Incumbents typically don’t go around looking for a head to head with the opponent, but in this case, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette made the first overture.
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Tim Skubick: Will there be a Totten-Schuette debate in the attorney general race? We'll see
MLive Media Group to hold public endorsement interviews with statewide candidates
Ballot Bash 2014 will give readers the opportunity to watch live and in person as candidates for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and U.S. Senate answer questions from the MLive Media Group statewide editorial board.
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Michigan Legal Help Website Launches Spanish-Language Version
Low-income Spanish speaking persons who cannot afford to hire an attorney and need legal help can now access help on a Spanish-language version of MichiganLegalHelp.org. Since the English-language version of the site launched in 2012, 760,000 visitors have accessed free, accurate legal information and forms to help them handle simple legal matters on their own. “Having this resource available in Spanish will be a great benefit for people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer to handle basic legal problems,” said Michigan State Court Administrator John A. Hohman Jr. “It will also benefit the courts because more self-represented litigants will…
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Jury trial for former Indiana school principal charged with child pornography underway
Michael Ettenberger, charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct for his involvement with the inappropriate images, sat next to his defense attorney and quietly shook his head in Jackson County Circuit Judge John McBain’s courtroom Sept. 22 as Idema delivered his opening statement.
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Michigan Supreme Court Appoints New Grievance Administrator
The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed Alan M. Gershel administrator of the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission. Gershel will assume his new post Oct. 13. Prior to taking on his new role of grievance administrator, Gershel served as a professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing and as an attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit. He will oversee a staff of 28, including 13 attorneys and 15 support staffers. Read the order. Posted by Samantha Meinke
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Lawsuit to be filed against Menards after man killed by falling tiles
A Clinton Township family is taking legal action after their loved one was killed by falling tiles at Menards.
Cooley professor, ex-federal prosecutor tapped as AGC chief
The Michigan Supreme Court has named Alan M. Gershel, a former U.S. attorney, as the new grievance administrator. He replaces Robert L. Agacinski, who was fired in May.
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SBM honors the new lawyers of 1964 for 50 years in the practice of law
The State Bar of Michigan welcomed the new lawyers of 1964 to the annual Golden Celebration. Held in conjunction with the 2014 SBM Annual Meeting, the event celebrates attorneys for 50 years in the practice of law. Posted by Samantha Meinke
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Civil Procedure – Rejection of settlement can be consideration for attorney’s fee award
The federal district court correctly considered plaintiff’s rejection of a more favorable settlement when determining his attorney’s fee award after he prevailed on his disability discrimination claims.
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Kwame Kilpatrick wants conviction thrown out, new trial
Detroit’s ex-mayor in prison for corruption wants his conviction thrown out and a new trial. Kwame Kilpatrick is citing a conflict of interest with his attorney Jim Thomas.