Daily Briefs (Dec 28)

Bodman attorney elected to board of Detroit International Jazz Fest
F. Thomas Lewand, a partner in Bodman LLP’s Detroit office, has been elected to the 19-member board of trustees for the Detroit International Jazz Festival.

Lewand is a member of the firm’s Business, Health Care, and Municipal Law and Finance practice groups.  He represents corporate clients in a variety of general business transactions and negotiating private partnerships between corporations and municipalities. Most notably, Lewand negotiated the deal among the Detroit Lions, Wayne County, and City of Detroit to build Ford Field. He also handles major transactions for the Detroit Medical Center.

In addition to the Detroit International Jazz Festival board, Lewand serves as a director of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the Wayne County Economic Development Corporation and the Mackinac Island Affordable Housing Corporation. He served twelve years as a member of the board of trustees for the University of Detroit Mercy, the last four as chair.

Holiday Hours
The Wayne County Clerk’s Office will be closed through Monday, Jan. 3 and will re-open Tuesday, Jan. 4. Open Dec. 28, 29 and 30 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be: Circuit Court Civil Filings (Rm. 201) and Family Filings and Personal Protection Orders (Rm. 928) located in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center; Criminal Division; and Juvenile Division. Filings for Department of Human Services and Juvenile Assessment Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. only.

The Office of the City Clerk (200 CAYMC) and the City Clerk Archives and Records Division (65) Cadillac Tower, Ste. 1600) will be closed through Monday, Jan. 3. The City Clerk offices will reopen during its regular business hours on Wednesday, Jan. 5. (Tuesday, Jan. 4, is a budget-required furlough day.)

The Wayne County Probate Court will be closed through Monday, Jan. 3 and reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 8 a.m. The court will be open Dec. 28, 29, and 30, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to accept pleadings, and to conduct mental health and emergency hearings.

The 36th District Court will be closed on Friday, Dec. 31, and Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Only Criminal Arraignments will be conducted.

On Tuesday, Dec. 28, Wednesday, Dec. 29, and Thursday, Dec. 30, the Third Circuit Court Civil, Criminal and Family Divisions will be open for essential services only, including criminal arraignments, probation violation, failure to appear warrants, personal protection orders, parental waivers, and other emergency civil and family division matters. The County Clerk’s Office will be open to accept civil and domestic relations pleadings and new case filings from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m on those days.

The court will be closed on Friday, Dec. 31 and Monday, Jan. 3 in observance of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, and will re-open on Tuesday, Jan. 4.

The emergency procedure that is published in the Detroit Legal News every Friday should be followed for any after-hour emergency matter.

The Michigan Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, and the State Court Administrative Office will be closed for the holidays on Thursday, December 30, and Friday, December 31.

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