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Plunkett Cooney

Attorney Jesse A. Zapczynski recently joined the Transportation Law Practice Group of Plunkett Cooney.

A member of the firm's Bloomfield Hills office, Zapczynski focuses his practice on the defense of first- and third-party auto liability, bodily injury, and uninsured and under insured motorist cases on behalf of national insurance companies and their policyholders. Additionally, he has significant experience with ERISA plans and other healthcare coverage potentially affecting these matters, as well as extensive experience investigating and resolving fraudulent motor vehicle liability claims.

Admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Michigan, Zapczynski is a member of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel and the State Bar of Michigan. He is a 2010 graduate of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and a 2007 graduate of Michigan State University.

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Michigan Indigent Defense ­Commission

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently announced the following appointments to the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission:

Kimberly Buddin is policy counsel for the ACLU of Michigan and a VAWA/U-Visa pro-bono attorney for the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. She earned her law degree from the Michigan State University College of Law. Buddin is reappointed to represent a member submitted by a bar association whose primary mission or purpose is to advocate for minority interests, for a term commencing April 2, 2020 and expiring April 1, 2024.

William W. Swor is an attorney and the principal with Swor and Associates Law Firm and a member of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan Board of Directors. He earned his law degree from the Wayne State University Law School. Swor is reappointed to represent members submitted by the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for a term commencing April 2, 2020 and expiring April 1, 2024.

The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission was created as a result of efforts to improve legal representation for indigent criminal defendants. The commission develops and oversees the implementation, enforcement, and modification of minimum standards, rules, and procedures to ensure that indigent criminal defense services providing effective assistance of counsel are delivered to all indigent adults in this state consistent with the safeguards of the United States Constitution, the State Constitution of 1963, and with the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Act.

These appointments are not subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.

Published: Mon, Mar 23, 2020