A Davison-area manufacturer has agreed to pay more than a half-million dollars to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by its former chief financial officer.
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Davison-area manufacturer pays $550,000 to end age discrimination lawsuit
A sidebar with … Richard O. Cherry
The city attorney for Kalamazoo talks about his role as president of the Judge Charles A. Pratt Bar Association, minority representation in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties, and his time as a prosecutor in Chicago.
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Flint City Council votes to hire outside legal help on water issue
The Flint City Council wants its own attorney to advise it on issues related to Flint’s water emergency, but it’s unclear whether it will be able to pay any bill.
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State could face high attorney’s fees, court costs for frivolous suits
If a recently introduced Senate bill package gets approval, the state could face major liability exposure by paying court costs for people who sue the state or its agencies and win.
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Michigan's first Muslim lawyer, Michael Berry of Dearborn, dies at 95
Berry, the namesake for the Michael Berry Career Center in Dearbron and the former Berry Terminal — once an international terminal that closed in 2008 — at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, lived in Dearborn and was the first Muslim attorney of Arab decent to practice law in Michigan.
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Obituary: Kimbal R. Smith III, 72
Smith served as city attorney for Ionia and Deputy State Treasurer, as well as a magistrate and chairman for the Michigan Tax Tribunal.
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Governor appoints Jarbou and Matis to Sixth Circuit Court
Jarbou currently serves as assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Drug Task Force Unit, and previously served in the General Crimes Unit. She also serves as an instructor for the National Advocacy Center. Prior to her work for the Department of Justice, Jarbou served in the Circuit Court Division of the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office. She earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and her law degree from Wayne State University Law School.
Matis has practiced law at Garan Lucow Miller PC in Troy since 2012, with a focus on civil defense in state and federal courts. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and vice chairman of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. He was a Rochester city councilman from 2007 to 2010. He earned his bachelor's degree in business from Oakland University and his law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.
Jarbou fills the seat vacated by Judge Colleen O'Brien and must seek election in November 2016 for a full term. Matis fills the seat vacated by Judge Rudy Nichols and must seek election in November 2016 for the remainder of the term expiring in 2020.
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Abnormal enlargement
At the end of a hard-fought unpaid sales commission case, the parties filed competing motions for attorney’s fees. The plaintiff’s verdict was a modest $6,865. The combined fee requests were an eye-popping $500,000. And the supporting documents weighed 30 pounds. How did the judge rule?
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Billable hours for watching ‘48 Hours’?
A Tennessee lawyer was suspended for a year because of charges brought against her preparation of a lawsuit. The crime? Nothing more than relying on TV shows to prepare for the case.
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Bequests to attorney who drafted will may be enforceable
A will and trust that gave most of the decedent’s estate to the attorney who drafted the documents may be enforceable even though an ethics rule “expressly prohibits” such conduct, the Michigan Court of Appeals has decided in a split decision.
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