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Ronald Sangster (1986)
spoke at the Detroit Bar Association/ Wayne County Circuit Court Bench Bar Conference with Wayne Law Adjunct Professor Wayne Miller. They discussed the recent amendments to Michigan's no-fault insurance law, and how it significantly affects no-fault jurisprudence in this state. Sangster is and adjunct professor at WMU-Cooley Law School.
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Debra Lynn Morison (LL.M., 1996)
was appointed to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Commission by the governor. Morison is the staff attorney and administrative law examiner for the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. She earned her juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.
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Julie A. Petrik (1992)
was appointed to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Commission by the governor. Petrik is a senior attorney with the Lyngklip and Associates Consumer Law Center.
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Neal A. Young (1990)
was appointed to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Commission by the governor. Young is the new business development manager for UM Wireless and an independent contractor and of counsel with Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers.
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Daryl Royal (1981)
was appointed to the Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission by the governor. Royal is a private practice attorney who handles workers’ compensation appeals at all levels, and a confidential intermediary for the Wayne County Circuit Court Family Division. He earned his bachelor’s from Michigan State University.
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Granner Ries (1978)
was appointed to the Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission by the governor. Ries is a private practice attorney who represents employees in workers’ compensation matters at trial and on appeal.
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Phaedra Wainaina (2017)
was named to Michigan Chronicle’s 40 Under 40. She is the Detroit executive director of Vehicles for Change. She earned her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and is pursuing her MBA at WSU’s Mike Ilitch School of Business.
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Dana Nessel (1994)
is being awarded the Frank J. Kelley Consumer Advocacy Award by the Consumer Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan for her decisive actions on multiple consumer issues facing Michigan.
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Kelly Carter (2015)
was selected as a fellow for the Chicago Urban League's IMPACT Leadership Development Program Class of 2020. The program is an intensive, nine-month program that helps African American professionals advance in their careers while building a more diverse pipeline of leaders across Chicago. Carter is associate managing director for CIBC US and earned her bachelor’s from Central Michigan University.
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Brant A. Losinski (2019)
joined Tishkoff PLC as an associate attorney. He earned his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and master’s from the University of Michigan-Flint.
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Dandridge Floyd (2008)
was named one of Crain's Detroit Business' 40 Under Forty. Floyd is assistant superintendent of human relations and labor relations for Oakland Schools - Michigan.
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Michael S. Khoury (1982)
was listed in the Best Lawyers in America for 2020 in the Information Technology category and was named the 2019 Information Technology Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. Khoury, a partner in the Detroit office of FisherBroyles, earned his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan
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Jennifer Sabourin (1999)
was elected by her national peers as a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Sabourin is a principal and employment and labor deputy group leader at Miller Canfield. She earned her bachelor’s from University of Michigan-Dearborn.
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Brandon Davis (2010)
was named interim director of the city of Grand Rapid’s new Office of Oversight and Public Accountability. Davis previously served as a senior labor relations specialist for the city since 2018. He earned his bachelor’s from Central Michigan University.
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Eric Lark (1991)
was named the recipient of the 14th Annual Stephen H. Schulman Outstanding Business Lawyer Award by the State Bar of Michigan’s Business Law Section. Lark is a member at Kerr Russell and Weber in Detroit. He earned his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan.
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Tanya Nava (2010)
joined the Legislative Services Bureau as legal counsel. She earned her bachelor’s from Oakland University and master’s from Walsh College.
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Samuel R. Charara (2018)
joined Miller Canfield's Intellectual Property Group in the firm’s Detroit office. Charara is an associate at the firm. He earned his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan.
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Bonsitu Kitaba (2014)
was named deputy legal director for the ACLU of Michigan. Kitaba earned her bachelor’s from the University of Toronto.
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Lisa A. Goodman (2003)
was appointed executive professor and director of the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas. She previously served as associate law librarian at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School. Goodman received her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University, and M.L.I.S. from Wayne State University.
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Miriam Blanks-Smart (1989)
was appointed to serve as the chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) for 2019-20. Blanks-Smart is the executive director of the city of Detroit’s Department of Appeals and Hearings. She earned her bachelor’s from Western Michigan University.
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Robert Murkowski (2009)
was elected secretary/treasurer of the Detroit Bar Association for 2019. Murkowski will be president of the Detroit Bar Association in 2021. He is principal at Miller Canfield and earned his bachelor’s from Eastern Michigan University.
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Robert Stead (1984)
will serve as managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s new office in Southfield. He is also managing partner of the firm’s Grand Rapids office. Stead earned his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and LL.M. from New York University School of Law.
