Attorneys representing Flint residents in a class-action lawsuit are challenging Michigan Court of Claims Chief Judge Michael J. Talbot assigning the case to himself.
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Attorneys want Judge Talbot removed from Flint lawsuit
Oral Argument Ordered – Relation-back doctrine to add necessary party reviewed
The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether the Court of Appeals correctly held that a necessary-party defendant may be brought into a lawsuit after the expiration of the limitations period based on the relation-back doctrine.
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Governor Appoints Elmore to the 61st District Court
Elmore is currently a solo practitioner in Grand Rapids, handling misdemeanors, felonies, family law, criminal cases and civil matters. She has also served as a judge advocate general for the U.S. Air Force, as an assistant prosecutor in the Kent County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and as an assistant attorney general, with a focus on prosecuting people for failing to pay child support. Elmore has taught military law as a professor at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.
She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree at Tulane University Law School.
Elmore fills the seat vacated by Judge Donald Passenger and must stand for election in 2016 for a full six-year term.
A sidebar with … Catherine Groll
This Lansing insurance and no-fault law attorney talks about teaching tort law in Cambodia, how that country is underserved in terms of legal representation, and her missions with Global Habitat for Humanity.
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Attorney General warns website raising money for Flint Water crisis
United Way officials say it has asked a website attempting to raise money for the Flint water crisis to stop using its logo after they said the page had no connection to the charity.
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Doctor files complaint against attorney over blog
A prominent lawyer’s blog post aimed at shedding light on “enormous damage” caused by doctors hired by insurance companies has resulted in a complaint filed against him by a psychiatrist who sits on the Attorney Discipline Board.
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Tort – Dismissal of abuse of process and defamation claims reversed
Where defendant attorney refused to withdraw requests to admit in the underlying case that plaintiff had two drug convictions and was not allowed to take the state bar exam because “he cannot pass character and fitness,” the trial court incorrectly dismissed plaintiff’s claims for abuse of process and defamation.
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Former Wayne judge’s license suspended for two years
The Attorney Discipline Board has issued a suspension notice after a hearing panel concluded that the ex-judge’s affair with a litigant in one of his cases was professional misconduct.
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After parents sue, Detroit schools manager says he's done his job by addressing deficit
In response to a lawsuit filed against him Thursday by parents and teachers, the state-appointed emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools pointed out that he’s eliminated the district’s structural budget deficit.
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Civil Procedure – Lawyer’s charging lien invalid without attorney-client relationship
Plaintiff’s counsel is not entitled to a charging lien for unpaid attorney’s fees because she did not have an attorney-client relationship with the party who allegedly owed the fees.
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