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Michael Cassar
joined the Lansing office of Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC as a member of the firm’s Finance, Real Estate and Bankruptcy, and Employer Services practice groups.
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Rachel Roe
has been named vice president and general counsel of Munson Healthcare, a nine hospital healthcare system located in Traverse City, Michigan.
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Lindsay Abramson
has been named superior court commissioner for Maricopa County, Arizona. She previously worked with the Maricopa County Public Defender Office since 2007.
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Robert D. Wolford
has been elected managing member of Miller Johnson. Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, he will oversee management of the firm and lead strategic initiatives along with Craig Lubben.
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Terry Bonnette
delivered a presentation on “Social Media and Patients’ Rights” at the Health Care Association of Michigan and Michigan Center for Assisted Living Annual Convention in September in Grand Rapids. He also presented “Managing Religious Discrimination Claims” in July in Pittsburgh. Bonnette is a partner with Nemeth Law.
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Jill Bloom
has been promoted to partner of Fragomen Worldwide. She advises corporate clients in various industries on all aspects of business immigration law, including nonimmigrant visas, permanent residency with a focus on PERM, expatriate assignments, strategic compliance, and immigration support for corporate restructuring. She also advises on a wide range of family-based immigration issues. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
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Leslie A. Rojas
has been appointed to the governing council of the State Bar of Michigan’s Health Care Law Section. She also was elected to serve a second year as a member of both the Medical Legal and Technology Subcommittees for the section. Rojas is an attorney with Plunkett Cooney.
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Jeffrey M. Schroder
has been appointed to the governing council of the State Bar of Michigan’s Health Care Law Section. He also was elected chair of the Legislative Committee for the Health Care Law Section. Schroder is an attorney with Plunkett Cooney.
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Paul Isso
of the Tempe, Arizona law firm, The Isso Law Firm PLLC, has added the area of personal injury law to its practice, and the firm now accepts personal injury cases -- ranging from slip and fall matters to auto accident cases. The firm previously was primarily a criminal defense practice.
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Alicia Skillman
was appointed by the Board of Ethics of the City of Detroit as its executive director. Skillman runs day to day operations that support the mission of the ethics board, which is to ensure that governmental decisions are made in the public's best interest by prohibiting public servants from participating in matters that affect their personal or financial interests.
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Nate Fink
was named one of Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Up and Coming Lawyers” for 2017.
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Darryl L. Edwards
was appointed as an administrative judge for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Charlotte, NC. Edwards' previous role with the EEOC was senior trial attorney. He joined the agency in September 2007 through its Honors Program for recent law school graduates.
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Emily Thomas (2012)
was the subject of a feature story for Reiter & Walsh PC where she is a birth injury attorney. In the story, Thomas talks about how Wayne Law prepared her for her career. You can read the full story
here. She earned her bachelor's degree from Michigan State University.
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Kathryn J. Humphrey
member of Dykema Gossett PLLC in Detroit, spoke to students in Professor Laura Bartell's Effective Oral Communication for Lawyers Seminar. Humphrey is chair of the Wayne Law Board of Visitors.