Gov. Rick Snyder followed the recommendation of the Michigan parole board and in December pardoned the attorney for 5-hour Energy drinks, who was convicted of drunken driving.
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Snyder pardons connected attorney convicted of drunken driving
Snyder uses pardon for connected Oakland County lawyer convicted of DUI
Of roughly 750 pardon applications, Gov. Rick Snyder has approved 11 since he took office. One was a connected Metro Detroit attorney convicted of a misdemeanor for DUI.
Governor pardons connected attorney convicted of drunken driving
Gov. Rick Snyder followed the recommendation of the Michigan parole board and erased the drunken-driving conviction of a politically connected lawyer who was appointed to a state economic board in 2011.
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Detroit bankruptcy judge is Lawyer of the Year
Hon. Steven W. Rhodes, who oversaw the historic city of Detroit Chapter 9 filing, was chosen as Lawyer of the Year by a vote of his peers at Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Leaders in the Law 2015.
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Civil Procedure – Late appearance at settlement conference warranted dismissal
The trial court correctly dismissed plaintiff’s case with prejudice after counsel failed to timely appear at a settlement conference, did not satisfy a previous court order to pay defense counsel $250 in attorney’s fees and did not send defense counsel a new notice on a motion to reinstate the case.
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Lack of bacon on a burger was not cause of McDonald's shooting, says defense attorney
The 30-year-old does deny that the reason for the shooting was that she was looking to exact revenge for twice being denied bacon on her burger.
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Detroit judge has 'psychotic disorder,' should be removed, says Judicial Tenure Commission
The decision comes after an investigation into the judge’s mental health, sparked by a letter she wrote to the U.S. Attorney’s office last year.
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Lawsuit Filed Against 28 California Wineries For High Levels Of Arsenic In Low Priced Wines
Many popular, low priced brands of wine may contain illegal and dangerously high levels of poisonous inorganic arsenic, according to a lawsuit filed against 28 California wineries.
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Who says you need a law degree to practice law?
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Michelle Cummings never went to law school. Her formal college education ended in 1998, with a paralegal studies degree from Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash. But this summer, Cummings could start taking on legal clients who need help filing for divorce or child custody. Like a fully licensed attorney, she’ll be able to open an office and set her own fees.
Cummings is part of Washington state’s ambitious experiment to revolutionize access to legal services, particularly among the poor. In the United States, 80 to 90 percent of low-income people with civil legal problems never receive help from a lawyer. This means that domestic violence victims might file for a restraining order alone. Couples who want to divorce might do it without counsel. In some states, parents who have lost custody of their children might fight that decision without any guidance.
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Even the public face of the legal profession, the 400,000-member American Bar Association, is beginning to acknowledge that the crisis is too big for lawyers to solve alone. In a January 2014 report, an ABA task force on the future of legal education called on states to license “persons other than holders of a JD to deliver limited legal services.” Among the panel’s 28 members were two key organizers of Washington’s program.
“We need to take a leaf from the medical profession, which has long recognized that people with health problems can be helped by a range of assistance providers with far less training than licensed physicians,” New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said in his 2014 state of the judiciary report. “We all accept that. Why not the same in the law?”
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Governor Appoints DiStefano to Van Buren County Probate Court
Gov. Rick Snyder appointed David J. DiStefano to the Van Buren County Probate Court. DiStefano has most recently worked as a general practitioner focused on probate work in Van Buren County. He has also served as Bangor city attorney from 1987 to 2014 and as general counsel for multiple companies. He is a member of the Van Buren County Economic Development Corp. board of directors and the Van Buren County Restorative Justice Committee. He previously served on the Van Buren County Mental Health Board and the Bangor Public School Board. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and…
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