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- Posted June 23, 2025
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Annual Event
Amidst the dinner and award presentations 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, OCBA Board members gathered outside for a photo featuring (front row, l-r) Syeda Davidson, Kari Melkonian, Sarah Kuchon, Aaron Burell, and Victoria King; (back) 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.
Sarah Kuchon (center) was sworn in as the 93rd president. 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.
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