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Matthew Tavi (2017)
joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a senior associate focusing on International Corporate Taxation matters.
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Portia L. Roberson (1993)
was appointed by the governor to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. Roberson is the CEO of Focus: HOPE. She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan.
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Jacquelyn McClinton (2004)
was appointed by the governor to the 36th District Court in Detroit. McClinton previously currently serves as an administrative law judge with the State of Michigan. She earned her master’s in dispute resolution from Wayne State University.
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Anna Frushour (2009)
was appointed by the governor to the 14A District Court in Ann Arbor. Frushour is a partner with Reiser & Frushour, PLLC and a private practice attorney with Frushour Law, PLLC. She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan.
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John Gaviglio (2014)
was featured in the Detroit Legal News "
Get to Know John Gaviglio." The profile highlights his time at Wayne Law, his career as a member at Frost Brown Todd and what inspired him to study law.
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Heather J. E. Simmons (1985)
started a new position as Associate director for instruction and access services at the University of Georgia’s Alexander Campbell King Law Library. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Michigan.
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Jill M. Simms (2005)
was appointed by the governor to the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (Children’s Trust Fund.) Simms is an assistant prosecuting attorney for the Marquette County Prosecutor’s office and an instructor at the Northern Michigan University Regional Police Academy.
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Brian L. Mackie (1975)
was appointed by the governor to the Crime Victim Services Commission as chairperson. Mackie is the prosecuting attorney for Washtenaw County.
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Kerry Lynn Rhoads (1996)
was appointed to the State Bar of Michigan Professional Ethics Committee. Rhoads is a shareholder in the Michigan office of Segal, McCambridge, Singer and Mahoney. She earned her bachelor’s from Michigan State University.
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Michael A. Osman (2014)
joined the Transportation Law Practice Group of Plunkett Cooney as an associate. He earned his bachelor’s from Wayne State University.
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Jennifer Sabourin (1999)
was appointed as the program vice-chair for the American Employment Law Council, followed by a two-year term as program chair. Sabourin is principal and Employment and Labor Deputy group leader in the Detroit office of Miller Canfield. She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
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Nhan Ho (2018)
was appointed to the editorial board of the American Bar Association's Litigation News. She was also chosen to participate in the Young Lawyer Division Fellowship Program of the ABA Labor and Employment Law Section and was appointed as a Younger Lawyers' Division Fellow to the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee for a two-year term ending in August 2021. Ho is an associate in the Detroit office of Miller Canfield. She earned her bachelor’s from Brigham Young University.
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Michelle Crockett (2000)
was elected to serve as chair of the Michigan Community Resources Board of Directors and was honored with the Trailblazer Award by the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association. Crockett is hiring chair and diversity and professional development principal in the Detroit office of Miller Canfield.
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Rachael Kohl (2014)
joined the University of Michigan Law School as a clinical assistant professor and director of the Workers' Rights Clinic. Prior to joining the university, Kohl was an attorney at Pitt, McGehee, Palmer & Rivers, PC. She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan.
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Michael Stevenson (1984)
joined Labaton Sucharow LLP as partner in its Whistleblower Representation Practice. Prior to this role, Stevenson was deputy general counsel of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He earned his bachelor’s from Michigan State University.
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Jennifer Lord (1992)
was a participant at a litigators artificial intelligence workshop sponsored by the Amsterdam-based Digital Freedom Fund (DFF) and the AI Now Institute at NYU Law School. The event, held in Berlin, included digital rights attorneys from the U.S., Europe and Latin America. Lord is partner with Pitt, McGehee, Palmer & Rivers and earned her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan.
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Katelyn M. Young (2018)
was honored by the Detroit Bar Association (DBA) at the recent 2019 Archer Awards program held at the Detroit Yacht Club. Young, of Bodman’s Detroit office, was honored as a recipient of a DBA Pro Bono Award, which recognizes attorneys who have made outstanding contributions to pro bono and community service initiatives.
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Anne M. Yantus (1986)
has joined Bodman PLC as pro bono counsel. In this role Yantus will coordinate all aspects of Bodman’s pro bono program in conjunction with the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Yantus earned her bachelor’s from Wayne State University.
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Alyia Marie Hakim (2006)
was appointed by the governor to the Macomb County 39th District Court of the cities of Roseville and Fraser. Hakim is a partner attorney with Hakim and Hakim PLLC, and of counsel for Aloia and Associates PC.
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Kathryn Kaleth (2019)
joined Dawda, Mann, Mulcahy and Sadler PLC as an associate. Her practice will focus on real estate, business transactions and environmental law. She earned her bachelor’s from Michigan State University.
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Michael W. Stephenson (1993)
was awarded the Ingham County Bar Association’s Leo A. Farhat outstanding Attorney Award on Nov. 14. The award is given to a member of ICBA who has “distinguished himself or herself by manifesting exemplary character, integrity, judgement and legal scholarship while adhering to and advancing the highest principals and traditions of the legal profession.” Stephenson is a partner at Willingham Coté PC and he earned his bachelor’s from Michigan State University.
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Danielle Russo Bennetts (2003)
was appointed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel ’94, to lead the AG department’s Cold Case Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Unit. Prior to this role, she served as director of the Violence Against Women Project for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan. Russo Bennetts earned her bachelor’s from Wayne State University.
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Deborah Brouwer (1980)
was recognized in Crain’s Detroit Business’ 2019 Notable Women in Law. Brouwer is partner at Nemeth Law PC. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Michigan.
