The 2014 Celebrating Our Diverse Bar Mixer was hosted on Thursday, March 6, at Buffalo Wild Wings in Detroit.  Among those enjoying the networking event were (l-r) Kathy Ossian, Elizabeth Stafford, Jim Rosenfeld, Jim Feinberg, Alfredo Casab, Marjorie Nanian, Timothy Cordes, Ronda Tate, State Bar of Michigan President Brian Einhorn, Elisa Angeli-Palizzi, Elizabeth Jolliffe, and Rita White. The event is presented by the Albanian Bar Association, Arab American Bar Association, Armenian-American Bar Association, Chaldean American Bar Association of Michigan, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, Delta County Bar Association, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Federal Bar Association — Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, Hispanic Bar Association of Michigan, Italian-American Bar Association of Michigan, Lakeshore Bar Association, Michigan Association of Administrative Law Judges, Michigan Muslim Bar Association, National Lawyers Guild — Michigan/Detroit Chapter, Oakland County Bar Association, Stonewall Bar Association of Michigan, Vanzetti Hamilton Bar Association, Washtenaw County Bar Association, Wayne County District Judges, Wolverine Bar Association, and Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.

 

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