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- Posted October 09, 2025
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Answers, updates straight from the bench
The Macomb County
Probate Bar Association recently offered members of the group the
opportunity to pose questions to, and receive court updates from, judges
serving on the Probate Court bench. In photo above, Probate Court Judge
Sara Schimke (third from left) is pictured with (left to right): Zenon
Kwik; MCPBA President Dave Forest; Justin Thomas; Lisa Lepine and Gary
Gendernalik.
Others
attending the ‘Meet Your Probate Court Judges’ event in the auditorium
of the Clinton-Macomb Main Library in Clinton Township were (from left
in photo to the right.): Michelle Donovan; Donna Bennett, Schimke’s
court clerk; Kelly Mcilhargey, Schimke’s secretary; Farrah
Ramdayal-Howard, president of the Macomb County Bar Association; and
Jessica Lane, Schimke’s court attorney. Also on hand to field questions
from area attorneys were Schimke’s colleagues on the bench, Probate
Court Judges Sandra Harrison and Aaron Hall.
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