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In Memoriam April 2026

 

Michigan Bar Journal

In Memoriam

MARIA P ALEXANDER, P25045, died in 2025. She was admitted to the Bar in 1975.

THEODORE S ANDRIS, P10206, of Southfield, died December 1, 2025. He was born in 1938, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1964.

JILL J BABCOCK, P58681, of Detroit, died June 22, 2025. She was born in 1971, graduated from Detroit Mercy School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1998.

FRANCIS X BERKEMEIER, P24205, of Jackson, died July 1, 2025. He was born in 1947 and was admitted to the Bar in 1974.

ROBERT G BORDUIN, P11009, of Jacksonville, Fla., died June 20, 2025. He was born in 1941, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1969.

RICHARD J CLARK, P11936, of Petoskey, died March 8, 2026. He was born in 1941 and was admitted to the Bar in 1968.

ROBERT G DAJNOWICZ, P35615, of Charlevoix, died August 6, 2025. He was born in 1941, graduated from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1983.

MITCHELL DECHTER, P12604, of Toledo, Ohio, died March 5, 2026. He was born in 1943, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1968.

JEFFREY K HAYNES, P25140, of Bloomfield Hills, died February 16, 2026. He was born in 1950, graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1975.

DEAN KOULOURAS, P16176, of Livonia, died February 3, 2026. He was born in 1947, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1973.

HAROLD A LARSON, P16433, of Rocklin, Calif., died March 26, 2025. He was born in 1936, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1962.

SUSAN LESNEK, P38447, of Northville, died February 10, 2026. She was born in 1957, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1985.

JAMES C LESZCZYNSKI, P16580, of Flint, died February 14, 2026. He was born in 1933, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1962.

PAUL S LEWANDOWSKI, P45470, of Holland, Ohio, died December 15, 2025. He was born in 1956 and was admitted to the Bar in 1991.

WILLIAM J MARCOUX, P17076, of Jackson, died February 12, 2020. He was born in 1927, graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1953.

WILLIAM D MCMACHAN, P17512, of Bloomfield Hills, died November 1, 2025. He was born in 1941, graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1966.

PHILIP K MCNELIS, P38203, of Grosse Pointe Woods, died February 1, 2026. He was born in 1957, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1985.

THOMAS L MULCAHY, P36618, of Rochester Hills, died April 20, 2025. He was born in 1959, graduated from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1984.

CAY A NEWHOUSE, Jr, P18263, of Sterling Heights, died February 17, 2026. He was born in 1930, graduated from Wayne State University, and was admitted to the Bar in 1955.

JESSICA PARSONS, P85262, of Clarkston, died October 24, 2025. She was born in 1980 and was admitted to the Bar in 2021.

KENT A ROZYCKI, P33864, of Traverse City, died February 27, 2026. They were born in 1952, graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and were admitted to the Bar in 1982.

MATTHEW PATRICK SALGAT, P74144, of Ferndale, died June 29, 2025. He was born in 1985, graduated from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 2010.

SARA SEABORG, P77327, of Marinette, Wis., died May 12, 2025. She was born in 1968 and was admitted to the Bar in 2013.

JASON TIMOTHY SHIPP, P74004, died in 2025. He graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Law and was admitted to the Bar in 2010.

WILLIAM R STILL, P21029, of Kingsport, Tenn., died April 8, 2025. He was born in 1930 and was admitted to the Bar in 1959.

JOHN M THOMAS, P31403, of Ann Arbor, died December 4, 2025. He was born in 1952 and was admitted to the Bar in 1980.

KEITH A VANDER WEYDEN, P21735, of Grand Rapids, died March 27, 2023. He was born in 1930 and was admitted to the Bar in 1956.

ANDREW C WAYNE, P59398, of Farmington Hills, died February 20, 2026. He was born in 1976, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 2001.


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