Cooley Law School Distinguished Professor Emeritus Marla Mitchell-Cichon and two graduates are honored as ‘Influential Women of Law’
Published: October 24, 2024
Cooley Law School Distinguished Professor Emeritus Marla
Mitchell-Cichon, along with two Cooley graduates, Amanda Barfield Fopma
(2012, Marion Hilligan Class) and Valerie Anne Kutz-Otway (2010,
Augustus B. Woodward Class), have been inducted into Michigan Lawyers
Weekly’s 2024 Class of Influential Women of Law. The recognition
ceremony was held on Sept. 27, at Petruzzello’s in Troy.
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- Cooley Law School Distinguished Professor Emeritus Marla Mitchell-Cichon and two graduates are honored as ‘Influential Women of Law’
- Royal salute: Scholarship created in honor of prominent Butzel Long lawyer
- ‘Barristers’ Ball’
- ‘Barristers’ Ball’
- Cooley grad launches career as law clerk with Jackson firm
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