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Miller Canfield receives ‘Restructuring of the Year Award’ from M&A Advisor
The law firm of Miller Canfield has been recognized on the winning team for the “Restructuring of the Year Award (over $5 billion)” by The M&A Advisor for its role as co-bankruptcy and bond counsel for the City of Detroit bankruptcy.

 “It’s our privilege to have served as counsel to the City of Detroit — our home for more than 160 years,” said Miller Canfield CEO Michael McGee.
“We’re grateful for this award recognizing some of the best collaborative legal work ever. Our team consisted of lawyers in municipal finance, bankruptcy, labor law, pensions, benefits and local government working together for a better, stronger city for all.”

The award nominations, representing more than 250 participating companies, were judged by an independent jury of industry experts.

“The award winners represent the best of the distressed investing and reorganization industry in 2014 and earned these honors by standing out in a group of very impressive candidates,” said David Fergusson, co-CEO and president of The M&A Advisor in a press release.

The awards gala will take place at the 2015 M&A Advisor Distressed Investing Summit on February 23 in Palm Beach, Florida. The M&A Advisor has been presenting, recognizing the achievement of and facilitating connections between the world’s leading mergers and acquisitions, financing and turnaround professionals since 1998.

Corrigan will work on child welfare issues on national level
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After a long career in government, Maura Corrigan says she’ll be working for a conservative Washington think tank.

Corrigan lately was director of the Department of Human Services after a dozen years on the Michigan Supreme Court. She says she’ll be writing about child welfare and poverty for the American Enterprise Institute.

The 66-year-old Corrigan says she won’t be moving to Washington, although she may get opportunities to testify to Congress. She says she hopes to take what she’s learned in Michigan and apply it to national policies.

Corrigan worked for the Wayne County prosecutor and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit before eventually becoming a judge on the state appeals court.

DMBA Barristers Section hosts 2015 Pins’N’Pinstripes

Join the DMBA Barristers Section and other young attorneys from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, at the Garden Bowl on Woodward in Detroit for a fun evening of bowling, networking, food and drinks.

Admission includes 3 hours of bowling, rental shoes, pizza, salad, soda, draft beer, and house wine. Registration is $40 in advance and $45 at the door. Register yourself — or your team! — and join us for the fun.

For more information, contact Mitzy Sharp Futro at msharpfutro@detroitlawyer.com.

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