Gathering for an OCBF group photo at the event were (seated, left to right) Trustee Judith K. Cunningham, President Patrick B. McCauley, and Emeritus Trustee Diana Dietle; along with (standing, left to right) Immediate Past President Thomas J. Tallerico; Trustee James G. Derian; Emeritus Trustee Cynthia E. Brazzil; Trustee Alan T. Ackerman; Vice President Elizabeth Luckenbach; Trustees Michael J. Sullivan, Gerald A. Fisher, Charles M. Moore, and Joseph E. Papelian; Emeritus Trustee Mark A. Stern; and Trustees Michael D. Schloff and Kaveh Kashef. Board members not pictured include Treasurer Daniel D. Quick, Secretary Eric J. Pelton, and Trustees Francile Anderson, Keefe A. Brooks, Thomas W. Cranmer, David L. Haron, Thomas E. Kimble, and Brenda M. Orlando.
Among those enjoying the event were (left to right) Oakland County Bar Association President Peter Alter of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer, & Weiss PC; Layne Sakwa of the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office; Henry Nirenberg of Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess, & Serlin PC; Barbara Mandell; and Stewart Mandell of Honigman, Miller, Schwartz, & Cohn LLP.
Also lending support were (left to right) Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and retired Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Gene Schnelz.
An elegant strolling dinner converged American, Chinese, Italian, and Spanish cuisine for this worldwide
culinary tour.
Patrick McCauley of Gasiorek, Morgan, Greco, & McCauley PC; Don McGinnis of Donald E. McGinnis Jr. PC; Liz Luckenbach of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer, & Weiss PC; E. Powell Miller of The Miller Law Firm; and Oakland County Circuit Court Judge James Alexander.
Eric Parzianello, John Hubbard, Mark Snitchler, and Gavin Fleming from Oakland County’s newest law firm Hubbard, Snitchler, & Parzianello PLC
David Trott of Trott & Trott PC; Birmingham attorney Kathleen Trott; Kurt Schnelz of Schnelz Wells PC; Maha Schnelz; David Carl Anderson of Law Office of David C. Anderson PC; and Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Martha Anderson.
Nazli Sater, retired Judge Edward Avadenka, Wayne County 16th District Court Chief Judge Kathleen McCann, and Debra Ribitwer.
The Oakland County Bar Foundation (OCBF) was in a record-breaking mood at the 13th Annual Signature Event on Friday, April 20, raising $249,550 for law-related charities across the metro area. A sell-out crowd of more than 400 attended the event at Oakland Hills Country Club.
“This year, we received more grant requests than ever before and our generous sponsors rose to the challenge,” said Patrick McCauley, president of the OCBF. “Having broken our previous fund-raising record, OCBF will have the means necessary to fund even more of the outstanding legal aid and education nonprofits that help individuals right here in our own back yards. We truly appreciate the ongoing support of the Oakland County legal community and look forward to another year of great progress.”
In total, $189,500 was raised from sponsorship activity and an additional $59,100 was generated in ticket sales, as well as $1,400 in donations, for a grand total of $249,550, according to OCBF officials.
Since 2002, OCBF has contributed more than $1,180,000 to legal assistance and legal education programs in the metro community. Proceeds from events have benefited the University of Detroit Mercy Mobile Law Office, the Family Law Assistance Project, Legal Aid Mini Clinics, William Beaumont Hospital Legal Aid for Children, Youth Law Conference, the RESTORE Foundation, the Michigan Center for Civic Education, among other charitable concerns.
Founded in 1999, the OCBF also supports the Adams-Pratt Collection at the Oakland County Courthouse Library. For additional information, visit www.ocba.org.
For video of this event, go to www.legalnews.com/motion and click on “videos.”
(Photos by John Meiu)
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