF
OAKLAND
Estate of Wayne E Schultz Living Trust
(UAD 12/28/1998)
Decedent's Date of Birth: August 7, 1929
TO ALL CREDITORS: *
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Wayne Edward Schultz, died September 5, 2015.
that all claims against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Robyn
Tennison, named Successor Trustee within 4 months after the date of publication of
this notice.
Date October 7, 2015
Jeffrey A. McKeever P49490
Attorney
19500 Victor Parkway, Suite 290
Livonia, MI 48152
734.927.6900
Robyn Tennison
Successor Trustee
1809 Post Avenue
West Bloomfield Twp, MI 48324
248.420.1054
(10-8)
This case has been designated as an
eFiling case. To review a copy of the
Notice of Mandatory eFiling visit
www.oakgov.com/clerkrod/efiling
J. Adam Behrendt (P58607)
Maria L. Martinez (P78790)
Bodman PLC
201 W. Big Beaver, Suite 500
Troy, MI 48084
(248) 743-6000
CASE NO. 2015-148198-CB
JUDGE WENDY POTTS
SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
STATE OF MICHIGAN, 6th JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac,
MI 48341 (248) 858-0345
29649 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY,
LLC
500 S. Opdyke Rd.
Plaintiff,
v
DREAM DRESS BRIDAL SALON, LLC
2727 Woodstock
Detroit, Michigan 48203
Defendant.
This case is subject to the Business
Court Standing Order on all Motions re:
Discovery
found
at
www.oakgov.com/courts/businesscourt
SUMMONS NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT: In the name of the people of the
State of Michigan you are notified:
1. You are being sued.
2. YOU HAVE 21 DAYS after receiving
this summons to file a written answer with
the court and serve a copy on the other
party or take other lawful action with the
court (28 days if you were served by mail
or you were served outside this state).
(MCR 2.111[C])
3. If you do not answer or take other
action within the time allowed, judgment
may be entered against you for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Issued JUL 23 2015
This Summons expires OCT 22 2015
Court clerk Lisa Brown
*This summons is invalid unless served
on or before its expiration date. This document must be sealed by the seal of the
court.
COMPLAINT
This is a business case in which all or
part of the action includes a business or
commercial dispute under MCL 600.8035.
General Civil Cases
A civil action between these parties or
other parties arising out of the transaction
or occurrence alleged in the complaint has
been previously filed in the 46th District
Court.
The action is no longer pending. The
docket number and the judge assigned to
the action are:
Docket No. LT 15 2105
Judge Shelia Johnson P37145
VENUE
Plaintiffs residence Pontiac
Defendants residence Southfield
Place where action arose or business
conducted Southfield
Date 07/23/2015
/s/ Maria L. Martinez, (P78790)
If you require special accommodations
to use the court because of a disability or
if you require a foreign language interpreter to help you fully participate in court
proceedings, please contact the court
immediately to make arrangements.
Received for Filing Oakland County Clerk
2015 JUL 23 PM 03:05
This case has been designated as an
eFiling case. To review a copy of the
Notice of Mandatory eFiling visit
Bodman PLC
201 W. Big Beaver, Suite 500
Troy, MI 48084
(248) 743-6000
CASE NO. 2015-148198-CB
JUDGE WENDY POTTS
SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
STATE OF MICHIGAN, 6th JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac,
MI 48341 (248) 858-0345
LLC
500 S. Opdyke Rd.
Plaintiff,
v
EDITH SMITH
2727 Woodstock
Detroit, Michigan 48203
Defendant.
This case is subject to the Business
Court Standing Order on all Motions re:
Discovery
found
at
www.oakgov.com/courts/businesscourt
SUMMONS NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT: In the name of the people of the
State of Michigan you are notified:
1. You are being sued.
2. YOU HAVE 21 DAYS after receiving
this summons to file a written answer with
the court and serve a copy on the other
party or take other lawful action with the
court (28 days if you were served by mail
or you were served outside this state).
(MCR 2.111[C])
3. If you do not answer or take other
action within the time allowed, judgment
may be entered against you for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Issued JUL 23 2015
This Summons expires OCT 22 2015
Court clerk Lisa Brown
*This summons is invalid unless served
on or before its expiration date. This document must be sealed by the seal of the
court.
COMPLAINT
This is a business case in which all or
part of the action includes a business or
commercial dispute under MCL 600.8035.
General Civil Cases
A civil action between these parties or
other parties arising out of the transaction
or occurrence alleged in the complaint has
been previously filed in the 46th District
Court.
The action is no longer pending. The
docket number and the judge assigned to
the action are:
Docket No. LT 15 2105
Judge Shelia Johnson P37145
VENUE
Plaintiffs residence Pontiac
Defendants residence Southfield
Place where action arose or business
conducted Southfield
Date 07/23/2015
/s/ Maria L. Martinez, (P78790)
If you require special accommodations
to use the court because of a disability or
if you require a foreign language interpreter to help you fully participate in court
proceedings, please contact the court
immediately to make arrangements.
2015 JUL 23 PM 03:05
BODMAN PLC
By:
201 West Big Beaver, Suite 500
Troy, MI 48084
(248) 743-6000
Attorneys for plaintiff
This case has been designated as an eFiling case. To review a copy of the Notice of
Mandatory
eFiling
visit
Case No. 2015-148198-CB
Hon. JUDGE WENDY POTTS
STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
29649 Northwestern Highway, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
My Dream Dress Bridal Salon, LLC
and Edith Smith,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT
(In accordance with MCR 2.112(O)(1),
this complaint meets the statutory requirements in MCL 600.8031 to be assigned to
the business court)
A civil action between these parties arising out of the transactions alleged in this
complaint has been previously filed in the
46th Judicial Court, where it was given
docket number LT 15 2105 and assigned
to Judge Shelia R. Johnson. The action is
no longer pending.
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff 29649 Northwestern Highway,
LLC (“Northwestern Highway”) complains
against defendants My Dream Dress
Bridal Salon, LLC (“Dream Dress Bridal”)
and Edith Smith as follows:
PARTIES
1.
Northwestern Highway is a
Michigan limited liability company that
maintains its principal place of business in
Oakland County.
2.
Dream Dress Bridal is a Michigan corporation that maintains its principal place of business in Oakland County.
3.
Upon information and belief,
Ms. Smith is an individual residing and/or
conducting business in Oakland County.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
4.
The Court has jurisdiction over
this action because the amount in controversy is more than $25,000.
5.
Venue is proper in the Court
because defendants reside and/or conduct business in Oakland County.
COMMON ALLEGATIONS
A.
The Lease.
6.
Dream Dress Bridal executed a
written Lease Agreement dated November 10, 2014 (“Lease”), under which
Dream Dress Bridal leased certain space
in the Applegate Square Shopping Center
(“Property”) for the purpose of operating a
retail business. A copy of the Lease is
attached as Exhibit A.
7.
The Lease was for a term of
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LEGAL NOTICES
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thirty-six months, with a commencement
date of December 1, 2014 and an expiration date of November 30, 2017. Id. at 37.
8.
Under the Lease, for its use
and possession of the Property, Dream
Dress Bridal agreed to pay Northwestern
Highway monthly base rent, additional
rent (consisting of all other charges
required to be paid by Tenant under the
Lease), and any interest and late charges
accrued thereon (collectively, “Rent”).
See Exhibit A at 4; 37.
9.
As part of the Lease, Ms. Smith
executed a Guaranty in which she
“absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably” guaranteed Northwestern Highway
“full and complete payment . . . of all rent,
additional rent and other charges, sums
and amounts” to be paid under the Lease
in the event Dream Dress Bridal failed to
do so. Id. at 41-42. The Guaranty is
attached as Exhibit B.
B.
Defendants' Defaults.
10.
To date, Dream Dress Bridal
and Ms. Smith have failed to make all
required payments to Northwestern Highway under the Lease.
11.
Failure to pay rent or any other
money due constitutes a default under the
Lease. Id. at 17.
12.
Upon the occurrence of any
such default, Northwestern Highway has
the right, among others, to declare the
Lease terminated and demand all
amounts due (including accelerated rent
payments, damages it may incur by reason of such default, attorney fees and
costs, and all other charges that would be
due for the balance of the Lease term).
See id. at 17-18; 9.
13.
In addition to the right to
demand all amounts due, upon the occurrence of any default, Northwestern Highway has the right to file a lawsuit to recover possession from Dream Dress Bridal.
Id. 17.
14.
Northwestern Highway exercised that right by filing a complaint for
possession for nonpayment of rent
against Dream Dress Bridal in the 46th
District Court on May 21, 2015. Northwestern Highway did not request a money
judgment because the amount owed
exceeds the jurisdictional limitations of the
46th District Court.
15.
On June 10, 2015, the 46th
District Court entered a judgment of possession in favor of Northwestern Highway.
16.
On July 1, 2015, the 46th District Court entered an order of eviction and
writ of restitution, ordering the removal of
Dream Dress Bridal from the Property.
17.
Dream Dress Bridal vacated
the Property on or before July 9, 2015,
before it became necessary to execute the
writ.
COUNT I
BREACH OF THE LEASE
18.
Northwestern Highway incorporates paragraph nos. 1-17 as if set forth
here fully.
19.
To date, Dream Dress Bridal
has refused or neglected to pay the outstanding amounts due to Northwestern
Highway under the Lease.
20.
Dream Dress Bridal's failure to
pay the outstanding amounts constitutes a
material breach of the Lease.
WHEREFORE, Northwestern Highway
requests that the Court enter a judgment
in its favor and against Dream Dress
Bridal for all amounts due under the
Lease, which is in excess of $25,000, plus
interest, expenses, and costs of collection,
including attorney fees.
COUNT III
BREACH OF GUARANTY
21.
Northwestern Highway incorporates paragraph nos. 1-20 as if set forth
here fully.
22.
Subject to the terms of the
Guaranty, Ms. Smith is required to repay
Northwestern Highway all rent, additional
rent and other charges, sums and
amounts required to be paid during the
term of the Lease, including any attorney
fees and costs incurred by Northwestern
Highway in enforcing the Lease and the
Guaranty.
23.
To date, Ms. Smith has failed to
comply with her obligations under the
Guaranty.
24.
The failure of Ms. Smith to
comply with the Guaranty constitutes a
material breach of the Guaranty.
WHEREFORE, Northwestern Highway
requests that the Court enter a judgment
in its favor and against Ms. Smith for all
amounts due under the Lease, which is in
excess of $25,000, plus interest, expenses and costs of collection, including attorney fees.
July 23, 2015
Respectfully submitted,
BODMAN PLC
By: /s/ Maria L. Martinez (P78790)
201 West Big Beaver, Suite 500
Troy, Michigan 48084
(248) 743-6000
Attorneys for plaintiff
2015 JUL 23 PM 03:05
Case No. 2015-148198-CB
State of Michigan, 6th Judicial Circuit,
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Pontiac, MI
48341, (248) 858-1000.
LLC
500 S. Opdyke Rd.
Pontiac, MI 48341
Plaintiff,
v
MY DREAM DRESS BRIDAL SALON,
LLC and EDITH SMITH
2727 Woodstock
Detroit, MI 48203
Defendant.
ORDER REGARDING
ALTERNATE SERVICE
THE COURT FINDS:
Service of process upon the defendant
My Dream Dress Bridal Salon c/o Reg.
Agent June Rachele Smith cannot reasonably be made as provided in MCR
2.105, and service of process may be
made in a manner that is reasonably calculated to give the defendant actual notice
of the proceedings and an opportunity to
be heard.
IT IS ORDERED:
Service of the summons and complaint
and a copy of this order may be made by
the following method(s): First Class Mail
to 2727 Woodstock, Detroit, MI 48302.
Tacking or firmly affixing to the door at
2727 Woodstock, Detroit, MI 48302.
Other: Publication in The Oakland County
Legal News for three consecutive weeks.
For each method used, proof of service
must be filed promptly with the court.
Date: OCT 05 2015
/s/ Judge Wendy Potts
Judge
JH
2015 OCT 05 AM 10:34
(10-8)(10-22)
Potestivo & Associates, P.C.
Attorneys
811 South Blvd. Suite 100
Rochester Hills, MI 48307
FORECLOSURE NOTICE
BE USED FOR COLLECTING A DEBT. IF
THE DEBT WAS DISCHARGED IN A
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS
NOTICE IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THAT DEBT. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below.
rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee
for any reason. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the
plus interest, and the purchaser shall have
no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's
attorney.
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Willie I Floyd, A Single
Man to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC,
Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2005 and
recorded November 17, 2005 in Liber
36629 Page 526 Oakland County
Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was
assigned through mesne assignments to:
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc.,
Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-W5, by assignment dated
June 24, 2013 and recorded July 10, 2013
in Liber 46040, Page 164, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the
date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Sixteen Dollars and Seventy-Five
Cents ($64,016.75) including interest
3.48310% per annum.
given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Oakland County at
10:00AM on November 10, 2015
are described as:
Lot 248, Fairview Heights, as recorded
in Liber 22, Page 7 of Plats, Oakland
County Records.
Commonly known as 600 Ditmar Ave,
Pontiac MI 48341-2625
with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in
which case the redemption period shall be
30 days from the date of such sale, or
upon the expiration of the notice required
by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later;
or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies.
under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, under MCL 600.3278,
the borrower will be held responsible to
the person who buys the property at the
mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property
during the redemption period.
Dated: 10/08/2015
as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc.,
Series 2005-W5,
Assignee of Mortgagee
Attorneys:
(248) 844-5123
Our File No: 15-28925
(10-8)(10-29)
Second Insertion
CIRCUIT COURT SALE Case No. 14140338-CH In pursuance and by virtue of
a Consent Judgment of Foreclosure of
Lien and Other Relief of the Circuit Court
for the County of Oakland, State of Michigan, made and entered on July 29, 2014,
in a certain cause therein pending, wherein, Bavaria on the Water Condominium
Association was the Complainant and
Douglas E. Johnson was the Defendant,
Notice is hereby given that I shall sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, immediately inside the South ground floor lobby
entrance to the Oakland County Circuit
Court Building in the City of Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, (that being the
building where the Circuit Court for Oakland County is held), on November 17,
2015, at 10:00 o'clock in the fore noon,
Local Time, the following described property, To-Wit: ALL of a certain piece of land
situated in the Township of Springfield,
County of Oakland and State of Michigan,
described as follows: Unit 11, BAVARIA
ON THE WATER CONDOMINIUM, a condominium project, according to the Master
Deed thereof recorded in Liber 8179,
Pages 805 through 842, as amended,
Oakland County Records, and designated
as Oakland County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 347 Tax ID No.: 07-24-102011 Commonly known as: 7300 Bluewater
Dr. Apt. 111, Clarkston, MI 48348 This
property may be redeemed during the six
(6) months following the sale. Dated: September 30, 2015 By: Thomas Rabette,
Deputy Clerk John L. Finkelmann Attorney
for Plaintiff Bar No. P66054 23201 Jefferson Avenue St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
(10-01)(11-05)
Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C.
Attorneys
23938 Research Drive, Suite 300
SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C.,
IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT,
(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE
MILITARY DUTY.
made by KATHERINE COLLIS, A SINGLE
WOMAN, to FIRST SECURITY SAVINGS
BANK, FSB, Mortgagee, dated April 13,
1995, and recorded on April 19, 1995, in
Liber 15358, on Page 463, and re-recorded on January 17, 1997 in Liber 16920, on
Page 664, and assigned by said mortgagee to MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY,
as
assigned, Oakland County Records,
sum of Twenty Thousand Six Hundred
Seventy-One Dollars and Forty-Three
Cents ($20,671.43), including interest at
7.750% per annum.
given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Oakland County Circuit Court Room
#W128H 1st Floor/West Wing, 1200 N.
Telegraph, Pontiac, MI 48341 at 10:00 AM
o'clock, on November 17, 2015
Said premises are located in Oakland
County, Michigan and are described as:
LOT 253, INCLUDING ONE-HALF OF
THE VACATED ALLEY LOCATED AT THE
REAR THEREOF AND ADJACENT
THEREOF, FORD HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT
THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 9,
PAGE 25 OF PLATS, OAKLAND COUNTY RECORDS.
abandoned under MCL 125.1449K, in
3 months, or under MCL 125.1449v, 30
days from the date of such sale.
MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Mortgagee/Assignee
S20150630163724 FHA
(10-1)(10-22)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Kevin R Liner and Tracey A Liner,
Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s),
to Towne Mortgage Company, Mortgagee,
dated August 6, 2003, and recorded on
September 29, 2003 in Liber 30921 on
Page 623, and assigned by mesne
assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as
One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Four
Hundred Ninety-Two and 54/100 Dollars
($119,492.54).
Madison Heights, Oakland County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 114 of
Lipton Subdivision, according to the plat
thereof recorded in Liber 72 of Plats, page
21 of Oakland County Records.
FC D (248) 593-1309
Trott Law, P.C.
File #456067F01
(10-01)(10-22)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Eddie Williams, Jr., A Married
man and Laverne Williams, His Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee,
dated October 12, 2004, and recorded on
November 16, 2004 in Liber 34432 on
Page 210, and assigned by mesne
assignments to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Securitized Asset
Backed Receivables LLC Trust 2005-EC1
Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2005-EC1 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Oakland
county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the
date hereof the sum of Nine Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Four and 10/100 Dollars ($933,324.10).
Said premises are situated in Charter
Township of West Bloomfield, Oakland
County, Michigan, and are described as:
Lot(s) 23 of Lakeridge of Wabeek Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 162 of Plats, Page(s) 7, 8 and
9 of Oakland County Records.
FC J (248) 593-1311
Trott Law, P.C.
File #452118F02
(10-01)(10-22)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Samuel Armeni and Jacci
Armeni, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Bank USA,
N.A., Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2004,
and recorded on July 2, 2004 in Liber
33487 on Page 380, and assigned by said
Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Oakland
date hereof the sum of Thirty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Five and
99/100 Dollars ($32,885.99).
Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan,
and are described as: The Southwesterly
10 feet of Lot 20 and all of Lot 21 of Woodwardside Subdivision, according to the
plat thereof recorded in Liber 37 of Plats,
page(s) 6 of Oakland County Records.
FC S (248) 593-1304
Trott Law, P.C.
File #455909F01
(10-01)(10-22)
Trott Law, P.C.
THE FORECLOSING PARTY ANTICIPATES BIDDING LESS THAN THE
FORECLOSING PARTY'S OPINION OF
THE MARKET VALUE.
made by Bonita K Reardon, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to CitiMortgage, Inc. as successor in interest by
merger to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group,
Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 25, 2003, and
recorded on December 16, 2003 in Liber
31694 on Page 48, in Oakland county
records, Michigan, on which mortgage
hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand
Twenty-Seven and 22/100 Dollars
($67,027.22).
Said premises are situated in Village of
Beverly Hills, Oakland County, Michigan,
and are described as: Lot 345 to 348
inclusive "Beverly Manor No. 1" as recorded in Liber 38, Page 38 of Plats, Oakland
County Records
FC X (248) 593-1302
Trott Law, P.C.
File #456023F01
(10-01)(10-22)
Attorneys
FORECLOSURE NOTICE
attorney.
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Justin K Douglas, A Single
Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Mortgage Ventures, LLC dba propertymortgage.com, its successors and
assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 30,
2007 and recorded December 5, 2007 in
Liber 39812 Page 324 and modified by
Agreement dated January 10, 2014 and
recorded September 24, 2014 in Liber
assigned through mesne assignments to:
Nationstar Mortgage LLC, by assignment
dated January 24, 2013 and recorded
February 27, 2013 in Liber 45425 Page
107 and by assignment dated February
28, 2013 and recorded March 13, 2013 in
Liber 45497 Page 333, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the
date hereof the sum of Forty Thousand
Nine Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars and
Forty-Three Cents ($40,968.43) including
interest 4.25% per annum.
10:00AM on November 3, 2015
are described as:
Land situated in the City of Pontiac,
County of Oakland, State of Michigan
described as:
Lot 67, Joslyn Gardens Subdivision,
according to the recorded plat thereof, as
recorded in Plat Liber 27, Page(s) 23,
Commonly known as 715 4th Ave, Pontiac MI 48340
Dated: 10/01/2015
Nationstar Mortgage LLC,
Attorneys:
(248) 844-5123
(10-1)(10-22)
FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C.
Attorneys
700 Tower Drive, Ste. 510
Troy, MI 48098
AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT
AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF
YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
MORTGAGE SALE - Default having
been made in the terms and conditions of
a certain mortgage made by Louise M
Applebaum , an unmarried woman, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS) as nominee for
Quicken Loans Inc., Mortgagee, dated the
23rd day of May, 2013 and recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds, for The
on the 3rd day of June, 2013 in Liber
45872 of Oakland County Records, page
328, said Mortgage having been assigned
to Ditech Financial LLC FKA Green Tree
Servicing LLC on which mortgage there is
claimed to be due, at the date of this
notice, the sum of Eighty-four Thousand
Seven Hundred Eighty-eight and 53/100
($84788.53), and no suit or proceeding at
law or in equity having been instituted to
recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore,
by virtue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of
the State of Michigan in such case made
and provided, notice is hereby given that
on the 3rd day of November, 2015 at
10:00 AM o'clock Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder, at public
venue, on the 1st floor Main entrance to
the Court House in Pontiac MI (that being
the building where the Circuit Court for the
County of Oakland is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to pay
the amount due, as aforesaid on said
mortgage, with interest thereon at 4.250
per annum and all legal costs, charges,
and expenses, including the attorney fees
allowed by law, and also any sum or sums
which may be paid by the undersigned,
necessary to protect its interest in the
premises. Which said premises are
described as follows: All that certain piece
or parcel of land, including any and all
structures, and homes, manufactured or
otherwise, located thereon, situated in the
City of Farmington Hills , County of Oakland, State of Michigan, and described as
follows, to wit:
Woodcreek Village Condominium, Unit
101, Garage 102, Building 8, according to
the Master Deed recorded in Liber 7584,
Page 380 through 440, inclusive, Oakland
County Records, and designated as Oakland County Condominium Subdivision
Plan No. 269, together with the rights in
general common elements and limited
common elements, as set forth in said
Master Deed and as described in Act 59
of the Public Acts of 1978, and as amended in the First Amendment to the Master
Deed recorded in Oakland County Register of Deeds on October 3, 1979 in Liber
7636, Pages 25 and 26, and the Second
Amendment to the Master Deed recorded
in Oakland County Register of Deeds on
February 7, 1980 in Liber 7731, Page 465,
Third Amendment recorded in Liber 8297,
Page 155, Fourth Amendment recorded in
Liber 9961, Page 892 and Fifth Amendment recorded in Liber 39866, Page 607
During the six (6) months immediately
following the sale, the property may be
redeemed, except that in the event that
the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the
property may be redeemed during 30
days immediately following the sale.
Pursuant to MCLA 600.3278, the mortgagor(s) will be held responsible to the
person who buys the property at the foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for
damaging the property during the
redemption period.
If the sale is set aside for any reason,
the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled
only to a return of the deposit paid. The
Purchaser shall have no further recourse
against the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's
attorney
Dated: 10/1/2015
Ditech Financial LLC FKA Green Tree
Servicing LLC
Mortgagee
Attorney for Ditech Financial LLC FKA
Green Tree Servicing LLC
Troy, MI 48098
(248) 362-2600
GTAZ FNMA ApplebaumLou
(10-1)(10-22)
mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., by assignment. There is
sum of One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand
Nine Hundred Ten and 58/100 Dollars
($152,910.58), including interest at 6%
per annum.
AM on OCTOBER 27, 2015.
Clawson, Oakland County Michigan, and
are described as:
Lot 55, and the East 10 feet of Lot 56,
Artesia Park, according to the Plat thereof,
as recorded in Liber 32, Page 34 of Plats,
plus interest.
redemption period.
Dated: September 24, 2015
P.O. Box 5041
Troy, MI 48007
File No. 15-013864
Attorneys
Troy, MI 48098
a certain mortgage made by Robert Baldwin, a single man and Nicole Beausoleil,,
a single woman, Mortgagors, to Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as
nominee for Gold Star Mortgage Financial
Group, Mortgagee, dated the 4th day of
August, 2011 and recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds, for The County of
Oakland and State of Michigan, on the
19th day of August, 2011 in Liber 43303 of
Oakland County Records, page 347, said
Mortgage having been assigned to Ditech
Financial LLC FKA Green Tree Servicing
LLC on which mortgage there is claimed
to be due, at the date of this notice, the
sum of Seventy Eight Thousand Three
Hundred Fifty Seven & 96/100
($78,357.96), and no suit or proceeding at
law or in equity having been instituted to
recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore,
by virtue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of
the State of Michigan in such case made
and provided, notice is hereby given that
on the 3rd day of November, 2015 at
10:00 AM o'clock Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder, at public
venue, on the 1st floor Main entrance to
the Court House in Pontiac MI (that being
the building where the Circuit Court for the
County of Oakland is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to pay
the amount due, as aforesaid on said
mortgage, with interest thereon at 5.000%
per annum and all legal costs, charges,
and expenses, including the attorney fees
Township of Waterford, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, and described as
follows, to wit:
The North 90 feet of Lot 16, Block 1, CoTu-Ma-Bi Bluffs Subdivision, according to
the plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of
plats, Page 13, Oakland County Records
ALSO
The South 10.63 feet of Lot 13, Supervisor's Plat No. 37, according to the plat
thereof as recorded in Liber 67 of plats,
Page 34, Oakland County Records
redemption period.
attorney
Dated: 10/1/2015
Servicing LLC
Mortgagee
Troy, MI 48098
(248) 362-2600
GTAZ FNMA BaldwinRo
(10-1)(10-22)
Third Insertion
P.O. Box 5041
Troy, MI 48007
made by Alex Bertalan and Myroslava
Bertalan, husband and wife, to Plymouth
Exchange Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 23, 2003 and recorded
July 9, 2003 in Liber 29877, Page 32,
Oakland County Records, Michigan. Said
(09-24)(10-15)
P.O. Box 5041
Troy, MI 48007
made by Gary D. Schmidt and Karen L.
Schmidt, husband and wife, to Washington Mutual Bank FA, Mortgagee, dated
July 23, 2008 and recorded November 26,
2008 in Liber 40739, Page 367, Oakland
County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A.,
as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation
Trust, by assignment. There is claimed to
be due at the date hereof the sum of Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred
Seventy-Six
and
12/100
Dollars
($250,876.12), including interest at
4.311% per annum.
AM on OCTOBER 27, 2015.
Wixom, Oakland County Michigan, and
are described as:
Lot 8, Wexford Mews Number 1, according to the Plat thereof recorded, in Liber
212 of Plats, Pages 4,5,6,7 and 8, Oakland County Records.
plus interest.
redemption period.
P.O. Box 5041
Troy, MI 48007
File No. 15-014343
(09-24)(10-15)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Argene Davis and Belinda R.
Davis, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May
3, 2005, and recorded on June 14, 2005 in
by mesne assignments to The Bank of
New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New
York, successor in interest to JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Bear
Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust
2006-SD1, Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2006-SD1 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Oakland
date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Three Hundred
Fifty-Eight
and
86/100
Dollars
($177,358.86).
on October 27, 2015.
and are described as: The South 20 feet of
LEGAL NOTICES
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Third Insertion
Lot 339 and the North 40 feet of Lot 340,
Woodlands Park Subdivision, as recorded
in Liber 37, Page 40 of plats, Oakland
County Records, Michigan.
FC D (248) 593-1309
Trott Law, P.C.
File #136800F04
(09-24)(10-15)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Erik Welch and Rachelle Welch,
husband and wife, original mortgagor(s),
to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and
lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 19, 2005, and
recorded on December 27, 2005 in Liber
36847 on Page 327, and assigned by
mesne assignments to Wilmington Trust,
National Association as Successor
Trustee to Citibank, N.A. as Trustee for
Lehman XS Trust Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-13 as assignee
as documented by an assignment, in Oakland county records, Michigan, on which
Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred
Twenty-Four
and
28/100
Dollars
($127,224.28).
Township of Brandon, Oakland County,
Michigan, and are described as: Lot 35
and 36, Block 11, Perry Lake Heights, as
recorded in Liber 30, Page 22 of Plats.
FC H (248) 593-1300
Trott Law, P.C.
File #233046F04
(09-24)(10-15)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Ronald Sarcevich, Trustee of the
Ronald Sarcevich Revocable Living Trust
Dated February 7, 1999 as completely
restated April 24, 2008, original mortgagor(s), to Comerica Bank, Mortgagee,
dated April 3, 2009, and recorded on April
9, 2009 in Liber 41055 on Page 738, in
Oakland county records, Michigan, on
which mortgage there is claimed to be due
at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven
Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Five and
13/100 Dollars ($67,155.13).
Township of Commerce, Oakland County,
Michigan, and are described as: Unit 39,
Hidden Paradise Condominium, according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber
20588, Pages 299 through 355, inclusive,
Oakland County Records and designated
as Oakland County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 1201, together with
rights in common elements and limited
common elements as set forth in the
above Master Deed, (and amendments
thereto) and as described in Act 59 of the
Public Acts of 1978, as amended.
FC H (248) 593-1300
Trott Law, P.C.
File #454293F01
(09-24)(10-15)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by Rebecca Makowski aka Rebecca Lou Makowski aka Rebecca L.
Makowski, an unmarried woman, original
mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for
lender and lender's successors and/or
assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 12,
2005, and recorded on January 21, 2005
in Liber 34820 on Page 142, and assigned
by mesne assignments to Nationstar
Mortgage LLC as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Oakland county
records, Michigan, on which mortgage
hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven
Thousand Fifty-Eight and 35/100 Dollars
($111,058.35).
Madison Heights, Oakland County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 14,
Steven Heights Subdivision, as recorded
in Liber 94 on Pages 34 of Plats.
FC X (248) 593-1302
Trott Law, P.C.
File #287938F02
(09-24)(10-15)
RANDOLPH B. OSSTYN, P26052
419 W. Washington Street
Marquette, MI 49855
906-228-3650
Case No. 2015147393
State of Michigan, 6th Judicial Circuit,
1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Dept. 404, Pontiac, MI 48341-0404, 248/858-0582.
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE
Plaintiff,
V
BILLY LANIER HOGUE
16480 Marcellus Hwy
Marcellus, MI 49067
313/433-8898
Defendant.
ORDER FOR
ALTERNATE SERVICE
In the matter of Liberty Mutual Insurance
v Billy Lanier Hogue
THE COURT FINDS:
Service of process upon defendant Billy
Lanier Hogue cannot reasonably be made
as provided in MCR 2.105, and service of
process may be made in a manner which
is reasonably calculated to give defendant
actual notice of the proceedings and an
opportunity to be heard.
IT IS ORDERED:
Service of the summons and complaint
and a copy of this order may be made by
the following method(s): Certified mail,
return receipt requested to: 16480 Marcellus Hwy., Marcellus, MI 49067: The last
known address. Tacking or firmly affixing
to the door at 16480 Marcellus Hwy., Marcellus, MI 49067: The last known address.
Other: Publication in The Oakland County
Legal News for three consecutive weeks.
For each method used, proof of service
must be filed promptly with the court.
Date: SEP 18 2015
/s/ Judge Nanci J. Grant
Judge
AF
Receiving for Filing Oakland County Clerk
2015 SEP 21 AM 10:18
(9-24)(10-8)
Attorneys
Troy, MI 48098
a certain mortgage made by DENNIS
POTVIN, also known as Dennis W Potvin
and MARIFIE POTVIN husband and wife,
also known as Marifie D Potvin, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS) as nominee for
Quicken Loans Inc., Mortgagee, dated the
12th day of May, 2005 and recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds, for The
on the 25th day of May, 2005 in Liber
35569 of Oakland County Records, page
802, said Mortgage having been assigned
to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS
TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT,
INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 200533CB MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-33CB on
which mortgage there is claimed to be
due, at the date of this notice, the sum of
One Hundred Ninety-four Thousand Thirty-nine and 61/100 ($194,039.61), and no
suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the
power of sale contained in said mortgage,
and pursuant to statute of the State of
Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 3rd
day of November, 2015 at 10:00 AM
o'clock Local Time, said mortgage will be
foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to
the highest bidder, at public venue, on the
1st floor Main entrance to the Court
House in Pontiac MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County
of Oakland is held), of the premises
described in said mortgage, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to pay the
amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 6.125 per
annum and all legal costs, charges, and
expenses, including the attorney fees
Township of Waterford, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, and described as
follows, to wit:
Lot 264 of Watkins Hills No. 9, as recorded in Liber 173 Pages 20 to 22 of Plats
redemption period.
attorney
Dated: 09/24/2015
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS
TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT,
INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST
2005-33CB MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2005-33CB
Mortgagee
Attorney for THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN
TRUST 2005-33CB MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2005-33CB
Troy, MI 48098
(248) 362-2600
SMS POTVINDENNIS
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
FORECLOSURE NOTICE
attorney.
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Judith Svehar, a single
woman to Eastern Savings Bank, fsb,
Mortgagee, dated December 13, 2007
and recorded January 9, 2008 in Liber
Records, Michigan on which mortgage
hereof the sum of Forty-Nine Thousand
Ninety-Seven Dollars and Twelve Cents
($49,097.12) including interest 9.64% per
annum.
10:00AM on October 27, 2015
Oak Park, Oakland County, Michigan, and
are described as:
Lot 503, Oak Park Subdivision, as
recorded in Liber 11, Pages 10 and 11 of
Plats, Oakland County Records.
Commonly known as 10601 Oak Park
Blvd, Oak Park MI 48237
Dated: 9/24/2015
Eastern Savings Bank, fsb
Mortgagee
Attorneys:
(248) 844-5123
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
FORECLOSURE NOTICE
attorney.
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Menzie Boykins Jr. and
Patricia Boykins, Husband and Wife to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Homecomings
Financial Network, Inc., its successors
and assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 2, 2005 and recorded September 20,
2005 in Liber 36283 Page 552 Oakland
County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee for Residential
Funding Mortgage Securities I, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2005-S7, by assignment dated September 18, 2015 and subsequently recorded
on which mortgage there is claimed to be
due at the date hereof the sum of Five
Hundred Nineteen Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-Four
Cents ($519,368.84) including interest
3.95% per annum.
Said premises are situated in Township
of West Bloomfield, Oakland County,
Michigan, and are described as:
Lot 15, Carrington Gardens Subdivision,
according to the plat thereof recorded in
Liber 282 of Plats, Pages 11 through 26,
inclusive, Oakland County Records.
Commonly known as 6968 Lexington Dr,
West Bloomfield MI 48322
Dated: 9/24/2015
U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee for Residential Funding Mortgage
Securities I, Inc., Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-S7,
Attorneys:
(248) 844-5123
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
Troy, MI 48098
a certain mortgage made by Daniel F
Robert, a single man, Mortgagors, to ABN
AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee,
dated the 16th day of July, 2007 and
recorded in the office of the Register of
Deeds, for The County of Oakland and
State of Michigan, on the 27th day of July,
2007 in Liber 39406 of Oakland County
Records, page 571, said Mortgage having
been assigned to Ditech Financial LLC
FKA Green Tree Servicing LLC on which
mortgage there is claimed to be due, at
the date of this notice, the sum of One
Hundred Fifty Two Thousand One Hundred Fifty Nine and 86/100 ($152,159.86),
and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the
debt secured by said mortgage or any part
Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 27th
day of October, 2015 at 10:00 AM o'clock
Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at public venue, on the 1st
floor Main entrance to the Court House in
Pontiac MI (that being the building where
the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland is held), of the premises described in
said mortgage, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to pay the amount due, as
aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest
thereon at 6.63 per annum and all legal
costs, charges, and expenses, including
the attorney fees allowed by law, and also
any sum or sums which may be paid by
the undersigned, necessary to protect its
interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any
and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of White Lake, County
of Oakland, State of Michigan, and
described as follows, to wit:
The East 1/2 of Lot 5 and the West 1/2
of Lot 6, White Lake Grove Subdivision,
recorded in Liber 47, Page 41 of plats,
the property is determined to be aban-
doned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the
redemption period.
attorney
Dated: 9/24/2015
Servicing LLC
Mortgagee
Troy, MI 48098
(248) 362-2600
GTAZ FNMA ROBERTDan
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
Troy, MI 48098
a certain mortgage made by Frederick
Wray Moffatt and Winifred Helen Moffatt,
husband and wife, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc.
(MERS) as nominee for Quicken Loans
Inc., Mortgagee, dated the 31st day of
August, 2005 and recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds, for The County of
Oakland and State of Michigan, on the 7th
day of September, 2005 in Liber 36214 of
Oakland County Records, page 642, said
Mortgage having been assigned to Ditech
Financial LLC FKA Green Tree Servicing
LLC on which mortgage there is claimed
to be due, at the date of this notice, the
sum of One Hundred Eighty-four Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-one and
48/100 ($184,471.48), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been
instituted to recover the debt secured by
said mortgage or any part thereof. Now,
therefore, by virtue of the power of sale
contained in said mortgage, and pursuant
to statute of the State of Michigan in such
given that on the 27th day of October,
2015 at 10:00 AM o'clock Local Time, said
mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at
public auction, to the highest bidder, at
public venue, on the 1st floor Main
entrance to the Court House in Pontiac MI
(that being the building where the Circuit
Court for the County of Oakland is held),
of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 6.50 per annum and all legal costs,
charges, and expenses, including the
attorney fees allowed by law, and also any
sum or sums which may be paid by the
undersigned, necessary to protect its
and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Rochester Hills, County of
Oakland, State of Michigan, and
described as follows, to wit:
Lot 139, North Hill Subdivision, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber
78, Page 36 of plats, Oakland County
Records.
redemption period.
attorney
Dated: 9/24/2015
Servicing LLC
Mortgagee
Troy, MI 48098
(248) 362-2600
GTAZ FNMA MOFFATTWIN
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
MILITARY DUTY.
made by JOHN K. LAWLER and DONNA
M. LAWLER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for
lender and lender's successors and
assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 11,
2003, and recorded on September 26,
2003, in Liber 30906, on Page 72, and
assigned by said mortgagee to THE
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as
assigned, Oakland County Records,
sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and
Ninety-Four Cents ($278,296.94), including interest at 4.625% per annum.
o'clock, on October 27, 2015
LOT 7, KENSINGTON FOREST SUBDIVISION NO. 1, AS RECORDED IN LIBER
222, PAGES 31 THROUGH 37, INCLUSIVE, OF PLATS, OAKLAND COUNTY
RECORDS.
abandoned under MCL 600.3241, in
1 month, or under MCL 600.3241a 30
days from the date of such sale, or 15
days from the MCL 600.3241a(b) notice,
whichever is later, or extinguished pursuant to MCL 600.3238.
If the above referenced property is sold
at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of
the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL
600.3278, the borrower will be held
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
Mortgagee/Assignee
S20120320032637 FNMA
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
MILITARY DUTY.
made by RICHARD A. SMITH and KATHY
T. SMITH, AKA KATHY SMITH, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for
BANK ONE, N.A., Mortgagee, dated
November 7, 2002, and recorded on
December 4, 2002, in Liber 27264, on
Page 444, and assigned by said mortgagee to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as assigned, Oakland County
hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Two
Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Ninety-Four Cents ($262,633.94),
including interest at 4.875% per annum.
o'clock, on October 27, 2015
Lot(s) 90, "Roma Ridge Subdivision", as
recorded in Liber 205, Page(s) 28 of Plats,
Oakland County Records
abandoned under MCL 600.3241, in
1 month, or under MCL 600.3241a 30
days from the date of such sale, or 15
days from the MCL 600.3241a(b) notice,
whichever is later, or extinguished pursuant to MCL 600.3238.
If the above referenced property is sold
at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of
the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL
600.3278, the borrower will be held
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Mortgagee/Assignee
S20141114052963 FNMA
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
FORECLOSURE NOTICE
attorney.
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Edwin Fairchild and Brenda M. Fairchild, Husband and Wife to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Flagstar Bank,
FSB its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 6, 2008 and
recorded February 15, 2008 in Liber
assigned to: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, by
assignment dated August 21, 2015 and
recorded September 18, 2015 in Liber
48615, Page 197, on which mortgage
hereof the sum of One Hundred EightySix Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Three
Dollars
and
Fifty-Nine
Cents
($186,533.59) including interest 6.5% per
annum.
Said premises are situated in Township
of White Lake, Oakland County, Michigan,
and are described as:
Lot 138, except the Westerly 140 feet of
Cooley beach Sub-Division, according to
the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 24 of
Plats, Page 2, Oakland County Records.
Commonly known as 1190 Union Lake
Rd, White Lake MI 48386
Dated: 9/24/2015
Attorneys:
(248) 844-5123
(9-24)(10-15)
Attorneys
FORECLOSURE NOTICE
attorney.
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Edwin N. Respondek and
Sherlynn L. Respondek, Husband and
Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems Inc., as nominee for Flagstar
Bank, FSB its successors and assigns,
Mortgagee, dated April 21, 2003 and
recorded May 17, 2003 in Liber 29213
Page 238 Oakland County Records,
Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned
through mesne assignments to: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, by assignment dated
August 5, 2015 and recorded August 13,
2015 in Liber 48497, Page 169, on which
date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four
Dollars
and
Ninety-Four
Cents
($150,274.94) including interest 3.875%
per annum.
Lot 49 - Rougewood Knolls Subdivision,
as recorded in Liber 55, on Page 35 of
Plats, Oakland County Records.
Commonly known as 26101 Rouge Ct,
Southfield MI 48034
Dated: 9/24/2015
Attorneys:
(248) 844-5123
(9-24)(10-15)
Fourth Insertion
Driggers, Schultz & Herbst, P.C.
Attorneys
2600 W. Big Beaver Road, Ste. 550
Troy, Michigan 48084
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN
ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be adjourned
by the foreclosing mortgagee before or at
the time of sale. This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that
event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount
tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made
in the terms and conditions of a certain
Mortgage made by Mazen Jadallah and
Ellen Jadallah, husband and wife, in favor
of John Adams Mortgage Company, as
Mortgagee, whose interest is now held by
Michigan Land Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose
address is 45511 Market Street, Shelby
Township, Michigan 48315, as Assignee,
by way of an Assignment of Mortgage
dated September 11, 2013 and recorded
September 17, 2013 in Liber 46326, Page
774, Oakland County Records, of a Mortgage dated May 11, 2007 and recorded
June 14, 2007 in Liber 39244, Page 614,
Oakland County Records, on which Mortgage there is claim to be, at the date of
this notice, the sum of One Hundred SixtyNine Thousand Nine Hundred Forty
09/100 Dollars ($169,940.09); And no suit
or proceedings at law or in equity having
been instituted to recover the debt
thereof. Now, Therefore, by virtue of the
and pursuant to the statute of the State of
Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday,
October 27, 2015 at 10:00 o'clock, A.M.,
Local Time, said mortgage will be fore-
LEGAL NOTICES
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Fourth Insertion
closed by a sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at public venue, in the
holding place at the Circuit Court within
Oakland County, Michigan, of part of the
premises described in said mortgage, or
so much thereof as may be necessary to
pay the amount due, as aforesaid, on said
mortgage, with the interest thereof at
8.0% per annum and all legal costs,
charges and expenses, including the
attorney fees allowed by law, and also any
sum or sum which may be paid by the
undersigned, necessary to protect its
interest in the premises. Which said
premises are described as follows: The
premises is located in the in the City of
Novi, Oakland County, Michigan,
described as:
Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 30,
Town 1 North, Range 8 East, described as
beginning at a point distant North 00
degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds West
430.58 feet from the Southwest Section
corner; thence North 88 degrees 54 minutes 43 seconds East 592.58 feet; thence
North 00 degrees 07 minutes 40 seconds
West 150.02 feet; South 88 degrees 54
minutes 43 seconds West 592.58 feet;
thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 40
seconds East 150.02 feet to the point of
beginning.
Tax Parcel ID #50-22-30-300-023.
Commonly known as: V/L Napier Road,
Novi, Michigan. The redemption period
shall be six (6) months from the date of
such sale unless subject to the provisions
of MCL 600.3241a, in which case the
the date of such sale, or MCL 600.3238, in
which case the redemption period will be
extinguished upon entering a Judgment of
Possession. Pursuant to MCLA 600.3278,
the Mortgagor will be held responsible to
during the redemption period. Dated September 15, 2015. For more information,
please call: Kathryn S. Beck, Esq. (248)
649-6000, Driggers, Schultz & Herbst,
P.C. Attorneys for Assignee, 2600 W. Big
Beaver Road, Ste. 550, Troy, Michigan
48084.
V/L Napier Road, Novi, Michigan
(9-17)(10-15)
Trott Law, P.C.
made by John Baird, a married man and
Charlotte M. Bennett, his wife, original
mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee,
dated August 26, 2010, and recorded on
September 7, 2010 in Liber 42345 on
Page 92, and assigned by said Mortgagee
to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee as
documented by an assignment, in Oakland county records, Michigan, on which
date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred
Eleven and 26/100 Dollars ($278,711.26).
Township of Brandon, Oakland County,
Michigan, and are described as: Part of
the North 1/2 of Section 11 Town 5 North,
Range 9 East, Brandon Township, Oakland County, Michigan, described as follows: Beginning at a point which bears
West 662.87 feet and South 2315.80 feet
from the North 1/4 corner of Section 11;
thence East 1318.69 feet; thence South
00 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds West
333.26 feet; thence South 89 degrees 53
minutes 25 seconds West 663.67 feet
along the East-West 1/4 line of Section 11
to the center of said Section 11; thence
North 89 degrees 51 minutes 15 seconds
West, 654.10 feet along said East-West
1/4 line of Section 11; thence North
332.86 feet to the point of beginning.
Together with and subject to a 66 foot
wide ingress, egress and public utilities
easement of which the centerline is
described as follows: Beginning at a point
on the North line of Section 11, Town 5
North, Range 9 East, Brandon Township,
Oakland County, Michigan, which bears
West 662.87 feet from the North 1/4 corner of said Section 11; thence running
South 3313.00 feet to the center of a circle
having a radius of 60.0 feet and being the
Southerly terminus thereof.
FC D (248) 593-1309
Trott Law, P.C.
File #455629F01
(09-17)(10-08)
Attorneys
Troy, MI 48098
a certain mortgage made by RAYMOND F
BALDWIN , A Single Man, Mortgagors,
to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for American Equity Mortgage, Inc.,
Mortgagee, dated the 31st day of December, 2003 and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds, for The County of Oakland and State of Michigan, on the 16th
day of March, 2004 in Liber 32494 of Oakland County Records, page 615, said
Mortgage having been assigned to THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA
THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC.,
ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2004-2 on which mortgage there
is claimed to be due, at the date of this
notice, the sum of One Hundred Seventy
Three Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Five
Dollars and 25/100 ($173285.25), and no
suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt
Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 20th
day of October, 2015 at 10:00 AM o'clock
Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at public venue, on the 1st
floor Main entrance to the Court House in
Pontiac MI (that being the building where
the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland is held), of the premises described in
said mortgage, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to pay the amount due, as
aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest
thereon at 6.725 per annum and all legal
costs, charges, and expenses, including
the attorney fees allowed by law, and also
any sum or sums which may be paid by
the undersigned, necessary to protect its
and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Berkley, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, and described as
follows, to wit:
LOT 45, THOMAS PARK SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 29,
PAGE 19 OF PLATS, OAKLAND COUNTY RECORDS.
redemption period.
attorney
Dated: 9/17/2015
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS
TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE
CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2
Mortgagee
Attorney for THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW
YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF
THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2
Troy, MI 48098
(248) 362-2600
BOA BALDWIN
(9-17)(10-8)
Attorneys
FORECLOSURE NOTICE
attorney.
made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Mike E Lush, A Single Man
to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 28, 2005 and
recorded October 21, 2005 in Liber 36476
Page 297 Oakland County Records,
Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned
through mesne assignments to: Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee
for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.,
Series 2005-R11 by assignment dated
February 18, 2009 and recorded February
23, 2009 in Liber 40917, Page 895, as
corrected by assignment dated January
30, 2014 and recorded on February 18,
2014 in Liber 46798, Page 105 on which
Forty-Six Thousand Six Hundred SixtyNine Dollars and Fifty-Four Cents
($146,669.54) including interest 4.875%
per annum.
Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan,
LOT 494 WATERFORD LAKES
ESTATES SUBDIVISION NUMBER 2, AS
RECORDED IN LIBER 51, PAGE 30 OF
PLATS, OAKLAND COUNTY RECORDS
Commonly known as 2360 W. Walton
Blvd, Waterford MI 48329
Dated: 09/17/2015
as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage
Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-R11,
Attorneys:
(248) 844-5123
(9-17)(10-8)
D I R E C T O RY
OF
M I C H I G A N L AW L I B R A R I E S
The State of Michigan has developed the following lists to help you find legal information in all parts of the state.
For further information about this directory of Michigan law libraries and other libraries holding some legal materials that may be of help to you in your field of work, visit www.michigan.gov/hal
SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE LOWER PENINSULA
(area codes 248, 313, 586, 734, 810)
ANN ARBOR DISTRICT LIBRARY
343 S. Fifth Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2293
Phone: (734) 327-4525
Fax: (734) 327-8307
Hours: Mon. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Sun. 12 p.m.-6 p.m.
Web site: www.aadl.org
*HOLDINGS: A, D, F
GENESEE COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT LAW LIBRARY
Second Floor Courthouse
900 South Saginaw St.
Flint, MI 48502
Phone: (810) 257-3253
Contact: Trea Poe, Paralegal
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Web site: www.co.genesee.mi.us
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K
THOMAS M. COOLEY
LAW SCHOOL LIBRARY
Ann Arbor Campus
3475 Plymouth Road, Second Floor
Phone: (734) 372-4900, ext. 8711
Fax: (734) 372-4910
Contact: Reference Desk
Hours: Call ahead:
http://www.cooley.edu/library/
circulation/hours
Web site: www.cooley.edu/library
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
GENESEE DISTRICT LIBRARY
G-4195 W. Pasadena Ave.
Flint, MI 48504-2375
Phone: (810) 732-0110
Fax: (810) 732-3146
Contact: Tom Rohrer, Ref. Librarian
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.thegdl.org/
*HOLDINGS: A, E
OAKLAND COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
Building 14, 2nd Floor
1200 North Telegraph Rd.
Pontiac, MI 48341-0450
Phone: (248) 858-0012
Fax: (248) 858-1536
Contact: Laura Mancini,
Director/Library Services
Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri.
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tue. and Thur.
8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.,
Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Web site: www.oaklandlaw.lib.mi.us
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
SOCIOLOGY & ECONOMICS DEPT.
5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (313) 833-1440
Fax: (313) 833-1442
Contact: Judy Watkins, Manager
Hours: Tues. & Wed. 12 p.m.-8 p.m.,
Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
E-mail:
[email protected]
Web site: www.detroit.lib.mi.us/se/
sociology_economics.htm
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, F, G, I, J
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Bruce T. Halle Library
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Phone: (734) 487-0020 ext. 2100
Fax: (734) 487-8861
Contact: Julia K. Nims, Librarian
Hours: Call ahead to verify hours.
Reference assistance available.
Web site: www.emich.edu/halle
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K
FARMINGTON
COMMUNITY LIBRARY
32737 West Twelve Mile Road
Phone: (248) 553-0300
Fax: (248) 553-3228
Contact: Elyse Streit,
Head of Adult Reference
Sun. 12 p.m.-6 p.m.
Web site: www.farmlib.org
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, E
FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Main Branch
1026 E. Kearsley St.
Flint MI 48502-1994
Phone: (810) 232-7111
Fax: (810) 249-2635
Contact: Grace Tucker
Hour: Mon-Thu. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Web site: www.fpl.info
*HOLDINGS: A, B, D, E, F, G
HENRY FORD
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Eschleman Library
5101 Evergreen Road
Dearborn MI 48128-1495
Phone: (313) 845-6377
Fax: 313-271-5868
Contact : Victoria Morris
Hours: Mon.-Thurs.7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Fri.7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Web site: [email protected]
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, F, G, J
MACOMB COUNTY LIBRARY
16480 Hall Rd.
Clinton Twp., MI 48038
Phone: (586) 286-6660
Fax: (586) 412-5958
Contact: Bill Luft,
Reference Librarian
Hours: Hours are available
on Web site.
Web site:
www.macombcountylibrary.org
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
MONROE COUNTY
LIBRARY SYSTEM
3700 S. Custer Rd.
Monroe, MI 48161-9716
Phone: (734) 241-5277
Fax: (734) 242-9037
Contact: Louis P. Komorowski,
Reference Librarian
Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
(Sun. after Labor Day to
Sun. before Memorial Day).
Web site: monroe.lib.mi.us
*HOLDINGS: A, E, G
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Kresge Library
2100 North Squirrel Road
Rochester, MI 48309-4484
Phone: (248) 370-4426
Fax: (248) 370-2474
Contact: Frank J. Lepkowski,
Associate Dean
Hours:
Check Web site for current hours.
Web site: http://library.oakland.edu
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, G, J, K
ST. CLAIR COUNTY LIBRARY
Port Huron Main Branch
210 McMorran Blvd.
Port Huron, MI 48060
Phone: (810) 987-7323
ext. 124, 125
Fax: (810) 987-7327
Contact: Allison Arnold,
Adult Services Coordinator
Hours: Mon.-Thu. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Web site: www.sccl.lib.mi.us
*HOLDINGS: A, D, F
THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW
SCHOOL LIBRARY
AUBURN HILLS CAMPUS
2630 Featherstone Road, First floor
and lower level
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Phone: (248) 751-7850, ext. 7702
Fax: (248) 751-7872
on Web site.
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY
SCHOOL OF LAW LIBRARY
651 East Jefferson
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: (313) 596-0241
Fax: (313) 596-0245
Contact: Katherine Cooper
Hours: Mon.-Thu. 7 a.m.-10:50 p.m.,
Fri. 7 a.m.-5:50 p.m.,
Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5:50 p.m.
Web site: www.law.udmercy.edu
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
LAW LIBRARY
801 Monroe St.
Legal Research Building
Phone: (734) 764-9324
on Web site.
Web site:
http://www.law.umich.edu/library
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
ARTHUR NEEF LAW LIBRARY
474 Ferry Mall
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (313) 577-3925
Fax: (313) 577-5498
Contact: Georgia A. Clark, Director
Fri. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Sat. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Sun. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Web site:
www.lib.wayne.edu/lawlibrary
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Arthur J. Miller Branch
4700 E. 13 Mile Road
Warren, MI 48092
Phone: (586) 751-5377
Fax: (586) 751-5902
Contact: Oksana Urban, Branch
Librarian Supervisor
Hours: Mon. & Wed. 12 p.m.-8 p.m.,
Tues. & Thurs.-Sat.
9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Web site: www.libcoop.net/warren
*HOLDINGS: A, F
WASHTENAW
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Learning Resource Center
4800 Huron River Drive
P.O. Box D-1
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: (734) 973-3429
Fax: (734) 677-2220
Contact: Kathleen Scott
on Web site.
Web site:
www.wccnet.edu/resources/library
*HOLDINGS: A, F
MARQUETTE COUNTY
LAW LIBRARY
234 West Baraga Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855-4710
Phone: (906) 225-8209
Fax: (906) 225-8215
Contact: Thomas A. Heslip, Bailiff
Hours: Mon.- Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
except legal holidays
E-mail:[email protected]
Web site: www.marquette.mi.us/
courts/LawLibrary
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, E, G, I, J, K
BENTON HARBOR
PUBLIC LIBRARY
213 East Wall Street, first Floor
Benton Harbor MI 49022
Phone: (269) 929-6139
Fax: (269) 926-1674
Contact: Jill Rauhl, Reference and
Government Information
Hours: Mon., Wed. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Tue., Thu., Fri 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
E-mail:
[email protected]
Web site:
www.bentonharborlibrary.com
*HOLDINGS: A, B,G, J,K,
GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Reference Department
111 Library Street, N. E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3268
Phone: (616) 988-5400
Fax: (616) 988-5420
Contact: William Hill
Sat. 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.,
Web site: www.grpl.org
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K
GRAND VALLEY STATE
UNIVERSITY
STEELCASE LIBRARY/
DE VOS CENTER
401 W. Fulton
Phone: (616) 331-7331
Fax: (616) 331-7340
Contact: Pat Parker,
Legal Services Librarian
on Web site.
Web site:
www.gvsu.edu/library/steelcase
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
HACKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY
316 W. Webster Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49440-1281
Phone: (231) 722-7276
Fax: (231) 726-5567
Contact: Mary Murphy,
Reference Librarian
on Web site.
Web site: www.hackleylibrary.org
*HOLDINGS: A, G, I
KALAMAZOO COUNTY
LAW LIBRARY
KALAMAZOO PUBLIC LIBRARY
315 S. Rose St.
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Phone:(269) 553-7920 Law desk
Fax: (269) 553-7959
Contact: Ryan Gage, Librarian
on Web site.
Web site: www.kpl.gov/law-library
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I
KENT DISTRICT
LIBRARY-PLAINFIELD BRANCH
1650 Five Mile NE
Phone: (616) 647-3939
Fax: (616) 361-1007
Contact: June VanWingen,
Reference Librarian
on Web site.
Web site: www.kdl.org
*HOLDINGS: A, E J
NILES DISTRICT LIBRARY
620 East Main Street
Niles, MI 49120-2620
Phone: (269) 683-8545 ext. 3315
Fax: (269) 683-0075
Contact: Conrad Rader,
Adult Reference Department
Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Web site: www.nileslibrary.com
*HOLDINGS: A, F
UPPER PENINSULA LIBRARIES
(area code 906)
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE
UNIVERSITY — KENNETH J.
SHOULDICE LIBRARY
906 Ryan St.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783-1632
Phone: (906) 635-2167
Fax: (906) 635-2193
Contact: Mary June, Librarian
Hours: Mon.-Wed. 7:30 a.m.-12 a.m.,
Thurs. 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.,
Fri. 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.,
Sun. 1 p.m.- 12 a.m.
E-mail: reference @lssu.edu
Web site: www.lssu.edu/library
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J
SOUTHWESTERN PART OF
THE LOWER PENINSULA
(area codes 231, 269, 616)
NORTHERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY
LYDIA M. OLSON LIBRARY
1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855-5376
Phone: (906) 227-2260
Fax: (906) 227-1333
Contact: Bruce Sarjeant, Government
Information Librarian
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-11:30 p.m.,
Fri. 8 a.m.-7 p.m.,
Sat. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.,
Sun. 12 p.m.-12 a.m.
Web site: http://library.nmu.edu/
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, K
SCHOOL LIBRARY
Grand Rapids Campus
111 Commerce St., SW
Grand Rapids MI 49503-4105
Phone: (616) 301-6850 ext. 6822
Fax: (616) 301-6820
Hours: Call ahead or check Web site
at http://www.cooley.edu/library/
circulation/hours
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
WESTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
DWIGHT B. WALDO LIBRARY
1903 West Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo MI 49008
Phone: (269) 387-5208
Fax: (269) 387-5012
Hours: call (269) 387-5155
Web site: www.wmich.edu/library
*HOLDINGS: A, B, F, G, I, J
SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF
THE LOWER PENINSULA
(area code 517, 989)
DELTA COLLEGE LIBRARY
1961 Delta Road
University Center, MI 48710-0001
Phone: (989) 686-9560
Fax: (989) 686-4131
Contact: Anne Wooden, Government
Document/Reference Librarian
Hours: Mon.-Thu. 7:30 a.m.- 9 p.m.,
Fri 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Sun 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Web site: www.delta.edu/library
*HOLDINGS: F, G
JACKSON DISTRICT LIBRARY
Carnegie Branch
244 W. Michigan Ave.
Jackson, MI 49201-2275
Phone: (517) 788-4087 ext. 234
Fax: (517) 782-8635
Contact: Deborah Sears,
Reference Coordinator
on Web site.
Web site: www.jackson.lib.mi.us
*HOLDINGS: A, F, G
LENAWEE COUNTY LIBRARY
4459 West US 223
Adrian, MI 49221-9461
Phone: (517) 263-1011
Fax: (517) 263-7109
Contact: Teresa Calderone, Director
Hours: Mon. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Web site: www.lenawee.lib.mi.us
*HOLDINGS: A, B
LIVINGSTON COUNTY
LAW LIBRARY
Judicial Center Building, Suite 5
204 S. Highlander Way
Howell, MI 48843
Phone: (517) 546-8079
Fax: (517) 546-0048
Contact: Bucilla Carroll
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Please check in with Circuit Court
Administration office before using
the law library.
E-mail: [email protected]< br> Web site: co.livingston.mi.us/CircuitCourtAdmin/Law
_Library.htm
*HOLDINGS: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY,
COLLEGE OF LAW, LAW LIBRARY
115 Law College Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 432-6860
Contact: Hildur Hanna, Associate
Director
Fri. 8 a.m.-11 p.m.,
Sat. 10 a.m.-11 p.m.,
Sun. 10 a.m.-1 a.m.,
abridged hours during
semester breaks
Web site:
www.law.msu.edu/library/index.html
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K
SAGINAW COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
Saginaw Courthouse
111 S. Michigan Ave.,
LL007 Basement
Saginaw, MI 48602
Phone: (989) 790-5473
Contact: Patricia Becker,
Librarian and Court Coordinator
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K
STATE LAW LIBRARY
(LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN)
Library of Michigan
Michigan Historical Center, Third
Floor
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
P. O. Box 30007
Lansing, MI 48909-7507
Phone: (517) 373-0630
Fax: (517) 373-3915
Contact: Susan Adamczak, Law
Library Administrator
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Web site:
www.michigan.gov/lawlibrary
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K
SCHOOL LIBRARY
330 S. Washington Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933
Mail address: 300 S. Capitol Ave.
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901-3038
Phone: (517) 371-5140 ext. 3111
Fax: (517) 334-5717
Hours: Call ahead or check
Web site at
www.cooley.edu/library/
circultion/hours
E-mail: [email protected].
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
NORTHERN PART OF THE
LOWER PENINSULA
(NORTH OF MUSKEGON
TO BAY COUNTIES)
(area codes 231, 989)
ALPENA COUNTY LAW LIBRARY
Alpena County Courthouse
720 West Chisholm, Suite 1
Alpena, MI 49707-2453
Phone: (989) 354-9573
Fax: (989) 354-9643
Contact: Sue Szymanski,
Law Librarian
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
*HOLDINGS: A, B, D, E, F, I
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY — PARK LIBRARY
250 East Preston St.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859-0001
Phone: (989) 774-3470
Fax: (989) 774-1350
Contact: Reference Law Librarian
Hours: Check website/call ahead
as hours will vary.
E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Web site: www.lib.cmich.edu
*HOLDINGS: A, B, E, F, G, I, J, K
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY FOR INFORMATION,
TECHNOLOGY, & EDUCATION
1010 Campus Drive
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone: (231) 591-3602
Fax: (231) 591-2662
Contact: David Scott
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m.-12 a.m.,
Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. 1 p.m.-12
a.m.
Web site:www.ferris.edu/library
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY
LAW LIBRARY
Fourth Floor, "Old Courthouse"
328 Washington Street
Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone: (231) 922-4715
Fax: (231)-922-4489
Contact: Jill Porter, County Law
Librarian
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Web site: tadl.org
*HOLDINGS:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K
KIRTLAND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE LIBRARY
10775 N. St. Helen Rd.
Roscommon, MI 48653-9634
Phone: (989) 275-5000 ext. 246
Fax: (989) 275-8510
Contact: Deb Shumaker, Library
Director
on Web site.
Web site: www.kirtland.edu/library
*HOLDINGS: A
NORTHWESTERN
MICHIGAN COLLEGE
Osterlin Library
1701 E. Front St.
Traverse City, MI 49686-3061
Phone: (231) 995-1060
Fax: (231) 995-1545
Contact: Ann Swaney,
Government Documents Librarian
Hours: Mon.-Thu. 8 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
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Thousands of drug inmates
approved for early release
BY ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
Robert M. Sellers, the University of Michigan’s vice provost for equity, inclusion and
academic affairs, spoke at the law school’s first Diversity Talk September 21.
Photo courtesy of University of Michigan Law School
Diversity and strategic planning
focus of event at U-M Law
BY LORI ATHERTON
U-M Law
Faculty, staff, and students
have an opportunity to foster a
more diverse, equitable, and
inclusive environment at the University of Michigan, but doing so
requires their full participation in
the diversity strategic planning
process, said Robert M. Sellers,
U-M’s vice provost for equity,
inclusion, and academic affairs.
“I can’t promise you that this
will f ix everything, but I can
promise that if you don’t participate wholly, things will not get
better,” Sellers said September
21 during Michigan Law’s first
Diversity Talk. “I don’t have the
magic wand to ensure that this
process will work and change
everything exactly as we want it
to be, but I do believe strongly
that it provides an opportunity to
move forward in ways that we
have not been able to in the
past.”
Citing the university’s commitment to diversity, “from the
Board of Regents on down,”
Sellers said the diversity strategic planning process is one that
utilizes a “bottoms-up strategy,”
which enables faculty, staff, and
students at all levels of the university to provide input on how
to enhance diversity, increase the
inclusiveness of the academic
community, and promote greater
equity throughout the university.
Plans developed at the unit level,
which includes all 19 schools
and colleges on the Ann Arbor
campus, will filter up to administrative levels for input, until
they finally reach the president’s
office.
“One of the things I’m most
excited about in terms of the
planning process is having it
reside at the levels where we all
live,” said Sellers, who chairs the
committee charged with leading
the diversity strategic planning
process. “At other places, the
plan resides at the level of the
president or Board of Regents.
Few of us live up there, and
issues of diversity, equity, and
inclusion are rarely up there. The
issues are where we live, and the
goal is to make sure students,
faculty, and staff have as much
opportunity as possible to give
feedback,” especially since diversity not only includes issues of
race, gender, and class but also
includes issues of political persuasion, disabilities, and gender
identity and expression, among
others.
Noting that some people have
“diversity fatigue,” in which they
are skeptical of yet another
diversity initiative, Sellers said
that “history teaches me to be
somewhat skeptical of the
process, but being skeptical
doesn’t mean I don’t put my
energy forward. It is like creating
a massive statue from a huge
block of marble. You are knocking chips away from the block,
and though you may or may not
see the end of your [efforts], that
should not stop you from knocking that chip away to get to the
statue.”
In order for diversity to work,
Sellers said, equity and inclusion
need to be fostered within the
university community so that
people feel physically safe and
respected and aren’t discriminated against for expressing their
viewpoints.
“There is a fundamental difference in being able to express
your arguments in a respectful
way, and folks being attacked,”
he said. “You need to have an
environment in which there is a
respect for differences, but also
one that’s inclusive, which means
doing things differently than
we’ve done them in the past.”
Michigan Law’s Diversity
Talk series, co-sponsored by the
Law School’s Program in Race,
Law & History, invites University leaders to discuss the future of
diversity at Michigan with the
Law School community.
Hidden GPS devices to track
suspects raise legal concerns
BY MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — For
months, police trying to solve a
Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a
hoodie and black ski mask holding up one gas station or convenience store after another.
That was until the gunman
made off with a stack of bills that
investigators had secretly embedded with a GPS tracking device.
Within days, a suspect accused
of pulling off nearly a dozen
heists — including one in which a
clerk was killed — was behind
bars, and officers were crediting
technology that has become commonplace over the past five years
or so.
“Those tools are part of our
arsenal,” Nassau County Police
Chief Steven Skrynecki said after
the arrest this summer, adding
that GPS is now used “as a matter
of course in our investigations.”
But the tiny satellite-connected
devices — embedded by the manufacturer or slipped by police into
stacks of cash, pill bottles or other
commonly stolen items — are
raising questions from legal
experts over what they see as the
potential for abuse by law
enforcement authorities. They
wonder whether some of these
cases will stand up in court.
In 2012 the U.S. Supreme
Court took up the police practice
of planting GPS trackers on suspects’ vehicles to monitor their
movements, and it set certain constitutional boundaries on their
use. It stopped short of saying a
warrant is always required.
But that narrow ruling didn’t
specifically address the embedding of GPS devices pre-emptively in objects that are apt to be
stolen. Nor did it address how
long police can engage in tracking
or how they can use that information.
That has left judges with little
guidance.
“This is the latest chapter in
the challenge to the Fourth
Amendment by new technology,”
said George Washington Universi-
ty constitutional law professor
Jonathan Turley. “There is always
a concern technology can outstrip
existing constitutional law. Now
it’s up to the courts to decide
when police departments can use
this technology to facilitate an
arrest and prosecution.”
So far, there have been few
constitutional challenges, in part
because the technology is new,
but also because some defendants
have pleaded guilty.
Legal experts said the courts
have generally held that when
people steal something containing a tracking device, police are
within their rights to go after
them. For decades, police have
been catching car thieves through
LoJack radio-tracking devices.
But civil libertarians said a
legal issue could arise if police
deliberately leave the tracker on
for an extended amount of time to
find out, for example, what other
crimes the suspect might be
mixed up in.
“As a baseline, I don’t think
people should be tracked with
GPS without a warrant,” said Jay
Stanley, a policy analyst with the
American Civil Liberties Union.
“If somebody steals an object and
the police don’t arrest them for
six months and just collect information about how they’re living
their life, that could be problematic.”
Also, legal experts worry that
innocent people could get in trouble for unwittingly possessing
something implanted with a GPS
device.
“Just because Jim steals the
money, maybe the one wad that
had the GPS was one he gave to
pay off a loan, or he borrowed a
friend’s car and left that one
there,” said New York lawyer Amy
Marion.
In a case on appeal in Buffalo,
a bank robbery defendant who
police say was caught with a
GPS-tagged bag of money is challenging his conviction, though not
on constitutional grounds. He
contends the cash was not enough
to convict him.
The use of GPS highlights
what some experts bemoan as the
fast-shrinking zone of privacy
nowadays, when security cameras
are seemingly on every block,
wireless devices broadcast our
locations and tollbooths electronically record our travels.
“Not only are we living in a
fishbowl society, the government
can now track us in real time in
the fishbowl,” Turley said.
GPS is the 21st-century version of the exploding dye pack
that bank tellers slip into the bag
of money during a holdup. The
pack blows up outside the bank,
staining the robber and the cash.
When someone walks out the
door with a GPS tracker, a silent
activation signal is sent to police.
Officers can then use an online
map, updated every few seconds,
to pinpoint the object’s location.
The use of GPS has expanded
as the devices have gotten smaller.
Trackers as thin as a pencil can be
hidden in wads of about two
dozen bills.
They are also slipped into “bait
bottles” of pills to thwart drugstore thieves. The bottles are typically kept behind the counter and
are handed over by the pharmacist
if a robber demands drugs.
The maker of the painkiller
OxyContin says such bottles used
in 33 states have helped police
make nearly 160 arrests.
In Redlands, Califor nia, a
criminal attached a “skimmer”
— a device for stealing people’s
credit card numbers — to a gas
pump. Police put GPS on the
skimmer, then caught the suspect after he collected the
equipment.
In other cases, officers have
made arrests through “virtual
stakeouts” after leaving trackers
in copper wire, bicycles and laptops.
In Long Island’s Nassau County, 23-year-old Joshua GolsonOrelus has been charged with
murder and armed robbery in the
series of heists. His attorney
declined to comment about the
role of GPS.
“We’re in a different world
than we were 30 years ago,” said
James Carver, president of the
police union in Nassau County,
“and we need to take advantage of
what’s being offered out there.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug
criminals once described by prosecutors as unrepentant repeat
offenders are among those poised
to benefit from new sentencing
guidelines that are shrinking punishments for thousands of federal
prisoners, according to an Associated Press review of court records.
Many defendants cleared for
early release starting this fall fit a
more sympathetic profile: smalltime dealers targeted by a draconian approach to drug enforcement.
But an AP analysis of roughly 100
court cases also identified defendants who carried semi-automatic
weapons, had past convictions for
crimes including robbery and
assault, moved cocaine shipments
across states and participated in
international heroin smuggling.
One inmate whose punishment
was cut was described in 2012 as
a “calamity waiting to happen.”
Another was caught with crack
and guns while awaiting sentencing in a separate drug case.
Supporters of lighter drug sentences say there’s no evidence that
lengthier sentences protect public
safety, and there’s bipartisan
determination to cut spending on
a bloated federal prison system.
Nonetheless, the broad spectrum
of defendants granted early
release, including some who prosecutors just a few years ago
branded community dangers and
raised dire warnings about, underscores the complex — occasionally risky — decisions confronting
the government as it updates a
drug sentencing structure many
see as overly harsh and expensive.
“I’m a career prosecutor. I’m a
law-and-order girl, and I believe
that you need to send dangerous
people to prison for a very long
time,” said Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
“But,” she added, “I think that
we need to be smart about deciding who are those dangerous people.”
Guidelines set by the U.S. Sentencing Commission provide
judges recommended minimum
and maximum terms for federal
crimes. The independent commission voted last year to reduce
ranges for drug offenses, then
applied those changes to alreadyimprisoned convicts. Since then,
prisoners have sought relief from
judges, who can reject those they
consider public safety concerns.
About three-quarters of requests
had been granted as of August.
The first wave, some 6,000, is
due around Nov. 1, with most
released from halfway houses or
home confinement. Others will be
released to immigration authorities for deportation. Federal officials say roughly 40,000 prisoners
will be eligible for reductions in
coming years.
Though the commission has
repeatedly amended the guidelines, including narrowing the disparity between crack and powder
cocaine sentences that resulted in
disproportionately long penalties
for blacks, the latest revision is its
most sweeping because it covers
all drug types.
“Nothing to date comes close
to what this shift is likely to produce over the next decade or so,
starting this year,” said Marc
Mauer of the Sentencing Project,
an advocacy group.
The action is part of a national
effort to rethink punishments for a
drug offender population that
comprises roughly half the federal
inmate count. In addition to an
Obama administration clemency
initiative and directives against
mandatory minimum sentences,
new bipartisan legislation aimed
at reducing spending on a prison
system that sucks up nearly onethird of the Justice Department
budget would give judges greater
sentencing discretion and ease
penalties for nonviolent criminals.
Supporters call the commission’s move a modest dialing-back
of punishments that were too
harsh to begin with and wouldn’t
be imposed today. The new policy
on average would pare two years
from sentences and in many cases
just months. They say the beneficiaries would be coming out of
prison soon anyway, and cite studies showing inmates released
early aren’t more likely to commit
new offenses than those who
serve their entire sentence.
“There is a strong research
consensus at this point that longer
lengths of stay cost taxpayers a
tremendous amount but don’t add
any additional crime-control
value,” said Adam Gelb, a Pew
Charitable Trusts criminal justice
expert.
But absent foolproof formulas,
judges are grappling with balancing cost against public safety.
A Washington, D.C., judge
recently rejected bids from two
organizers of a once-thriving
1980s-era cocaine traff icking
operation. Though both were sentenced in 1990, the judge declared
them to be continuing threats and
chastised prosecutors for appearing to dismiss the pair’s involvement in violent and calculating
crime.
Willie Best got luckier.
The one-time D.C. drug dealer
whose sentence was already cut
under crack guideline changes
had another month taken off and
is due out in 2016.
Prosecutors in 2008 said Best
helped run a drug-dealing organization, shot at someone he
believed had stolen from him and,
after fleeing, was found in a
stolen car with an assault rifle.
His lawyer described him as the
product of a troubled, impoverished upbringing. Best, in an
interview from prison, called himself a loving father who bears no
resemblance to his past self.
“It’s been a long time coming.
Eight years is a long time,” he
said. “I came in one way. I’m
coming out another.”
Others with shortened sentences are defendants prosecutors
said had squandered repeated
opportunities.
Regis Payne is due out in 2017
after his 82-month sentence for
selling PCP in D.C. was cut to 60
months. Before his 2012 sentencing, prosecutors called him a
“calamity waiting to happen” with
a “horrendous” record, undeterred
by past convictions and arrests.
Roscoe Minns was cleared for
release in November, though prosecutors in 2012 highlighted prior
assault and theft convictions in
pursuing stiff punishment.
Even for a prison system that
annually releases tens of thousands, the change has required
significant preparation. The commission, addressing public safety
concerns, delayed implementation
by a year to allow time to weed
out inappropriate candidates and
so those eligible this fall could be
moved to halfway houses.
Though some released early
will reoffend, the majority, statistically speaking, will not, said
Ohio State law professor Doug
Berman.
“Mark my words: The sky will
not fall,” added Julie Stewart of
Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
Tuan Evans, who trafficked in
pistols and sold cocaine to undercover officers, had nine months
shaved off his 107-month sentence. He wrote from prison that
he’s acquired haircutting skills
and hopes to start a landscaping
business, and mentor children,
once he’s freed. Records show a
2018 release date.
“You don’t have to lock us up
and throw away the key when we
make a mistake,” he said.
Nv
Supreme Court
Notebook
Chief justice
won’t delay wage
rules for home
care workers
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Supreme Court Chief Justice
John Roberts won’t hold up new
Obama administration regulations that give overtime and minimum wage protections to nearly
2 million home health care workers.
Roberts on Tuesday denied an
emergency request from three
home care industry trade groups
that said the rules set to take
effect Oct. 13 threaten irreparable
harm to businesses that provide
in-home care for the elderly and
disabled.
The industry sought a delay
while the high court considers
whether to take up its appeal of a
lower court ruling that said the
Labor Department has the authority to change the way home workers are paid.
Federal law had previously
exempted home care workers
hired through staffing companies
from minimum wage and overtime pay since 1974.
Donation boosts hospice
group’s work with children
DETROIT (AP) — Hospice of
Michigan officials say a substantial donation is boosting their
efforts to expand end-of-life care
for children across the state.
The nonprof it organization
said in a news release the financial gift comes from pediatric
psychotherapist Jo Elyn Nyman
through funds from the Samuel
and Jean Frankel Foundation,
which her parents established. The
contribution was announced last
week during a gala event.
Hospice of Michigan isn’t disclosing the amount but said it
offers “a signif icant start on a
planned $25 million expansion of
its pediatric services.”
Nyman’s gift specif ically
allows the Detroit-based organization to offer its services free of
charge to children and families
statewide. She supported the
organization’s expansion of pedi-
atric services to southeastern
Michigan two years ago, officials
said.
“Her vision will allow us to
better meet the needs of Michigan
families facing the toughest of
challenges: the serious illness or
death of a child,” Robert Cahill,
Hospice of Michigan’s president
and chief executive, said in the
release.
Hospice of Michigan said it’s
also working to launch the Center
for Pediatric Research and Education within its Hospice of Michigan Institute. Its work will focus
on end-of-life issues faced by
children and their families.
The organization has 16 physicians, nurses and social workers
focused on support and hospice
care for about 220 pediatric
patients and their families, primarily in western and southeastern Michigan.
PROCEDURE FOR BAIL BONDSMEN
Pursuant to MCLA 750.167b, the Judges of the Circuit Court are
to annually compile and maintain an up-to-date list of the names of
persons engaged in the business of becoming surety upon bonds for
compensation in criminal cases. The statute states: “The list shall be
compiled annually by the Judges of the Circuit Court of each Circuit
and the names of persons engaged in the business of becoming surety upon bonds for compensation shall be added to the list by the
Judges upon proper application.” The Court will circulate the 2016
Bail Bondsmen list to the appropriate agencies in accordance with
the statute.
Accordingly, the Court Administrator has prepared two applications for bondsmen: one for persons backed by insurance and the
other for persons backed by real property. Persons or businesses may
apply for inclusion on the list under either category or both. (Statutory authority for this review appears in MCLA 765.20.)
The Bail Bondsman application period runs from September 25,
2015, through October 30, 2015. Copies of the Bail Bondsman
application are available on line at www.oakgov.com under Circuit
Court Forms and Publications or in the Court Administration Office.
Only current applications will be accepted and must include all of
the accompanying documentation to be considered for the 2016 Bail
Bondsman List. Applications must be hand delivered or mailed to
Oakland County Circuit Court Administration, 1200 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac, Michigan 48341, no later than October 30,
2015. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. You may
contact Karen Koshen in the Court Administration Office at 248858-0296 for more information.

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