Cyril Moscow, ’57, a leading practitioner and longtime adjunct professor of corporate law, died on April 8, 2025. He was 91.
Moscow began his legal career as a trial attorney for the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division. After three years, he transitioned to private practice, where he spent 65 years as a corporate lawyer at Honigman LLP in Detroit, advising clients on corporate matters and securities transactions.
Moscow taught at Michigan Law for 43 years. He co-authored Michigan Corporation Law and Practice (Wolters Kluwer, 1995), which he regularly updated throughout his career, and he was active in the State Bar of Michigan, including serving since 1984 as the chair of the Business Corporation Act Revision Subcommittee. He was a founding member of the advisory board of the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State University Law School.
He is survived by his children, Dan, Ruth, and Karen, and their spouses; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and his partner of 22 years, Randie Levin. He was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Rona Moscow.
