Daily Briefs

Holiday Hours
The Wayne County Clerk’s Office will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3 in observance of Labor Day.
The Third Circuit Court Civil, Criminal and Family Divisions will be closed Sept. 3 in observance of Labor Day.
The Wayne County Probate Court will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 3 and will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at          8 a.m.
In observance of Labor Day, the 36th District Court will be closed to the public on Monday, Sept. 3. Only criminal arraignments will be conducted.

Wayne County Probate Court Attorney Training

The Wayne County Probate Court will conduct its 2012 attorney training session on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at the Auditorium in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, 13th Floor (City Side). Two sessions will be held: Attorney Training from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM. The 2012 program will be paperless. Registrants will receive their materials via e-mail with a link to the Court's website (www.wcpc.us — Attorney Training — 2012 Attorney Training Materials).  
Items can be printed out and brought to the seminar. Also, attorneys are welcome to bring their laptops to the program; you will be able to pull up the handouts during the training sessions from the Court’s website, in addition to following the power point presentations by the speakers. Only a limited number of power plugs are available on site.   
Attendance at one or both seminars is mandatory to become eligible to receive assignments from the Wayne County Probate Court
The cost is $75.00 (whether you attend one or both sessions). Registration forms may be obtained from the Chief Deputy Probate Register’s Office of the Wayne County Probate Court, 1305 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (use elevators closest to Woodward Ave.) or from the Court's website at www.wcpc.us. On-site registration will also be available. For additional information, call Michael J. McClory at 313-224-5685 or his administrative assistant at 313-224-5578 or visit the Court's web page.

Gov. Snyder makes 2 southeast Michigan judicial appointments

Governor Rick Snyder has appointed two judges to southeast Michigan courts. Demetria Brue has been appointed to the 36th District Court in Detroit to fill the seat of retired judge Willie Lipscomb, Jr.  Brue is an assistant Wayne County prosecutor. She will serve through Jan. 1, 2015, and must run for election in November 2014 to fill the remainder of Judge Lipscomb’s term, which expires Dec. 31, 2016. Lisa M. Neilson has been appointed to the Wayne County Probate court to fill the seat of resigned judge Cathie Maher. Neilson, a family and probate practitioner most recently of counsel to Dickinson Wright in Bloomfield Hills, is a former staff attorney to the Hon. Linda S. Hallmark, Oakland County Probate Court Family Division. She will serve through Jan. 1, 2015, and must run for election in November 2014 to fill the remainder of Judge Maher’s term, which expires Dec. 31, 2016.

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