Arrivals & Promotions
Awards & Honors
Leadership
Presentations and Publications

Arrivals & Promotions

Marlaine C. Teahan has joined Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. as a shareholder. Ms. Teahan focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning, trust and estate administration, estate and gift tax, guardianships, and conservatorships.

Awards & Honors

Cantor Colburn LLP was listed in Intellectual Property Today's Top Patent Firms.

Dawn Phillips Hertz, of counsel with Butzel Long, was honored by the Michigan Press Association Foundation with the establishment of the Dawn Hertz Freedom of Information Scholarship.

Leadership

Michael C. Haines, with Mike Meyers Beckett & Jones, PLC, was appointed as chairman of the Legal and Legislative Committee of the Michigan Oil and Gas Association.

Carl W. Herstein, with Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, has been elected to the board of the Sphinx Organization.

Saulius K. Mikalonis, with Plunkett Cooney, has partnered with Thomas M. Cooley Law School to create the school’s first class on sustainability issues.

Kimberly L. Scott, with Miller Canfield, was elected as the attorney for the board of directors of the Ann Arbor Art Center.

Rose Willis, with Miller Canfield, will serve a two-year term as vice president and general counsel of the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors for the Automotive Women’s Alliance Foundation.

Presentations and Publications

Matthew P. Allen and Mark J. Bennett, both with Miller Canfield, published their analysis of new interpretations of corporate proxy and disclosure rules by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in an article entitled, SEC Opens the Door for Climate Change-Related Shareholder Proposals and Disclosure Requirements, With Potential New Liabilities for Public Companies, published in the Bureau of National Affairs’ Securities Regulation & Law Report.

Beth S. Gotthelf, with Butzel Long, will moderate a panel presentation during the Engineering Society of Detroit Alternative Energy Conference on March 3. The theme for the event is Creating Solutions, Driving Change. Ms. Gotthelf will moderate a panel with the following theme, Success Stories and Opportunities.

James B. Thelen and Scott R. Eldridge, both with Miller Canfield, will present and provide guidance on labor and employment legal topics for HR professionals at the Human Resource Management Association of Mid-Michigan Educational Seminar on Thursday, March 11, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development in Lansing (3535 Forest Rd.). 

Richard W. Paige, with Bush Seyferth & Paige PLLC, has been invited to participate in the Legal Issues Council of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association. Mr. Paige will serve as antitrust counsel to the council, as well as participate in all council activities.

The Journal of Law in Society at Wayne State University Law School will host an upcoming symposium titled Rebuilding the Post-Industrial City, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on March 26, 2010, in the Law School’s Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium.

Wayne State University Law School will host Judge Kentaro Ono of the Osaka District Court. He will present a lecture titled An Introduction to Japanese Juvenile Delinquency Procedure, at 12:15 p.m. on March 29, 2010, in the third floor faculty lounge of the Law School.

Please send information for the News & Moves section to Julie Turcotte at jturcotte@mail.michbar.org