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Howard & Howard names Mohamedulla as Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow


Howard & Howard has selected R. Saleha Mohamedulla as a member of the 2021 class of Fellows, participating in a landmark program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession. Saleha is one of 418 new Fellows, a group of talented and diverse, mid-career attorneys who have been selected by 293 LCLD member corporations and law firms to participate in this career development program.

“This is an honor for Saleha and for Howard & Howard,” said Gina Staudacher, Howard & Howard DEI Committee Chair. “She joins a select group of experienced attorneys from diverse backgrounds who have been recognized for their potential to develop as future leaders in their organizations and in the wider profession.”

According to LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr., the LCLD Fellows Program offers participants “a year-long, in-depth program devoted to relationship-building, leadership training, and extensive contact with LCLD’s prestigious members and the best teachers in the business.”

 

Judge hears arguments over whether to spike Snyder charges
 

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Lawyers clashed Tuesday over whether a Flint water indictment against former Gov. Rick Snyder was filed in the wrong county and should be dismissed.

A judge promised to make a decision within seven days.

Snyder is charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. He’s accused of not properly responding to the controversy about Flint’s water, which was drawn from the Flint River in 2014-15 but not treated to reduce corrosion, despite widespread complaints. Lead leached from old pipes.

High levels of bacteria have also been linked to a fatal spike in Legionnaires’ disease.

Defense attorney Brian Lennon said Snyder’s office was in Ingham County so an indictment in Genesee County doesn’t fit.

He said dismissal of the case wouldn’t be a total victory for Snyder, noting the attorney general’s office can file in Ingham County if it chooses.

“They want mob-ocracy. They don’t want the rule of law,” Lennon said of prosecutors.

In response, Assistant Attorney General Bryant Osikowicz said physical presence is not the sole standard for proper venue.



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