Issue: Spring/Summer 2023
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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Robert A. Stein’s firm, The Stein Law Firm PLLC, received special acknowledgements in the 2023 rankings of Best Law Firms by U.S. News and World Report. The firm is recognized in the areas of family law, commercial litigation, trusts and estates litigation, and personal injury litigation–plaintiffs.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
James M. Moore received the Distinguished Service Award from the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He has been in private practice for 50 years, representing labor unions and workers, after beginning his career as a clerk for the Hon. John Feikens, ’41, on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
The Hon. Elizabeth P. Hines has been appointed chair of the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. She is retired from the 15th District Court for the City of Ann Arbor.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
The Hon. Roger Gregory is one of four recipients (along with Reginald “Reggie” Turner, ’87) of the American Bar Association’s 2023 Spirit of Excellence Award. The award honors the struggle of racially and ethnically diverse lawyers and celebrates those who navigate their own way while paving the way and assisting those who follow. He is the chief judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
The Hon. Susan Segal was reappointed in November as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Gov. Tim Walz. She was appointed to the court in 2019 and appointed chief judge in 2020. Before her appointment to the court, she served for 12 years as the Minneapolis city attorney, managing an office of more than 100 employees.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Rodney Martin was recognized by Comprehensive Therapy Center as one of its 2022 Legacy Award winners for his 25 years of service on its board of directors. He is of counsel at Warner Norcross+Judd in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Peter Maassen was selected by his fellow justices to serve as chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. He served in private practice in Anchorage before his appointment to the court in 2012.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Valerie Jarrett was elected as a new member of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees. She currently serves as CEO of the Barack Obama Foundation and was the longest-serving senior adviser to the Obama administration.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Michael Heck was reappointed to a four-year term as a magistrate on the State of Michigan’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Magistrates by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. He lives in Troy and before becoming a magistrate operated his own law firm for more than 25 years.
Class Note Spring/Summer 2023
Robin Walker-Lee has joined the board of directors of Regal Rexnord Corp. She also has been appointed chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the board of EMCOR Group. She served as executive vice president and general counsel of TRW Corp., as well as assistant general counsel of General Motors Corp.