Trial run: New MAJ president looks to year ahead
Published: July 25, 2014
By Sheila Pursglove Legal News Trial lawyers are on the front lines to expose wrongdoers and protect the public, notes Scott Goodwin, who on July 1 took over as president of the Lansing-based Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ), the state’s [ More » ]
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Attorney defended man accused of terrorizing I-96
July 25, 2014By Jo Mathis Legal News Ann Arbor attorney Charles Groh was eating lunch at South Main Market one day while looking through a list of potential clients when his jaw dropped. Thanks to a referral by a Detroit law firm, Groh's next client was
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Judge asks why wasn't child murder suspect in jail
July 25, 2014INKSTER (AP) - A Detroit judge said Wednesday that it appears an ex-convict accused of killing a 2-year-old girl in front of her father should have been behind bars at the time she was fatally shot. Raymone Jackson, 25, appeared Wednesday for arraignment befor
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State appeals court throws out conviction in 1983 fatal stabbing
July 25, 2014HIGHLAND PARK (AP) - The Michigan appeals court has overturned a murder conviction in a Wayne County case that took about 30 years to bring to trial. The court says the rights of William Lyles Jr. were violated at trial last year. The court says
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Fair Housing Forum hosted at Wayne Law
July 25, 2014The Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, American Citizens for Justice, and the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit presented a Fair Housing Forum on Saturday, July 12, at the Keith Center of Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. Amon
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Business
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State
- Crowd funding planned for Mich. public spaces - July 25, 2014
- Insurers owe nearly $13.2M in refunds to customers in Michigan - July 25, 2014
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