A former letterwinner for the men’s swimming and diving team at the University of Michigan, Grosse Pointe attorney Fritz Damm was honored October 3 as the 2025 recipient of the Ufer Award, an annual honor named after legendary U-M ­football broadcaster Bob Ufer, who also was a track star for the Wolverines. The award was presented at the Letterwinners M Club Fall Gala in the U-M Golf Course Clubhouse. The list of former winners of the award includes the likes of Bo ­Schembechler, Don Canham, Bill Martin, Lloyd Carr, Carol Hutchins, Red Berenson, and Stephen Ross. A former M Club President and lifelong ambassador for Michigan Athletics, Damm earned his U-M degree in 1964 before attending law school at Wayne State University. During a distinguished legal career, Damm served as president of the Transportation Lawyers Association, an organization he headed in 2001-02 and that he served as chair of the Membership Services and Recruiting Committee for 21 years before retiring last year.

headlines Detroit

• Two Michigan Law alumni complete the 200-mile Traka bike race in Spain
• Search for ‘good’ is clearly reaching a perilous crossroads
• DOJ warns of criminal charges over voter rolls
• AG secures settlement with Deere, advancing farmers’ right to repair
• Daily Briefs

headlines National

• ABA connects death row inmate to pro bono attorneys who help free him
• ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
• 2 judges suspended in separate cases after being indicted on criminal charges
• Convicted ex-judge gets $5K fine but no prison time in immigration case
• Ohio governor signs bill prohibiting foreign litigation funding
• Many small firms collect payments faster than BigLaw counterparts, new data shows