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- Posted June 23, 2025
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Annual meeting

Sarah Kuchon
(center) was sworn in as the 93rd president of the Oakland County Bar
Association at the 91st Annual Meeting of the OCBA which was conducted
Thursday, June 5, at The Kingsley Hotel in Bloomfield Hills. Kuchon, of
Hohauser Kuchon, succeeds Dean Googasian (left), of The Googasian Firm
PC. Happy to congratulate Kuchon was State Bar of Michigan President
Joseph McGill (right) of Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip PLLC.
Amidst
the dinner and award presentations, OCBA Board members gathered outside
for a photo featuring (front row, left to right) Syeda Davidson, Kari
Melkonian, Sarah Kuchon, Aaron Burell, and Victoria King; along with
(back row, left to right) James Martone, Layne Sakwa, Jenifer Lord,
Silvia Mansoor, Moheeb Murray, Jennifer Henderson, Julie Kosovec, and
Stephen McKenney.
During
the OCBA annual meeting, Oakland County Circuit Court Chief Judge
Jeffery Matis (second from right) and his wife Kimberly (second from
left) had a chance to chat with members of the bar including Silvia
Mansoor (far left), of Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip PLLC, and Julie
Fershtman (far right), of Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith PC.
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