Bar associations sponsor competition

The D. Augustus Straker Bar Association in conjunction with the Wolverine Bar Association and the Association of Black Judges of Michigan conducted the 18th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Advocacy Competition recently at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Auburn Hills. Taking part in the event were (first row, left to right) students Hazem Qasem, Taylor Trammell, Fariha Ghazi, Justin Pride, Shanara Burke, and Valerie Marchand; joined by (second row) Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Paula Humphries, Wayne County Probate Court Judge Judy Hartsfield, ABJM president; Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan Judge Linda V. Parker; and Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Noceeba Southern; along with (third row, left to right) Rhonda Davenport Johnson; Erika Butler-Akinyemi of Akinyemi Law PLLC, Straker Drum Major for Justice Competition Committee chair; Solon Phillips, assistant Corporation Counsel for Wayne County Corporation Counsel, Straker Bar president; Michelle Carter of Bodman LLP, Wolverine Bar president; and Earlene R. Baggett-Hayes of The Law & Mediation Center PLLC; joined by (forth row, left to right) Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan Judge Wade McCree; Cooley Assistant Dean and Professor Martha Moore; Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris; and Clinton Township attorney Andrea Irons.
 

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