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1. Volume 87, Number 225 Troy, Michigan Tuesday, November 11, 2014, ONE DOLLAR
I Risky Loans
Federal regulators cite
lenders for risky loans.
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I Strong Defender
Attorney general pick Lynch
called strong civil rights defender.
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I Colleges Sue
For-profit colleges target new
federal regulations in lawsuit.
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Court not remedy for
poor reading skills
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Court of
Appeals has ruled against students of a strug-
gling Detroit-area public school system who
blamed the district and state for their poor
reading skills.
The court last Friday ruled with the state,
which appealed a Wayne County judge’s deci-
sion that the case involving eight Highland
Park students can go to trial. The American
Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed the
suit and sought court-ordered improvements
in the district next to Detroit.
The judges in a 2-1 opinion say the issue
isn’t a matter for the courts but one between
individual students and their local school dis-
trict. The ACLU argued the constitutional
rights of students are being violated if they’re
not getting the help they need.
The Associated Press left a message seek-
ing comment from an ACLU official.
Ex-prep football star
pleads guilty in assault
DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit prep
football star has pleaded guilty to a misde-
meanor charge of domestic violence in con-
nection with an assault on his girlfriend.
Seventeen-year-old Jayru Campbell plead-
ed last Friday to the charge that stemmed from
accusations he assaulted the 17-year-old girl
Sept. 12 in a stairwell at Cass Technical High
School. That’s the same day he left jail after
serving a sentence for body-slamming a secu-
rity officer in his school.
Prosecutors say he’s scheduled to be sen-
tenced Dec. 12.
Campbell last Tuesday was sentenced to
more jail time for violating probation after his
conviction for assaulting the guard. He
received seven months in jail with credit for
98 days already served.
In court last Tuesday, he asked the judge
not to give up on him.
Michigan voter turnout
lower than 2010 midterm
DETROIT (AP) — Election officials say
fewer people participated in Michigan’s gen-
eral election than four years ago.
The secretary of state’s office reports that
about 3.2 million votes were cast last Tuesday.
That’s about 83,000 fewer than in the 2010
midterm election.
Voter turnout was 41.6 percent of the vot-
ing-age population, down from 42.9 percent
four years ago. It was the lowest turnout on a
percentage basis since 1990.
Democrats’ efforts to improve their
chances targeting people who vote in presi-
dential races but not midterm elections proved
to be bust.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder won re-elec-
tion last Tuesday by 4 percentage points in a
successful night for the GOP. The lone bright
spot for Democrats was Gary Peters, who won
a U.S. Senate seat by 13 points.
Guide helps Michigan judges, attorneys with military family law
On Thursday and Friday, Nov. 13-14, the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners will
host a two-day informative event entitled,
Learn About the Impact of Human Trafficking.
This free event is sponsored by the Oakland
County Board of Commissioners in partnership
with the Human Trafficking Workshop Com-
mittee and supporting community partners.
The effort is spearheaded by Oakland Coun-
ty Commissioners Shelley Goodman Taub,
Mattie McKinney Hatchett, and Janet Jackson.
The two-day event will feature special guest
speakers Theresa Flores, a human trafficking
survivor and advocate from Birmingham.
Flores is the author of “The Slave Across
the Street,” a Wall Street Journal and USA
Today best seller, and “Sacred Bath.” She has
been featured on The 700 Club, The Today
Show, MSNBC’s Sex Slaves: The Teen Trade,
Nightline, America’s Most Wanted, and For the
Record.
In October, she witnessed a series of Human
Trafficking bills including one named in her
honor that extends the statute of limitations to
allow prosecution of human traffickers up to
25 years after they force a teen into the sex
trade. These bills were signed into law by the
governor and state leaders in Michigan.
Joining her to speak on the issue of Human
Trafficking will be Russell Petty, the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s
senior outreach diversity coordinator. He will
provide national insight and information on the
issue. He has worked for 7 years speaking,
engaging and educating the public on the new
methods Human Traffickers lure children into
this unsavory world and how law agencies and
community can help victims of this money
making crime. He will also offer valuable
information and educate the public on how to
access resources.
The two-day event will be held in the Oak-
land County Board of Commissioners Audito-
rium, 1200 North Telegraph Road in Pontia.
The first day is dedicated to parents, students
and the public on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 6:30
to 9 p.m.
On Friday, Nov. 14, two professional train-
ings are scheduled for teachers, social workers,
law enforcement, and professionals dealing
with the issue of human trafficking. The first
professional session is scheduled from 8 a.m.
to noon and the second session is scheduled
from 1 to 5 p.m. A special panel of profession-
als have been assembled to provide additional
Students from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School recently collabo-
rated with Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (front row, fourth from left) to
create the “Michigan Guide to Military Family Law,” a new resource for Michigan
judges and attorneys. WMU-Cooley students recently had a chance to meet with
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and his staff to celebrate the completion
of the guide: (front row, left to right) Taneashia Morrell, Sonny Gast, Sydney Allen,
Attorney General Schuette, Assistant Attorney General Joe Froelich, Joy Yearout,
Amy Wolanin, and Assistant Attorney General Jason Evans; along with (back row,
left to right) David Eagles, WMU Cooley Professor Bradley Charles, Assistant
Attorney General Will Bloomfield, Assistant Attorney General Joe Potchen, Paul
Friener, Emily Karr, and project coordinator Heather Spielmaker. Students helped
create a resource that specifically outlines family law issues for members of the
military, lawyers, judges, and persons who advise military personnel and their
families while navigating through complex legal areas. Each student earned pub-
lication credits for drafting the guide and gained experience working alongside
Schuette and his staff. Access to the “Michigan Guide to Military Family Law” is
available at http://1.usa.gov/1peaLcD.
Photo courtesy of WMU Cooley
For the sixth Damon J. Keith Biennial Lecture at Wayne State University Law
School, activist Julian Bond (pictured) spoke about the role the law has played
in encouraging and thwarting the civil rights movement. Bond gave his lec-
ture, “Under Color of Law,” on Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Wayne State University
Arts Auditorium. A civil rights and anti-war activist since his student days at
Morehouse College, Bond went on to become the first president of the Southern
Poverty Law Center and held that post for more than 30 years. He has also
served as chairman of the NAACP. Photo by John Meiu
For additional photos from this event, see today’s Back Page.
N E W D I R E C T I O N
Former attorney charts
path to nonprofit world
Law and civil rights
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BY JEANINE MATLOW
Legal News
Sometimes one career lays a solid foun-
dation for another. That was the case for
Larysa Blysniuk, director of the Southeast
Michigan Senior Regional Collaborative in
Detroit. After working as an attorney for 10
years and then taking time off to
be with her children, she returned
to the workforce as the gover-
nance director for the United Way
for Southeastern Michigan.
“What an incredible introduc-
tion to the nonprofit sector,” says
Blysniuk, a graduate of Universi-
ty of Illinois College of Law.
Working at a nonprofit felt like
a continuation of the public inter-
est legal work she had done
throughout her career – legal aid, public
defender, guardian ad litem.
“I also soon saw the parallels between
nonprofit governance and my favorite sub-
ject, constitutional law,” says Blysniuk.
“Both value process, checks and balances,
transparency, accountability, and civic
engagement.”
Still, she says, working to address soci-
ety’s challenges was going to require some-
thing other than the “sum-zero-I-win-you-
loose” approach she had seen in the legal
profession. A long-term, hard-working col-
laborative approach was the only way to
tackle big issues, such as failing schools or
the aging adult population.
“My first involvement with nonprofit
collaborations – which I consider
a joint-venture with a social mis-
sion – was to structure how the
partners were going to work
together,” she explains. “Struc-
tures need to be supported by
actions and culture. So after I left
the United Way, I began working
with nonprofit collaborators not
only to create structures but also
to create collaborative thinking
and practices.”
Her legal skills continue to serve her
well.
“I like to think of myself as a nonprofit
leader with a legal edge,” she says. “When I
need to, I can put forth a tough argument
which is hard to dismiss.”
It’s also hard to dismiss the fact that the
nation is facing a huge demographic shift.
BLYSNIUK
Michigan leads nation in veterans treatment courts
On the eve of Veterans Day, Michigan Supreme Court Chief
Justice Robert P. Young Jr. kicked off a special event at the
Michigan Hall of Justice, welcoming attendees at the Veterans
Treatment Court Forum. Since 2012, the number of veterans
treatment courts has more than tripled – from 6 to 20 – and
Michigan has more of these problem-solving courts than any
other state.
Attendees at the forum included judges, administrators, vet-
eran mentors, and veteran graduates of this successful initiative
that helps veterans turn their lives around and avoid costly
incarceration. The program is part of a broader Supreme Court
strategy to help local trial courts implement best practices that
improve outcomes and service to the public.
“Veterans treatment courts are growing because they are
working,” said Young. “Today, we are seeing firsthand that this
initiative is saving lives and strengthening communities by
helping veterans rebuild productive lives with their families.”
“Military veterans accused of crimes often present unique
issues related to their military service. The veterans treatment
court is able to bring a variety of resources to the issues pre-
sented by the veteran charged with a crime, and more often
than not is able to redirect the veteran into the adoption of a
positive lifestyle,” said 54-B District Judge Richard Ball, who
presides over the Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court.
The Veterans Treatment Court Forum was hosted by the
Supreme Court to recognize and share the accomplishments of
these courts and their efforts to help Michigan veterans access
needed treatment. The forum held open dialogue workshops to
discuss topics such as suicide prevention, online veterans assis-
tance programs, and recruiting local mentors who are vital to
success of each veteran.
Michigan’s veterans treatment courts combine drug court
and mental health court principles to serve military veterans as
well as active-duty personnel. They promote sobriety, recovery,
and stability by offering alternatives to incarceration. Michigan
has 174 problem-solving courts that reach 97 percent of the
state population.
The veterans treatment courts efforts are strengthened by
the support of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health-
care networks, Veterans Benefits Administration, the Michigan
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, volunteer men-
tors, and organizations that support veterans and their families.
Impact of human trafficking focus of two-day event
(See BLYSNIUK, Page 3)
(See HUMAN TRAFFICKING, Page 2)
COURTS CLOSED
The Oakland County Circuit and Probate
Courts will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11, for
the Veterans Day.
• • •
All offices of the United States District
Court and the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
will be CLOSED on Tuesday, Nov. 11, for
the Veterans Day. In case of emergency, call
313-234-5656.
• • •
The Michigan Supreme Court, the Court
of Appeals, and the State Court Administra-
tive Office (SCAO) will be closed on Tues-
day, Nov. 11, for the Veterans Day.
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2. Michael K. Lee
Attorney Michael K. Lee,
passed away Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Born on Nov. 28, 1960, Lee
was a native and resident of the
City of Detroit. He was a gradu-
ate of Northwestern University
and the University of Texas at
Austin School of Law. He was
the president and CEO of Lee and
Associates, doing business as the
Law Offices of Lee & Correll in
Southfield.
Lee was a member of the State
Bar of Michigan, a member of the
Board of Directors of the Oakland
County Bar Association, and was
a Fellow of the Oakland County
Bar Foundation. He served as the
president of the Federal Bar Asso-
ciation, Eastern District of Michi-
gan Chapter. He was also a Fellow
of the Michigan State Bar Foun-
dation and a Fellow of the Ameri-
can Bar Foundation.
Visitation will take place
Thursday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. at the James H. Cole
Home for Funerals - Northwest
Chapel, 16100 Schaefer Hwy. in
Detroit.
Funeral service will take place
Friday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. at St.
Scholastica Parish, 17320 Rose-
mont Ave. in Detroit. Family hour
will begin at 10:30 a.m. Inter-
ment will be at Mt. Hope Memor-
ial Gardens, 17840 Middlebelt
Rd. in Livonia.
In lieu of floral tributes, the
family has requested donations be
made in Lee’s memory to the
Detroit Urban League's Workforce
and Youth Development Pro-
grams. Checks can be made
payable to the Detroit Urban
League, and mailed to 208 Mack
Avenue, Detroit, 48201. Dona-
tions can also be securely made
using credit cards online via
memberships at http://www.detur-
banleague.org.
Oakland County Legal News, Page 3TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014
CalendarM T W Th F S Su
BY ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Loretta Lynch was a federal pros-
ecutor in New York when she
encountered an astonishing case
of police brutality: the broomstick
sodomy of a Haitian immigrant in
a precinct bathroom.
The 1997 assault on Abner
Louima set off street protests,
frayed race relations and led to
one of the most important federal
civil rights cases of the past two
decades — with Lynch a key part
of the team that prosecuted offi-
cers accused in the beating or of
covering it up.
President Barack Obama’s
nomination of Lynch to be attor-
ney general comes as the depart-
ment she would take over contin-
ues to investigate the police shoot-
ing of an unarmed black 18-year-
old in Ferguson, Missouri and
seems partly intended to convey
the message that police miscon-
duct and civil rights will remain a
principal focus even after the
departure of Eric Holder.
If confirmed by the Senate,
Lynch would be the first black
woman in the job and would fol-
low the first black attorney gener-
al.
Lynch has overseen corruption,
terrorism and gang cases in her
years as a federal prosecutor. But
it’s her involvement some 15 years
ago in the Louima prosecution
that gave her high-profile experi-
ence in step with a core priority of
the Justice Department.
“It is certainly significant that
she has a personal history of
involvement in prosecuting police
misconduct,” said Samuel Bagen-
stos, the former No. 2 official in
the department’s civil rights divi-
sion. “Obviously that will be help-
ful, and probably suggests that
police misconduct cases will con-
tinue to be a priority of the Lynch
Justice Department just as they
were with the Holder Justice
Department.
Lawyers say Obama likely
selected Lynch, 55, the current
U.S. attorney for the Eastern Dis-
trict of New York, on the strength
of a varied career and stature
within the department.
“She has spent years in the
trenches as a prosecutor, aggres-
sively fighting terrorism, finan-
cial fraud, cybercrime, all while
vigorously defending civil rights,”
Obama said in introducing Lynch
at the White House ceremony Sat-
urday. He said her prosecution of
the officers in the Louima case
was “one of her proudest achieve-
ments.”
But there’s also no doubt that
selecting someone with civil
rights experience could reaffirm
the government’s commitment to
that cause. That figures to be an
especially important signal to
send as community members in
Ferguson brace for the real
prospect that state and federal
investigations into the shooting
death of Michael Brown will
close without criminal charges,
outcomes that could disillusion
civil rights activists and commu-
nity members.
Holder has said he expects the
federal investigation to conclude
before he resigns, but Lynch still
would inherit a civil rights probe
into the practices of the entire Fer-
guson Police Department.
That investigation is one of
roughly 20 that the Justice
Department has initiated into
troubled police departments in the
past five years, more than twice
the number undertaken in the five
years before that. Those cases are
part of a broader civil rights push
— including challenging strict
state voter identification laws and
promoting changes in how federal
prosecutors negotiate sentences
— likely to help shape Holder’s
legacy.
Holder’s supporters expect
Lynch to continue that work,
though her experience in two dif-
ferent stints as U.S. attorney goes
well beyond that.
Her office, which encompasses
Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island
and Staten Island, won convic-
tions in a thwarted plot to bomb
the city’s subway system, success-
fully prosecuted a New York state
assemblyman caught accepting
bribes in a sting operation and,
more recently, filed tax evasion
charges against Republican Rep.
Michael Grimm. She’s also
worked closely with Justice
Department leadership by heading
a U.S. attorneys committee that
advises Holder on policy.
But it was the case of Louima,
tortured with a broken broomstick
on a bathroom floor, that elevated
her profile. In a Senate question-
naire for the job of U.S. attorney,
she placed the case second —
behind only a sexual harassment
matter involving a city council-
man — in a list of the most signif-
icant cases she personally han-
dled.
Brooklyn District Attorney
Kenneth Thompson, a trial team
member, recalled how Lynch gen-
erously gave him — a more junior
prosecutor — the responsibility of
delivering opening statements
while she worked to craft the
strategy that would be presented
to the jury.
During the first trial in 1999,
which ended with mixed verdicts,
the prosecution team hammered
the officers for hiding behind a
“blue wall of silence.”
“Don’t let these defendants
push us back to the day when
police officers could beat people
with impunity, and arrest people
for no reason and lie about it to
cover it up,” she told jurors.
Alan Vinegrad, who succeeded
Lynch as U.S. attorney for the
Eastern District and worked
alongside her on the Louima case,
recalled her as a diligent and thor-
ough prosecutor who made a
compelling final argument to the
jury.
“She had to get up and respond
to all the arguments of five differ-
ent lawyers made over a day about
why all their clients were not
guilty of anything,” Vinegrad said.
“She had to pretty quickly decide,
‘OK, what are the important argu-
ments. How do I respond to them
persuasively?’”
Lynch was U.S. attorney from
1999 to 2001, as the Louima case
slogged through the courts on
appeals and new trials. She left
for private practice before being
nominated in 2010, this time by
Obama, to run the office again.
Lynch, who grew up in
Greensboro, North Carolina,
“rode on her father’s shoulders to
his church, where students would
meet to organize anti-segregation
boycotts,” Obama said. “She was
inspired by stories about her
grandfather, a sharecropper in the
1930s, who helped folks in his
community who got in trouble
with the law and had no recourse
under the Jim Crow system.”
The president said Lynch “has
spent her life fighting for fair and
equal justice that is the foundation
of our democracy.”
AG pick Lynch called
strong civil rights defender
By 2030, Blysniuk says one in
four households in Southeast
Michigan will have a household
member who is 60 or older.
Those who are 85 and older are
the fastest growing population in
the state.
The Southeast Michigan
Senior Regional Collaborative
(SRC) consists of 25 nonprofits
that serve these older adults. The
organizations came together in
2008 to develop a coordinated
advocacy approach, programs
and systems to address the demo-
graphic shift. Services include
everything from meals to yard
maintenance.
“The SRC, which collectively
serves over 200,000 older adults,
wants Southeast Michigan to be a
place where people of all ages
choose to live and live well,”
Blysniuk says.
“The SRC believes that the
continued growth and revitaliza-
tion of the region depend on our
communities’ ability to both sup-
port our older residents’ ability to
live vibrant, safe and healthy
lives as well as prepare ourselves
to meet their challenges, wherev-
er they may be in their life’s jour-
ney.”
Tina Abbate Marzolf, CEO of
Area Agency on Aging 1-B in
Southfield, which works to
enhance the lives of older adults
and adults with disabilities, is a
colleague who has nothing but
praise for Blysniuk.
“She is very professional and
very well read; she does quite a
bit of research and she is a good
communicator,” Marzolf says.
“She’s always looking for oppor-
tunities to be innovative. She’s an
enjoyable person to work with
and she really likes what she
does. She works hard and that
really shows.
“As a person who really cares
about older adults, I’m really
grateful to see someone dedicate
their talents to that arena and
connect to that population,” Mar-
zolf adds. “It’s a really important
field and I’m glad that she chose
this. I have a lot of respect for
her.”
Outside of work, Blysniuk has
been known to belt out a few
tunes on the karaoke machine she
bought for her “daughter” for
Christmas. She also reaches out
to a younger crowd.
“I have volunteered as a
preschool teacher for the past
nine years, which helps me stay
creative and playful when work-
ing to find solutions to big prob-
lems,” she says. “I am fairly cer-
tain that Play-Doh and ‘circle
time’ can solve all the world’s
problems.”
(Continued from page 1)
BLYSNIUK:
Older adults getting help
Michael K. Lee
Obituary
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1 Fix, as an
election
4 Mountaineer’s
undertaking
9 Oktoberfest
exclamation
14 Swiss river
15 Fisher with a pot
16 Show one’s sorry
(for)
17 Lt.’s inferior
18 Hoist
19 Out-and-out
20 Oktoberfest
exclamation
23 Opening of a play
24 Amped
28 Oktoberfest
exclamation
31 Metro stop: Abbr.
32 Vegetarian’s
protein source
33 ___ Vegas
34 Joe of “Casino”
36 Access the
Internet, say
37 Oktoberfest
exclamation
39 Mother hen’s
charges
42 Zones
43 Size of an idiot’s
brain, jokingly
46 Flight-related
prefix
47 TV channel often
on in airports
48 Oktoberfest
exclamation
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53 Oktoberfest
exclamation
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62 Time in history
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64 Hedren of
Hitchcock’s
“The Birds”
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48- or 53-Across
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e.g.
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1 Klugman’s
co-star on “The
Odd Couple”
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Chrysler, 1978-
92
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(Supreme Court
phrase)
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wives
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you?”
7 See-through
stocking material
8 Recess
9 Impertinent
10 With nowhere to
go but down
11 Auction grouping
12 Arles article
13 German
magazine ___
Spiegel
21 Actress Vardalos
22 ___ cozy
25 Follow
relentlessly
26 Martian’s craft,
say
27 Many a “?” clue
in a crossword
29 Apple music
player
30 Encountered
31 Derision
35 All-stars
36 Sot
37 Enthusiastic
supporters
38 Cul-de-___
39 Prada product
40 Old car that’s
an anagram of
41-Down
41 Refinery input
43 Some rabbit food
44 Land on the Red
Sea
45 Paver’s supply
47 Low isle
49 That: Sp.
51 Claude who
painted “Water
Lilies”
54 The “U” of
C.P.U.
55 Offensive-
smelling
56 Bill Clinton’s
Arkansas
birthplace
57 Sooner city
58 Insurance
worker: Abbr.
59 Fierce sort,
astrologically
60 ___ pickle
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November
12 Legal Aid and Defender Association 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 Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 9
a.m. to noon at Detroit Veterans Center, 2770 Park
Ave. 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 ser-
vices can call 877-964-4700 or visit
http://www.ladadetroit.org.
13 Area investment advisors, registered represen-
tatives, and trust officers are invited to join Miller
Canfield securities lawyer Michael P. Coakley at the
next Before the Bell Breakfast Forum titled “Pro-
tecting Customer Accounts, Information, Identity,
and Seniors.” The forum will take place on Thurs-
day, Nov. 13, 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, invest-
ment advisors, and trust officers. Advance reserva-
tions are required. To register, visit www.millercan-
field.com and click on “events.” For additional infor-
mation, call Sandy Bera at 248-267-3345.
13 The State Bar of Michigan Practice Manage-
ment Resource Center will present a solo and small
firm seminar called “Bootcamp: Starting a 21st
Century Law Firm” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Nov. 13, at Western Michigan University
Cooley Law School’s Auburn Hills campus located
at 2630 Featherstone in Auburn Hills. The seminar
costs $150 to attend, and will include lunch and a
copy of the American Bar Association book “Flying
Solo” (a $99 value). For additional information about
the event or to register, visit
http://www.michbar.org/pmrc/bootcamp_susskind.cf
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13 Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F.
Cavanagh will be honored for his exemplary service on
the bench at the Michigan Irish American Chamber
of Commerce second annual gala on Thursday, Nov.
13. The event, featuring retired Judge James L. Ryan as
master of ceremonies, will take place at the Gaelic
League, 2068 Michigan Ave. in Detroit. Cocktails start
at 5:30 p.m. with dinner catered by Slows Bar-B-Q at 6
o’clock followed by a presentation at 7. Tickets are $30
per person and only 200 are available for purchase. For
more information about the 2nd annual MIACC
Gala, tribute to Supreme Court Justice, Michael F.
Cavanagh, call 231-590-0003 or visit www.michi-
ganirishchamber.com.
13 Western Michigan University Cooley Law
School’s Auburn Hills campus will host an open
house for prospective students and their guests on
Thursday, Nov. 13, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The open
house will include a question and answer panel with
students and alumni, a discussion with the dean and
faculty, information about academic programs and
scholarships, and campus tours. The WMU-Cooley
Law School Auburn Hills campus is located at 2630
Featherstone Road, Auburn Hills. Additional infor-
mation about this event, including sign up informa-
tion, is available at www.cooley.edu/openhouses.
13The Western Michigan University Cooley Law
School will present its 2014 Annual Law Review
Symposium on “The Changing Face of Law: What
Innovative Attorneys Are Doing Today to Suc-
ceed” on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. at
WMU-Cooley Law School Cooley Center Lobby,
300 S. Capitol Ave. in Lansing. The symposium will
feature a discussion about how attorneys have been
able to capitalize on today’s economic and business
challenges by changing the thinking and dynamics of
how the law practice runs. For additional informa-
tion on the symposium, visit www.cooley.edu/lawre-
view/.
14 Legal Aid and Defender Association 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, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at Brightmoor Health Outreach Collabora-
tive, 13624 Stout St. Attendees are asked to register
before 11 a.m., as a LAD attorney will assist only
those persons who have done so by that time. Any-
one seeking legal services can call 877-964-4700 or
visit http://www.ladadetroit.org.
14 Legal Aid and Defender Association 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, from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday,
Nov. 14, at the Oakland Livingston Human Service
Agency, 1956 Hilton Road in Ferndale. Attendees
are asked to register before 10 a.m., as a LAD attor-
ney 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.
18The State Bar of Michigan Intellectual Proper-
ty Law Section and Pro Bono Initiative will launch
the Michigan Patent Pro Bono Project at a recep-
tion starting at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Eli-
jah J. McCoy United States Patent & Trademark
Office, located at 300 S. River Place South, Suite
2900 in Detroit. The Michigan Patent Pro Bono Pro-
ject will connect low-income Michigan inventors
with Michigan patent professionals for patent prepa-
ration and prosecution legal services on a pro bono
basis, in order to enable the low-income inventors to
protect their patents. The program is being estab-
lished as part of a nation-wide initiative of the U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office, as the result of the
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. For additional
information about the event, visit http://www.mich-
bar.org/ip/home.cfm. Registration is not required, but
is requested. Contact SBM Pro Bono Counsel Rob
Mathis at rmathis@mail.michbar.org to register.
18 The Oakland County Bar Association’s Crimi-
nal Law Committee continues its Anatomy of a
Criminal Case – Year XVI brown bag lunch lecture
series with “Expert Witness Cross Examination
and the Daubert Hearing” featuring Charles D.
Toby on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. at the Oakland County Bar Center in Bloom-
field Hills. The pre-registration fee for OCBA mem-
bers is $10 per lecture. The seminar fee for all walk-
ins, non-members and video viewers is $20 per semi-
nar. For additional information or to register, call
248-334-3400 or visit www.ocba.org.
18 Legal Aid and Defender Association 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, from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday,
Nov. 18, at Oakland Livingston Human Services
Agency, 196 Cesar E. Chavez Ave. in Pontiac.
Attendees are asked to bring copies of their docu-
ments and 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.
19 Legal Aid and Defender Association 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 Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 9
a.m. to noon at the Tumaini Center, 3430 Third Ave.
in Detroit. Attendees are asked to bring copies of
their documents and register before 10 a.m. as a
LAD attorney will assist only those persons who
have done so by that time. Anyone seeking legal ser-
vices can call 877-964-4700 or visit
http://www.ladadetroit.org.
19 Legal Aid and Defender Association 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 Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 1 to
4 p.m. at Mack Alive Inc. Community Resource
Center, 3746 Fischer St. in Detroit. Attendees are
asked to bring copies of their documents and register
before 2 p.m. as a LAD attorney will assist only
those persons who have done so by that time. Any-
one seeking legal services can call 877-964-4700 or
visit http://www.ladadetroit.org.
20The Federal Bar Association, Eastern District
of Michigan Chapter, and the Historical Society of
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
of Michigan will host the annual Rakow/Rom/His-
torical Society Luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 20,
beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Historic Westin Book
Cadillac Hotel on Washington Blvd. in downtown
Detroit. For additional information, or to register for
the event, visit www.fbamich.org and click on “FBA
Events.”
20The State Bar of Michigan Business Law Sec-
tion’s Commercial Litigation Committee, In-House
Counsel Committee, and Small Business Forum will
present a seminar, “Governmental and Internal
Investigations: What In-House and Outside Coun-
sel Need to Know,” from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Thurs-
day, Nov. 20, at the Columbia Center located at 101
W. Big Beaver Road in Troy. The fee to attend is $25
and registration is required by Nov. 13. The event
will include a light supper. For additional informa-
tion about the panel discussion, visit
http://www.michbar.org/business/calendar.cfm or
call 248-953-9022.
20 Legal Aid and Defender Association Inc.
(LAD) will conduct a free outreach clinic on civil
legal services for participants of Cody Rouge Family
Connect on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. at Don Bosco Hall, 19321 W. Chicago St. in
Detroit. Attendees are asked to register before 11
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
http://www.ladadetroit.org.
21 Legal Aid and Defender Association 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, from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday,
Nov. 21, 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 have done so by that time. For
additional information, call LAD’s Macomb County
office in Mount Clemens at 586-465-1344.
26 Legal Aid and Defender Association Inc.
(LAD) will conduct a free outreach clinic on civil
legal services for residents of the Coalition On Tem-
porary Shelter (COTS), 26 Peterboro St., on Wednes-
day, Nov. 26, 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
877-964-4700 or visit http://www.ladadetroit.org.
December
1 Legal Aid and Defender Association Inc. (LAD)
will conduct a free outreach clinic on civil legal ser-
vices for income-eligible residents of Macomb, Oak-
land, and Wayne counties, including the city of
Detroit, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, at the
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social
Services (ACCESS), 6451 Schaefer Road in Dear-
born. Attendees are asked to register before 2 p.m.
as a LAD attorney will assist only those persons who
have done so by that time. For additional informa-
tion, contact LAD staff attorney Mayada Saroki at
313-967-5801.
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