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March 2020 Announcements

Kimberly Clayson has been appointed by the US Trustee Program for the Department of Justice as an eligible Chapter 11 Small Business Trustee under the newly enacted Small Business Restructuring Act of the Bankruptcy Code. The law went into effect on February 19.

Jackie Culler recently joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Jackie focuses her practice in the area of employment law. She graduated from Wayne State University Law School and received her B.A. in Political Science from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Hon. Joyce Draganchuk, Mid-Michigan Region Secretary, has been appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court for a second 6-year term to serve as the business court judge of the 30th Circuit Court.  Judge Draganchuk has also been appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court as Chair of the Committee on Model Criminal Jury Instructions.  And finally, she has been re-appointed Presiding Judge of the General Trial Division of the 30th Circuit Court.

The ABA recently published Julie Fershtman’s newest book, Equine Law and Horse Sense.  This 372-page book is designed for people, businesses, and organizations in the horse industry and for the lawyers who serve them. For more information: https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/376025158/

Erin Flynn has recently joined Nichols, Sacks, Slack, Sendelbach, Buiteweg & Solomon, P.C. Erin practices all aspects of Family Law including divorce, paternity, and child custody and support. She is also the current President of the Women’s Bar Association | WLAM Oakland Region.

Stefania Gismondi has been named as a new Partner with Foster, Swift, Collins and Smith, P.C. in the General Litigation Practice Group in Southfield. She joined the firm in 2016 and her practice involves insurance defense coverage of auto claims and other general civial litigation matters.

Attorney Tanya M. Murray recently joined the Insurance Law Practice Group of Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest full-service law firms. Ms. Murray will focus her practice on coverage matters. Murray is an associate member of the Oakland County Bar Association’s Inns of Court, and she is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar. She is also the recipient of the 2019 Member of the Year award by the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Oakland Region. Read More

Two former attorneys from Bodman PLC, one of the largest law firms in Detroit, created their own firm after finding that large corporate law was not a good fit for them. Jasmine Rippy and Ameena Sheikh (pronounced “shake”) left the prominent firm and formed The Rippy + Sheikh Law Firm PC, and are branding themselves as the “Ladies in Law.” Read the full press release here.

Abril Valdes was recently appointed by Governor Whitmer as a Commissioner to the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan. Read the full announcement here.

The Women’s Law Caucus of University of Detroit Mercy School of Law has been recognized by the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations and have been selected to receive the Women’s Law Student Association Award.

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