Services scheduled Monday for attorney
A Funeral Mass is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 17 at 11 a.m. for Detroit area attorney Michael J. Lavoie, who died suddenly last Thursday.
The service will take place at St. Hugo of the Hills Stone Chapel, 2215 Opdyke Rd., Bloomfield Hills. Visitation at the church will begin at 10:15 a.m.
A longtime attorney with Butzel Long and a former Peace Corps member, Lavoie is survived by his loving wife, Kristin; two daughters, Katie and Melissa Lavoie; and two step-children, Laurel and Elliott Fernandes. He was the brother of George (Carol), Hervey, Raymond (Lynette), Robert (Deborah), and the late Patricia.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Village of Namtenga, c/o 2600 Crooks Rd., Troy, MI 48084.
Referee receives 2016 child advocate award
Referee Leslie Graves has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Kristy Lynn Berkelbaugh Child Advocate Award.
Diana and Fred Berkelbaugh began the Kristy Lynn Berkelbaugh Memorial Fund benefitting children being served in Community Social Services of Wayne County’s (CSSWC) Child Welfare Program as a living legacy to their beloved daughter, Kristy Lynn, who passed away tragically.
In tribute to the Berkelbaugh family and in honor of Kristy Lynn, 2013 CSSWC created The Kristy Lynn Berkelbaugh Child Advocate Award to present to citizens and/or organizations that are exemplary child advocates.
The first recipient of this award was the Terbracks, a two-generation foster family whose legacy of love began with their mother, Marguerite Terbrack, who was a foster parent for more than 30 years.
Graves’ commitment to improving the lives of children by advocating for children’s safety, health, and well-being and working together with child-placing agencies and the State of Michigan to ensure the protection and placement of loving and safe homes is praiseworthy.
Graves’ civic stewardship directly aligns with the mission of CSSWC “to develop partnerships with like-minded organizations, inspiring action that results in rebuilding broken lives, and restoring dignity.”
Graves will receive the award at CCSWC’s 70th anniversary event.
Swearing-in ceremony of attorneys by USPTO
New Patent Trial and Appeals Board administrative patent judges will be sworn in the campus of University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 651 East Jefferson Avenue, in downtown Detroit 12:30 –1:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17.
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