ICBA would also like to remind you that as a service to our members the ICBA has established a general list-serve. Please contact Josh Ard if you wish to sign up. Use the following address/link to communicate with all in the list-serves (your email must be added to the list before the message you send will work):
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ICBA - Young Lawyers Section would also like to remind you that as a service to our members the ICBA - YLS has established a general list-serve. Please contact Chris Wickman if you wish to sign up. |
View archived issues of BREIFS on the ICBA website.
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Premium Sponsors 2014-2015
Alane & Chartier, PLC
Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC
Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, PC
Sinas Dramis Law Firm
Speaker Law Firm, PLLC
Willingham & Cote`, PC
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Sixty-Minute Mentoring is Looking for You!
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We all know that mentoring is critical to our profession. The best advice we often receive is from attorneys who take a few minutes to share their time and experience with us and answer our questions.
We hope that you are willing to spend 60 minutes - at a time, date, and location that you select - to spend time with 1 or 2 new attorneys or law students. You will be able to share information that only a practicing attorney can offer.
For more information, please contact Kathy Lawrence if you are interested in being a mentor or if you are an attorney or law student and interested in being mentored. If you can spare 60 minutes, you can be a mentor!
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ICBA - Young Lawyers Section
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Visit the link below for educational resources and calendar of events.
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ICBA Updates are published twice a month.
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Calendar of Events
July 1, 2014- June 30, 2015
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Board Meeting
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August 20, 2014
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Awards Deadline
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August 27, 2014
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Board Meeting
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October 21, 2014
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Ask A Lawyer
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October 9, 2014
4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
| Cooley Law School
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Bench Bar
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October 18, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
| Veterans Memorial Courthouse
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Annual Dinner
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November 20, 2014
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Crown Plaza
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Board Meeting
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December 17, 2014
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| Meet the Judges
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January 8, 2015
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Martin Luther King Event
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January 16, 2015
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Top 5 Under 35 Awards deadline
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January 5, 2015
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Lawyers Got Talent
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February 12, 2015
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Crown Plaza
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Board Meeting
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February 18, 2015
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5th Annual Barristers Night
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March 19, 2015
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
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Kellogg Center
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Board Meeting
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April 22, 2015
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Nominating Committee Meeting
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March 3, 2015
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Report from Committee
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March 10, 2015
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Members permitted to submit nominees
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April 14, 2015
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Board of Directors Ballot to Members
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May 1, 2015
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Board Election Deadline
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May 20, 2015
5:00 p.m.
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| Annual Shrimp Dinner/Annual Meeting
| May 20, 2015
| Lansing Liederkrantz
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All board meetings 7:30 a.m. will be at the law office of:
Liisa Speaker
Speaker Law Firm
230 N Sycamore Ste D
Lansing, MI 48933
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Reminder
ICBA Awards Deadline: August 27, 2014
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ICBA Young Lawyers Section
2014-2015
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Congratulations to our new officers!
Catherine Tucker - President Elect Takura Nyamfukudza - Secretary Michael Hill - Treasurer
Our next meeting will be held on September 17, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at Kelly's Downtown in Lansing. Please attend if you have an interest in giving ideas/input to the Board or serving on a committee.
Lindsay Dangl
President, ICBA-YLS
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Save the date!
ICBA 4th Biennial
Lawyers Got Talent
Thursday, February 12, 2015
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Crowne Plaza Lansing West
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Open Call For Legal Talent
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This is for all of the Wanna-Be's , Reality Show Actors, Hip Hop Dancers, Performance Artists and Rock Stars out there in our midst. If you think you belong on American Idol, X Factor, or America's Got Talent, then we have the Premiere Show for you! Better than any Court Room Drama, more fun than a Runaway Jury, we are Star Searching for the finest talent in the Ingham County Legal Community to help us Rock Your World. Great prizes, Awesome Food and Too Much Fun!!! If you can't tap dance or do a pet trick, then come on out and help us support The Few, The Brave, The Talented!!! All proceeds go to ICBA .
To get in on the action, please call Dan Moraniec at 517-394-7500, or email [email protected] to sign up for your Spot in the Talent Show. WE WANT YOU!!!!
The event will be held on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the Cowne Plaza Lansing West from 6 to 9 pm.
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Section Chairs--Don't forget BRIEFS
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Did you know that BRIEFS has a section called Section News where we post articles and photos from your latest meeting? This is the place to let people know about your meeting, how great it was and why they should attend. A short article will do the job. You don't have to write the article yourself, ask someone in the audience to summarize what went on--300 to 500 words is enough--and take a picture of the speaker with your smartphone. Send all to me or just send the picture and some thoughts about the meeting and I can put it together. Send it all to [email protected] or [email protected] and that's it. It's a win-win for all:
- Speakers receive recognition for their efforts
- Writers get their byline and social connections in Briefs
- Your section gets some publicity, and
- Briefs has another newsworthy article.
Remember BRIEFS at your next meeting.
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ICBA Business Court Education Luncheon Lecture
Register Today!
Date: September 23, 2014
Location: Thomas M. Cooley Law School
300 S. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933
(New red brick building. Room 911)
Time: 12 Noon - 1:00 p.m.
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Panel discussion of recurring discovery issues in Business Court cases and the feasibility of adopting discovery protocols. Panel Members:Charles A. Lawler, Clark Hill PLC Scott L. Mandel, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC Ted W. Seitz, Dykema Judge Paula J. Manderfield, (Ret), Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap PC Download Registration Form Sponsors for the luncheon lectures: Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, PC Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC Dykema Gossett, PLLC Clark Hill, PLC
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ICBA Bankruptcy Section Meetings
Bankruptcy Section Meeting we be held, 4th Thursday of the month, except for June and November.
12 Noon - 1:00 pm
Location: Cooley Law School (new red brick building) Room 835 - 300 S. Capitol Ave
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August 28 - Speaker: Hon. John T. Gregg Topic: Judge Gregg will discuss procedural issues in his Court. The meeting will also serve as an opportunity for the new Judge to get to know the Lansing bankruptcy bar, and vice versa. Lunch Sponsored by Karl Bohnhoff September 25 - Speaker: Kevin Schumacher Topic: TBA October 23 - Speaker: Patricia Scott Topic: TBA November 20 - Speaker: Bob McCarthy Topic: TBA December - Christmas Party TBA January 22 - TBA Please RSVP to Patricia Scott at [email protected]or call 517-371-8132. Lunch will be sponsored each month by our speakers. Hope to see you there! Bankruptcy Law Section Co-Chairs Patricia Scott and Norm Witte
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"Ask-A-Lawyer"
October 9, 2014
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Save the Date! The ICBA is once again partnering with Legal Services of South Central Michigan to offer the free "Ask-A-Lawyer" event at Cooley Law School from 4:30-7:30 p.m on October 9th. Members of the public will be invited to attend this free event to consult one-on-one with an attorney from our esteemed Bar Association. Do you have questions or want to volunteer as a lawyer at this community-focused, pro-bono event? Call or Email Helen "Lizzie" Mills at 517.381.3209 or [email protected].
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Case Evaluation Opportunity for Law Students
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We are pleased to announce that as a law student member of the Ingham County Bar Association, you are eligible to sit it on case evaluations in the Ingham County Circuit Court. Case evaluations are designed to assist parties in a lawsuit in reaching a settlement. They generally occur after all discovery in a civil lawsuit has been completed and before trial. A panel of three experienced attorneys receives written briefs from the parties, summarizing the case. The attorneys for the parties are then generally given approximately 15 minutes per side to address the panel and respond to questions. The panel then deliberates and reaches an evaluation, which is a suggested settlement amount. The parties have 28 days thereafter to accept or rejected the case evaluation. A party who rejects a case evaluation is at risk of having to pay the other side's costs and attorney fees, from the point of rejection forward, if they do not improve their position at trial from the amount of the case evaluation. If the parties accept the evaluation, the case settles for that amount. If you are interested in attending a case evaluation, please complete the attached form. Download Registration Form
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Other Legal Community Events
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"STRIKE OUT BULLYING AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE"
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
5:30 -8:00 pm at Spare Time Entertainment
3101 E. Grand River Ave, Lansing, MI. (formerly Holiday Lanes)
This is a bowling fundraiser to help support the RSCCM work with school students to reduce violence and bullying through the use of Restorative Practices that teach students conflict resolution and problem solving skills. The work helps to keep kids safe in school. Come with family and friends and/or support with sponsorship of prizes or monetary donations.
Who to contact for more information : Greta Trice or Isha Bhatt @ 517-485-2274 [email protected]
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DAVIS-DUNNINGS BAR ASSOCIATION'S Attorney Outreach Committee
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The End of Summer Mixer
Friday, August 22, 2014
6:00 PM TO 10 PM
Complimentary entry and appetizers
CASH BAR
SPENCER'S KITCHEN & BAR
313 E. Grand River Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 853-3033
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Ingham County
Bar Foundation
Is now accepting 2014 Grant Applications
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Deadline for grant applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. on August 31, 2014.
Download Grant Guidelines and application forms
2013 Grant Recipients Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court Legal Services of South Central Michigan Northwest Lansing Healthy Communities Initiative Ingham County Sobriety Court Foundation Davis Dunnings Bar Association
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11th Annual No-Fault Institute
Presented by the Michigan Association for Justice
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Registration is 8:30am daily
George T. Sinas Sinas, Dramis, Brake, Boughton & McIntyre, PC, Lansing and Grand Rapids, MI
Wayne J. Miller Miller and Tischler, P.C. Farmington Hills, MI
Westin Southfield 1500 Town Center Southfield, MI
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