Young Lawyers Section presents ‘Michigan Youth Leadership Summit’
The State Bar of Michigan’s Young Lawyers Section will host its first “Michigan Youth Leadership Summit” on Saturday, April 17, at Oakland Community College’s Orchard Ridge Campus, 27055 Orchard Lake Rd. in Farmington Hills.
The four-hour event, which begins at 10 a.m. in the Smith Theater, is intended to be a day of encouragement, inspiration, and practical advice from local, state, and national leaders for high school students. It will feature live speeches and video presentations from various Michigan political leaders and professional athletes, including Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, and Detroit Tiger Nate Robertson.
The Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Barristers, D. Augustus Straker Bar Association and Oakland Community College are assisting the Young Lawyers Section with this summit.
Tickets for the event, which includes lunch, are $10. Register online at www.mich-bar.org/younglawyers/news.cfm. For additional information, contact Jennifer Harvey at jharvey@harveylegalgroup.com.
Verdict stands for local woman in rival death
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has upheld an Oakland County woman’s conviction in the stabbing and bludgeoning death of a pregnant rival 16 years ago.
The court released a decision last Thursday declining to hear Carol Ege’s appeal.
Ege’s first conviction in Cindy Thompson’s death was thrown out when a bite mark expert’s testimony was discredited. She was tried a second time in 2007 without use of the bite evidence and again convicted of first-degree murder.
The 53-year-old now is serving life in prison without parole.
Thompson was pregnant by a man romantically involved with both women. She was found beaten and stabbed in her Pontiac apartment.
Lawmakers vote again to drop Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan House has passed a bill that would let motorcycle riders 21 and older travel without helmets, despite the threat of a veto from Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Granholm has vetoed similar legislation twice in the past few years. A spokeswoman said last Thursday that Granholm supports Michigan’s current law, which requires motorcycle riders to wear helmets.
The Democratic governor has said she has concerns about safety and what would happen to insurance costs if the mandatory helmet law were repealed.
The Democrat-led House on last Thursday passed a bill that would repeal the helmet law on a 63-46 vote. The bill now goes to the Republican-led Senate.
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