During the reception, outgoing ABJM President Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Lynise Bryant-Weekes (far right) and outgoing WBA/WBF President Ronda Tate (second from left) of Lewis & Munday PC were happy to welcome incoming presidents (left to right) Chantez Pattman Knowles (WBA/WBF) of Consumers Energy Company and Wayne County Probate Court Judge Terrance A. Keith (ABJM)

The Wolverine Bar Association (WBA), Wolverine Bar Foundation (WBF), and Association of Black Judges of Michigan (ABJM) co-hosted their Annual Presidents’ Reception on Friday, June 27, in the Georgian Room of the Detroit Athletic Club. Members of ABJM taking part in the reception were (left to right) Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Michael Wagner; Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris; Wayne County 36th District Court Judges Pennie Millender, Katherine Hansen, Lynise Bryant-Weekes, and Izetta F. Bright; Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Karen Fort Hood; Wayne County 36th District Court Judge David A. Perkins; and Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Craig S. Strong.

Members of the WBA/WBF enjoying the Presidents’ Reception were (front row, left to right) Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Craig S. Strong, Diane Hutcherson, Ronda Tate, Chantez Pattman Knowles, Kim Ward, and Jerome Crawford; along with (middle row, left to right) Randall Brown, Tiffany Boyd, Shanta McMullan, and Alex Simpson; in addition to (back row, left to right) Daimeon Cotton, Naomi Oglesby, and Wayne County 36th District Court Judge David A. Perkins.