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Past President's Dinner Raises $100,000 for ATJ
12/9/03 A benefit dinner hosted by State Bar immediate past president Reginald M. Turner in Detroit recently raised nearly $100,000 for the Access to Justice (ATJ) Fund. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm joined over 160 guests at the Charles J. Wright Museum of African American History to honor Turner for his leadership and commitment to ATJ. Turner asked that, in lieu of the traditional private event to celebrate his Presidential term, the dinner be held as a benefit event for the Access to Justice Fund which supports civil legal services for low-income people in Michigan.  From left to right: Judge Damon Keith, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Governor Granholm, Reginald Turner, past president State Bar of Michigan and Judge Harold Hood, Michigan Court of Appeals.  Other guests and contributors included from left to right: Michael Pitt, Pitt, Dowty, McGhee & Mirer; Richard Manetta, Dow Chemical Company; Norman Tucker, Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz; Bob Garvey,Thomas, Garvey, Garvey & Sciotti; George Madison, TIAA-Cref; Justice Marilyn J. Kelly, Michigan Supreme Court; Reginald Turner, Immediate Past President, State Bar of Michigan; Bob Gilbert,MillerCanfield, Paddock & Stone; Tom Gottschalk, General Motors Corp; Hon. Harold Hood, Michigan Court of Appeals (retired); Dennis Ross, Ford Motor Co; Candace Crowley, State Bar of Michigan. To view more photos of the dinner benefit and for information on the ATJ Fund please visit www.atjfund.org (Photos by Johnny Northern)
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