News and Press Releases
March 7, 2010
Dear Special Purpose Bar
Leaders:
Please distribute this message to your members if they can
help young people in Michigan:
The State Bar Law Day subcommittee is busy gathering Law Day
essays and will soon begin the process of judging the
initial elimination round. Margaret Krasnoff, Chair of the
Law Day subcommittee, is looking for additional people to
judge the essays and would like greater diversity in the
pool of judges reading and scoring the essays. If you have
not had an opportunity to serve as a judge before, this
could be a great opportunity for you to learn about the Law
Day essay contest and contribute your good judgment to the
project; plus Margaret could use your help.
Students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades are eligible to submit
an essay answering a public policy question using at least
one U. S. Supreme Court case to support their position. The
questions for 2010 are posted on the SBM website under "Law
Day 2010 'Should' Questions."
Essays are 300-500 words in length and will be distributed
soon to volunteer judges along with written criteria for
judging and a score sheet to return to the SBM. Judges
typically receive 30-45 essays to judge. We hope to complete
the judging by the first week in April so we will ask judges
to complete their scoring within 7-10 days after receiving
the essays.
A luncheon event to honor the essay competition winners is
scheduled for May 3, 2010 at the Hall of Justice with Chief
Justice Marilyn Kelly as speaker. Parents, teachers and
others, including the essay judges, are invited to attend
and recognize the students.
If you can help, please contact Margaret on her email at :
mjkrasnoff@sbcglobal.net
Or at the number and address noted below:
Margaret J. Krasnoff
Attorney at Law
320 N. Main St., Suite 410
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 995-8310
(734) 994-3737 - fax
Thank you.
Gregory Conyers
Director of Diversity
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October 13, 2009
Dear Member :
Please welcome three new members
to our Board of Directors, per the new requirement by the
State of Michigan for non-profit corporations: Brian Akkashian,
Diane Margosian Paulsen, and Kara Tertzag Lividini.
Your board has arranged for a
feature spot on the Armenian Radio Hour, in which our members
will be interviewed for a 10-15 session in their practice
area. You get to pick the area of law that you would like to
discuss and draft your own questions (please make it consumer
friendly, remember this is an opportunity to obtain new
clients), and draft your own questions. Vaughn Masropian will
ask the questions in a pre-taped session, so there will be no
call-ins by the public. The fee for this media spot is
$200.00 and pre-payment of your $25.00 membership dues in the
Armenian-American Bar Association. Edward and Krista
Haroutunian have agreed to be the first and second featured
attorneys speaking on wills and probate. Lisa Tehlirian has
agreed to be the third speaker on immigration issues. If
interested, please fill out this year’s enclosed membership
form and check yes at the bottom of the page and return it to
me. I will contact you to arrange the radio interview.
Also enclosed is a class action
notice for Armenians that had bank accounts in Deutsche Bank
and Deutsche Orientbank in Turkey during 1875 and 1915. Even
though the deadline has passed, it might still be worthwhile
to contact them if you qualify.
Finally, we have arranged a Joint
Bar Association Dinner Meeting with the Hellenic Bar
Association and Chaldean American Bar Association:
When:
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Where:
Pars Restaurant
3000 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2253
(248) 851-8200
Time:
Cocktails at 6:00 pm (Cash Bar)
Menu:
Persian Mezza
Price:
$14.00 per person, plus a 50/50 Raffle
Speaker:
Elizabeth Lyon
Governmental Relations Director for the State Bar of Michigan
(a.k.a. a lobbyist)
R.S.V.P. (248) 348-6010 or
(248) 231-7167 = cell
Looking forward to seeing you
there,
Sincerely,
Marjorie K. Nanian
President
March 30, 2009
Follow-up from a successful dinner with the Armenian Engineers and Scientists
on March 30, 2009:
Letter From Steven J.
Matz
Detroit Legal News Article
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In Loving
Memory
We are
deeply saddened by the news of the passing of our former
board member and friend, Judge Kaye Tertzag, on Wednesday,
February 4, 2009. The
wake for Judge Tertzag will be held on Friday, February 6th
from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and again on Saturday, February
7th
from noon to 9 p.m. at Martenson Funeral Home, 10915 Allen
Rd. Allen Park, Michigan. For directions, please click
here.
A
memorial service will be held on Sunday, February 8th at 2
p.m. at the Allen Park City Hall Auditorium, 16850
Southfield Rd. Allen Park, Michigan.
For directions, please click
here.
Judge
Tertzag's family has asked Marjorie Nanian to speak briefly
at the memorial service on behalf of the AABA.
Member News
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Member, Paula K. Manis recently taught
"How to Become a Mediator and ADR Opportunities for
Non-Lawyers" at a State Bar of Michigan Legal
Assistants Section event in May, 2008 in Plymouth, MI.
She practices oil and gas law and is a lead trainer for
mediation. She is also an arbitrator for the American
Arbitration Association.
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Recently, Charles A. Semarjian
underwrote the costs of "Career Day" at
Western International High School in Detroit.
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Martin J. Adamian, associate professor
at California State University, completed his Doctoral
Dissertation on international politics. The theme was International Environmental (In)Justice: Critical
Legal Studies and Justice in Climate
Change.
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Walter Akkashian, one of the original
AABA Board members, passed away. A tree was planted in
Armenia to honor his memory. This was done through the
Armenia Tree Project, and presented by the current
board.
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Krista Licata Haroutunian was elected to
the State Bar of Michigan's Representative Assembly for
the 6th Circuit (Oakland County).
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George A. Googasian and his son, Dean M.
Googasian were featured in Michigan Super Lawyers &
Rising Stars 2008.
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Susan Licata Haroutunian is on the
Representative Assembly of the State Bar for Wayne
County.
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