Michigan Lawyers Weekly articles from October 2006

Michigan Lawyers Weekly archives from October 2006

'Test' for justices is results-oriented.(Robert Garvey on judicial process )
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: In his letter to the editor, Robert Garvey makes the point that courts are not to have political agendas, and he is absolutely correct. (See, "Are justices' personal attacks...

Certain jury 'reforms' are radical, untested.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: Your recent article regarding the Michigan Supreme Court's proposed changes to trial rules, failed to tell the whole story about these proposals and the response of the State Bar...

Save Michigan citizens' jury trial right.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: As the legal community discusses the Michigan Supreme Court's proposed jury reforms, let us not be distracted from the real point: Michigan courts are doing away with the right to a...

Pre-'Halbert' plea not waiver of right to appointed appellate counsel.(People v. James)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Todd C. Berg Criminal law update You can't give away what you don't have. That was essentially the point the Michigan Court of Appeals made recently when it held that guilty-pleading, indigent criminal defendants could not...

The ticking legal-malpractice clock.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Molly F. Dilbeck, J.D. Legal malpractice update When is it too late to sue a lawyer for legal malpractice? Even though the language of MCL 600.5838(1) is seemingly clear in its statement that a malpractice claim "accrues at...

Commentary: Outsourcing attorneys.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Molly F. Dilbeck, J.D. Managing your practice You've been there. Your computer inexplicably stopped working, and now you have to call the 1-800 number to figure out just what is the matter. When your call is answered, you find...

MI Lawyers in the News: October 2, 2006.(American Bar Association appoints Robert E.L. Wright, Jerome Reide)(State Bar of Michigan elects Todd S. Selin, Frederick B. Plumb)(Marietta S. Robinson awarded )
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Robert E.L. Wright has been appointed to a one-year term as co-chair of the Standing Committee on ADR Practice Management, Business and Skills Development for the American Bar...

MI Attorney Discipline Board Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Client Funds Misappropriation - License Revoked Where respondent directed his secretary to deposit client funds into his office account rather than a client trust fund, then used the funds to...

MI Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Procedure MCR 2.116(C)(6) - Effect Of Action Filed In Other State The filing of a declaratory action in New York involving an insurance coverage dispute between the same parties and...

MI Court of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Commercial Law Dispute - Res Judicata An arbitration panel in this guaranty dispute did not exceed its authority by awarding interest on the outstanding principal and making an...

MI Court of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Armed Robbery; Habitual Offender, Third Offense. Ineffective Assistance. "We reject defendant's related argument that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because...

MI Supreme Court Orders Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Orders ADM File No. 2002-09 Administrative Order No. 2006-7 Interactive Video Proceedings (Family Division of Circuit Court and Probate Court) On order of the Court,...

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Fourth Amendment - Child Witness Because defendant in this case involving child sexual abuse was arrested based on a 3-year-old child's allegations to his mother, he was arrested...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.(Nelson, et al. v. Gowdy)(Wickman v. Northwestern National Insurance Co.)(Monroe Bank and Trust v. Pinnock)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Conversion From Chapter 11 To 7 - No Absolute Right 11 U.S.C. Sect. 1112(a) does not give the debtors in this case an absolute right of conversion from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7...

U.S. District Court Western District Case Summaries: October 2, 2006.(Schreiber v. Moe, et al)(Ardingo v. Potter, et al.)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Rights Section 1983 - Police Brutality Claims Although the bulk of plaintiff's excessive-force and related claims against a city and a police officer are dismissed, a claim that...

Commentary: Looming Medicaid changes create a cause for concern.
October 2, 2006... Byline: Danielle Mayoras and Don Rosenberg Every so often, Congress changes the rules of Medicaid eligibility for nursing home coverage. In recent years, the rules have been relatively stable, with no changes in federal law since 1993. ...

Verdicts & Settlements October 2, 2006: Birth trauma lawsuit nets $2M settlement.(medical malpractice case)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff was 32 years old. In a prior pregnancy two years earlier, she had tested positive for Group B strep, and was given antibiotics when she was in labor. After delivery, her baby developed a...

Verdicts & Settlements: October 2, 2006: Environmental contamination claim settles for $1.2M.(Koszewski-Jones v. General Motors Corp.)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The case, involving about 300 property owners who lived near a former General Motors plant, was resolved through facilitative mediation. General Motors was operating the plant when an underground...

Verdicts & Settlements: October 2, 2006: Dramshop action results in 'no cause' verdict.(Smith v. American Legion Sauk Trail Post No. 246)(assault and battery case)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff In this Dramshop/assault and battery case, the plaintiff's trial testimony was effectively impeached with his prior testimony under oath at the preliminary examination and criminal trial of the...

Michigan Supreme Court Orders: October 9, 2006.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorney Discipline Matters Thomas v. Attorney Grievance Comm'n. SC: 131019; AGC: 3204/05. On the order of the Court, the complaint for superintending control is considered, and relief is DENIED,...

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: October 9, 2006.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Consumer Law Cable Communications Policy Act - Subscriber Privacy The Cable Communication Policy Act does not provide a cause of action against a cable television operator accused of collecting...

Commentary: What practitioners should know about music licensing.
October 9, 2006... Byline: James A. Johnson To understand music licensing requires knowledge of copyright law. A copyright vests as soon as an original work of authorship is fixed in any tangible medium of expression. (See, 17 U.S.C. Sect. 102(a).) ...

Verdicts & Settlements October 9, 2006: Birth trauma case settles for $987K.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff treated prenatally for her first pregnancy with a doctor at the community hospital OB/GYN clinic. Everything was normal prenatally. The plaintiff was seen by the doctor on July 29,...

Verdicts & Settlements October 9, 2006: $152K verdict for attendant care benefits.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff was injured in a freak accident in 1999 when his car was struck by a Detroit Edison power line that had disengaged from its moorings. He developed Parkinson's-like symptoms, along with...

Verdicts & Settlements October 9, 2006: Plaintiff hit by car gets $210K settlement.(Ullius v. Narita)
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff On Jan. 15, 2004, at 8:30 a.m., the 24-year-old plaintiff was walking in the road along the curbed edge of Huron River Drive in Ypsilanti as there were no sidewalks in the immediate area and six inches...

Open letter to President George W. Bush.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Jesse M. Reiter Dear President Bush, For years you have attacked lawyers and our civil justice system for a so called "lawsuit crisis," which you claim is causing insurance premiums to skyrocket and hurting the economy....

Blunt look at 'climate' of indigent defense.(Letter to the editor)
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: I can't tell you how excited I am about Barry Scheck — a man whose work I greatly respect — giving a speech to the State Bar of Michigan, and his assertion that it would...

'Unrestrained rhetoric' order of the day for MSC.(Letter to the editor)
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: To one who has followed the fortunes of the Michigan Supreme Court for 55 years, and always thought of it as brass ring of the legal profession, reading your editorial criticism...

A 'modest' proposal for selecting justices.(Letter to the editor)
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: I am finding it difficult to keep track of the number of cases overruled by my Supreme Court. I know that Justice Michael Cavanagh has attempted to count them on a couple of...

Relying on jury trial demands.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Molly F. Dilbeck, J.D. Circuit Court Report Reliance on a plaintiff's demand for a jury trial may not be enough to secure the same for a defaulting defendant. Kent County Circuit Court Judge Dennis C. Kolenda made this...

'Objectively manifested' standard gets post-'Kreiner' makeover.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Todd C. Berg, Esq. "Medically measurable"? "Medically identifiable"? "Medically documented"? "None of the above" is the answer if one is asking about the standard for determining whether an impairment is "objectively...

The value of attendant care.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Molly F. Dilbeck, J.D. Verdicts & Settlements Plus What is the reasonable rate for attendant care? An Oakland County Circuit Court verdict in the amount of $152,496 seems to suggest the healthcare agency rate is not it. ...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: October 9, 2006.(Charles M. Lax joins American College of Employee Benefits Council)(Julie I. Fershtman joins American Bar Association)(Stephen Calkins of Wayne State University receives award)
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Antoinette M. Pilzner has been reappointed to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Employee Benefits Committee for a one-year term. Pilzner, a shareholder with Butzel Long, focuses her...

Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Case Summaries: October 9, 2006.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff IOLTA Violation Misappropriated Funds - Suspension Where an attorney mishandled client funds by cashing the client's check instead of depositing it in his firm's client trust account, we...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: October 9, 2006.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Procedure Forum-Selection Clause - Enforcement A trial court's dismissal of a case pursuant to a contractual forum-selection clause is reviewed de novo, and in this dispute arising from...

Michigan Court of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: October 9, 2006.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Evidence - Not Precluded The arbitrator's decision to bifurcate consideration of liability and damages in this contract case did not result in the preclusion of evidence that...

Michigan Court of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: October 9, 2006.
October 9, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Armed Robbery; Assault With Intent to Rob While Armed; Assault With Intent To Murder; Felony Firearm. Double Jeopardy. "Defendant first contends that because the armed robbery...

Two years after Michigan Supreme Court's 'bombshell' opinion in Kreiner v. Fischer.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Todd C. Berg, Esq. Two Years After 'Kreiner' Ten out of 154. For those keeping score, that's how many times plaintiffs on appeal have successfully made their case for "serious impairment of body function" since the...

You thought you knew how to cross-examine, didn't you?
October 16, 2006... Byline: Molly F. Dilbeck, J.D. In The Courtroom "From now on, every time something comes out of your mouth that's worded as a statement, I'm fining you $100. Is that clear?" What 34th District Court Judge Brian A. Oakley was...

6th Circuit rules no probable cause necessary to 'search' license plate number.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, J.D. When Curtis Ellison ran into the store, leaving his companion and his van to idle in the fire lane, he probably never imagined that shortly thereafter he would be arrested and charged with a felony. But...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: October 16, 2006.(Damon J. Keith receives award)(Fred M. Mester receives award)(Kenneth J. Seavoy from Kendricks, Bordeau, Adamini, Chilman and Greenlee, P.C. receives award)
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Elections The Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation have elected the following officers: U.S. District Court Eastern District Senior Judge Julian A. Cook Jr. -- chairperson; retired Judge...

Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Case Summaries: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Notice Of Transfer To Inactive Status Case No. 06-104-PI Notice Issued: October 4, 2006 Bassam N. Jarbou, P 54706, by the Attorney Discipline Board. 1. Transfer to Inactive Status ...

Michigan Court of Appeals Case Summaries: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Criminal Law Felon Possessing Firearms - 'Specified Felony' And Estoppel By Entrapment Defendant's 1975 conviction for breaking and entering a sporting goods store in violation of MCL 750.110...

Michigan Court of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Procedure Law Of The Case - Claim Precluded Plaintiff's Sect. 1983 claim against a firefighter is precluded by the law of the case doctrine because, in a previous phase of this case, a...

Michigan Court Of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Carjacking. Irrelevant Testimony. The admission of irrelevant testimony in this bench trial case was harmless error. "[T]he fact that defendant was wanted on an unrelated...

Michigan Supreme Court Orders: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Court Rules ADM File No. 2004-44 Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.977 of the Michigan Court Rules Amendment of Rule 7.210 of the Michigan Court Rules On order of the Court, the proposed...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Chapter 13 Administrative Expense - Assumption Of Vehicle Lease Where the debtors leased a vehicle and assumed the lease in a confirmed Chapter 13 plan, the debtors' post-petition default on...

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Confirmation Orders - Equitable Mootness Appellees, who were issued a confirmed Chapter 11 plan, are entitled to dismissal of this appeal on grounds of equitable mootness because...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: October 16, 2006.
October 16, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil Procedure Forum Selection Clause - No Remand Because the forum selection clause in the parties' sales representative agreement, which provided disputes be settled in Michigan's state...

Commentary: What is the statute of limitations for fraud?(Column)
October 16, 2006... Byline: Morley Witus "Precedents survive in the law long after the use they once served is at an end and the reason for them has been forgotten." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The Common Law No Michigan statute of limitations...

List of MSC's 'officially defined' words wanted.(Letter to the editor)
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: I, like many trial lawyers, have canceled all legal resources and now rely solely on my dictionary. I eagerly await each new Supreme Court decision and go right to the definitions...

Time has come for State Bar to speak out.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: Presumably, one of the primary purposes underlying the formation and continued existence of the State Bar is to jealously guard the integrity of our system of justice and that of our...

Preserve constitutional, common law protections.(Letter to the editor)
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: Mr. Timothy Baughman suggests that stare decisis should not be a test used to determine a statute's meaning but rather the court should utilize the text, history and structure of the...

MI Court of Appeals rules FOIA requires disclosure of public records to non-litigants.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, J.D. Using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information that cannot be produced through discovery? That's absurd. Or so thought the Michigan Court of Appeals in a recent decision wherein it...

Verdicts & Settlements October 23, 2006: Breach of contract case nets $20M.(Brief article)
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Plaintiff VSI (a marketing services supplier to automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers) commenced litigation against defendant SPX (a Fortune 500 Tier-1 automotive supplier) arising out of a merger...

U.S. District Court for Eastern District of MI uses jury-polling system to settle contract dispute.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Molly F. Dilbeck, J.D. Juries may not just be for verdicts anymore. In a unique case out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, a jury-polling system was used to settle a complicated breach of contract...

Videotaped deposition is turning point in complex insurance/med-mal case before federal court in LA.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Dick Dahl In May of this year, jurors in a federal courthouse in eastern Louisiana were asked to watch and listen as the image of a hospital risk manager appeared on the court's huge video screen. It was a key moment in a trial...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: October 23, 2006.(Harold J. Decker joins American Bar Association)(Kevin McCarthy joins Michigan Chamber of Commerce)(Margaret J. Nichols joins Michigan State Bar Foundation)
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Jennifer G. Damico has been appointed to the board of directors of Women Helping Others. Damico, of Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., in Bloomfield Hills, concentrates her practice on...

Michigan Court of Appeals Case Summaries: October 23, 2006.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Licenses And Permits Physician Discipline - Standard Of Proof Use of the preponderance of the evidence standard in a disciplinary proceeding against a physician does not violate his due process...

Michigan Court of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: October 23, 2006.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Contingency Fee - PIP Benefits Where there is no evidence that plaintiff-attorney's services somehow led to State Farm's decision to pay the no-fault benefits, but instead indicates...

Michigan Court of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: October 23, 2006.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Assault With Intent To Commit Great Bodily Harm Less Than Murder; Assault And Battery. Jury. "[A] jury is not allowed to amend a verdict once it has been discharged because the...

Michigan Supreme Court Orders: October 23, 2006.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Court Rule Amendments ADM File Nos. 2006-07, 2006-08 Amendment of Rule 7.211 of the Michigan Court Rules On order of the Court, notice of the proposed changes and an opportunity for...

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit Case Summaries: October 23, 2006.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Appeals - Jurisdiction This appeal of an order denying a Rule 60(b) motion is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because such motions are a nullity when, as in this case, the...

U.S. District Court Eastern District Case Summaries: October 23, 2006.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Chapter 11 - Action For Rents Dismissed The Bankruptcy Court did not err by denying creditor-General Electric Capital Corporation's (GECC) motion to compel the payment of rent and...

Commentary: 'Family financial officer' coordinates services, bolsters attorney-client relationships.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Lyle M. Wolberg Attorneys with high-net worth clients know that successful families require a comprehensive, coordinated network of professional services. The complex business and personal activities of business owners, corporate...

Verdicts & Settlements October 23, 2006: $1.15M settlement awarded for negligence.(Brief article)
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff was a resident of an Oakland County apartment complex that hired a general contractor to replace porch siding throughout the complex. The general contractor hired a subcontractor to...

Verdicts & Settlements October 23, 2006: Birth trauma matter settles for $1.3M.
October 23, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff The plaintiff began prenatal care when she became pregnant. She had a history of one prior miscarriage. At 21 weeks' gestation, the plaintiff began having spotting and went to the hospital....

Lawyers' Election Guide: Grand Rapids attorney Jane Beckering.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, J.D. and Todd C. Berg, Esq. Candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court Grand Rapids attorney Jane Beckering has spent her entire career learning the rules to the game of law from both sides of the field. ...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Justice Michael F. Cavanagh.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, J.D. and Todd C. Berg, Esq. Candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court Justice Michael F. Cavanagh may be running for his fourth and final term on the Supreme Court, but this veteran still maintains the same...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Justice Maura D. Corrigan.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, J.D. and Todd C. Berg, Esq. Candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura D. Corrigan has always been a trailblazer. From her early days attending night law school while working during the day...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Candidate for Attorney General Since I took office in January 2003, two of my highest priorities have been to protect Michigan consumers and keep citizens safe from crime. Since January 2003,...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Judge Diane Marie Hathaway.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Candidate for the Michigan Court of Appeals I am the best candidate for the Michigan Court of Appeals because of my vast amount of legal experience and unwavering sense of fairness. I understand...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Candidate for the Michigan Court of Appeals To provide some background, I graduated from Michigan State University in 1978 with a BA in Arts and Letters Pre-Law and obtained my law degree from the...

Michigan Court of Appeals Unpublished Civil Case Summaries: October 30, 2006.
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Law Driver's License Revocation - Improperly Set Aside The trial court erroneously applied MCL 257.303 when setting aside the five-year revocation of petitioner's driver's...

Michigan Court of Appeals Unpublished Criminal Case Summaries: October 30, 2006.
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Affirmed Convictions Armed Robbery; Conspiracy To Commit Armed Robbery; Kidnapping; Felony Firearm; Habitual Offender. Identification. "Defendant first argues the trial court erred in finding that...

Michigan Supreme Court Orders: October 30, 2006.
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Certified Question In re Certified Question from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. SC: 130966. On order of the Court, the motion to file amicus curiae brief...

United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Case Summaries: October 30, 2006.(United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Imputed Disqualification - Firm Disqualified The law firm of Wilson Young is disqualified from representing defendant-Alticor, defendant-Amway and others in this insurance matter...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Wyandotte attorney Kerry L. Morgan.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, J.D. and Todd C. Berg, Esq. Candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court For Kerry L. Morgan, the time has come to return Michigan Supreme Court jurisprudence to its roots. The Wyandotte lawyer has spent his...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Judge Brian K. Zahra.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Candidate for the Michigan Court of Appeals Canon 4 of the Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct states: As a judicial officer and person specially learned in the law, a judge is in a unique position...

Lawyers' Election Guide: Marc I. Shulman.(Interview)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Melissa P. Stewart, J.D. and Todd C. Berg, Esq. Candidate for the Michigan Supreme Court Former chairperson of the Michigan House Appropriations Committee, Marc I. Shulman has decided to return to his passion: Public service....

Was the liberal majority really that civil?(Letter to the editor)
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff To The Editor: While I certainly have not been an observer of the Michigan Supreme Court for as long as Judge Avern Cohn of the Eastern District, and join him in believing it would be a good thing...

Commentary: Proposal 2 -- Legal Analysis: Ending affirmative action.
October 30, 2006... Byline: Todd C. Berg, Esq. State-sponsored affirmative action in Michigan may have never been so vulnerable as it is right now. Not once, but twice the current configuration of the Michigan Supreme Court has acknowledged that...

Michigan Lawyers in the News: October 30, 2006.
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Appointments Earle I. Erman and David M. Hempstead have been appointed co-chairs of the Wayne State University Law School Board of Visitors for a two-year term. Erman is founder of Erman,...

Attorney Discipline Board Case Summaries: October 30, 2006.
October 30, 2006... Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff Notice Of Automatic Suspension For Non-Payment Of Costs Case No. 04-91-GA Notice Issued: October 23, 2006 Robert J. McQuade, P 40677, Centerline, Michigan. Effective October 17, 2006....