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Vol. CXIV No.137 Friday, July 10, 2009 75 Cents DAILY BRIEFS EntertainingAttorney sees opportunities notion in field of entertainment law BY MIKE SCOTT personalities, producers, production companies, performer negotiate a fair contract. Legal News record labels, agents, artist managers, music “It’s not something I had anticipated getting Herstein re-elected publishers, songwriters and athletes. Among into but I had always had this interest in music, secretary of Supreme From public defender to lawyer to the stars, others, his most well-known clients have includ- whether singing or strumming the guitar,” Hertz Howard Hertz has become perhaps one of the ed George Clinton, Sippie Wallace, The Roman- said. “At that time I didn’t even know there was After greeting jurors, Chief Judge Court historical board most accomplished and experienced entertain- tics, The Bass Brothers, Eminem, Marilyn Man- something known as entertainment law and in Marylin E. Atkins (second from left) ment law experts in Michigan. son, Russell Simmons, O-Town, Pantera, The reality it was a pretty new (practice).” visits with Jury Department staff Carl W. Herstein, Now Hertz is hoping that the incentives the GO, Elmore Leonard, Warner Tamerlane and So Hertz began educating himself more a partner in Honig- Eileen Foley Schumaker, Karen Wool- state legislature gave to filmmakers last year Atlantic Records. about the field. He took classes through the folk and Carol Michalak Duff. man Miller Schwartz will continue to be offered in the wake of debate Hertz’s start in the specialty field came about Practicing Law Institute in New York City and and Cohn LLP’s over whether the credits should still be offered. in an innocuous way. He was working as a pub- began working with some local brands, helping Real Estate Depart- Hertz’s experience in entertainment law is lic defender for the city of Detroit, fresh out of them to finalize contracts and negotiate terms. ment, again has been significant. He and partner Bradley Schram law school at Wayne State University, working During the time when Hertz was establishing 36th District elected Secretary of established the Bloomfield Hills-based law firm on armed robbery and other criminal cases. an entertainment law specialty, he discussed the Board of Direc- of Hertz Schram, P.C. in 1979. The firm pro- That’s when local singer and songwriter Ted opening a firm with Schram, who was then tors, Michigan vides legal services in a wide variety of special- Strunck was offered a publishing contract and working for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Court marks Supreme Court His- ties, although practically all of Hertz’s practice was referred to Hertz through a mutual friend. Office. Schram had a personal interest in film torical Society. Her- is the in entertainment field. Strunck gave Hertz the book This Business of and television scriptwriting and developed a stein was elected to Since 1976 Hertz has represented numerous Music by M. William Krasilovsky. As the only friendship with the novelist and screenwriter juror’s month the organization’s artists and entities in entertainment, including lawyer he knew, Strunck suggested to Hertz that Elmore Leonard. While still working as a prose- Board in 2004, elect- The 36th District Court is celebrating authors, screenwriters, recording artists, radio he could use the book as a resource to help the cuting attorney, he invited Leonard to Detroit to Juror Appreciation Month during the month ed to Secretary in tour the office and learn more about the law Carl W. of July to recognize city of Detroit residents 2006 and has been enforcement and legal systems during a time re-elected to the Herstein who have completed jury duty and to high- when Leonard was interested in changing genres light the honor and importance of serving on position in each suc- from westerns to crime dramas. ceeding year. a jury. Lunch Schram introduced Leonard to his new law Throughout the month activities will Herstein’s law practice focuses on real estate, partner. And around this time Hertz began doing real estate finance and real estate tax appeals, include airing of the court’s jury service legal work for Joel Martin, the publisher that video, “Jurors in Paradise,” and the recently interest/usury and equine law. He currently first offered Strunck a contract. Over time, Mar- serves on the University Musical Society Board Date released production, “36th District Court: tin became an influential producer and manager Justice for All” as well as a variety of docu- of Directors, of which he is the immediate past Over the years, in the music business, and remains a client. The Chair. His professional accolades include nota- Southfield attorney mentaries and musical performances provid- rest is history. ed by The Detroit Public Library. tion in The Best Lawyers in America (2008- Harvey Heller has “It wasn’t long before I started doing work 2009), Michigan Super Lawyers (2007-2009) amassed a premiere In addition to light morning refreshments, for Leonard and he has been with us for the last jurors will receive a copy of the resolution and Who’s Who in American Law. collection of 110 antique 30 years,” Hertz said. He received a J.D. from the Yale Law School lunchboxes that issued by the Michigan Supreme Court, For years much of his entertainment law bookmarks imprinted with a juror apprecia- and a B.A. in Political Science and History from span four decades of work has been focused in the music industry. the University of Michigan. pop culture. tion message and Certificates of Apprecia- He attends MIDEM, the international music tion. They will also receive visitdetroit bags The Michigan Supreme Court Historical Soci- festival in Cannes, France, each year that ety is a non profit corporation, which collects, See his story on filled with visitdetroit magazines, maps and preserves and displays documents, records and the Back Page. See ENTERTAINING, Page 2 DET bumper stickers, provided by the memorabilia relating to the study of the Michi- Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. gan Supreme Court and other courts of Michigan Station to Station Guides that highlight great to increase awareness of Michigan’s legal her- destinations in downtown Detroit along the itage. For more information visit micourthisto- Detroit People Mover route are also being ry.org. provided to jurors by The Detroit People Eye on the Blogosphere Mover, a Detroit Transportation Corporation. New to this year’s observance is the Tour Deputy convicted, Ren Cen guide, inviting jurors to join in for a Would you like some ointment for that burn? complimentary walking tour of the landmark demoted to jail duty BY TARYN HARTMAN bar.net/) informed us of a court decision ruling one who was hurt while participating in an GM Renaissance Center. MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) — A Macomb Legal News that Crunchberries weren’t actually a fruit? activity ‘involving an inherent risk of injury to According to Chief Judge Marylin E. County sheriff’s deputy who was accused of Hang on, give me a minute…the devastation is voluntary participants . . ., where the risk cannot Atkins, the objective of Juror Appreciation drunken driving, resisting arrest and possession It’s killing me not to washing back over me. Well, they’re back to be eliminated without altering the fundamental Month is to show past and prospective jurors of marijuana has been demoted but not fired write about Michael Jackson burst our bubble again, this time with the news nature of the activity,’” Lowering the Bar writes. that their contributions are greatly appreciat- after he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors. this week. It would be so that you aren’t entitled to sue anybody if you The post continues, “In his deposition, Beni- ed by the Court. A member of the bench Former Lt. Joseph Guzdziol will start his new easy, given my unbridled suffer burns at a place called — wait for it — nati admitted he knew ‘fire was dangerous and greets the jurors daily and thanks them for position as a turnkey in the county jail on Satur- passion for the King of Pop BURNING MAN. caused burns’ before he walked into one. He serving. day. He will lose about $50,000 annually in and because the story has so “Trying to explain what Burning Man is to knew there was some possibility of falling into “Jury service is a vital aspect of our gov- salary but will continue to build his pension. dominated the continuous someone who has never been to the event is a bit said fire. He admitted no one affiliated with the ernment,” said Judge Atkins. “When you Guzdziol was charged with drunken driving, news cycle that the blogos- like trying to explain what a particular color defendants asked him to walk into the fire or serve as juror, you not only serve your coun- resisting arrest, child endangerment and marijua- phere has helped create. But looks like to someone who is blind,” reads the told him it would be safe to do so. But he testi- try, but you serve as an integral part of the na possession after a Feb. 20 incident in Bay in the interest of not con- Web site (www.burningman.com/whatisburn- fied that he did not think it would be dangerous justice system. County. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges. tributing to the “problem” of overcoverage that ingman/) for the annual festival in Nevada’s to walk into the fire, although he knew it ‘was “We want every juror to feel appreciated Sheriff Mark Hackel says demoting Guzdziol many are complaining about, I’ll guess I’ll just Black Rock Desert. The basic concept is this: not ‘absolutely safe, because there [was] a fire and to know how much we value their time was one of the toughest things he’s had to do as say this: the story of Michael Jackson’s death is each year, close to 50,000 people descend on the present.’And, as noted, fire is hot.” and commitment to our system of justice,” sheriff. Hackel says Guzdziol has had “an impec- all the proof we need that the Internet really has usually desolate area and build a makeshift city The California Court of Appeals agreed in a Atkins continued. “We would also like to cable career.” changed everything. From the fact that celebrity housing the week-long festival of whatever-you- decision that’s important because it marks the thank the many private companies, govern- gossip site TMZ.com broke the story to the make-of-it, an “experimental community which first time it’s applied the primary assumption of ment agencies, small businesses, school dis- never-ending, constantly updating stream of challenges its members to express themselves risk doctrine to something other than a sport, tricts, and all those who encourage and sup- Man pleads guilty information on blogs and Web sites — a sea so and rely on themselves to a degree that is not “unless you think ‘recreational dancing’ and port their employees when they are called to deep that I’ve only waded in up to my ankles normally encountered in one’s day-to-day life. being pulled behind a boat on an inner tube are jury service. to poaching fish when it comes to sifting through which outlet or “There are no rules about how one must ‘sports.’” Lowering the Bar snarks. “We depend on your service — thank you GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — A man has plead- writer is saying what — to the fact that Tues- behave or express oneself at this event (save the Ouch…burn. for doing your duty!” ed guilty to illegally taking a 5-foot sturgeon day’s memorial service was streamed live over rules that serve to protect the health, safety, and from the Grand River in Grand Rapids. the Web likely to millions in addition to the 31 experience of the community at large); rather, it Thirty-year-old Secilio David Cantu admitted million TV viewers Nielsen is reporting, what is up to each participant to decide how they will Thursday in district court he knew the fish was a we know (and in many cases, don’t know and contribute and what they will give to this com- sturgeon when he poached it in mid-May. choose to speculate on instead) and when we munity,” the site reads. Near the end of the festi- Clark Hill Cares A sentencing date was not set. Cantu faces 30 know it are definitely never going to be the val, a 60-foot tall wooden statue (the Burning to 180 days in jail, fines of up to $2,000 and same. I was a sixth-grader watching a Saturday Man) is set on fire and burns until it collapses Greg Moore and more than other penalties. night rerun of “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” into a big bonfire, and this is where Anthony 200 other Clark Hill PLC The lake sturgeon is a protected species in when a ticker crawled across the screen inform- Beninati ran into trouble. employees volunteered Michigan. ing me that Princess Diana had been in a car You see, as Lowering the Bar explains, June 27 to sort and pack food The state Department of Natural Resources accident, and the newspaper headlines the next according to Beninati’s complaint, “He walked at Gleaners Community Food says the Grand Rapids man hooked the fish in morning read, “Crash Kills Diana.” When around the bonfire three times, each time bank and partner locations the tail and dragged it to a waiting truck driven Michael Jackson died, I found out via text mes- ‘circl[ing] a little closer to the fire.’ Eventually, near the firm’s offices in three by his father. Onlookers took cell phone pictures sage. he walked still closer, into what was variously Michigan communities and called out to him to return the fish. Furthermore, the advent of online social net- described as an area of ‘embers,’ ‘low flames,’ (Detroit, Grand Rapids and Cantu turned himself in after seeing his pic- working sites has turned us into a worldwide ‘burning remnants,’ and ‘a spot where there was Lansing), as well as Chicago ture was being circulated by the media and community of grievers connected through high- fire on either side of him.’ Basically, he had and Phoenix. While the online. He declined to comment Thursday. speed, wireless and mobile internet connections. walked inside a huge bonfire. Then, as you firm has supported many Who’s to say that the death of Elvis thirty years might have expected, he tripped on something community organizations in ago wouldn’t have elicited the same kind of and fell into the actual fiery part of the bonfire, the past, this company- response as MJ’s passing were there countless burning his hand.” wide initiative was the INSIDE DLN cable news outlets and Web sites to cover it and So he did what’s becoming more and more first formal community project the technology available to let his fans around common in our society when it comes to shift- orchestrated under the firm’s the world share their grief over Twitter and Face- ing the blame for one’s own moronic behavior new “Clark Hill Cares” banner. Abandoned Car Auctions ...... 10 book? elsewhere: he sued. As defendants, the festival For more photos from the Building Permits ...... 41 But now it’s time to get down to business. Do organizers argued Beninati could not file his suit event see page 51. Calendar ...... 51 you “remember the time” (from 1991’s Danger- under the “primary assumption of the risk” doc- Photo courtesy of Tanner Friedman City Request for Bids ...... 6 ous) when Lowering the Bar (www.loweringthe- trine, which “bars negligence claims by some- Classified Ads ...... 4 Crossword ...... 4 Official Newspaper: City of Detroit • Wayne Circuit Court • U.S. District Court • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Legal Notices ...... 6 Mortgages ...... 4 State Tax Liens...... 45 ■ Taking Stock ■ Commentary ■ Book Case Berko recommends replacing The untaught law of Review of ‘Three Felonies,’ an Geitner with midwesterner unexpected consequences indictment against the Justice Dept. Page 2 Page 3 Page 50 DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 2

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Taking Stock Submit news & views to Business & Economy [email protected] MALCOLM BERKO

Solid midwesterner needed THE INFLUENCE GAME to balance Obama’s books Dear Mr. Berko: (giveaway dollars) belong to Business, health split starting to form I understand that you are Americans who lost homes to uncomfortable with the Obama foreclosure due to unprincipled administration’s handling of this lenders and to Americans who Sharp divisions emerging over how to achieve health care reform financial crisis. What changes don’t have money for health BY ALAN FRAM haul to form broad coalitions that years. Even if the deals survive, from 8 percent in 2000, the group — and a potential source of would you recommend to put our insurance because of fraud, greed Associated Press Writer might defeat it, such as the largely business groups say, hospitals and said. income. But he cautioned that economy back on track? This is and waste in our medical system. united business front that doomed drug companies may find ways to While agreeing that reducing reimbursements hospitals receive not a trick question, rather other This money is usurped from WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bill Clinton’s drive to shift the costs to the country’s pri- health costs is essential for compa- for treating Medicaid and readers and I would appreciate Americans who can’t make credit Health care providers have been remake the medical system in the vate employers, who provide most nies, business groups like Medicare recipients — people 65 your point of view. Are you in card payments due to unscrupu- crowing in recent days about deals early 1990s. Americans with health care cover- Trautwein’s have been critical of and over, the poor and the disabled the Rush Limbaugh camp? Do lous bank practices and from they’ve cut with lawmakers to help Three major hospital groups age. the effort to reshape health care. — remain too low. you agree with Rush, who wants Americans who purchased pay for President Barack Obama’s agreed with White House officials “We as private payers are first They have explicitly opposed some “We’re all concerned about cost President Barack Obama’s poli- Detroit’s cars that implode three health care overhaul. Those agree- and Senate Finance Committee in line to take increased costs as key Democratic tenets such as cre- shifts and the burden that places on cies to fail? years later. ments have been announced in leaders this week to accept $155 hospitals and others who are play- ating a government-run insurance the private sector,” he said. G.G., Oklahoma City Finally, this money belongs to flashy White House ceremonies — billion in reduced Medicare and ing ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ try to plan and requiring employers to None of that is enough for Americans who lost TRILLIONS but off camera and quietly, busi- Medicaid payments over the com- make up these costs,” said E. Neil provide medical coverage for their many business groups, large and Dear G.G.: in their retirement accounts due ness lobbyists have been stewing. ing decade. The deal would allow Trautwein, chief health care lobby- workers. small. Please understand that Rush to the criminal activities and Their concern: The many bil- hospitals to limit the damage to ist for the National Retail Federa- In interviews, leaders of health Maureen Davenport, spokes- Limbaugh is neither an econo- marauding greed of Merrill lions in savings health providers their budgets. Two weeks ago, the tion, umbrella group for the industry groups say their agree- woman for the National Associa- mist nor a financial impresario. Lynch, Goldman Saks, Lehman are promising will ultimately come nation’s drug producers agreed to nation’s retail industry. “So we are ments with lawmakers would help tion of Manufacturers, said her He’s a fantastic entertainer who Brothers and Bear Stearns. This from the pockets of the nation’s swallow $80 billion in savings, not a fan of these backroom deals.” the business community. group was watching the health would probably win every vote money doesn’t belong to Bank of employers, who are already drown- largely by reducing the prices they Health insurance premiums “Part of our goal is to achieve industry’s emerging agreements on “American Idol.” And I don’t America, GM, Merrill Lynch, ing in medical costs. charge for some Medicare pre- grew by 78 percent between 2001 health care reform that makes with an eye to money. believe, for even a minute, that AIG or Countrywide Mortgage. The growing divide underlines scriptions. People following the and 2007, far higher than the 19 health care more affordable for “We would be concerned with Rush wants Obama’s policies to It’s our money, and there’s not a that while almost every group in health care debate say a deal with percent growth in wages during employers,” said Billy Tauzin, head anything that would raise the cost fail. Rush is not vindictive and he single snippet of personal Washington says it favors health doctors groups may be next. that period, according to the pri- of the Pharmaceutical Research for manufacturers,” she said. doesn’t wish economic failure on responsibility attached to its tak- care reform, sharp divisions There are no guarantees these vate Kaiser Family Foundation. and Manufacturers of America, Also leery is John Satagaj, pres- 310 million Americans. His job ing by corporate America. Histo- emerge over how to achieve it. The agreements will emerge intact as Companies providing medical cov- whose deal was announced June ident of the Small Business Leg- is to sell advertising for the radio ry books will refer to this event chasm also fractures the overall Congress labors to send Obama a erage paid health care expenses 22. He said while there are “no islative Council, which represents stations that broadcast his pro- as the “slickest train robbery in business community, making it health system overhaul that could that were typically 11 percent the guarantees about future inflation, about 60 small business trade gram and he’s doing yeoman’s the history of the world.” harder for opponents of an over- cost $1 trillion over the next 10 size of their payrolls in 2005, up no guarantees about the future groups such as florists. He said he work. It’s so easy to spend money economies our country will go cannot tell how the savings that There are simple solutions to when it doesn’t belong to you. through,” economic models show health groups have agreed to most complicated problems con- Everybody complains about the making the health care system would be enforced. cerning government policies. solutions but few offer a better Once-prominent lawyer blames more efficient “will save you dra- “I don’t know where the pres- However, the solutions are com- solution. Well here is a better matically over the long term.” sure points are yet to make sure we plicated by thousands of snivel- solution. Rich Umbdenstock, president control the entire system” of ing lobbyists who deluge billions Congress goofed big time envy for $400 million fraud of the American Hospital Associa- reducing health costs, he said. If of dollars of bribe money on handing out $1 billion checks tion, said health overhaul is aimed there’s no way to ensure that the members of Congress to favor like cheese samples on tooth- at covering more people, thus health industry bears the cost of the smirking fat cats who employ picks at Costco! I’d insist that the Prosecutors recommend sentence of 145 years reducing the costs that hospitals the savings, “where you go is who them. It was L. William Seid- executives of companies receiv- BY LARRY NEUMEISTER included celebrities, including manager Bernard Madoff was sen- pass on for care of uninsured and is left to pay for it. If it’s not indi- man, former chairman of the ing bailout bucks personally sign Associated Press Writer retired football star Michael Stra- tenced to 150 years in prison after underinsured patients. It also viduals and not the government, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., an enforceable IOU for their pro- han and former News Corp. pub- admitting he carried on a Ponzi would create a new pool of insured it’s going to be business.” who said: “Lobbyists are the poi- rata share of the largess. They too NEW YORK (AP) — A promi- lishing executive Judith Regan. scheme for at least two decades son of America’s middle class.” should be on the hook. I would nent lawyer who prosecutors say Prosecutors urged the judge to that cost thousands of investors Because we’re prohibited from insist that members of the should spend 145 years behind bars sentence the Harvard and Yale- tens of billions of dollars. shooting lobbyists, I suggest that respective corporate boards sign for a giant fraud says envy of more trained attorney to 145 years in Dreier, who remains under Citigroup shuffles top execs, the administration demand each identical IOUs. Then I would get successful colleagues and clients prison while Dreier’s defense house arrest, carried out his fraud lobbyist wear a Nazi armband rid of Treasury Secretary Timmy fueled a mid-life ambitious crusade lawyer, Gerald Shargel, said over a seven-year period by distrib- chair/former CFO leaving and a red swastika on his lapel. “The Giveaway Kid” Geithner, a to build prestige and wealth by between 10 and 12 1/2 years in uting phony client and accounting Solving our economic prob- Brooklyn boy who got his doc- stealing hundreds of millions of prison was a fair punishment. firm documents to his customers Bank received $45B in government aid lems is made even more compli- torate from Dartmouth, one of dollars. “Dreier could have pursued a and by impersonating clients in BY STEPHEN BERNARD ny to spend more time with his cated because Democrats and those amnesia-inducing Ivy “I lost my perspective and my rewarding and productive life as a person and on the phone and AP Business Writer family and pursue other business Republicans practice politics like League schools. I would replace moral grounding, and, really, in a lawyer, serving clients and the law, recruiting others to join his cha- interests, Citigroup said in a state- the Hatfields and McCoys. Just him with Thomas M. Hoenig, a sense, I just lost my mind,” 59- with compensation in the top few rades, prosecutors said. NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup ment. imagine what we could accom- Midwest lad born in Fort Madi- year-old Marc Dreier told U.S. Dis- percent of the general population,” Prosecutors say Dreier lost more Inc. said Thursday that its former Aside from his departure, Citi- plish if Congress banished politi- son, Iowa. Hoenig earned his trict Judge Jed Rakoff in an unusu- prosecutors said. than $400 million as he fraudulent- chief financial officer and current group said Edward Kelly, who had cal parties. doctorate at Iowa State Universi- ally blunt letter made public “Instead, Dreier decided to seek ly obtained as much as $740 mil- chairman of Citi Holdings, Gary been serving as CFO since Critten- One TRILLION dollars, a ty. He’s a financial conservative Wednesday. vast personal riches and prestige lion through deceit. Crittenden, is leaving the company den switched positions, will whole number followed by 12 and president of the Kansas City Rakoff is scheduled to sentence through a life of fraud and through They said he committed the as part of the bank’s latest shuffling become vice chairman of Citi- zeros, has been bequeathed by Federal Reserve Bank, the sec- the one-time high flying lawyer on dishonor to his profession,” they fraud “simply to satisfy his own of management. group. Kelly will take on responsi- the administration to purchase ond largest in the United States Monday after he admitted losing wrote. greed and vanity” and they noted Crittenden took over as chair- bilities for strategy and mergers and “toxic” assets from our financial next to the San Francisco Federal more than $400 million by bilking In his letter dated Tuesday and his accumulation of numerous man of newly created Citi Holdings acquisitions in the new position. institutions. That’s wrong! A sec- Reserve Bank. hedge funds with bogus claims of filed with the court Wednesday, expensive assets. Those assets in March after the New York-based John Gerspach will assume the ond $1 TRILLION of largess If this were done, I believe the investments safely placed with Dreier said he suffers “every day included millions of dollars in art- bank separated some of its riskier role of CFO, becoming Citigroup’s was bestowed upon the banks, Dow Jones industrial averages clients he had once represented. from the shame and self-loathing work, beachfront homes on both assets from more traditional bank- third CFO this year. Gerspach pre- insurance companies, and the would be making new highs Dreier said in his letter that he and regret with which I will always coasts and an $18.5 million yacht. ing operations, which became viously served as controller and auto and brokerage industry so today. started his firm, Dreier LLP, in have to live.” A court-appointed receiver said known as Citicorp. chief accounting officer at Citi- they can meet their financial –––––––––– 1996 when he became envious that “I expect and deserve a signifi- Dreier had little cash left when he Citigroup has been among the group. obligations. That’s wrong! Every Please address your financial “colleagues of mine and certainly cant prison sentence,” he wrote. He was arrested in early December. hardest hit banks by the credit crisis Also, Citigroup has hired penny, peso and pound of this $2 questions to Malcolm Berko, P.O. clients of mine were doing much said he asked his lawyers to file his Dreier said in his letter that he and ongoing recession. Pressure Eugene McQuade to serve as CEO trillion (more TRILLIONS to Box 1416, Boca Raton, FL 33429 better financially and seemingly letter in the public record “in the started stealing in 2002 when he has been mounting on the bank and of Citibank NA, the company’s come later) is euchred from the or e-mail him at malber@com- enjoying more status.” hope that it may do some good as a felt overwhelmed by debts, a disap- its CEO, Vikram Pandit, to return retail banking business. McQuade pockets of every American tax- cast.net. Visit Creators Syndicate Dreier’s December arrest forced warning to others not to follow in pointing career and a failed mar- the bank to profitability and stabi- most recently served as vice chair- payer. Web site at www.creators.com. the closure of his firm with 250 my path.” riage. lize operations. man of Merrill Lynch and president Most of those TRILLIONS © 2009 Creators Syndicate Inc. attorneys and a roster of clients that “I will always be remembered as “As I sit here today, I can’t The bank has received $45 bil- of Merrill Lynch Banks. He left a thief,” Dreier wrote. “I have lost remember or imagine why I didn’t lion in aid from the government that position in February, a month my past and my future. I have lost stop myself,” he wrote. “It all since last fall, part of which is after the New York-based invest- everything a man can lose. And seems so obviously deplorable now. being converted to a 34 percent ment bank was acquired by Char- now I will lose my freedom as well, I recall only that I was desperate equity stake in the bank. lotte, N.C.-based Bank of America ENTERTAINING: and rightly so.” for some measure of the success Crittenden is leaving the compa- Corp. Prosecutors noted that Rakoff that I felt had eluded me.” Hertz: Tax incentives should remain fixed has already said Dreier should be He added: “I lost myself to my incentives that could help bring “Putting a cap on the incen- “ranked with those who have com- ambition and sacrificed everything THIRD CIRCUIT COURT NOTICE – DETROIT,MI From Page 1 mitted some of the most egregious else.” these movies to Michigan. tives would kill this,” Hertz said. Effective January 1, 2007, any voucher submitted for any services includes more than 10,000 indus- Over the course of the next two “Yes the incentives cost the state frauds in history.” Shargel said a sentence should Last week, disgraced money be rational and proportionate. rendered more than sixty (60) days from the case disposition on try professionals. The festival is years, he worked with legislative money from the coffers but the criminal matters will be denied in accordance with the Local Admin- created to help these professionals aides to try and get the bills money is coming back to our resi- istrative Order 2006-08, Plan for Assignment of Counsel in the Third network and build business with through committee and to the dents in terms of new jobs. And Judicial Circuit. This includes payment requests for either regular or others. state House and Senate floors. not only has it contributed finan- Notice to attorneys extraordinary services. In 1995 Martin signed a young “It happened pretty quickly in cially to the state but it has helped Ronald R. Ruffin Detroit performer named Mar- that we were able to accomplish our collective (psyche) during a In case of an emergency relating to Third Judicial Circuit matters Executive Court Administrator shall Mathers to a record contract. quite a bit in the (first 15 months) very tough economic time.” occurring on a weekend, holiday or during non-business hours, Third Judicial Circuit The rapper, now known as now that the incentives have been And there should be opportuni- please contact Ms. Kelli D. Moore, Deputy Court Administrator, at Eminem, has also been a client of in place,” Hertz said. ties for lawyers to grow an enter- (313) 468-0372. Hertz’s for the last 14 years. But to ensure that the film tainment practice here in the state. Please have all pertinent information available, i.e., case caption, Over time, Hertz has expanded industry’s presence in Michigan Hertz said lawyers should get case number, attorney names, telephone numbers, and client names. United States District Court his practice to include legal work grows, it is imperative that some educated on the intricacies of Ms. Moore will contact the assigned emergency judge. Eastern District of Michigan for non-musical performers as onsite studios open, Hertz said. entertainment law. Existing enter- Ronald R. Ruffin, well. The majority of his legal That’s when Hollywood will rec- tainment lawyers, working with Executive Court Administrator Public Notice for Reappointment work falls into one of three areas: ognize that the Michigan opportu- such agencies as the Michigan Third Judicial Circuit of Incumbent Magistrate contract negotiations, litigation nity is a long-term one. It is one Film Office, need to continue pro- work such as copyright and settle- of the topics that Hertz works on moting the state to studio and pro- Judge Donald A. Scheer ments for artist fees and network- with Wayne County, one of his duction companies scattered The current term of office of United States Magistrate Judge ing activities. f irm’s clients. The county is throughout the country. Weekend/Holiday Arraignment Donald A. Scheer at Detroit, Michigan is due to expire on February As a networker, Hertz helps to attempting to attract more film- “There are so many benefits to 28, 2010. The United States District Court is required by law to get interest in his clients’ talents, makers to the region. hiring lawyers from the state,” on Warrants for Wayne County establish a Merit Selection Panel to consider the reappointment of helps to introduce them to other “That’s when you will see Hertz said. ”First our hourly rates Magistrate Judge Scheer to a new eight-year term. industry insiders and promotes his more commitment to making are generally less expensive Court begins at 12 p.m. at both 34th and 36th District Court: The duties of a magistrate judge position include (1) the conduct clients to industry executives. movies here and when you’ll see across the board than lawyers in Cases originating outside the City of Detroit, but within Wayne Coun- of most preliminary proceedings in criminal cases; (2) trial and dis- “Much of my networking more of the (big budget) movies New York and Los Angeles. Sec- ty, will be held at: position of misdemeanor cases; (3) the conduct of various pretrial group involves taking projects to being made here,” Hertz said. “It ond they get the double benefit Thirty-Fourth District Court matters and evidentiary proceedings on delegation from the judges the next level,” Hertz said. “A lot will take some time to build the because some of these legal fees 11131 S. Wayne Road of the district court; and (4) trial and disposition of civil cases upon of my role is similar to what an infrastructure that we need.” would qualify for tax incentives Romulus, MI 48174 consent of the litigants. agent can provide.” Hertz opposes rolling back under state law,” he added. Comments from members of the bar and the public are invited as Three years ago, when the state some of the tax incentives that Already law firms can help Cases originating within the City of Detroit will be held at: to whether Magistrate Judge Scheer should be recommended by the first began investigating how to have helped to attract filmmakers Michigan-based production com- Thirty-Sixth District Court Panel for reappointment by the Court. Comments must be received attract filmmakers, Hertz was and studios to the state. He wants panies find the funding they need 421 Madison by 5:00 p.m., Friday, July 17, 2009, and should be directed to: Detroit, MI 48226 tapped by Gov. Jennifer Granholm the incentives to remain fixed for to develop a project within the Merit Selection Panel to serve on the Michigan Film at least five years, by which time state, Hertz said. Ronald R. Ruffin 814 Theodore Levin United States Courthouse Advisory Commission. He was the movie industry in Michigan “There are and will be oppor- Executive Court Administrator 231 W. Lafayette Boulevard closely involved in the initial dis- could grow to be more than $1 tunities but we need to keep (the Third Judicial Circuit Detroit, Michigan 48226 cussions on how to create tax billion. incentives) going,” Hertz said. DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 3

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SPENCER FARRIS, THE LEVISON GROUP One Law we never discussed in law school There is never any air condi- chased new Chrysler and General Law. tioning in the Levison Towers Motors vehicles. Some, like me, States are a more formidable Library on the weekend. This is made their purchases after it was foe than severely injured con- not really a big problem in the win- clear that these two automakers sumers, however. Several state ter time (when there is no heat of would soon be under gubmint pro- attorneys general went to bank- course) but the heat is noticeable tection. We were assured that our ruptcy court to fight the additional on June weekends. I am stuck in warranties would be honored, and tax burden. Pretty good idea, since the library on a holiday weekend, for GM folk, that the Onstar ser- state revenues are down. GM doing research. For me, the lack of vice would continue even if the agreed to honor product liability air conditioning is killer. I would companies did not. claims made on vehicles sold open a window if they hadn’t been Thousands purchased their before the bankruptcy. No word painted shut years ago. Good thing bailout-baby cars well before the yet on Chrysler, but I expect they — I am having a research problem trouble in Detroit was well known. will follow suit. Seems the Law that makes me want to jump. Here A few hundred of these drivers cuts both ways. on the second floor, I doubt I were injured due to alleged flaws One member of the old Big would be killed, but am certain the in the cars. Their cases were work- Three didn’t get a nickel in bail resultant ankle sprain would put ing their way through the court outs — Ford Motor Company. It this research chore on someone system when the “Little Two” was rewarded for keeping its else’s plate. Not that anyone else is declared bankruptcy. In bankrupt- financial house in order by getting available — my email requests for cy, lawsuits go out of the civil jus- to compete in the automobile mar- help keep coming back with auto tice system and into the bankrupt- ket without protection from prod- replies from my partners on vaca- cy courts. So, these folk, some uct liability claims. Against the tion. As are the law clerks. badly burned or otherwise maimed backdrop of a declining economy, Legal research is the enemy of by the defects, were stalled from add this hurdle to Ford’s list. We middle aged lawyers. We think we pursuing their lawsuits. can only wonder if they too will know the law, and when it changes, A product liability lawsuit is belly up to the gubmint bailout we have to hit the books. Older expensive to everyone involved. trough, if only to stay competitive. lawyers send clerks, middle aged The Little Two got bankruptcy pro- Invoking the Law against other lawyers are on our own. It is said tection to stop the stream of attor- injury victims, and starting the that the term (and loathing) ney and expert fees related to liti- cycle all over again. “activist judges” began when mid- gation. The victims (and their I am pretty sure we never cov- dle aged lawyers noticed that they lawyers, who had footed the litiga- ered this Law in law school. I change the law we have learned, tion bills in return for contingent missed a few classes, and didn’t forcing us to relearn what we attorney fees) lost control of the pay attention in some others, but I thought we knew. lawsuits to the bankruptcy courts. have never had any formal training My research keeps hitting a As unsecured creditors they went on the Law of Unintended Conse- dead end. I can’t understand it, to the back of the line behind sup- quences. My education, and that of On Point since examples are everywhere. pliers and others with more defin- the automobile makers, injury vic- My friend Don had a classic case. able claims. Injury claims would tims and taxpayers continues. Stay JARRETT SKORUP, MACKINAC CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY Actually, his wife Lola did. Lola be liquidated, and since no result in tuned. took her kids to shop for Don for a lawsuit is guaranteed, they were ————— Father’s day. The kids, all under 8, effectively worth nothing. ©2009 Under Analysis, LLC. Detroit: The triumph of progressive public policy decided to buy Don the first shiny Many of these victims suffered Under Analysis is a nationally syn- Imagine a city where all the selective about the few workers People vote with their feet, and Bray, former editorial page editor thing they saw — a picture of Dale devastating injuries. If they cannot dicated column of the Levison major economic planks of the sta- they do hire or go out of business all the above suggests why, over for The Detroit News, has made Earnhardt Junior. Lola chuckled hold the automakers responsible Group. Spencer Farris is the tist or “progressive” platform altogether. Those who have pro- the past decade, DPS has lost the following observation: and made the purchase. for the damages caused by the dan- founding partner of The S.E. Farris have been enacted: mulgated these polices may be about 10,000 students each year “Detroit, remember, was going Dale Junior is the son of Dale gerous cars, they will undoubtedly Law Firm in St Louis, Missouri. • A “living wage” ordinance, well intentioned, but mainstream to charter, independent and subur- to be the ‘Model City’ of Lyndon Senior, known in NASCAR circles follow them into bankruptcy. If He drives a big hybrid Tahoe, and far above the federal minimum economists have warned for ban schools. Johnson’s Great Society, the shin- as “our Racer who art in Heaven.” they haven’t already. And behind thinks GM would be a different wage, for all public employees decades that such policies were Of course it would be unfair to ing example of what the ‘fairness’ Don didn’t know this, however, as them will be the small law firms company if it had sold this vehicle and private contractors. very likely to bring about the place all the blame for the city’s of the welfare state can produce. he is not a NASCAR fan. He who lent time and money to the years ago. Comments or criticisms • A school system that spends abject poverty and unemployment decline on public employee Billions of dollars later, Detroit opened the picture with great cause. The Law strikes again. about this column may be sent c/o significantly more per pupil than that characterize Detroit today. unions. Detroit is home to the Big instead has become the model of pride, as a good father would. Then Someone will have to take care this newspaper or directly to the the national average. The city has the highest unem- Three, whose contracts with their everything that can go wrong he put it out on display on the of the injury victims who are Levison Group via email at com- • A powerful school employee ployment rate among all large own powerful unions provided the when you hook people on the idea dresser in his bedroom. unable to work and support their [email protected]. union that militantly defends the U.S. cities. (On a side note, model for those public employee of something for nothing - a once- This was two weeks ago. Lola families. (The lawyers are on their exceptional pay, benefits and job Michigan is home to eight of the arrangements. The UAW success- middle class city of nearly 2 mil- recently asked when he was going own, of course.) This burden security it has won for its mem- 20 cities overall with the highest fully extracted wages and benefits lion that is now a poverty-stricken to take the picture down. Don said would fall on state governments, bers. unemployment and has the high- estimated at $71 per hour before city of less than 900,000.” never. “It is a Father’s day gift and with the burden of higher medical • A powerful government est state unemployment in the the recent shake-ups began. Progressives will complain that I am going to enjoy it.” bills and state aid for defective car employee union that does the country.) This is about $25 more per this portrait oversimplifies the Lola was beside herself at the victims shifting to the taxpayers. same for its members. A similar pattern has played hour than the amount foreign- factors involved in a great city’s glossy insult to her décor, but Coincidentally, these are the same • A tax system that aggressive- out in public education. It is now owned U.S. auto manufacturing decline. Perhaps it does, but with utterly powerless. She is a victim taxpayers who were bailing out the ly redistributes income from busi- conventional wisdom among the plants pay their non-unionized this question in mind: At what of the Law. Little Two in the first place. This is nesses and the wealthy to the poor political class that higher pay for American workers. Due to this point does the weight of evidence Thousands of Americans pur- called the trickle down effect of the and to government bureaucracies. teachers and increased spending disparity, Japanese car companies and logic make it impossible to Would this be a shining city on per student lead to improvements earn some $1,000 to $2,000 more avoid concluding that in the case a hill, exciting the admiration of in teacher quality and student per- on each car sold than their Ameri- of Detroit, correlation is causa- all? We don’t have to guess, formance. Again, correlation is can counterparts. The outcome tion? because there is such a city right not causation, but Detroit Public has been a relentless loss of mar- ————— here in our state: Detroit Schools strongly suggests that this ket share that, among other things, Jarrett Skorup is a 2009 gradu- One Perspective Detroit has been dubbed “the theory must be rejected. It has has devastated the economic ate of Grove City College with a most liberal city in America” and chronically underperformed state engine that once powered Motor dual major in history and politi- LEON DROLET, DIRECTOR, MICHIGAN TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE each of these “progressive” poli- averages, yet reforms are vehe- City prosperity. cal science. He is a research cies is alive and well there. How mently opposed by the system’s In addition to being a model of intern at the Mackinac Center for have they worked out? powerful school employee union. progressive economic, labor and Public Policy, a research and edu- Some Detroit leaders providing hope In 1950, Detroit was the At the same time that union, education policy, Detroit is also a cational institute headquartered Sadly, the word “Detroit” is bers and laid off unnecessary per- gested that the City’s grossly inef- wealthiest city in America on a the Detroit Federation of Teach- case study in welfare statism. Tom in Midland, Mich. synonymous with “dysfunction” sonnel — he’s aggressively tackled ficient public lighting department per capita income basis. Today, ers, has won rich salary and bene- thanks to the scandals of Monica fraud and corruption. In the past be outsourced, only to back away the Census Bureau reports that it fits packages for its members. Conyers and former Mayor two weeks, Bobb uncovered over when confronted by union intimi- is the nation’s 2nd poorest major Median compensation for a DPS Kwame Kilpatrick and the inepti- 250 non-existent “ghost workers” dation. Let’s hope the Mayor city, just “edging out” Cleveland. teacher is $76,000 and Detroit tude of the City Council. But let’s on the payroll and suspended seven regains his nerve. Could it be pure coincidence spends the third highest amount not let those dark clouds obscure more employees accused of theft Bing need only to look to the that the decline occurred over the of money per student among 76 Founded 1895 several bright lights emerging from and embezzlement after investiga- Wayne County Building downtown same period in which union large cities nationwide. Statewide, Suzanne Favale Tom Kirvan Brian Cox Publisher Editor in Chief Editor the ranks of Detroit’s political lead- tions were initiated under his for another example of strong, power, the city government Detroit’s spending per pupil is in [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ers. watch. responsible fiscal leadership. bureaucracy, taxes and business the 91st percentile and DPS Paul Arlon Dawn Keith, Carol Raeside Detroit Public Schools Emer- And Mr. Bobb isn’t finished Wayne County Executive regulations all multiplied? While teachers are paid at the 96th per- Director of Advertising Sales Probate Representatives gency Financial Manager Robert yet. He plans on privatizing the Robert Ficano, facing a sizable correlation is not causation, it is centile. For all that, by almost any [email protected] [email protected], [email protected] Bobb is the brightest of those district’s transportation services, is deficit, isn’t foisting a tax hike on striking that the decline in per measure Detroit schools have for Taryn Hartman Christine L. Mobley Staff Writer Staff Writer lights. Since being appointed in considering additional privatiza- suffering citizens like nearby capita income is exactly what decades failed their students: test [email protected] [email protected] March, Mr. Bobb has tackled the tion, and will close 29 schools this Macomb County. Instead, he’s classical economists predict scores, safety, drop out rates, etc. Deborah James Ban Ibrahim Ann Gjolaj Mark Weatherford seemingly hopeless disaster that is fall. proposing a 20 percent budget cut would occur when wage controls For example, Detroit’s public Graphic Designer Circulation Production Web Master the Detroit Public School System Cold hearted? Only if one - including the layoffs of about 500 are imposed and taxes are school students perform at the 3rd [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] with inspiring vigor. believes that a school district’s pri- county employees and consolida- increased. percentile in the state — that is, The Detroit Legal News Publishing L.L.C. In just a few months, Bobb has mary job is to employ adults and tion of two departments. Ficano is Specifically, “price theory” they are in the lowest 3 percent, Bradley L. Thompson II Suzanne Favale Steve Fowler slashed a $430 million deficit coddle unions instead of putting also asking the county’s employees predicts that artificially high busi- and the district is in its second President Publisher Treasurer nearly in half by eliminating bloat- resources into educating children. to accept cuts in wages and bene- ness costs caused by excessive state takeover in a decade. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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For additional details click on: www.AAATraf- bound); and the ramp from early August. Also, the right I-96 fic.com. southbound M-5 to westbound I- lane on eastbound mainline In Livingston County, watch for intermittent For recorded road condition information, call 96 is closed until July 13. Eight Mile is closed. midday, overnight and weekend lane closures in 1-800-AAA-MICH (222-6424). In Wayne County, the left each direction on I-96 between US-23 and the To report accidents and slowdowns, call 1-877- I-696 lane of eastbound Eight Mile Livingston/Oakland line until November 30. The TIP-ROAD (847-7623). In Macomb County, the left Road is closed between Van Kensington Road bridge is closed until August 7, Long-term projects are listed by interstate, U.S. lane in each direction of I-696 is Dyke and I-94 through July 18. and the Pleasant Valley Road bridge will be and M route designations. Adverse weather condi- closed between I-94 and Hayes repaired later this summer. tions and other unforeseen situations can some- Road, along with a single lane 26 Mile Road times add to the length of a project’s timetable. on the ramp from eastbound I-94 In Macomb County, 26 Mile US-12 (Michigan Avenue) AAA Traffic reminds motorists that despite to westbound I-696, until August Road over M-53 is closed until In Washtenaw County, there is a single lane rigorous safety precautions, road work is danger- 3. July 31. Also, the ramp from closure and a 12-foot width restriction on US-12 ous business ... and it could be costly to you. In Macomb County, the eastbound 26 Mile Road to at and to a point one-half mile west of State Road Injuring or killing anyone in a work zone could northbound and southbound southbound M-53, and the until July 31. Platt, Bemis and Industrial Drive are get you a large fine and jail time. So reduce your Mound entrance ramps to I-696 southbound M-53 exit to west- the alternate routes. speed and your stress ... and drive smart right in both directions are closed bound 26 Mile, are closed until from the start. until late August. late July. US-127 In Macomb County, the In Jackson County, US-127 is down to one Key: eastbound I-696 exit ramp to 11 Grand River Avenue lane in each direction on the east side of the road “ * ” = a revised listing Mile Road is closed until September 4. being resurfaced between Plymouth and In Oakland County, Grand River is down to Ayers Road and Floyd Avenue through August 13. “ ** ” = a new listing In Oakland County, both shoulders on Joy roads, while both directions are improved one lane in each direction between Farmington I-696 east of Orchard Lake Road are closed until between Vreeland Road and South Huron River and Power roads until July 20. After July 20, traf- US-223 METRO DETROIT: July 25. Drive. fic will be shifted to the north side of the road In Lenawee County, watch for lane restrictions I-75 In Oakland County, watch for the lane restric- M-3 until sometime in October. and shifted traffic on US-223 near Treat Highway * In Wayne County, the North Huron River tions on the following roads which cross over I- In Macomb County, northbound Gratiot is until September 5. Drive entrance ramp to southbound I-75 is closed 696 until late July: Southfield Road, one lane closed at the railroad tracks near M-59 until SOUTHEAST: until July 15. open southbound and three lanes open north- August 12. I-69 M-17 (Washtenaw Avenue) * In Wayne County, the southbound I-75 exit bound; Greenfield Road, one lane open in each In St. Clair County, I-69 traffic is down to one In Washtenaw County, the center three lanes ramp to westbound Gibraltar Road (29B) is direction; Coolidge Highway, one lane open M-14 shifted lane in each direction on the eastbound are closed in each direction on M-17 between closed until July 15. Exit 29A is the alternate exit. southbound and three lanes open northbound. In Wayne County, watch for single and double side from Miller Road to the county line until Carpenter Road and Normal Street in Ypsilanti October 15. In Wayne County, Woodruff over I-75 is closed In Oakland County, watch for the following lane closures on M-14 in both directions between through August 31. through July 15. restrictions: the Meadowbrook bridge is closed Beck Road and I-275 until approximately Sep- I-75 * In Wayne County, I-75 is now open between until July 28. The detour is 12 Mile Road, Novi tember 10. M-36 I-96 and Clark Street. Intermittent lane closures, Road and Grand River; the Lahser Road on ramp In Monroe County, Sterns Road over I-75 is In Livingston County, there are intermittent along with some ramp and surface street closures, to eastbound I-696 is closed until July 7; the Ever- closed. Two lanes of traffic are open both ways on midday shoulder and single lane closures on M- M-39 (Southfield Freeway) remain in place until mid August as work is com- green Road on ramp to westbound I-696 is closed I-75, with brief, off-peak full closures planned. 36 in each direction at Merrill Road through * In Wayne County, the southbound M-39 exit pleted. until July 7; Orchard Lake Road over I-696 is M-125, Manhattan and Summit are the alternate August 27. to Grand River is closed until July 9. I-94 reduced to two lanes in each direction until early routes until August 31. In Livingston County, M-36 will close for two * In Macomb and St. Clair counties, there are August. In conjunction, the southbound Orchard weeks or less near Pettys Road. When it reopens, lane closures and shifted traffic on I-94 between Lake loop ramp to eastbound I-696 is closed until M-53 I-94 one lane will be maintained in each direction until St. Clair Highway and the Macomb County line July 15. In Macomb County, during peak travel times, * In Jackson County, watch for nighttime lane late August. until August 31. The Adair rest area is also closed. two shifted lanes are open in each direction on M- closures in each direction on I-94 between West US-12 (Michigan Avenue) 53 between 18 Mile and 27 Mile roads. During Avenue and Sargent Road until July 14. M-50 I-96 In Wayne County, US-12 is reduced to overnights and weekends, only one lane is open * In Jackson County, Hawkins Road over I-94 In Lenawee County, there are shoulder clo- In Wayne County, the eastbound I-96 ramp to two lanes in each direction between Evergreen each way. The northbound M-53 to westbound 23 is closed and traffic is detoured until early Octo- sures, width limits and flagger-controlled daytime southbound I-75 is closed until December 1. I-94, Road and M-39 (Southfield Freeway) until July Mile Road is closed until August 1. The end date ber. Also, until July 18, the outside shoulders on traffic on M-50 from Nortley Highway to M-52 M-39 and I-75 are the alternate routes. 31. Also, watch for intermittent daytime closures for all of this work is November 15. I-94 at Hawkins are closed. through September 30. In Wayne County, repairs are being made to 13 of an additional westbound lane here through July In Monroe County, watch for midday and bridges above I-96 between Livernois and Davi- 31; US-12 is down to one lane in each direction M-85 (Fort Street) I-94 Business Loop overnight alternating single lane traffic controlled son avenues until fall 2010. between Monroe and Elm until July 31: the east- In Wayne County, southbound M-85 is closed In Jackson County, there are single lane clo- by flaggers on M-50 (South Custer Road) from bound US-12 ramp to southbound M-39 is closed between Gibraltar Road and I-75, and the south- sures in each direction on the I-94 Business Lewis Avenue to US-24 (Telegraph Road) through I-96, I-696 through July 31; the eastbound US-12 ramp to bound on ramp to southbound I-75 is closed, until Loop/Michigan Avenue between Perrine and Elm July 15. * In Oakland County, Halsted Road between northbound Evergreen is closed until November July 15. streets until July 24. Hills Tech Drive and Howard Street is closed until 1; and the southbound Evergreen ramp to east- In Washtenaw County, one lane of eastbound M-59 late August; the ramps from Novi Road to east- bound US-12 is closed until November 1. M-102 (Eight Mile Road) Huron Street is closed at State Street until Sep- In Livingston County, there are midday single bound I-96 are closed until late October; there are In Oakland and Wayne counties, the Eight tember 30. Also, State Street northbound is closed lane closures in each direction of M-59 between lane shifts on I-96 between Beck Road and M-5 US-24 (Telegraph Road) Mile Road service drive bridges over M-10 north of Washington Street. Fletcher and Huron US-23 and Clark Road until September 30. until September 15 (eastbound) and July 13 (west- In Wayne County, southbound Telegraph is (Lodge Freeway) are closed and detoured until are the alternate routes. www.AAATRAFFIC.com Wayne County Probate Court Approved List of Mediators

AVAILABLE INFORMATION JOSEPH M. BOURBEAU LAWRENCE DONALDSON CYNTHIA L.M. JOHNSON J. PATRICK MARTIN PATRICIA GORMELY PRINCE LAWRENCE G. SNYDER LAST UPDATED 10-26-07 Joseph M. Bourbeau, P.C. Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. Couzens, Lansky, Fealk, Ellis Law Office of Patricia Gormely Prince, P.C. Kemp Klein Law Firm 23100 Jefferson 10 S. Main Street, 645 Griswold, Suite 1301 J. Patrick Martin 31300 Northwestern Highway 201 West Big Beaver, H. ROLLIN. ALLEN St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 Suite 400 Detroit, MI 48226 1663 Hoit Tower Farmington Hills, MI Suite 600 Sommers Schwartz (586) 778-1234 Mt. Clemons, MI 48230 (313) 967-9000 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 48334-2523 Troy, MI 48084 2000 Town Center, Suite 900 Hourly rate: $200-$300 (586) 783-7633 Hourly rate: $230 (248) 932-8694 (248) 865-8810 (248) 528-1111 Southfield, MI 48075 Hourly rate: $250 (including preparation time) Hourly rate: $175-$200 Hourly rate: $225 Hourly rate: $185 (248) 355-0300 SUSAN BUTTERWICK Hourly rate: $250 Law Office of FREEMAN L. FARROW HON. DAVID P. KERWIN SHARON MILLER DALTON A. ROBERSON MICHAEL J. SOLNER Susan Butterwick Miller, Canfield, Paddock 4162 Breckenridge Drive 4455 West 14 Mile Road 640 Apelehama Circle Solner & Solner TRACY L. ALLEN 2950 S. State Street, and Stone, PLC West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Royal Oak, MI 48073 Diamondhead MS 39925 2057 Orchard Lake Road Sommers, Schwartz, Suite 300 150 West Jefferson, (248) 797-3409 (248) 549-8544 (228) 255-6027 Sylvan Lake, MI 48320 Silver, Schwartz Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Suite 2500 Hourly rate: $175 Rate: $500 per mediation — or — (248) 334-5200 2000 Town Center, Suite 900 (734) 665-4808 Detroit, MI 48226 (up to 4 hours) 8900 E. Jefferson, Apt. 626 Hourly rate: $190 Southfield, MI 48075 Hourly rate: $150 (313) 496-7598 FREDERIC I. KEYWELL Detroit, MI 48214 (248) 355-0300 Hourly rate: $200 Executive Hotel JAMES MICHAEL MONDRO (313) 822-0419 CARTER H. STEVENSON Hourly rate: $300 BARBARA CLARK Management Company Pochelon Building Hourly rate: $200 18205 Wildemere Clark Consulting MICHELE P. FULLER 31800 Northwestern Hwy, 1000 Farmer (Negotiable) Detroit, MI 48221 BARBARA P. ANDRUCCIOLI 3520 N. Sand Lake Road Fuller & Stubbs, PLLC Suite 130 Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 224-6820 Kemp, Klein, Umphrey, Allen, MI 49227 45700 Village Blvd. Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (313) 965-3464 MAYRA A. RODRIGUEZ Rate: $600 per mediation Endelman & May, P.C. Hourly rate: $150 Shelby Township, MI 48315 (248) 626-7900 Hourly rate: $150 Law Office of 201 W. Big Beaver Road, (586) 532-9100 Hourly rate: $250 Mayra Rodriguez JOELYNN STOKES Suite 600 MARGARET A. COSTELLO Rate: $1,500 per day PAUL F. MONICATTI 1966 Penobscot Building J.T. Stokes & Troy, MI 48084 Dykema Gossett, PLLC MARJORIE L. KOLIN 1301 W. Long Lake Road, Detroit, MI 48226 Associates, P.C. (248) 740-5683 ($1500 per day) BYRON P. GALLAGHER, JR. Kolin & Associates Suite 355 (313) 965-0586 23880 Woodward Avenue Hourly rate: $180 400 Renaissance Center The Gallagher 31555 W. 14 Mile Road, Troy, MI 48098 Hourly rate: $200 Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 Detroit, MI 48243 Law Firm, PLC Suite 214 (248) 641-3849 (248) 291-0500 DANIEL G. BEYER (313) 568-5306 2408 Lake Lansing Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Hourly rate: $195-$250 RAMON F. ROLF, JR. Hourly rate: $150 Kerr, Russell & Weber Hourly rate: $300 Lansing, Michigan 48912 (248) 539-5400 Currie, Kendall, Polasky, 500 Woodward Avenue, ($1,500 per day) Hourly rate: $200 Hourly rate: $205 JONATHAN L. MOODY Meisel, PLC TOWANA TATE Suite 2500 Law Office of 6024 Eastman Avenue Law Offices of Detroit, MI 48226 COMMUNITY DISPUTE MAXINE GRAFF GOODMAN WILLIAM J. LAWSON, JR. Jonathan L. Moody P.O. Box 2765 Towana Tate, PC (313) 961-0200 RESOLUTION PROGRAM Office of Law Office of 719 Griswold – Midland, MI 48641-2765 30300 Northwestern Hwy., Hourly rate: $225 Wayne Mediation Center Maxine Graff Goodman William J. Lawson, Jr. Suite 820 (989) 839-0300 Suite 250 19855 W. Outer Drive, 30965 Hitching Post Court 8529 N. Territorial Detroit, MI 48226 Hourly rate: Negotiable Farmington Hills, MI 48334 CURTIS B. BLESSING Suite 206 – East Building Farmington Hills, MI 48331 Plymouth, MI 48170 (313) 967-7787 (248) 785-0200 x396 Curtis B. Blessing, P.C. Dearborn, MI 48124 (248) 891-7820 (734) 455-2245 Hourly rate: $125 CARL J. SCHOENINGER Hourly rate: $175 645 Griswold Street, (313) 561-3500 Hourly rate: $150 Hourly rate: $180 16291 W. Fourteen Mile Road Suite 4300 Rate: $200 per mediation LINDA MOORE Suite 280 GUY VINING Detroit, MI 48226 MARK W. HAFELI MICHAEL C. LEVINE 6015 Glen Eagles Drive Beverly Hills, Michigan 48025 Berkley, Mengel & Vining (313) 963-3344 KAREN C. CRUSSE Hafeli Staran Hallahan Fraser, Trebilcock, West Bloomfield, MI 48323 (248) 645-1122 3100 Penobscot Building Hourly rate: $195-$225 Law Office of Christ & Dudek, PC Davis & Dunlap (248) 681-0991 Hourly rate: $225 Detroit, MI 48226 Karen C. Crusse 4190 Telegraph Road, 124 W. Allegan, Suite 1000 Rate: $150 per mediation (313) 961-0220 ANGELINE BILLUPS 525 E. Big Beaver Rd., Suite 3000 Lansing, MI 48933 (maximum of 3 hours DIANNE P. SCHULTZ Hourly rate: $200 655 Rivard, #304 Suite 250 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304-2361 (517) 482-5800 per session) Mediation Service Detroit, MI 48207 Troy, MI 48083 (248) 731-3080 Hourly rate: $190 250 E. Harbortown Drive, GEORGE WARD (313) 567-0474 (248) 743-6800 Hourly rate: $195 JEFFREY T. NEILSON #1209 Law Office of George Ward Hourly rate: $150 Hourly rate: $150 HOWARD T. LINDEN Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Detroit, MI 48207 P.O. Box 2148 EDWARD L. HAROUTUNIAN Law Office of Seltzer & Garin, P.C. (313) 392-9334 Riverview, MI 48192 JOSEPH A. BONVENTRE MARK R. DANCER Haroutunian, Licata Howard T. Linden 3910 Telegraph Road, Rate: $400 per mediation (734) 812-4173 Clark Hill PLC Mark R. Dancer, Esq. & Haroutunian 3000 Town Center, Suite 200 Hourly rate: $150 500 Woodward Avenue, 100 Park St 30700 Telegraph Road, Suite 2200 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 STEVEN L. SCHWARTZ Suite 3500 Traverse City, MI 49684 Suite 3475 Southfield, MI 48075 (248) 593-5000 ADR Solutions JERMAINE A. WYRICK Detroit, MI 48226 (616) 929-0500 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 (248) 358-4545 Hourly rate: $250 24750 Lahser Road Law Office of (313) 965-8293 Hourly rate: $250 (248) 594-9071 Hourly rate: $175 Southfield, MI 48034 Jermaine A. Wyrick, PLLC Hourly rate: $250 Hourly rate: $200 ANTHEA PAPISTA (248) 355-9960 615 Griswold, DENISE M. HUDSON DEAN HOWARD A. LISCHERON Urso, Palmer & Ross Hourly rate: $250-$300 Suite 1610 GARRY I. BORIN Law Office of SHAHEEN I. IMAMI Wayne Mediation Center 535 Griswold, Detroit, MI 48226 Garry I. Borin, P.C. Denise M. Hudson Dean Patricia Gormely Prince, P.C. 19855 West Outer Drive Suite 800 CHARLENE SNOW (313) 964-8950 24520 Meadowbrook 645 Griswold, Suite 717 31300 Northwestern Highway Suite 206-East Building Detroit, MI 48226 17517 Birchcrest Drive Hourly rate: $150 Novi, MI 48375 Detroit, MI 48226 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 Dearborn Heights, MI 48124 (313) 965-1688 Detroit, MI 48221 (248) 478-8260 (313) 964-5945 (248) 865-8810 (313) 561-3500 Hourly rate: $200 (313) 342-4423 Hourly rate: $160 Hourly rate: $175 Hourly rate: $180 Rate: $450 per mediation Hourly rate: $150-$175 Last updated 10/26/07 DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 6

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These “free-standing” pro- • Corporate Law Board of Immigration Appeals 7. Garnishment • Prepare income tax returns for Crisis Line (734) 995–5444 363 Legal Research Building grams are not funded by the • Tax and Nonprofit Organizations and the federal courts. 8. Rental Property Information for persons for whom English is a sec- Fax (734) 973-7817 801 Monroe Street Legal Services Corporation and Law Landlords ond language. Safe House provides the follow- Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 every program has unique client • Other Business Law or Transac- HAVEN 9. Rental Property Information for ing information: Tel: (734) 763–4319 eligibility requirements. Attorneys tional Matters Serves: Pontiac, Southfield, Farm- Tenants MIDLAND • Domestic Violence Mentors Fax (734) 764-4702 interested in volunteering assis- • Real Estate Law ington, Rochester Hills 10. Small Claims ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE • Domestic Violence Materials Clinics: Asylum and Refugee, tance should contact the pro- P.O. Box 430787 11. 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Pine Street areas: Tel: (734) 484-6900 At American Indian Services provides services in the following Detroit, MI 48201-1343 Lansing, MI 48933 • General Consultations Toll: (888) MAX-3660 1110 Southrifld Rd. legal areas: WAYNE STATE Tel: (313) 578-6800 (Intake Num- Tel: (517) 372-5959 • Family Based Immigration Peti- Fax: (734) 484-6943 Lincoln Park, MI 48146 • Public Benefits UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL ber) Fax: (517) 372-0792 tions E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (313) 357-2658 • Housing Serves: Wayne County Fax (313) 578-6811 Elder Law of Michigan, Inc. is a • Adjustment of Status Applications Enhancing and supporting the Fax: (313) 357-2678 • Landlord/Tenant 468 Ferry Mall Website: www.aclumich.org non profit organization that serves • Naturalization Applications independence and self-sufficiency • Consumer Protection Detroit, MI 48202-3620 American Civil Liberties Union the legal needs of seniors • Violence Against Women Act Peti- of people living with HIV/AIDS Administrative Offices and • Age Discrimination Tel: (313) 577-3348 Fund of Michigan provides services statewide through the Legal Hotline tions through programs for: Housing Placement Center • Family Law Fax: (313) 577-2620 in the following legal areas: for Michigan Seniors, the Michi- • Temporary Protected Status • Critical Needs Advocacy 455 W. 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This organization IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES • Legal Training Fax: (313) 963-2584 STUDENT ADVOCACY Development Law Clinic, Criminal • Privacy houses the Michigan Long Term Serves: Statewide • Resource Guides CENTER OF MICHIGAN Appellate Practice, and Civil Rights Care Ombudsman, which monitors Services available in multiple lan- • Information Clearinghouse Neighborhood Legal Services 2301 Platt Road Litigation Clinic CENTER FOR CIVIL JUSTICE and takes complaints of long term guages including Spanish, Arabic, • Peer Support Networks Michigan provides victims of crime Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Wayne State University Law Serves: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gene- care facilities. Chaldean, French, Vietnamese, and people seeking to obtain Tel: (734) 973-7860 School provides services in the fol- see, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, and Serbo-Croatian. MICHIGAN FOSTER ADOPTIVE Social Security disability benefits Fax: (734) 973-7864 lowing legal areas through the clin- Lapeer, Midland and Saginaw FEDERAL CIVIL Archdiocese of Detroit PARENT ASSOCIATION with legal representation. Housing The Student Advocacy Center ics named above: Counties PRO BONO PROJECT 305 Michigan Ave., 5 th Floor 2450 Delhi Commerce Drive, Suite placement services are available of Michigan (SAC) provides free, • Litigation Statewide services on significant Serves: All counties in the Eastern Detroit, MI 48226 13 for homeless persons and families. non-legal advocacy to students • Administrative Law anti-hunger issues. District of Michigan Tel: (313) 237–4646 Holt, MI 48842 Law related education is available (and their parents) who are eligible • Transactional Work 320 South Washington, 2 nd Floor Detroit Metropolitan Bar Associa- (English or Spanish) Tel: (517) 694-1056 to the community through class- for general and special public edu- Saginaw, MI 48607 tion Fax (313) 237–5866 Toll Free: (800) 632-4180 room outreach in conjunction with cation programs. SAC’s purpose is: WEST SIDE MOTHERS Tel: (989) 755–3120 Volunteer Legal Services (313) 237–4699 Fax: (517) 694-3092 the Detroit Public Schools and • To encourage and promote school WELFARE RIGHTS Fax: (989) 755–3558 645 Griswold, Suite 3550 (Arabic or Chaldean) other educational facilities in policies and practices that work for ORGANIZATION Website: www.mlan.net/ccj Detroit, MI 48226 Immigration Legal Services pro- MICHIGAN LEGAL SERVICES Wayne County. The following activi- children. 23 East Adams Issue alerts available on Tel: (313) 961–6120 vides services in the following legal Serves: Statewide/emphasis on ties are housed at the Law Center • To challenge those that, however Detroit, MI 48226 www.mplp.org; community educa- Fax: (313) 965-0842 areas: Detroit metro area. on Lothrop: well-intentioned, have a harmful Tel: (313) 964-3980 tion materials available on Website: www.detroitlawyer.org • General consultations 900 Michigan Bldg. • AIDS Law Center – Tel: (313) impact. Fax: (313) 965-4328 www.mlan.net and www.foodstam- In conjunction with the Michi- • Family petitions 220 Bagley Ave. 874-5820 Fax: (313) 874-5497 • To afford particular concern for West Side Mothers Welfare phelp.org. gan Trial Lawyers Association and • Adjustments of status Detroit, MI 48226 • Child & Family Law those children who are chronically Rights Organization provides ser- Newsletter: Michigan Connec- the U.S. District Court, Eastern • Asylum and refugee applications Tel: (313) 964–4130 Center/Domestic Violence Clinic – underserved by public schools. vices in the following areas: tions (available by subscription) District of Michigan. Federal Civil • Deportation/removal proceedings Fax: (313) 964–1192 Tel: (313) 874-5820 Fax: (313) 874- • Social Security Hearings Center for Civil Justice empha- Pro Bono Project provides ser- • Citizen and nationality law Email: [email protected] 5497 THE INTERNATIONAL • Family Independence Agency sizes legal issues and services that vices to pro se clients in the fol- • Non-Immigrant visas and work Website: ww.mlan.net/mls/mls.html • Children’s Center for Justice and INSTITUTE OF Hearings cannot be funded by LSC-funded lowing legal areas: authorizations Michigan Legal Services Peace – Tel: (313) 874-5820 Fax: METROPOLITAN DETROIT, INC. programs, with priority given to the • Prisoner Civil Rights engages in impact oriented litiga- (313) 874-5497 111 East Kirby Street WOMEN'S JUSTICE CENTER following legal • Employment Discrimination INNOCENCE PROJECT tion and systemic policy advocacy • Disability Law Clinic – Tel: (313) Detroit, MI 48202 Serves: Wayne County areas: The Thomas M. Cooley Law School to address root causes of poverty 874-5820 Fax: (313) 874-5497 Tel: (313) 871-8600 1150 Griswold, Suite 2000 • Public Benefits FIRST STEP 300 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI in the areas of: Fax: (313) 871-1651 Detroit, MI 48226 • Health LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT 48933 • Housing NLG/SUGAR LAW CENTER The International Institute of Tel: (313) 961–5528 • Housing – especially subsidized Serves: Western Wayne County Tel: (517) 334–5760 • Health FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL Metropolitan Detroit, Inc. provides Fax (313) 961-4057 programs and Downriver areas Fax (517) 334–5761 • Mental Health JUSTICE (GUILD LAW CENTER) services in the following legal Women’s Justice Center pro- • Food Stamp and Nutrition Pro- Taylor Office www.cooley.edu • Public Benefits Law Serves: Nationwide areas: vides services in the following legal grams 26650 Eureka Road, Suite E Case intake criteria include all Nonprofit community organiza- 733 St. Antoine, 3 rd Floor • Immigration/Social Services areas: • Legal issues affecting groups of Taylor, MI 48180-4835 of the following three categories: tions engaged in community eco- Detroit, MI 48226 • Refugee Resettlement • Domestic Violence low income persons that requires Tel: (734) 955-3850 • Persons who claim actual inno- nomic development strategies for Tel: (313) 962–6540 • Ethnic Enrichment • General Family Law; Divorce and advocacy that cannot be provided Fax (734) 955-3855 cence saying they did not commit rebuilding low-income communities Fax (313) 962-4492 • Languages/ESL Education Custody Actions, Paternity by an LSC-funded grantee due to Toll-free (888) 453-5900 24 hour the crime for which they were con- are represented through its Com- Website: http://www.sugarlaw.org • Landlord/Tenant funding Help Line or (734) 459-5900 victed; munity Legal Resources program. Sugar Law Center for Economic THE SALVATION ARMY WILLIAM • Abuse and Neglect restrictions (Local) • Persons who are serving a sub- See Community Legal Resources and Social Justice provides ser- BOOTH LEGAL AID CLINIC • Work First / Education and Train- Plymouth Office stantial sentence in prison in the link. vices in the following legal areas: Serves: Eastern Michigan WOMEN'S SURVIVAL CENTER ing programs 44567 Pinetree Drive State of Michigan; and • Plant Closings (Warn Act) The Salvation Army Serves: Oakland County Center for Civil Justice will Plymouth, MI 48170-3840 • Persons whose innocence could MICHIGAN MIGRANT LEGAL • Poverty Rights Issues Harbor Light Center 761 W. Huron Street, 2nd Floor design and present substantive and Tel: (734) 416-1111 be established by DNA testing of ASSISTANCE PROJECT, INC. • Environmental Justice Issues 2643 Park Ave. Pontiac, MI 48341 advocacy training for advocates Fax (734) 416-5555 biological evidence that was col- Serves: Farmworkers Statewide • Economic Rights and Living Detroit, MI 48201 Tel: (248) 335–2685 (business line) and agencies, generally on a con- First Step Legal Advocacy Pro- lected during the course of the Grand Rapids Office Wage Issues Tel: (313) 961-2201 (248) 335–1520 (information/refer- tract basis. ject provides services in the follow- criminal investigation of their case. 648 Monroe, N.W., Suite 318 Fax (313) 961-6288 ral line) ing legal areas: Grand Rapids, MI 49503 PARTNERS FOR PRO BONO’S E-mail: [email protected] Fax (248) 745–0192 CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER • Domestic Violence LACASA LEGAL Tel: (616) 454-5055 LOW-INCOME TAX PAYER The Salvation Army William Women’s Survival Center pro- Serves: Kent County • Sexual Assault INTERVENTION PROJECT Fax: (616) 454-7022 PRO BONO PROJECT Booth Legal Aid Clinic provides vides services in the following legal 1695 Service Rd. NE, Ste. 101 Serves: Livingston County Toll Free (1-800-418-3390) Legal Aid and Defender free legal services to people who areas: Grand Rapids, MI 49503 FREE LEGAL Legal Intervention Project E-mail: [email protected] Association, Inc. are pre-screened and referred to us • Adoptions Tel: (616) 458–0330 AID CLINIC, INC. (FLAC) P.O. Box 72 Michigan Migrant Legal Assis- 645 Griswold Street, Suite 2400 by the Eastern Michigan Division of • Family Law Fax: (616) 458–8630 Serves: Wayne County Howell, MI 48844 tance Project provides bilingual Detroit, MI 48226-4201 The Salvation Army in the following • Juvenile Defense Website: www.grchildrenslawcen- 5435 Woodward Avenue Tel: (517) 548-1350 services in the following legal Tel: (313) 964-4111 areas: • Paternity ter.org Detroit, MI 48202 Crisis – Domestic Violence: areas: Partners for Pro Bono’s low- • Divorce/Family Law • Protective Services Children’s Law Center provides Tel: (313) 879-2429 (810) 227-7100 • Employment income taxpayer pro bono project • Landlord/Tenant • Probate services in the following legal Fax: (313) 577-3728 Crisis – Sexual Assault: • Housing represent low-income taxpayers • Public Benefits and Entitlements • Wills and Trusts areas: e-mail: [email protected] (517) 548-4228 • Civil Rights with disputes before the Internal • Juvenile/Guardianships • Social Security • Divorce FLAC’s purpose is to render Fax: (517) 548-3034 • Education Revenue Services. • Immigration • Contracts • Guardian ad litem legal assistance to low-income and LACASA Legal Intervention Pro- • Consumer • Child/Spouse Abuse • Landlord/Tenant • Custody indigent residents of Wayne County ject provides services in the follow- • Public Benefits PRISON LEGAL • Traffic Offense • Bankruptcy • Juvenile matters in a manner which Wayne State ing legal areas: • Immigration SERVICES OF MICHIGAN, INC. • Criminal Matters • Collections • Probate (nonjuvenile) University Law School students are • Aid in creating and completing • Health Serves: Statewide • Workers Compensation • Guardianship educated in a clinical setting. Safety Plans State Prison of Southern Michigan THIRD LEVEL CRISIS CENTER • Civil Rights • Court Accompaniment MICHIGAN PROTECTION 3855 Cooper St. FREE LEGAL AID CLINIC/LEGAL • Discrimination COMMON GROUND FREEDOM HOUSE • Domestic Violence and Sexual AND ADVOCACY SERVICE, INC. Jackson, MI 49201 SERVICES PROGRAM • Wrongful Discharge SANCTUARY LEGAL CLINIC 2630 W. Lafayette Assault informational materials Serves: Statewide Tel: (517) 780–6639 Serves: Antrim, Grand Traverse • Sexual Harassment Serves: Macomb, Oakland and Detroit, MI 48216-2019 • Expert witnesses available 106 W. Allegan, Suite 300 Fax (517) 780–5887 and Leelanau Counties • Immigration Wayne Counties Tel: (313) 964-4320 • Shelter Lansing, MI 48933-1706 Prison Legal Services of Michi- 1022 E. Front Street • Malpractice 1410 South Telegraph Fax: (313) 963-1077 • Support groups and individuals Tel: (517) 487–1755 gan, Inc., provides services in the Traverse City, MI 49684 • Personal Injury Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 E-mail: [email protected] counseling for adults and children Toll Free (800) 288–5923 following legal areas: Tel: (231) 922-4800 • Product Liability Tel: (248) 456-8158 Business Line Freedom House is a shelter for • Victim Impact Statement and PPO Fax (517) 487–0827 • All civil legal aid matters (other Crisis Line: 800-442-7315 • Criminal (248) 456–0909 Crisis Line refugees seeking political asylum assistance Michigan Protection and Advo- than civil rights suits against prison Fax: (231) 941-5786 • Traffic Violations Fax (248) 456–8147 in the United States. The refugees • 24 Hour crisis line and 24 hour cacy Service, Inc., provides ser- officials); Website: www.traverse.net/mem- Common Ground Sanctuary live at Freedom House while their on-call response for both domestic vices in the following legal areas: • Detainees and federal habeas bers/thirdlevel/index.htm YWCA OF GRAND RAPIDS Legal Clinic provides services in asylum cases are pending before violence and sexual assault. • Disability Rights Issues corpus; Third Level Crisis Center Free 25 Sheldon SE the following legal areas: the Immigration and Naturalization • HIV/AIDS Rights • Assistance after the right of crimi- Legal Aid Clinic/Legal Services Grand Rapids, MI 49503 • Criminal Service. Freedom House is an LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER • Children’s Disability/Special Edu- nal appeal is exhausted and other Program provides services in the Tel: (616) 459-4681 • Domestic interdenominational, nonprofit Serves: Allegan, Kent, Muskegon cation Rights post conviction matters; following legal areas: The purpose of the YWCA of • Civil charity that provides food, clothing, and Ottawa counties. • Advice in prison administrative • Divorces without contested cus- Grand Rapids is to empower • Eviction shelter and social and legal ser- 180 Ottawa Ave., N.W., Ste. 5100 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY matters; tody women, promote diversity and • Wills vices to people of all races and Grand Rapids, MI 49503 DETROIT COLLEGE OF LAW • Paralegal training for selected • Landlord/Tenant advocate for justice and equality. • Probate creeds. Its mission is to extend Business Phone: (616) 632-6014 CLINICAL LAW PROGRAMS inmates and job placement assis- • Consumer Issues • Guardian ad litem love and human dignity to people Patron Phone: (616) 632-6000 Serves: Clinton, Ingham, and Eaton tance for released paralegals. • Governmental Entitlements • Juvenile matters who have been devastated by tor- Toll Free: (888) 454-9554 Counties • Provide information sheets on • Miscellaneous on a case by case • Custody ture and the denial of human TTY: (616) 632-6010 Rental Housing and Tax Clinics numerous post-conviction, civil and basis rights. Freedom House works to Fax: (616) 632-6011 541 E. Grand River prison administrative topics. COMMUNITY legally resettle refugees into Cana- Website: http://www.legalassis- P.O. Box 310 • Provide self-help packets in UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, INC. LEGAL RESOURCES da or the United States, speaks tancecenter.org East Lansing, MI 48826 selected criminal, prisoners’ rights, P.O. Box 2451 Updates? Serves: Statewide out against injustice and educates Legal Assistance Center pro- Tel: (517) 336–8088 and prison administrative matters. Saginaw, MI 48605 900 Michigan Bldg. for systemic change. All Freedom vides the following services: Fax (517) 336-8089 • Represent male prisoner class in Tel: (989) 755-0413 220 Bagley Ave. House residents are indigent. The • Referrals to community agencies MSU – Detroit College of Law statewide class action in Court of The purpose of Underground Changes? Detroit, MI 48226 purpose of Freedom House is to and attorneys. Rental Housing Clinic provides ser- Claims raising access to courts, Railroad, Inc. is to provide shelter Tel: (313) 964–4130 provide legal representation to • Information and assistance with vices in the following legal areas: classification, property and tele- and services (including legal ser- Please fax information to Fax: (313) 964–1192 indigent refugees seeking political various legal self-help materials and • Landlord/Tenant Rights phone system issues. vices) for survivors of domestic vio- E-mail: [email protected] asylum in the U.S. The Legal forms on the following areas of law: MSU – Detroit College of Law lence, sexual assault and stalking. (313) 961-3082 Website: www.mlan.net/mls/clr.htm Department provides services in 1. Conservatorship of an adult Tax Clinic provides services in the SAFE HOUSE Attn: Editor/Editorial Dept. Community Legal Resources the following legal areas: 2. Guardianship of a Child following legal areas: Serves: Washtenaw County UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN provides services to nonprofit orga- • Prepares Asylum Applications for 3. Guardianship of an Adult • Represent low-income taxpayers Domestic Violence Project LAW SCHOOL CLINICAL or e-mail to nizations serving low-income or residents 4. Change of Parenting Time in cases and controversies before P.O. Box 7052 LAW PROGRAM [email protected] distressed neighborhoods in the • Represents residents before the 5. Change of Custody the Internal Revenue Service and Ann Arbor, MI 48107-7052 Serves: Washtenaw County following legal areas: U.S. Immigration Court, the 6. Change of Child Support the United States Tax Court Tel: (734) 973–0242 ext. 204 Michigan Clinical Law Program DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 7

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INGHAM LENAWEE MONTCALM ROSCOMMON ATTORNEY GENERAL U.S. ATTORNEY U.S. ATTORNEY Stuart J. Dunnings, III Jonathan L. Poer Andrea Krause Mark Jernigan Mike Cox Eastern District Western District 303 W. Kalamazoo St., 2nd Fl. 425 N. Main St. 621 North State St., P.O. Box 38 500 Lake St., P.O. Box 425 G. Mennen Williams Law Bldg. Stephen J. Murphy III Donald A. Davis Lansing, MI 48933 Adrian, MI 49221 Stanton, MI 48888 Roscommon, MI 48653 525 W. Ottawa, 7th Floor 211 W. Fort St., Suite 2001 330 Ionia NW (517) 483-6108 (517) 264-4640 (989) 831-7327 (989) 275-5233 P.O. Box 30212 Detroit, MI 48226 P.O. 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Sixth St., Suite 1 www.michiganprosecutor.org/ White Cloud, MI 49349 www.michiganprosecutor.org/ Munising, MI 49862 (517) 279-6437 [Fax] [Witnesses] Crystal Falls, MI 49920-1413 mackinac/ (231) 689-7283 schoolcraft/ (906) 387-2117 www.countyofbranch.com/ http://207.74.121.45/Prosecutor/ (906) 875-6628 (231) 689-7289 [Fax] (906) 387-2200 [Fax] www.michiganprosecutor.org/ Index.htm (906) 875-0646 [Fax] MACOMB www.countyonewaygo.com/ SHIAWASSEE www.michiganprosecutor.org/ branch/ E-mail: prosecutingattorney@ http://www.iron.org/edc/ Eric J. Smith PA/PAHome.htm Randy O. Colbry alger/ eatoncounty.org gov-prosecutor.php 1 South Main St. www.michiganprosecutor.org/ 201 N. Shiawassee CALHOUN www.michiganprosecutor.org/ E-mail: [email protected] Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 newaygo/ Surbeck Bldg., 2nd Fl. ALLEGAN Susan K. Mladenoff eaton/ www.michiganprosecutor.org/ (586) 469-5350 Corunna, MI 48817 Frederick L. Anderson Justice Complex iron/ (586) 469-5609 [Fax] OAKLAND (989) 743-2373 County Building 161 E. Michigan EMMET (586) 469-5675 [Victim Rights] Jessica Cooper (989) 743-2237 [Fax] 113 Chestnut Battle Creek, MI 49014 James R. Linderman ISABELLA http://macombcountymi.gov/ 1200 N. Telegraph E-mail: Allegan, MI 49010 (269) 969-6976 City-County Building Larry J. Burdick PROSECUTORSOFFICE/ Pontiac, MI 48341 [email protected] (269) 673-0280 (269) 969-6967 [Fax] 200 Division St. 200 N. Main index.asp (248) 858-0656 www.michiganprosecutor.org/ (269) 673-0599 [Fax] www.calhouncountymi.org/Depart- Petoskey, MI 49770 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 www.michiganprosecutor.org/ (248) 452-2208 [Fax] shiawassee/ www.allegancounty.org/ ments/ProsecutingAttorney.htm (231) 348-1725 (989) 772-0911 ext. 311 macomb/ www.co.oakland.mi.us/prosatty/ Government/ProsecutingAtty www.michiganprosecutor.org/ (231) 348-0686 [Fax] (989) 775-8413 [Fax] www.michiganprosecutor.org/ ST. CLAIR www.michiganprosecutor.org/ calhoun/ www.co.emmet.mi.us/ http://www.isabellacounty.org/pa MANISTEE oakland/ Mike Wendling allegan/ prosattny www.michiganprosecutor.org/ Ford K. Stone 301 County Building CASS www.michiganprosecutor.org/ isabella/ Courthouse OCEANA 201 McMorran Blvd. ALPENA Victor A. Fitz emmet/ 415 Third St. Terry L. Shaw Port Huron, MI 48060 Ed Black Cass County Law and JACKSON Manistee, MI 49660 P.O. Box 169, 100 State St. (810) 985-2400 County Annex Courts Building GENESEE Henry C. Zavislak (231) 723-7518 Hart, MI 49420 (810) 985-2424 [Fax] 719 Chisholm 60296 M-62, Suite 6 David Leyton 312 S. Jackson St. (231) 723-1727 [Fax] (231) 873-4608 www.stclaircounty.org/Offices/ Alpena, MI 49707 Cassopolis, MI 49031 Courthouse, Rm. 200 Jackson, MI 49201 www.manisteecounty.net/ (231) 873-8955 [Fax] prosecuting attorney/ (989) 354-9738 (269) 445-4460 900 S. Saginaw (517) 788-4283 www.michiganprosecutor.org/ www.michiganprosecutor.org/ E-mail: (989) 354-9788 [Fax] (269) 445-8629 [after 4pm] Flint, MI 48502 (517) 780-4714 [Fax] manistee/ oceana/ [email protected] www.michiganprosecutor.org/ (269) 445-4409 [Fax] (810) 257-3210 (517) 780-4767 - Child Support www.michiganprosecutor.org/ alpena/ www.michiganprosecutor.org/ (810) 257-3219[Fax] (517) 780-4771 - Child Supp [Fax] MARQUETTE OGEMAW stclair/ cass/ www.co.genesee.mi.us/ (517) 788-4072 - Victim Rights Gary L. Walker LaDona Schultz ANTRIM prosecutors http://www.co.jackson.mi.us/ Courthouse Annex County Bldg. #109 ST. JOSEPH Charles H. Koop CHARLEVOIX www.michiganprosecutor.org/ Prosecutor/ 234 W. Baraga Ave. 806 W. Houghton Ave. John McDonough 1905 Courthouse, P.O. Box 280 John Jarema genesee/ www.michiganprosecutor.org/ Marquette, MI 49855 West Branch, MI 48661 Courthouse Bellaire, MI 49615 County Building Annex jackson/ (906) 225-8310 (989) 345-5700 125 Main St., P.O. Box 250 (231) 533-6860 301 State St. GLADWIN (906) 228-1649 [Fax] (989) 345-5913 [Fax] Centreville, MI 49032 (231) 533-5718 [Fax] Charlevoix, MI 49720 Aaron W. Miller KALAMAZOO www.co.marquette.mi.us/ www.ogemacountymi.gov/ (269) 467-5547 www.antrimcounty.org/ (231) 547-7207 401 W. Cedar Jeffery R. Fink prosecut.htm prosecuting/index.php (269) 467-5628 [Fax] prosecutor.asp/ (231) 547-7262 [Fax] Gladwin, MI 48624 227 W. 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Michigan Department of Attorney General Consumer Protection Division • PO Box 30213 • Lansing MI 48909 • 517-373-1140 • Toll free: 877-765-8388 • Web site: http://www.michigan.gov/ag (This Complaint Directory is available on the Attorney General’s website at http://www.michigan.gov/ag ) Last update: 5/2007 Not all consumer complaints/inquires are handled by the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division, however. By law, many other state and federal agencies and departments are involved in assisting consumers. To direct your complaint/inquiry to the appropriate agency, consult our Consumer Complaint Directory.

CLASSIFICATION AGENCY ADDRESS/PHONE/WEB CLASSIFICATION AGENCY ADDRESS/PHONE/WEB CLASSIFICATION AGENCY ADDRESS/PHONE/WEB ADVERTISING EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES POLICE (continued) Arson Tip Line 800-44-ARSON (442-7766) State Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 Licensing and Complaints Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30018 HEMP Tip Line 800-235-HEMP (235-4367) Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 Office of Commercial Services Lansing MI 48909 Internet Safety 877-5CYBER3 (529-2373) 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) Commercial Enforcement Division 517-241-9202 Methamphetamine Labs 866-METH-TIP (638-4847) http://www.michigan.gov/ag http://www.michigan.gov/cis http://www.michigan.gov/msp National Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave NW ENERGY PRODUCT SAFETY Consumer Product Safety Comm. Washington DC 20207 Consumer Response Center Washington DC 20580 Public Utility Service Complaints Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30221 800-638-2772 (toll free) 877-382-4357 (toll free) Public Service Commission Lansing MI 48909 http://www.cpsc.gov 9:00 AM-8:00 PM EST Complaint Hotline 800-292-9555 (toll free in MI) PRODUCT WARRANTY Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 http://www.ftc.gov http://www.michigan.gov/mpsc & DEFECTS Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 ANTITRUST Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30755 Energy Assistance Hotline Family Independence Agency 800-292-5650 (toll free in MI) 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 http://www.michigan.gov/fia http://www.michigan.gov/ag Special Litigation Section 517-373-1123 FEDERAL INFORMATION 800-FED-INFO (333-4636) PYRAMID SCHEMES, Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 http://www.michigan.gov/ag FOOD FRANCHISES & BUSINESS Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 AUTOMOBILES/MOTORCYCLES Accurate Weights & Measures, MI Dept of Agriculture 940 Venture Lane OPPORTUNITIES Franchise Section 517-373-7117 Used Car & Dealer Secretary of State PO Box 30046 Laboratory Division Williamston MI 48895 http://www.michigan.gov/ag Problems, Repair Facilities, Bureau of Regulatory Services Lansing MI 48909 800-292-3939 (toll free in MI) REAL ESTATE/REALTORS Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30018 Odometers 888-767-6424 (toll free in MI) http://www.michigan.gov/mda Bureau of Commercial Services Lansing MI 48909 Out of state callers 517-636-6400 Food Quality MI Dept of Agriculture P.O. Box 30017 Commercial Enforcement Division 517-241-9202 http://www.michigan.gov/sos Food & Dairy Division Lansing MI 48909 http://www.michigan.gov/cis Automobiles Within the Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 1-800-292-3939 SAVINGS & LOANS Manufacturer’s Warranty Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 517-373-1060 Federal US Dept of Treasury 1475 Peachtree Street NE 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) http://www.michigan.gov/mda Office of Thrift Supervision Atlanta GA 30309 http://www.michigan.gov/ag Food & Seafood Quality US Food & Drug Administration 1560 E Jefferson Consumer Affairs 404-888-0771 Safety Recall Information US Dept of Transportation 400 7th St SW Rm 5232 Detroit Regional Office Detroit MI 48207 http://www.ots.treas.gov National Highway Traffic Safety Washington DC 20590 313-226-6260 State Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30224 Administration 800-424-9393 (toll free) http://www.fda.gov Office of Financial & Insurance Serv. Lansing MI 48909 http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov Food & Seafood Info Line 800-332-4010 (toll free) Licensing & Enforcement Division 877-999-6442 (toll free in MI) Center for Auto Safety 2001 S Street NW Ste 410 Meat & Poultry Quality US Dept of Agriculture Room 1175, South Building http://www.michigan.gov/cis Washington DC 20009 Food Safety & Inspection Service 1400 Independence Ave. SW STOCKS/BONDS/SECURITIES Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30222 202-328-7700 Washington DC 20250 Corporation, Securities, and Lansing MI 48909 http://www.autosafety.org 202-720-7943 Land Development Bureau 877-999-6442 (toll free in MI) BAIL BONDSMEN Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30220 http://www.fsis.usda.gov http://www.michigan.gov/cis State Office of Financial & Insurance Serv Lansing MI 48909 Meat & Poultry Hotline 800-535-4555 (toll free) 401(k)’s (State Employees) Dept of Management & Budget PO Box 30171 877-999-6442 (toll free in MI) FREE ANNUAL CREDIT 3 Free per year from each 877-322-8228 (toll free in USA) Office of Retirement Services Lansing MI 48909 http://www.michigan.gov/cis REPORTS of the 3 Major Credit Report Agencies 800-381-5111 (toll free) BANKS FUNERAL HOMES & Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30018 http://www.michigan.gov/ors State Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30224 OPERATORS Bureau of Commercial Services Lansing MI 48909 Non-State Retirement US Dept of Labor Frances Perkins Building Office of Financial & Insurance Serv Lansing MI 48909 Enforcement Division 517-241-9202 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Consumer Services 517-373-0220 http://www.michigan.gov/cis Washington DC 20210 http://www.michigan.gov/cis GASOLINE 800-998-7542 (toll free) National Comptroller of the Currency 1301 McKinney St, Ste 3450 Fuel Quality & Measurement MI Dept of Agriculture 800-MDA-FUEL (632-3835) http://www.dol.gov Customer Assistance Group Houston TX 77010 http://www.michigan.gov/mda STUDENT LOANS MI Dept of Education Ombudsman 877-557-2575 (toll free in MI) 800-613-6743 (toll free) HEALTH CARE MI Dept of Treasury-Fed Stafford Loan 800-642-5626 (toll free in MI) http://www.occ.treas.gov Nursing & Health Facility Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30664 MI Dept of Treasury-Fed Perkins Loan 877-323-2287 (toll free in MI) Bank Issued Credit Cards Federal Deposit Insurance Corp 2345 Grand Boulevard, Ste 100 Bureau of Health Systems Lansing MI 48909 Federal Student Aid Info Center 800-433-3243 (toll free) (FDIC) Kansas City MO 64108 517-334-8408 Assistance and Student Loan Authority http://www.mi-studentaid.org 800-378-9581 (toll free) http://www.michigan.gov/cis TAXES 816-234-9060 (fax) Complaint Hotline 800-882-6006 (toll free in MI) Federal Internal Revenue Service 800-TAX-1040 (829-1040) http://www.fdic.gov HOMELAND SECURITY http://www.irs.ustreas.gov BUILDERS & HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANIES Federal US Dept of Homeland Security Washington DC 20528 State MI Dept of Treasury Lansing MI 48922 (Completion date within 18 Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30018 800-BE-READY (237-3239) Income tax 800-487-7000 (toll free in MI) months and over $600.00) Bureau of Commercial Services Lansing MI 48909 http://www.dhs.gov Sales/Use/Withholding Tax 517-636-4730 Commercial Enforcement Division 517-241-9202 State MI Dept of Homeland Security PO Box 30212 http://www.michigan.gov/treasury http://www.michigan.gov/cis Lansing MI 48909 Tobacco MI Dept of Treasury Lansing MI 48922 (Completion date over 18 Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 517-335-5747 800-292-2824 (toll free in MI) months or under $600.00) Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 http://www.michigan.gov/homeland Carbonated Beverage MI Dept of Treasury Lansing MI 48922 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) HOUSING Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30044 Container Deposits Sales/Use/Withholding Tax 517-636-4730 http://www.michigan.gov/ag MI State Housing Dev. Auth. Lansing MI 48909 TELEMARKETING License Verification Dept of Labor & Economic Growth 517-241-9254 517-373-8370 Federal Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Bureau of Commercial Services http://www.cis.state.mi.us/verify.htm http://www.michigan.gov/mshda Consumer Response Center Washington DC 20580 CANADIAN SCAMS Radon Levels Dept of Environmental Quality PO Box 30630 877-382-4357 (toll free) Scams based in or mailed from Phone Busters Box 686 Radiological Protection Div. Lansing MI 48909-8130 9:00 AM-8:00 PM (EST) North Bay, Ontario, Canada 231-775-3960 FTC Do Not Call Registry 888-382-1222 (toll free) P1B 8J8 800-RADON GAS (723-6642) (must call from number to be registered) http://www.ftc.gov 888-495-8501 (toll free in US) http://www.michigan.gov/deqradon State Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 888-654-9426 (fax) Mold Levels Dept of Community Health 800-648-6942 (hotline) Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 http://http://www.phonebusters.com Local Mold Information 517-335-9436 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) E-Mail [email protected] INSURANCE Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30220 http://www.michigan.gov/ag Advanced Fee Fraud (including Nigerian & Lottery Scams) [email protected] Office of Financial & Insurance Serv. Lansing MI 48909 TOYS & OTHER DANGEROUS PRODUCTS/SUBSTANCES CHARITIES 877-999-6442 (toll free in MI) Federal US Consumer Product Washington DC 20207 Licensing & Solicitation Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30214 http://www.michigan.gov/cis Safety Commission 800-638-2772 (toll free) Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 ITEM PRICING http://www.cpsc.gov Charitable Trust Section 517-373-1152 Overcharges Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 State MI Dept of Agriculture PO Box 30017 http://www.michigan.gov/ag Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 Food & Dairy Division Lansing MI 48909 CHILD SUPPORT 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) 800-292-3939 (toll free in MI) “Dead-Beat” Parents Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30758 http://www.michigan.gov/ag http://www.michigan.gov/mda Child Support Division Lansing MI 48909 Non-pricing MI Dept of Agriculture 940 Venture Lane TRAVEL 517-373-1111 Laboratory Division Williamston MI 48895 Air Service Complaints US Dept of Transportation 400 Seventh Street SW #4107 http://www.michigan.gov/ag 517-655-8202 Aviation Consumer Protection Div. Washington DC 20590 Dead-Beat” Parents Pay Kids Foundation PO Box 13222 http://www.michigan.gov/mda 202-366-2220 Lansing MI 48933 1-800-292-3939 Toll free E-mail: [email protected] 866-PAY-KIDS (729-5437) JUDICIAL TENURE COMM. http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/ 734-674-6807 (Complaint Line) Complaints vs. Judges MI Judicial Tenure Commission 3034 West Grand Blvd, Ste 8-450 Air Safety Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Ave SW http://www.paykids.com Detroit MI 48202 Safety Hotline Washington DC 20591 Complaints vs. Friend of the Court Friend of the Court Bureau Michigan Hall of Justice 313-875-5110 800-322-7873 (toll free) State Court Administrative Office PO Box 30048 313-875-5154 (fax) http://www.faa.gov Lansing MI 48909 E-mail: [email protected] Railway Safety Federal Railroad Administration 400 Seventh St SW 517-373-5975 http://jtc.courts.mi.gov Office of Safety Washington DC 20590 517-373-8740 (fax) LANDLORD/TENANT 202-632-3700 E-Mail [email protected] Complaints Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 http://www.fra.dot.gov/ COLLECTIONS Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 Travel Agencies/Tour Operators Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 Creditor Collection Practices Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 http://www.michigan.gov/ag 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) Michigan State University Rental Housing Clinic http://www.michigan.gov/ag http://www.michigan.gov/ag College of Law 541 E. Grand River UTILITIES Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30221 Third Party Collection Agencies Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30018 PO Box 310 Public Service Commission Lansing MI 48909 Bureau of Commercial Services Lansing MI 48909 East Lansing MI 48826 Complaint Hotline 800-292-9555 (toll free in MI) Commercial Enforcement Division 517-241-9202 517-336-8088 http://www.michigan.gov/cis http://www.michigan.gov/cis E-mail: [email protected] WAGES Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30476 CONTRACTORS Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30222 http://www.law.msu.edu/rhc/ Wage Hour Division Lansing MI 48909 (electrical, plumber, mechanical) Bureau of Construction Codes Lansing MI 48909 LAWYERS Michigan Supreme Court 243 W Congress Ste 256 517-335-0400 General Complaints 517-241-9347 Complaints Attorney Grievance Commission Detroit MI 48226 http://www.michigan.gov/cis Complaints vs. Licensed Electrical 517-241-9320 313-961-6585 MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES Complaints vs. Licensed Plumbers 517-241-9330 313-961-5819 (fax) Automobile Dispute Resolution Complaints vs. Licensed Mechanical 517-241-9325 http://www.agcmi.com Nat’l Automobile Dealers Association. 1500 Kendale Blvd http://www.michigan.gov/cis Referrals State Bar of Michigan 306 Townsend St Automotive Consumer Action East Lansing MI 48823 CORPORATIONS Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30054 Lawyer Referral Service Lansing MI 48933 Program (AUTOCAP) 517-351-7800 "Register Agent" Info Corporation Division Lansing MI 48909-7554 800-968-0738 (toll-free MI Only) Hotline 800-292-1923 (toll free) 517-241-6470 Out-of-State Callers 517-346-6300 Chrysler Corporation Chrysler Customer Center http://www.michigan.gov/cis 517-482-6248 (fax) (Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, Jeep) PO Box 21-8004 CREDIT CARD FRAUD http://www.michbar.org Auburn Hills MI 48321 Credit Card Companies Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND/OR OCCUPATIONS 800-992-1997 (toll free) Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 Individual Healthcare Providers Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30670 http://www.chryslercorp.com 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) Bureau of Health Services Lansing MI 48909 Ford Motor Co. Customer Relationship Center http://www.michigan.gov/ag Complaint & Allegations Division 517-373-9196 (Ford, Lincoln, Mercury) PO Box 6248 Unauthorized Charges US Secret Service 1000 Patrick McNamara Bldg http://www.michigan.gov/cis Dearborn MI 48121 Fraud Dept 477 Michigan Ave Other Licensed Professions Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30018 800-392-3673 (toll free) Detroit MI 48226 (See Contractors for add'l info) Bureau of Commercial Services Lansing MI 48909 http://www.ford.com 313-226-6400 Enforcement Division 517-241-9202 General Motors Corporation http://www.gm.com http://www.ifccfbi.gov License Verification Hotline 517-241-9254 Buick 800-521-7300 (toll free) CREDIT REPORTING Office of the Attorney General PO Box 30213 http://www.michigan.gov/cis Cadillac 800-458-8006 (toll free) BUREAUS Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 MAIL FRAUD SCHEMES US Postal Inspection Service PO Box 330119 Chevrolet 800-222-1020 (toll free) 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) Detroit MI 48232-6119 GMC 800-462-8782 (toll free) http://www.michigan.gov/ag 313-226-8184 Oldsmobile 800-422-6537 (toll free) Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave NW National USPS Fraud Hotline 800-372-8347 Pontiac 800-762-2737 (toll free) Consumer Response Center Washington DC 20580 http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/ Saturn 800-553-6000 (toll free) 877-382-4357 (toll free) MILITARY & VETERAN AFFAIRS Better Business Bureaus Eastern Michigan 30555 Southfield Rd Ste 200 9:00 AM-8:00 PM EST State Dept of Military & Veteran Affairs 2500 South Washington Ave & Upper Peninsula Southfield MI 48076 http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-credit.htm Lansing MI 48913-5101 Complaints 248-644-9100 CREDIT UNIONS 517-483-5500 248-644-5026 (fax) State Chartered Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30224 http://www.michigan.gov/dmva In Flint 810-232-1239 Office of Financial & Insurance Serv. Lansing MI 48909 MOBILE HOMES/PARKS Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30703 E-mail [email protected] Credit Union Division 877-999-6442 (toll free in MI) Lansing MI 48909 http://www.easternmichiganbbb.org http://www.michigan.gov/cis Licensing 517-241-9317 Western Michigan Grand Rapids MI 49503 Federally Chartered National Credit Union Admin. 9 Washington Square Park Problems Office of Local Government 517-241-9347 616-774-8236 Region I – Albany Washington Avenue Extension (Including Water Rates & Complaints) http://www.michigan.gov/cis 616-774-2014 (fax) Albany NY 12205 MORTGAGE COMPANIES Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30224 Hotline (Western MI only) 800-684-3222 (toll free in MI) 518-862-7400 Office Financial & Insurance Services Lansing MI 48909 E-mail [email protected] http://www.ncua.gov Licensing & Enforcement Division 877-999-6442 (toll free in MI) http://www.grandrapids.bbb.org DISCRIMINATION/CIVIL RIGHTS Dept of Civil Rights 800-482-3604 (toll free) http://www.michigan.gov/cis Hillsdale, Monroe, Lenawee Cos. Toledo OH 43606 http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr MOVERS 419-531-3116 DRUGS Intrastate Dept of Labor & Economic Growth PO Box 30221 419-578-6001 (fax) Prescription & Over-the-Counter US Food and Drug Administration 300 River Place Suite 5900 Public Service Commission Lansing MI 48909 Hotline (OH, SW MI only) 800-734-4222 (toll free in MI) Office of Regulatory Affairs Detroit MI 48207 Licensing & Enforcement Division 517-241-6030 E-mail [email protected] Detroit District 313-393-8100 Safety & Compliance Section 517-241-6031 (fax) http://www.toledobbb.org http://www.fda.gov Local Office of Attorney General PO Box 30213 City/County Agencies City of Detroit 1600 Cadillac Tower EDUCATION Consumer Protection Division Lansing MI 48909 Detroit MI 48226 Private Occupational Schools MI Dept of Education PO Box 30008 877-765-8388 (toll free in MI) Information 313-224-3508 Proprietary School Unit Lansing MI 48909 http://www.michigan.gov/ag Complaints 313-224-6995 517-373-6774 POLICE MI State Police 714 S. Harrison Road Macomb County Prosecutor 40 N Main St 6th Floor General Info: 517-373-3324 East Lansing MI 48823 Consumer Protection Dept Mt Clemens MI 48043 http://www.michigan.gov/mde General Info 517-332-2521 810-469-5350 DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 9

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209155771 47847 654 $1,676.25 3/25/2009GTE 209155784 47847 667 $1,299.37 3/25/2009GTE JACKSON NOLA L GTR MIT Bernard J.Youngblood BARKER CHARLOTTE A GTR MIT AYALA REYNA H GTR MIT Register of Deeds 209155798 47847 681 $1,664.40 3/25/2009GTE The following state and federal tax liens have been rounded to 209155772 47847 655 $886.05 3/25/2009GTE 209155785 47847 668 $1,043.99 3/25/2009GTE RUSSELL LILLIAN GTR MIT the nearest dollar. THOMPSON PAUL A GTR MIT MERRITT RAYMOND A GTR MIT 209155799 47847 682 $521.12 3/25/2009GTE 209155773 47847 656 $867.86 3/25/2009GTE 209155786 47847 669 $947.94 3/25/2009GTE BURNS TOMMY D JR GTR MIT WILDER CHRISTOPHER K GTR MIT GRANT MARKISHA R GTR MIT 209155760 47847 643 $14,078.16 3/25/2009GTE 209155800 47847 683 $880.44 3/25/2009GTE BYBLOS SHORES INC GTR MIT 209155774 47847 657 $1,725.57 3/25/2009GTE 209155787 47847 670 $656.80 3/25/2009GTE BLOODSAW LATONJA M GTR MIT MILLER STEVE GTR MIT WILSON NICOLE R GTR MIT 209155761 47847 644 $6,295.41 3/25/2009GTE 209155801 47847 684 $973.95 3/25/2009GTE FRAME X INC GTE JANS SIGNS INC GTR MIT 209155775 47847 658 $1,461.24 3/25/2009GTE 209155788 47847 671 $1,101.73 3/25/2009GTE WILKERSON ROBERT L GTR MIT MORRISON SHEENAH GTR MIT JONES MILES I GTR MIT 209155762 47847 645 $3,847.39 3/25/2009GTE 209155802 47847 685 $1,225.24 3/25/2009GTE PAUL R SWANSON & ASSOC PC GTR MIT 209155776 47847 659 $1,236.77 3/25/2009GTE 209155789 47847 672 $1,101.41 3/25/2009GTE SMITH ALMA GTR MIT THOMAS CARMEN GTR MIT REDDICK SHIRLEY GTR MIT 209155763 47847 646 $4,991.80 3/25/2009GTE 209155803 47847 686 $1,053.12 3/25/2009GTE SAM OCO CORP GTR MIT 209155777 47847 660 $3,148.72 3/25/2009GTE 209155790 47847 673 $1,704.70 3/25/2009GTE BAKER LOVER GTR MIT SMITH ANTASHA D GTR MIT JOHNSON STEPHANIE GTR MIT 209155764 47847 647 $20,099.74 3/25/2009GTE 209155804 47847 687 $1,348.27 3/25/2009GTE RECYCLEMAX INC GTR MIT 209155778 47847 661 $562.83 3/25/2009GTE 209155791 47847 674 $2,791.23 3/25/2009GTE OLIVER HOSIE L III GTR MIT SKYNAR GREGORY A GTE SKYNAR KIM M TUPPER DEIDRIC I GTE TUPPER NATASHA C 209155765 47847 648 $6,240.98 3/25/2009GTE GTR MIT GTR MIT 209155805 47847 688 $1,026.29 3/25/2009GTE PRO LINE BUILDING INC GTR MIT PRICE JOE J JR GTR MIT 209155779 47847 662 $800.61 3/25/2009GTE 209155792 47847 675 $2,097.99 3/25/2009GTE 209155766 47847 649 $13,943.44 3/25/2009GTE COGBURN DONNIE GTR MIT GRAY ROBERT GTR MIT 209155806 47847 689 $6,742.33 3/25/2009GTE BANKS ENTERPRISE LLC GTR MIT MARTINEZ JUAN A GTR MIT 209155780 47847 663 $625.77 3/25/2009GTE 209155793 47847 676 $517.51 3/25/2009GTE 209155767 47847 650 $5,443.12 3/25/2009GTE PANCOAST GALE E GTE PANCOAST JEFFREY WHITE JAMIE Y GTR MIT 209155807 47847 690 $86,231.31 3/26/2009GTE DAVIS BROTHERS COLLISION CLINIC INC GTR W GTR MIT ANJALI INC GTR MIT MIT 209155794 47847 677 $1,116.53 3/25/2009GTE 209155781 47847 664 $517.21 3/25/2009GTE RICKSTAD CATHY S GTR MIT 209155808 47847 693 $11,279.12 3/26/2009GTE 209155768 47847 651 $19,024.29 3/25/2009GTE GARLAND DAVID GTR MIT ABCO MOBILE HOME SERVICE INC GTR ELDORADO USA INC GTR MIT 209155795 47847 678 $960.00 3/25/2009GTE MIT 209155782 47847 665 $862.06 3/25/2009GTE BLACKMON ANGELO A GTR MIT 209155769 47847 652 $6,569.61 3/25/2009GTE REED ANDREA S GTR MIT 209155809 47847 695 $6,807.02 3/26/2009GTE SMITH HELEN C GTR MIT 209155796 47847 679 $714.27 3/25/2009GTE SHERMAN EQUIPMENT CO GTR MIT 209155783 47847 666 $579.67 3/25/2009GTE HEARNS ROBIN GTR MIT 209155770 47847 653 $1,452.47 3/25/2009GTE LANE KATHLEEN M GTE LANE WILLIAM E GTR 209155810 47847 697 $200,428.82 3/26/2009GTE CLARK GILBERT T GTR MIT MIT 209155797 47847 680 $1,325.01 3/25/2009GTE OMEGA ON SOUTHFIELD INC GTR MIT

209155811 47847 699 $4,057.04 3/26/2009GTE CUISINE INC GTR MIT

209155812 47847 700 $6,364.69 3/26/2009GTE PAPA ROMANOS OF WAYNE GTE YUMMY BOYS INC GTR MIT

209155813 47847 701 $45,744.28 3/26/2009GTE 6500 GRATIOT AVE INC GTE 6500 GRATIOT AVENUE GTR MIT

209155814 47847 702 $13,454.64 3/26/2009GTE HORIZON INTERESTS INC GTE INTERIORS HORIZON MILLWORK MFG GTE JD & MILL- WORK MID AMERICA GTR MIT

209155815 47847 703 $2,069.99 3/26/2009GTE NEW SPEED AUTP TECH INC GTR MIT

209155816 47847 704 $6,021.00 3/26/2009GTE Z & Z ENTERPRISES INC GTR MIT

209155817 47847 705 $10,664.05 3/26/2009GTE WALKER JEFFREY GTR MIT

209155818 47847 706 $4,433.72 3/26/2009GTE J WEST SALON II PC GTR MIT

209155819 47847 707 $1,431.73 3/26/2009GTE JENKINS NORENE GTR MIT

209155820 47847 708 $628.75 3/26/2009GTE NATION LARRY GTR MIT

209155821 47847 709 $508.17 3/26/2009GTE WALKER GREGORY GTR MIT

209155822 47847 710 $531.36 3/26/2009GTE WARE DAVID K GTR MIT

209155823 47847 711 $1,108.31 3/26/2009GTE ETTER CHRISTY D GTR MIT

209155824 47847 712 $1,383.76 3/26/2009GTE PONIUS SHIRLEY GTR MIT

209155825 47847 713 $1,512.90 3/26/2009GTE HAYNES RILEY JR GTR MIT

209155826 47847 714 $1,069.58 3/26/2009GTE REAVES VINCENT L GTR MIT

209155827 47847 715 $820.02 3/26/2009GTE THOMAS WILBERT D GTR MIT

209155828 47847 716 $5,858.98 3/26/2009GTE RUTTENBURG ANDREA L GTR MIT

209155829 47847 717 $1,282.92 3/26/2009GTE HINES KIMYANA W GTR MIT

209155830 47847 718 $509.79 3/26/2009GTE LAKES GARY L GTR MIT

209155831 47847 719 $960.57 3/26/2009GTE JONES CHAKESHA GTR MIT

209155832 47847 720 $2,845.53 3/26/2009GTE BOLINGER MARTIN R GTR MIT

209155833 47847 721 $1,249.91 3/26/2009GTE SCOTT KIMBERLY GTR MIT

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209155868 47847 756 $1,133.06 3/26/2009GTE 209155885 47847 773 $2,200.28 3/26/2009GTE 209155902 47847 790 $508.34 3/26/2009GTE Bernard J.Youngblood HESTER RACHEL N GTR MIT GRICE VERONIQUE D GTR MIT GADSON FRANK GTR MIT Register of Deeds The following state and federal tax liens have been rounded to 209155869 47847 757 $1,545.29 3/26/2009GTE 209155886 47847 774 $511.90 3/26/2009GTE 209155903 47847 791 $971.09 3/26/2009GTE the nearest dollar. KRAUS PAUL GTR MIT WATKINS ANGELA GTR MIT HAWKINS EDWIN D JR GTR MIT

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209155847 47847 735 $976.64 3/26/2009GTE TERRY ROSYLAND GTR MIT

209155848 47847 736 $1,248.77 3/26/2009GTE DANDRIDGE LAWERENCE GTR MIT

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209155851 47847 739 $1,257.80 3/26/2009GTE WALK TRACEY Y GTR MIT

209155852 47847 740 $2,048.42 3/26/2009GTE KELLY TRACEY A GTR MIT

209155853 47847 741 $1,173.26 3/26/2009GTE TYSON DEMETRIA R GTR MIT

209155854 47847 742 $954.07 3/26/2009GTE BOWEN PAUL D GTR MIT

209155855 47847 743 $22,281.30 3/26/2009GTE GRAY MICHAEL A GTR MIT

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209155857 47847 745 $677.78 3/26/2009GTE CHANDLER CASEY A GTR MIT

209155858 47847 746 $1,094.37 3/26/2009GTE ALIAHMAD MARK GTR MIT

209155859 47847 747 $2,264.63 3/26/2009GTE GAMBLIN MELVIN L GTR MIT

209155860 47847 748 $1,406.71 3/26/2009GTE BENNETT JEFFREY GTR MIT

209155861 47847 749 $846.49 3/26/2009GTE GARDNER ANGELA L GTR MIT

209155862 47847 750 $870.19 3/26/2009GTE BUTLER TYSHANDA M GTR MIT

209155863 47847 751 $6,028.26 3/26/2009GTE SHEVROVICH SCOTT B GTR MIT

209155864 47847 752 $532.69 3/26/2009GTE SMITH THEODORE A GTR MIT

209155865 47847 753 $518.51 3/26/2009GTE THOMAS ERICK R GTR MIT

209155866 47847 754 $941.43 3/26/2009GTE HICKS LAURIE A GTE HICKS TERRY L GTR MIT

209155867 47847 755 $522.09 3/26/2009GTE WHITFIELD JOSEPH R GTR MIT DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 11

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209155931 47847 819 $3,538.86 3/26/2009GTE 209155947 47847 835 $1,670.13 3/27/2009GTE 209155983 47847 871 $1,394.74 3/27/2009GTE Bernard J.Youngblood PARKER MACKENZIE N GTR MIT QUINN JOSEPH A GTR MIT WINFREY MILLICENT G GTR MIT Register of Deeds The following state and federal tax liens have been rounded to 209155932 47847 820 $1,028.05 3/26/2009GTE 209155948 47847 836 $524.00 3/27/2009GTE 209155984 47847 872 $1,723.43 3/27/2009GTE the nearest dollar. ROBERTSON BERNARD GTR MIT TARRAF GHASSAN H GTE TARRAF RANIA G RICHTER LEROY W GTR MIT GTR MIT 209155933 47847 821 $2,240.73 3/26/2009GTE 209155985 47847 873 $3,395.31 3/27/2009GTE DIAZ LINDA GTR MIT 209155949 47847 837 $1,470.31 3/27/2009GTE GENTILE KENNETH P GTR MIT Continued from Page 46 CALMESE FRANK V GTR MIT 209155934 47847 822 $10,598.60 3/27/2009GTE 209155986 47847 874 $4,545.15 3/27/2009GTE 209155918 47847 806 $917.93 3/26/2009GTE RANA ABIDA GTR MIT 209155950 47847 838 $683.23 3/27/2009GTE BELL ERIC L II GTE BELL KEELY A GTR MIT THOMAS GREGORY GTR MIT BURRELL DARRETT GTR MIT 209155935 47847 823 $5,495.65 3/27/2009GTE 209155987 47847 875 $879.03 3/27/2009GTE 209155919 47847 807 $995.69 3/26/2009GTE BIROU STELIAN S GTR MIT 209155951 47847 839 $833.53 3/27/2009GTE SPARKS LAURIE GTE SPARKS TERRY W GTR KOCHER ROBERT GTR MIT DICKERSON LINEOUS GTE DICKERSON ROGI- MIT 209155936 47847 824 $6,597.81 3/27/2009GTE NA L GTR MIT 209155920 47847 808 $777.60 3/26/2009GTE LEOS TRANSPORT INC GTR MIT 209155988 47847 876 $26,329.62 3/27/2009GTE THOMAS SHELIA R GTR MIT 209155952 47847 840 $951.94 3/27/2009GTE WELLS RAYMOND GTR MIT 209155937 47847 825 $10,422.81 3/27/2009GTE BOGUS TAVARIS L GTR MIT 209155921 47847 809 $526.97 3/26/2009GTE CABLE COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC BENEFIT 209155989 47847 877 $7,261.07 3/27/2009GTE SCHMELZER SHAWN M GTR MIT CORP GTR MIT 209155953 47847 841 $752.13 3/27/2009GTE CANADA FAYE GTR MIT PATTERSON GARY GTR MIT 209155922 47847 810 $596.82 3/26/2009GTE 209155938 47847 826 $2,137.64 3/27/2009GTE R 209155990 47847 878 $1,054.44 3/27/2009GTE UPSHAW CATRINA A GTR MIT & L COLOR GRAPHICS INC GTR MIT 209155954 47847 842 $5,339.01 3/27/2009GTE JOHNSON ALFRED GTR MIT LESHORE WANDA GTR MIT 209155923 47847 811 $1,218.67 3/26/2009GTE 209155939 47847 827 $6,732.85 3/27/2009GTE 209155991 47847 879 $1,455.98 3/27/2009GTE RAGLAND BRENDA GTE STPETER JASON GTR PHOENIX COMMUNITIES INC GTR MIT 209155955 47847 843 $1,623.86 3/27/2009GTE MATTHEWS CHARLES L GTE MATTHEWS MIT GILBERT JOHNNY S GTR MIT SHAUNTE GTR MIT 209155940 47847 828 $4,497.26 3/27/2009GTE 209155924 47847 812 $1,379.16 3/26/2009GTE DAYTONA CONTRACTING CO INC GTR MIT 209155956 47847 844 $828.00 3/27/2009GTE 209155992 47847 880 $1,163.93 3/27/2009GTE PARKER WARREN J GTR MIT CRAWFORD MARY GTE CRAWFORD REGINALD GHOSSEIN ALI I GTE GHOSSEIN AMAL GTR 209155941 47847 829 $6,548.88 3/27/2009GTE GTR MIT MIT 209155925 47847 813 $1,261.09 3/26/2009GTE GENESIS SAND & GRAVEL INC GTR MIT WOODS LAFAYE C GTR MIT 209155957 47847 845 $641.14 3/27/2009GTE 209155993 47847 881 $1,589.76 3/27/2009GTE 209155942 47847 830 $6,597.81 3/27/2009GTE RINGO CHRISTINA GTR MIT LODOLO GENA GTE LODOLO JOHN M GTR 209155926 47847 814 $530.88 3/26/2009GTE DYER LEANN GTE WONDERFUL EXPRESS MIT BRYAN SHERMAN GTR MIT GTR MIT 209155958 47847 846 $642.11 3/27/2009GTE WATSON CALVIN A GTE WATSON KARA V GTR 209155994 47847 882 $537.95 3/27/2009GTE 209155927 47847 815 $516.58 3/26/2009GTE 209155943 47847 831 $1,485.40 3/27/2009GTE MIT JOHNSON JENNIFER J IV GTR MIT RIES CHRISTOPHER A GTR MIT MERRIMAN RICK E GTR MIT 209155959 47847 847 $889.10 3/27/2009GTE 209155995 47847 883 $647.04 3/27/2009GTE 209155928 47847 816 $1,279.40 3/26/2009GTE 209155944 47847 832 $4,904.53 3/27/2009GTE TELL GEORGIA GTR MIT SWINFORD BILL R GTR MIT WHITE SHIRLEY GTR MIT WILLIAMS BETTY S GTR MIT 209155960 47847 848 $1,126.00 3/27/2009GTE 209155996 47847 884 $924.28 3/27/2009GTE 209155929 47847 817 $23,599.99 3/26/2009GTE 209155945 47847 833 $7,322.38 3/27/2009GTE CURETON CORLISS GTR MIT MONROE LOIS A GTR MIT GARCIA JAIME GTR MIT CEASAR LONNIE GTR MIT 209155961 47847 849 $849.90 3/27/2009GTE 209155997 47847 885 $1,605.86 3/27/2009GTE 209155930 47847 818 $1,339.34 3/26/2009GTE 209155946 47847 834 $730.74 3/27/2009GTE HUNTER RENA GTR MIT ROMAN JULIO C GTR MIT NUNEZ B M GTE NUNEZ GABRIEL GTR MIT TAYLOR GARY R GTR MIT 209155962 47847 850 $3,198.49 3/27/2009GTE 209155998 47847 886 $32,249.21 3/30/2009GTE CARR LAKIESHA M GTR MIT OAK LEAF L L C GTR MIT

209155963 47847 851 $559.00 3/27/2009GTE 209155999 47847 887 $8,172.44 3/30/2009GTE WADE DEANGELO GTR MIT DEARBORN MART & FUEL INC GTR MIT 209155964 47847 852 $2,858.68 3/27/2009GTE MACLIN AKEIA M GTR MIT 209156000 47847 888 $3,737.94 3/30/2009GTE GOOD BREAD CO OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN 209155965 47847 853 $1,505.90 3/27/2009GTE LLC GTR MIT JOYCE MICHAEL GTR MIT 209156001 47847 889 $2,379.41 3/30/2009GTE 4 209155966 47847 854 $891.13 3/27/2009GTE BROTHERS TRUCK & TRAILERS SERVICES INC RUSSELL CAROLYN O GTR MIT GTR MIT

209155967 47847 855 $1,116.47 3/27/2009GTE 209156002 47847 890 $4,344.52 3/30/2009GTE MOON SHONDRA GTR MIT OAKMAN WHOLESALE INC GTR MIT

209155968 47847 856 $2,313.36 3/27/2009GTE 209156003 47847 891 $2,070.14 3/30/2009GTE K EVERETT CHRISTINE A GTR MIT & S CUSTOMS LLC GTR MIT

209155969 47847 857 $835.47 3/27/2009GTE 209156004 47847 892 $4,567.30 3/30/2009GTE KOZLOWSKI JULIA GTR MIT HARGROW & ASSOC INC GTR MIT

209155970 47847 858 $2,457.30 3/27/2009GTE 209156005 47847 893 $10,017.83 3/30/2009GTE HORTON THOMAS S GTR MIT RBK AUTOMATION INC GTR MIT

209155971 47847 859 $933.47 3/27/2009GTE 209156006 47847 894 $27,159.78 3/30/2009GTE RODRIGUEZ BARBARA A GTE RODRIGUEZ THABATA DIAB GTR MIT RALPH GTR MIT 209156007 47847 895 $94,017.42 3/30/2009GTE 209155972 47847 860 $1,024.69 3/27/2009GTE BONKS BAY L L C GTR MIT JACKSON STACY J GTR MIT 209156008 47847 896 $788.60 3/30/2009GTE 209155973 47847 861 $1,522.89 3/27/2009GTE CARY LOSSIE GTR MIT CANNON GWENDOLYN GTR MIT 209156009 47847 897 $1,293.06 3/30/2009GTE 209155974 47847 862 $972.50 3/27/2009GTE HINTON WYNORA GTR MIT KELL MICHAEL J GTR MIT 209156010 47847 898 $3,697.29 3/30/2009GTE 209155975 47847 863 $1,169.53 3/27/2009GTE JOHNSON LULA B GTR MIT WESTBROOK GREGORY GTE WESTBROOK WENDY R GTR MIT 209156011 47847 899 $983.61 3/30/2009GTE HOHMANN THOMAS M GTR MIT 209155976 47847 864 $543.33 3/27/2009GTE KORHONEN RONALD C GTR MIT 209156012 47847 900 $7,761.10 3/30/2009GTE HICKS JOHNNIE GTR MIT 209155977 47847 865 $1,220.00 3/27/2009GTE KADAF FADI J GTR MIT 209156013 47847 901 $3,271.36 3/30/2009GTE SEALES SERENA L GTR MIT 209155978 47847 866 $1,340.00 3/27/2009GTE KERR CHRISTIE A GTE KERR EDWIN JR GTR 209156014 47847 902 $2,180.83 3/30/2009GTE MIT CARSWELL NICOLE GTR MIT

209155979 47847 867 $1,531.53 3/27/2009GTE 209156015 47847 903 $9,674.47 3/30/2009GTE STINER TRACI K GTR MIT SMITH CORTEZ GTR MIT

209155980 47847 868 $829.89 3/27/2009GTE 209156016 47847 904 $723.83 3/30/2009GTE JONES EDMOND A GTE JONES TINA L GTR MARSHALL CHAUNDRA L GTR MIT MIT 209156017 47847 905 $1,270.81 3/30/2009GTE 209155981 47847 869 $816.16 3/27/2009GTE MURPHY CLIFTON J GTR MIT ALSTON KENNETH GTR MIT 209156018 47847 906 $656.80 3/30/2009GTE 209155982 47847 870 $1,489.93 3/27/2009GTE CLINTON ARTHUR JR GTR MIT JAMES ALICE M GTR MIT Continued on Page 48 DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 12

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209156054 47847 942 $904.56 3/30/2009GTE 209156082 47847 970 $910.10 3/30/2009GTE 209156109 47847 997 $1,352.75 3/30/2009GTE Bernard J.Youngblood WHITTY WILLIAM GTR MIT DAVIS KATONYA C GTR MIT WILLIAMS DARRYL K GTR MIT Register of Deeds The following state and federal tax liens have been rounded to 209156055 47847 943 $778.07 3/30/2009GTE 209156083 47847 971 $543.24 3/30/2009GTE 209156110 47847 998 $2,348.81 3/30/2009GTE the nearest dollar. SUTHERLAND CARLA M GTR MIT BUFORD DETREDA C GTE BUFORD EWAM W MAKLED ALI GTR MIT GTR MIT 209156056 47847 944 $656.70 3/30/2009GTE 209156111 47847 999 $737.17 3/30/2009GTE KELLEY MARTINA E GTR MIT 209156084 47847 972 $2,242.80 3/30/2009GTE JANICE ROBERTSON GTR MIT Continued from Page 47 ZOHR CHERYL A GTE ZOHR DENNIS G GTR 209156057 47847 945 $5,073.38 3/30/2009GTE MIT 209156112 47847 1000 $3,193.74 3/30/2009GTE 209156019 47847 907 $2,170.23 3/30/2009GTE ROWE ARTHUR L GTR MIT GARDNER STEVEN L GTE GARDNER TRACY A GHANT KEITH W GTR MIT 209156085 47847 973 $3,926.74 3/30/2009GTE GTR MIT 209156058 47847 946 $850.09 3/30/2009GTE MYLES LEE GTR MIT 209156020 47847 908 $1,867.03 3/30/2009GTE CRUTCHER FLORA J GTR MIT 209156113 47847 1001 $864.41 3/30/2009GTE WHITE JOHN G GTR MIT 209156086 47847 974 $1,865.49 3/30/2009GTE WOOTEN SHIRLEY A GTR MIT 209156059 47847 947 $5,873.43 3/30/2009GTE KLOC SCOTT GTR MIT 209156021 47847 909 $4,177.00 3/30/2009GTE THOMAS DONALD A GTR MIT 209156114 47847 1002 $1,084.02 3/30/2009GTE GILLON MATTHEW A GTR MIT 209156087 47847 975 $4,966.14 3/30/2009GTE MOHAN CAROLYN S GTR MIT 209156060 47847 948 $724.98 3/30/2009GTE WASKIEWICZ BRIAN J GTR MIT 209156022 47847 910 $784.28 3/30/2009GTE CORRETHERS KIMBERLY R GTR MIT 209156115 47847 1003 $1,103.58 3/30/2009GTE WILLIAMS JOSEPH L GTR MIT 209156088 47847 976 $3,863.57 3/30/2009GTE CURTIS ROTHCHILD GTE RICH JANICE GTR MIT 209156061 47847 949 $1,351.05 3/30/2009GTE WILTSHIRE CHRISTOPHER J GTR MIT 209156023 47847 911 $887.95 3/30/2009GTE CHANDLER JASON T GTR MIT 209156116 47847 1004 $7,562.40 3/30/2009GTE MILLER MARVIN GTR MIT 209156089 47847 977 $1,185.15 3/30/2009GTE CHAPMAN GREGORY GTR MIT 209156062 47847 950 $952.42 3/30/2009GTE DOUGLAS SOTHIA J GTR MIT 209156024 47847 912 $872.71 3/30/2009GTE BELL INEKA A GTR MIT 209156117 47847 1005 $710.79 3/30/2009GTE HARGROVE KIANDREA L GTR MIT 209156090 47847 978 $1,292.94 3/30/2009GTE EARL FRANKLIN GTR MIT 209156063 47847 951 $1,446.24 3/30/2009GTE DAVIS KEIJUAN T GTR MIT 209156025 47847 913 $7,846.27 3/30/2009GTE MULLIN LESTER J GTR MIT 209156118 47847 1006 $786.43 3/30/2009GTE MORTON CHARLES GTR MIT 209156091 47847 979 $9,447.57 3/30/2009GTE MORRIS CHARMAINE GTR MIT 209156064 47847 952 $2,902.77 3/30/2009GTE MENDEZ JOHN GTR MIT 209156026 47847 914 $810.97 3/30/2009GTE NUNN EUNICE L GTE NUNN JODY GTR MIT 209156119 47847 1007 $2,547.28 3/30/2009GTE TUCKER NORENE M GTR MIT 209156092 47847 980 $693.61 3/30/2009GTE RANGEL RICARDO GTR MIT 209156065 47847 953 $1,201.12 3/30/2009GTE SEAY RODNEY A GTR MIT 209156027 47847 915 $976.80 3/30/2009GTE JHONS HARRIS ANNIEBELLE GTR MIT 209156120 47847 1008 $663.55 3/30/2009GTE GLEAVES CYNTHIA H GTR MIT 209156093 47847 981 $2,447.54 3/30/2009GTE SCHIFFER KIMBERLY M GTR MIT 209156066 47847 954 $510.30 3/30/2009GTE BRIGGS BASIL E GTR MIT 209156028 47847 916 $762.96 3/30/2009GTE DESANA YVONNE M GTR MIT 209156121 47847 1009 $802.96 3/30/2009GTE SALLOUM THOMAS A GTR MIT 209156094 47847 982 $629.35 3/30/2009GTE WATSON RUTH A GTR MIT 209156067 47847 955 $1,360.22 3/30/2009GTE HOWARD LORISSA GTR MIT 209156029 47847 917 $877.17 3/30/2009GTE WHITE CARLEY D GTR MIT 209156122 47847 1010 $656.80 3/30/2009GTE EAST KENYATTE O GTR MIT 209156095 47847 983 $880.30 3/30/2009GTE WYATT QUINTEL D GTR MIT 209156068 47847 956 $7,830.68 3/30/2009GTE CRESENT PLACE % GTE MASSEY NICOLE M 209156030 47847 918 $602.45 3/30/2009GTE REA FABIAN GTR MIT GTR MIT 209156123 47847 1011 $793.75 3/30/2009GTE RICKETT GORDON GTR MIT GUESS RUTH M GTR MIT 209156069 47847 957 $776.92 3/30/2009GTE 209156096 47847 984 $598.17 3/30/2009GTE 209156031 47847 919 $16,822.97 3/30/2009GTE MEDONIS PAUL R GTR MIT HOLMES LAMONT JR GTR MIT 209156124 47847 1012 $1,358.49 3/30/2009GTE BEBBER GREGORY GTR MIT ATTERBURY DANNY GTR MIT 209156070 47847 958 $2,917.59 3/30/2009GTE 209156097 47847 985 $2,501.59 3/30/2009GTE 209156032 47847 920 $727.11 3/30/2009GTE MOORE NICOLAS K GTR MIT SMITH DAVID GTR MIT 209156125 47847 1013 $1,017.60 3/30/2009GTE HAMILTON DEMETROUS M GTR MIT WATSON LINDA GTR MIT 209156071 47847 959 $1,066.67 3/30/2009GTE 209156098 47847 986 $6,412.63 3/30/2009GTE 209156033 47847 921 $742.62 3/30/2009GTE YATES STEVEN D GTR MIT BOBBISH DIANE GTE BOBBISH GARY A GTR 209156126 47847 1014 $518.72 3/30/2009GTE ROBINSON ANTHONY E GTR MIT MIT LLEWELLYN DENT GTR MIT 209156072 47847 960 $1,057.56 3/30/2009GTE 209156034 47847 922 $1,296.97 3/30/2009GTE HALL LOREDANA GTR MIT 209156099 47847 987 $1,867.02 3/30/2009GTE 209156127 47847 1015 $45.23 3/30/2009GTE PINGSTON RUTH A GTR MIT JAMES CHARMAINE GTR MIT SANCHEZ DOMITILA D GTE SANCHEZ ROGE- 209156073 47847 961 $1,569.60 3/30/2009GTE LIO G GTR MIT 209156035 47847 923 $1,642.88 3/30/2009GTE MURPHY FREDDIE GTR MIT 209156100 47847 988 $1,488.60 3/30/2009GTE JOHNSON EDITH C GTE JOHNSON JOHN A MEIRTHEW DIANE M GTR MIT 209156128 47847 1016 $1,473.55 3/30/2009GTE GTR MIT 209156074 47847 962 $786.31 3/30/2009GTE BARMAKZIAN ANAYES GTR MIT DARNELL TONI R GTR MIT 209156101 47847 989 $548.78 3/30/2009GTE 209156036 47847 924 $1,159.20 3/30/2009GTE GREEN BRANDY GTR MIT 209156129 47847 1017 $806.36 3/30/2009GTE GRAVES LINDA A GTR MIT 209156075 47847 963 $1,095.63 3/30/2009GTE GUAJARDO MARIA E GTR MIT ROBINSON ANGELICA M GTR MIT 209156102 47847 990 $815.29 3/30/2009GTE 209156037 47847 925 $721.26 3/30/2009GTE KILLMER JEANETTE M GTR MIT 209156130 47847 1018 $6,376.91 3/31/2009GTE GUTHRIE SANDRA F GTR MIT 209156076 47847 964 $807.37 3/30/2009GTE LINCOLN PARK MINI MART INC GTR MIT DAVIS KENYA GTR MIT 209156103 47847 991 $642.20 3/30/2009GTE 209156038 47847 926 $573.56 3/30/2009GTE FOSTER RYAN E GTR MIT 209156131 47847 1019 $870.61 3/31/2009GTE HOWARD PHILIP GTR MIT 209156077 47847 965 $1,491.44 3/30/2009GTE NELSON CRYSTAL GTR MIT AVERITT THOMAS GTR MIT 209156104 47847 992 $2,869.32 3/30/2009GTE 209156039 47847 927 $2,857.13 3/30/2009GTE ASMUS KIMBERLY GTE ASMUS KURT GTR MIT 209156132 47847 1020 $5,537.38 3/31/2009GTE WILLIAMS WENDY GTR MIT 209156078 47847 966 $24,182.95 3/30/2009GTE FIRST CUP ORGANIC COFFEE LLC GTR MIT STEELE DESMOND P GTR MIT 209156105 47847 993 $633.89 3/30/2009GTE 209156040 47847 928 $8,384.31 3/30/2009GTE DALEY SHEILA M GTR MIT 209156133 47847 1021 $3,172.50 3/31/2009GTE GAMBRELL MILVIA GTR MIT 209156079 47847 967 $1,425.13 3/30/2009GTE CITY SMOKER LIMITED LLC GTR MIT SANDERS CUTTINA L GTE SANDERS RODNEY 209156106 47847 994 $632.26 3/30/2009GTE 209156041 47847 929 $1,236.77 3/30/2009GTE E GTR MIT DENNIS ERIC GTR MIT 209156134 47847 1022 $1,709.52 3/31/2009GTE MORGAN JOHN GTE MORGAN MARY GTR MIT KEYS CHARLES GTR MIT 209156080 47847 968 $1,467.52 3/30/2009GTE 209156107 47847 995 $1,021.59 3/30/2009GTE 209156042 47847 930 $773.49 3/30/2009GTE ROLLINS DARRYL GTR MIT ROZWOOD DEBORAH C GTR MIT 209156135 47847 1023 $1,286.86 3/31/2009GTE FOSTER JEFFREY R GTE FOSTER LISA D GTR GUY BOBBY G GTR MIT MIT 209156081 47847 969 $565.67 3/30/2009GTE 209156108 47847 996 $1,458.22 3/30/2009GTE ECHOLS MELVERA GTR MIT MORRIS SHERYL D GTR MIT Continued on Page 49 209156043 47847 931 $628.75 3/30/2009GTE HOLLOWAY LAWRENCE A GTR MIT

209156044 47847 932 $792.01 3/30/2009GTE NORMAN BETTY J GTR MIT

209156045 47847 933 $1,278.83 3/30/2009GTE SMITH MICHAEL A GTR MIT

209156046 47847 934 $717.10 3/30/2009GTE BUR- NETT MAURICE B GTE PERR HELEN GTR MIT

209156047 47847 935 $738.31 3/30/2009GTE GRAHAM LAURA K GTR MIT

209156048 47847 936 $1,381.19 3/30/2009GTE ANTHONY CHELITA GTR MIT

209156049 47847 937 $905.76 3/30/2009GTE HALL WILLIAM GTR MIT

209156050 47847 938 $4,940.06 3/30/2009GTE PATRICK CRAIG D GTR MIT

209156051 47847 939 $1,687.24 3/30/2009GTE DUNBAR STEVEN GTR MIT

209156052 47847 940 $5,610.17 3/30/2009GTE FINKLEY RICHARD GTR MIT

209156053 47847 941 $656.80 3/30/2009GTE GREEN TROY GTR MIT DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 13

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209156171 47847 1059 $1,324.62 3/31/2009GTE & H FOOD INC GTE MT ELLIOT SUNOCO GTR 209173912 47865 97 $804.22 4/2/2009GTE Bernard J.Youngblood GARCIA CONNIE A GTE GARCIA JESUS R GTR MIT BIVINS VERDELL GTR MIT Register of Deeds MIT The following state and federal 209173901 47865 80 $14,992.10 4/3/2009GTE 209173913 47865 98 $787.48 4/2/2009GTE tax liens have been rounded to the nearest dollar. 209156172 47847 1060 $1,352.42 3/31/2009GTE FARHAT ALI GTR MIT JONES JAMES GTR MIT MASON KHARY U GTR MIT 209173902 47865 82 $55,301.73 4/1/2009GTE 209173914 47865 99 $7,756.91 4/2/2009GTE 209156173 47847 1061 $945.82 3/31/2009GTE GRAND MEYER SOPHIA BEAUTY SUPPLY INC REYNOLDS TARA A GTR MIT Continued from Page 48 GRAVES KISZAR A GTR MIT GTR MIT 209173915 47865 100 $1,596.46 4/2/2009GTE 209156136 47847 1024 $774.05 3/31/2009GTE 209156174 47847 1062 $707.36 3/31/2009GTE 209173903 47865 85 $80,147.61 4/1/2009GTE PESKO MYRA M GTE PESKO ROBERT J GTR RIDER JACQUELINE GTR MIT KING CATHY GTR MIT WOODWARD SOPHIA BEAUTY INC GTR MIT MIT

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‘Three Felonies’ an CALIFORNIA indictment against Drug dealer found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Justice Department Three Felonies a Day: How cutors, the FBI, DEA and SEC Kidnapping and murder were basis for 2007 movie “Alpha Dog” the Feds Target the Innocent have often turned to criminal BY JACOB ADELMAN side the courtroom. admitted mari- Hoyt months before the murder. By Harvey A. Silverglate prosecutions where clearly civil Associated Press Writer The victim’s par- 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz was juana dealer, Prosecutors did not call Hoyt Encounter Books, 2009 action only was warranted. ents said they were said Ben as a witness — the one person 306 pages; $25.95 Lest the potential reader SANTA BARBARA, Calif. relieved but declined taken to Santa Barbara and held for several Markowitz who could definitely say if Holly- believe this work is simply a (AP) — Marijuana dealer Jesse to comment further days before being shot and buried in a owed him a wood ordered the slaying. Also In a work that is sure to stir rehash of prior criminal prose- James Hollywood faces a possible because of a gag $2,500 drug left out of Hollywood’s trial were sharp public debate, veteran cutions and old news, it should death sentence after his conviction order issued in the shallow grave. Jesse James Hollywood was debt — more Jesse Rugge and William Skid- Massachusetts defense-attor- be noted that the author goes for kidnapping and murdering a case. Prosecutors found guilty of orchestrating the kidnapping than twice the more, two others convicted in the ney-turned-author Harvey A. behind the scenes and in depth 15-year-old boy over an escalating and defense attor- amount prose- case. Silverglate examines the legally to reveal his analysis of tactics drug debt, a crime that inspired neys also declined to and killing over a $2,500 drug debt. cutors have Prosecutors contend Holly- and politically charged issues that have been used by federal the 2007 movie “Alpha Dog.” speak. cited. wood decided to get rid of surrounding recent federal prosecutors in, among other A Santa Barbara Superior The penalty phase Hollywood Nicholas after learning from an criminal prosecutions. things, visiting potential wit- Court jury on Wednesday also of the case was scheduled to begin experts say is rare and potentially said he was afraid after Ben attorney that he could face life in The author begins with the nesses (and future indictment found Hollywood guilty of the Monday. risky. He testified that he and two Markowitz left threatening mes- prison for kidnapping. They also premise that federal criminal targets) with strong, if not special circumstance allegation of Hollywood was accused of friends grabbed Markowitz off a sages, poisoned his dog and broke believe the murder was a way for statutes have become so perva- threatening, messages to coop- being a principal in a murder orchestrating the kidnapping and street in the San Fernando Valley a window at his home, only hours Hoyt to settle his own drug debt sive and ambiguous that every erate or else. committed in the course of a kid- eventual killing of Nicholas area of Los Angeles but did not before Nicholas was abducted. with Hollywood. person in America can be seen Silverglate recounts napping and being involved in a Markowitz in August 2000 order the teen’s murder. Hollywood called the taking of The crime was the inspiration to have committed a federal instances of out-of-control crime in which an assault weapon because the teen’s half brother “I just feel terrible about Nicholas irrational and not well- for “Alpha Dog,” which starred crime any time a prosecutor inducements and rewards made or machine gun was used, making owed a drug debt. everything that happened,” Holly- thought out. Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake, subjectively determines the to government witnesses and him eligible for the death penalty. Nicholas was taken to Santa wood testified. “I feel terrible for Hollywood said Ryan Hoyt, the Sharon Stone and Emile Hirsch, same. the employment of whistleblow- The jury deliberated for about Barbara and held for several days the Markowitz family. I feel terri- gunman who was convicted and who played “Johnny Truelove,” a Added to this theory is er rewards in the tens of mil- four days. Hollywood, 29, stared before being shot and buried in a ble that anyone would think I sentenced to death, acted on his character based on Hollywood. Silverglate’s suggestion that lions of dollars, which just straight ahead as the verdict was shallow grave. Four others have could do something like that.” own because of concern about Hollywood fled after the slay- federal prosecutions frequently might influence testimony. read. been convicted in connection with He said the teen was taken in Ben Markowitz finding out about ing and later testified he had lived are brought for other than The author posits a vexing “I can’t believe they found the crime. an escalating dispute between him the abduction. Hollywood also in Colorado, the Mojave Desert legitimate law enforcement pur- examination of federal criminal him guilty of that murder,” his Hollywood took the stand in and the boy’s older half-brother, said the gun used to kill Nicholas and various parts of Canada poses. law said to be enacted in delib- father, Jack Hollywood, said out- his own defense, a move legal Ben Markowitz. Hollywood, an was once his but that he gave it to before he was captured in Brazil. “Three Felonies a Day” bor- erately vague language so that it rows heavily from a host of might be applied to citizens. In ▼ locally and nationally promi- one example of such an unin- nent federal criminal cases to tended result, Silverglate CALIFORNIA espouse a compelling argument recounts the use by prosecutors that the Justice Department’s of the Sarbanes-Oxley federal U.S. attorneys’ offices have investment reporting statute in California’s long process to resuming executions developed a pattern of prosecu- seeking to pierce attorney-client tion that plays to personal and privilege. He goes on to identify political agendas while discard- the federal RICO statute as a Reinstating the death penalty expected to take up to a year ing the framework of constitu- prosecutorial vehicle he sees as tional due process and fairness. both overused and misused by BY PAUL ELIAS tions and Rehabilitation has since opposed to the proposed proce- bined 68 lethal injection execu- At least 10 death row inmates Silverglate, no stranger to prosecutors. Associated Press Writer constructed a new death chamber dures or death penalty generally. tions since the Supreme Court’s complained in writing that they federal criminal defense work, The “chilling effect” of such and the proposed new regulations For the mother of Morales’ vic- ruling in 2008. have not received copies of the analyzes a series of cases tightly prosecutions on business, pro- SACRAMENTO (AP) — A require execution team members tim, the wait for his execution has Michael Rushford, president of new regulations. grouped within eight chapters to fessional and political figures is Contra Costa County judge late to undergo monthly mock execu- been too long. the death penalty advocates Crim- The son of Julius and Ethel make the point that in such reviewed in depth, while the last month sentenced Darryl tions. The rules would require “There has been too much ‘red inal Justice Legal Foundation in Rosenberg noted the profound diverse areas as prosecutions of aftermath of such prosecutions Kemp to death for the random three syringes, each filled with tape,’ paperwork, and time lost in Sacramento, said he is confident impact of the death penalty on the politicians, doctors, drug com- is portrayed in the vivid light of rape and murder of a young jog- different drugs, to be adminis- this matter,” Barbara Christian, that California also will resume children of the condemned. panies, lawyers and accounting ruined reputations, financial ger. But chances are that Kemp tered by staff licensed to give the mother of Terri Winchell, executions, partly because the “There is an apparent disregard firms, U.S. attorneys have mis- wipeout, divorce and mental will not be executed anytime injections in California. A physi- wrote in an e-mail. “Other victims state’s protocols are more detailed for children who have had a fami- applied vague federal criminal anguish. soon, if at all. cian must be on hand to declare such as I are grieving and waiting than the Kentucky procedures ly member executed,” wrote statutes and used the tactics of Of particular interest is the He is 73. It takes an average of death. for justice for their loved ones. approved by the U.S. Supreme Robert Meeropol, a lawyer in indicting low-level suspects, number of federal convictions 20 years to execute an inmate in A state judge ruled that the 42 We are the ones bearing the brunt Court. Easthampton, Mass. The Rosen- plying them with promises and that end up reversed by circuit California. And capital punish- pages of execution protocols, of this fiasco. The lethal injection Most comments opposing the bergs were executed at a New then “rolling” them to deliver courts of appeals. ment has been suspended since including instructions for mixing is humane with no pain. Let’s get new protocols stemmed from let- York prison in 1953 for passing “the big kahuna.” Meanwhile, the now-exoner- February 2006 when Michael and injecting the drugs, had to be on with it.” ter campaigns organized by the atomic secrets to the Soviet Union The author relates cases of ated defendant is left to figure Morales came within two hours of subjected to California’s lengthy Maryland has embarked on a ACLU, Catholic Legislative Net- when Meeropol was 6. local interest involving attempts out how to get his reputation execution for the rape and murder regulatory process, starting with a public comment process like Cali- work and other death penalty “My earliest distinct memories by the government to indict for- back, recover from bankruptcy of a 17-year-old girl. 45-day public comment period. fornia’s. A federal judge has foes. The ACLU complained that of my parents are of visiting them mer Boston Mayor Kevin White and put his life together again, The return to capital punish- Corrections officials have ordered a halt to executions in the proposed process shrouds in on death row,” Meeropol wrote. “I and the prosecutions of former often having spent months in ment took a step forward when received more than 1,400 written Missouri. And other states such as secret most of the lethal injection have clear memories of the last Massachusetts House Speaker jail awaiting the outcome of his prison officials recently convened comments, the vast majority Texas have carried out a com- procedures. week of my parents’ lives.” Thomas Finneran and criminal appeal. a daylong public hearing on pro- defense attorney William Cinto- And while Silverglate posed rules for lethally injecting lo in proffering his theme of recounts the details of these condemned inmates with three prosecutors overstepping legally prosecutions and those who drugs. Even if the proposal passes permissible bounds in interpret- have brought them around the legal muster, reinstating the death ing and employing federal crim- country, he is not content to penalty is expected to take up to a inal law. leave his subject matter there. year. He goes on to cite cases In both an earnest and candid Whatever is decided in Califor- involving, among others, foreword by Alan M. Der- nia, where there are 680 con- Michael Milken, former Miami showitz (could Alan pen any- demned inmates, is expected to Mayor Raul Martinez, attorney thing less?), and a sobering con- shape how other states carry out Philip Russell of Connecticut clusion by the author, both writ- executions. and the Arthur Andersen ers plainly warn that only when Since the U.S. Supreme Court accounting firm in examining prosecutors, judges and defense signed off on Kentucky’s lethal just how prosecutors have made attorneys assume strong initia- injection process last year and national headlines while disre- tives to uphold constitutional lifted a brief nationwide moratori- garding due process and exact- due process and fairness in the um, 36 states and the federal gov- ing pleas from defendants under face of such attempted prosecu- ernment, which employ the execu- the threat of long prison terms tions will the public be safe and tion method, have experienced and personal and financial ruin. secure in their constitutional varying degrees of success in Added to this collection of rights. restarting capital punishment. noteworthy prosecutions, Sil- As the book concludes, A federal judge in 2006 halted verglate further examines the unless the organized bar and executions in California until offi- prosecutions of Martha Stewart, public are prepared to stand up cials expanded the death chamber Enron and its executives, and for these rights, the bell “tolls at San Quentin prison and provid- non profit groups and, in one for us all.” ed more executioner training and instance, even the threatened ————— other upgrades to ensure the con- prosecution of the American Robert A. Cornetta is presid- demned do not suffer cruel and Bar Association in discussing ing justice of the Salem District unusual punishment. how he believes federal prose- Court in Salem, Mass. The Department of Correc- Advocacy groups say states violating voter registration law Suit filed in Indiana, New Mexico, more planned BY NEDRA PICKLER Brenda Wright, director of the it requires states to offer voter Associated Press Writer Democracy Program at the non- registration when residents are profit group Demos, one of the applying for a driver’s license or WASHINGTON (AP) — groups behind the lawsuits, said state ID. To reach low-income cit- States across the country are vio- 2.6 million people were regis- izens who are less likely to own lating part of the federal “motor tered through public assistance vehicles, the law also requires voter” law requiring voter regis- offices in 1995-1996, the first that voter registration be distrib- tration help for low-income resi- two years the law was in effect. uted along with applications for dents, according to a coalition of But she said registration has public assistance like food stamps advocacy groups trying to force dropped precipitously throughout and Medicaid. change through the courts. the nation since then, as much as The coalition of advocacy The groups filed a lawsuit in 90 percent or more in some groups, which also includes the Indiana Thursday and planned to states. Association of Community Orga- sue in New Mexico later in the Wright said 2 million to 3 mil- nizations for Reform Now, day, on the heels of a successful lion more low-income people Project Vote and the Lawyers’ settlement in Missouri. They say could be registered each year if Committee for Civil Rights the problem is not isolated in all states followed the law. Under Law, say most states those few states, but widespread The suits say that the states are have programs for driver’s license across the nation and they are try- violating the 1993 National Voter registration, but many are ignor- ing to help other states follow the Registration Act, commonly ing the public assistance require- law without litigation. known as “motor voter” because ment. DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 15

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Submit news & views to Legal Affairs [email protected] Mark the Date Clark Hill Cares Retirement party uled guest speaker. Repasy was Association Barristers for the best for Eric Braverman recently installed as the newly elected networking event of the summer. The July 10 state president of NALS of Michigan Barristers 22nd Annual Summer The Wayne County Probate Bar at the organization’s annual meeting Breeze and Law Clerk Party is a great Association will hold a retirement held in April 2009 in Grand Rapids. opportunity for summer associates party for Eric A. Braverman Friday, Repasy has been a member of NALS and law clerks to meet their peers, July 10 at 5 p.m. at Duggan’s Irish of Jackson County for more than 30 members of the judiciary and other Pub, located at 31501 Woodward years. She is an administrative assis- legal professions. 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Each quarterly issuecontainsarticleson president’s authority nor a reliable to continue detaining suspected Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a rubber stamp in support of it. terrorists. member of the Senate Judiciary Professional Development, Three cases in particular offer “What you have from Sotomay- Committee that will question Wealth Strategies, People of Interest, clues: or is fairly mixed,” said Gene Sotomayor next week, said the — As a judge on the 2nd Cir- Healy, vice president at the liber- case raises important questions Artsand Entertainment, cuit U.S. Court of Appeals, tarian Cato Institute in Washing- about the role of courts in the fight Sotomayor dismissed complaints ton. against terrorism. “Does Judge Gourmet Foods, of commuters about random In the case over aid to family Sotomayor believe that the Consti- Courtroom Toolsand Tactics, searches aimed at stopping terror- planning groups, Sotomayor stuck tution permits any deference to the ists on a ferry 300 miles north of squarely with precedents from the elected branches in the area of Event Photo Galleries New York City. 2nd Circuit and the Supreme national security?” he said. — Citing an earlier ruling by Court in ruling for Bush. Based on Sotomayor’s opinion and much, much more. the Supreme Court on the same The dispute stemmed from in the ferry case, the answer is yes. topic, she upheld President George President Ronald Reagan’s deci- Two regular ferry passengers W. Bush’s decision to prohibit U.S. sion in 1984 to institute the Mexi- who crossed Lake Champlain from Make MOTION Your Legal Lifestyle Magazine. aid to international family plan- co City Policy that bars U.S. finan- their homes in Vermont to their ning groups that support abortion. cial help for international family jobs in New York objected to ran- Subscribe Today and Don’t Miss An Issue! — On the other hand, Sotomay- planning groups that support abor- dom searches instituted by the ¡ or joined colleagues in striking tion, even with their own money, ferry operator in 2004. One man, down parts of the anti-terror USA through services, counseling or traveling by car, was asked to open Patriot Act that Bush sought auto- lobbying. his trunk. The other, a bicyclist, The Detroit matically prohibiting Internet ser- President Bill Clinton rescinded had to open a pack he carried. Legal News vice providers from telling cus- the policy in 1993, but Bush reim- The Coast Guard had deter- has printed tomers when the government asks posed it shortly after taking office. mined that operators of vessels “News you for private information about “The Supreme Court has made over 100 tons were required to them. clear that the government is free to carry out the searches because cannot get Sotomayor has ruled in only a favor the anti-abortion position they are at a high risk of terrorist anywhere handful of foreign policy and over the pro-choice position,” she attacks. else” national security cases that turned wrote for a three-judge panel in Sotomayor, writing for a unani- each weekday in part on constitutional limits to 2002. Obama lifted the so-called mous three-judge panel, said the since 1895. the powers enjoyed by the presi- global gag rule in January. ferry company’s policy might not dent, including the government’s The appeals court in New York, be the most effective way to pre- ability to respond to the threats, where Sotomayor has been a judge vent terrorist attacks, but “it is That tradition fears and vulnerabilities laid bare since 1998, does not hear many minimally intrusive, and we can- continues by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism national security cases. But not say, particularly in light of the inside the attacks. Sotomayor’s sparse record indi- deference we owe to the Coast In those rulings, as well as a cates “she won’t be a pushover for Guard, that it does not constitute a pages of speech she gave in 2003 at the the claim that the president gets to reasonable method of deterring the Indiana University law school, she do what he wants in any area that prohibited conduct.” MOTION appeared to be more willing to he defines as national security,” Even so, she recognized as a our quarterly consider robust use of presidential Healy said. legitimate concern — though not magazine for authority than was Justice David In the most recent ruling, in in the ferry searches — the slip- and about Souter, the man she would replace. December, Sotomayor signed onto pery-slope argument that “because YOU. Souter, who retired last week, an opinion by Judge Jon Newman the threat of terrorism is was among the justices most skep- that forces the government to seek omnipresent, there is no clear limit tical of the powers asserted by the a court’s approval if it wants to to the government power to con- Bush administration following prevent an Internet provider from duct suspicionless searches.” DLN Front Jul10-1 7/9/09 2:41 PM Page 16

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Photos by Robert Chase Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth & Heller attorney Harvey Heller poses with just two pieces from the extensive collection of antique lunchboxes on display in his kitchen. At left, he’s pictured with his favorite model, a purple-and-green depiction of comic-book hero The Green Hornet. Lawyer captures pop culture history in unique collection

BY TARYN HARTMAN your conventional workman’s lunch pail box,” Heller says, pulling a box with a curved top Legal News painted in a pirate motif off a shelf. “There were 41 dome boxes that were designed, you’re seeing 34 of them,” he adds. he color palette splashing across Harvey Heller’s West Bloomfield “And this is the rarest box of these types, called Hometown Airport,” he continues. “Rare, kitchen would be the envy of any interior decorator. because no cool kid wanted this box.” Heller estimates it could easily fetch $2,000. But the bright hues don’t come from the cabinets (white with red The un-cool factor of the planes adorning Hometown Airport may explain why there was handles), the floor (black-and-white checkerboard linoleum) or the no Perry Mason lunchbox. “It would have to be something that was kind of cool,” like a car- appliances (standard stainless steel). toon or superhero, Heller says. “In those days, that’s how they did it.” TLining the walls is Harvey, a partner at Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth & “A little later on, in the ’60s, you get to the TV shows.” Heller points out a “Land of the Heller in Southfield and head of the firm’s insurance coverage and defense Giants” box adorned with a self-portrait of the artist who painted it. practice group, and wife Ronna’s collection of antique lunchboxes, an array “There was a lot of that going on, they drew pictures of themselves and they inserted of oranges and turquoises and hot pinks some 110 strong that immortalize them,” he explains. pop culture icons like Superman, G.I. Joe and the casts of “Bonanza,” There’s also an original Star Trek box featuring the mugs of William Shatner and Leonard “Lost in Space,” and “Get Smart.” Nimoy, versions featuring The Man from U.N.C.L.E and the Flintstones and Jetsons. “They’re a specialty,” Harvey says. “This is very much a premiere col- “This is the original Mickey Mouse Club box,” Heller says. “So there’s Annette, and lection for this area, because the condition of the boxes are very, very good, there’s Bobby and there’s Jimmie Dodd and there’s whatever her name is. But the interesting for the most part. There are some bad ones, but overall it’s an excellent col- thing about this is there was a little boy on the show and his name was Cubby O’Brien. And lection and not a lot of people collect lunchboxes.” Cubby O’Brien, in later years and currently I still believe, if somebody like Cher was on the It all started in Royal Oak, where the Hellers found their first two lunch- road, he might be in the orchestra being a drummer. boxes — a 1973 Dr. Seuss model that is still Ronna’s favorite and the first “Anyway, we were at the Fisher, and we sit down and we’re always looking through the of what would grow into three Popeye lunchboxes, this one yellow with playbill, and I look down and it says ‘Cubby O’Brien.’ So I walk down and I said, ‘Is it really red trim. you?’ and he said it was, so the following week I convinced my partner, when it was his sea- “And we said, ‘Gee, those would look cute above the sink,’” Harvey son ticket, to walk down the center aisle with this and have Cubby sign it. ” remembers. “One thing led to another, and we found ourselves at flea mar- He turns the box over, where there’s a signature in Sharpie over an illustration on the bot- kets and collectible shows for years thereafter.” tom of the box. The blue and white Dr. Seuss box has since been moved to the center of “Now, we weren’t so lucky, nor did we try when Paul McCartney was in town for the Beat- the top shelf running the length of the back wall above the sliding glass les box,” Heller says with a laugh. There are two Beatles models near the superhero section of door to the patio, and the Popeye box has joined its siblings on the shelf the Hellers’s collection: a blue one and one embodying the famed yellow submarine. above the entrance to the kitchen. The bulk of the collection rests on custom- “This one was unusual.” Heller picks up one of the brighter boxes, day-glo colors featuring built white shelves edging the far end of the kitchen. the visage of actress Diahann Carroll. “This is Julia. ‘Julia’ was a TV show in the early ’60s, To peruse the Hellers’ collection is to take a tour through the history of deco- very ahead of its time as a TV show because it was pre-Cosby. And we found this wrapped, rated lunchboxes, each one telling its own story, beginning with a 1946 Joe fully covered with a flocked wallpaper. We found it at the Royal Oak flea market, and all I Palooka edition decorated with the characters from a comic strip that would could do was try to peel it back, and I peeled it back and I saw this green edge, and I said, become the precursor to Bazooka Bubble Gum and its in-wrapper Bazooka Joe ‘This is worth buying.’ And we bought it, we took it home, I worked on it for a long time and comics. discovered this was underneath it.” “The history of lunchboxes, really, before the early ’50s there wasn’t much Portraits of live actors on lunchboxes got to be so serious that when the original Dr. Dolit- going on in lunchboxes,” Harvey says, pulling the Palooka box from the shelf like tle movie was filmed in 1967, “Rex Harrison, who played Dr. Dolittle insisted to have prior a library book. “It wasn’t much of something that was done until the early ’50s, refusal rights,” Heller explains in legalese, “and he insisted that his likeness be exact.” when one of the box companies came out with two boxes” — he replaces Palooka The lunchbox Heller carried to school as a child is in the collection, although by the time for another model — “this one, Hopalong Cassidy with a simple decal on it, and he wanted to display it his mother had gotten rid of the original model and Heller had to pick then you see those two space boxes up there on the right.” He gestures across up another one. His calls his favorite lunchbox, the purple and lime green Green Hornet the kitchen to shelves next to the microwave where one red and one blue box design, “one of the best superhero boxes ever produced just because of the action scenes” that feature illustrated stickers in their middles. include sketches of Bruce Lee as Kato. “And so when they did that, the competition came out with a Parts of the collection have been out of the house on loan at various times to the West fully decorated Roy Rogers,” Heller continues. “And in response Bloomfield public library for back-to-school displays. to that, they then started this process, and so the legend goes, “We love the opportunity to-you could’ve said you were from the Weekly Reader,” Harvey decorated lunchboxes were born.” says. “We love the opportunity to show our collection.” “As a collection, for all the effort we have undertaken, we He explains that each year, lunchbox companies unveiled six Heller estimates his insured collection is worth more than $25,000, but it’s never been can’t“ imagine parting with it. I think Ronna and I probably said at or eight new models just in time for the back-to-school season, about the money and he has no interest in selling. most designs not repeating year to year. “As a collection, for all the effort we have undertaken, we can’t imagine parting with it,” one point in time it would take six figures to turn our heads, but even “Throughout the ’50s you get a lot of the Westerns here,” he says. “I think Ronna and I probably said at one point in time it would take six figures to then we probably wouldn’t get turned enough. That’s how we feel Heller says, gesturing to one shelf lined with the likes of the turn our heads, but even then we probably wouldn’t get turned enough. That’s how we feel original Lone Ranger lunchbox, boxes featuring Wild Bill Hick- about our lunchboxes. Fair statement, honey?” he asks his wife. about our lunchboxes. ock and Zorro and “this 1954, pristine-condition Annie Oakley, “I think so,” she answers. “I actually had an offer yesterday for somebody to buy a Beatles ” just perfect” that Heller convinced a Macomb County collector box. I told them no.” into selling him. “... The chances of us parting company…we love them too much,” says Heller. “We get a “In the late ’50s, these boxes took off, and that’s sort of like lot of joy just sitting in here and enjoying them.”