MiLW’s 2014 Women in the Law honorees announced

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Michigan Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the Class of 2014 of MiLW’s “Women in the Law” awards program. This program is dedicated to saluting high-achieving women lawyers in Michigan and their accomplishments.

You may find our special section, with profiles on each of our honorees, by clicking here.

The Class of 2014 was feted at a special luncheon on Sept. 11 at the Detroit Marriott in Troy. There, Judge Allie Greenleaf Maldonado, chief judge for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, received Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2014 “Woman of the Year” award.

Introducing the Class of 2014:

Geaneen M. Arends, Butzel Long, Detroit

Paula A. Aylward, Allegiant Legal PC, Marshall

Hon. Nancy M. Blount, 36th District Court, Detroit

Lori Grigg Bluhm, City of Troy

Tracey Brame, The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Grand Rapids

Cheryl A. Bush, Bush Seyferth & Paige PLLC, Troy

Melissa N. Collar, Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, Grand Rapids

Pamela J. Cross, Rhoades McKee PC, Grand Rapids

Adrienne D. Dresevic, The Health Law Partners PC, Southfield

Ebony L. Duff, Garan Lucow Miller PC, Detroit

Anita G. Fox, Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap PC, Lansing

Julie Gatti, Law Offices of Julie Gatti PLLC, Mount Clemens

Caroline A. Grech-Clapper, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Hampton, Truex and Morley PC, Troy

Lisa J. Hamameh, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC, Farmington Hills

Andrea L. Hansen, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Lansing

Amy M. Johnston, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC, Detroit

Jacqueline A. Kelly, Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton PC, Southfield

Sara G. Lachman, Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey PLC, Grand Rapids

Hon. Allie Greenleaf Maldonado, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Harbor Springs

Vanessa L. Miller, Foley & Lardner LLP, Detroit

Mary M. Mims, Scholten Fant, Holland

Margaret J. Nichols, Nichols Sacks Slank Sendelbach & Buiteweg PC, Ann Arbor

Christine D. Oldani, Plunkett Cooney, Detroit

Michelyn E. Pasteur, Bernick, Radner & Ouellette PC, Lansing

Diana Raimi, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC, Ann Arbor

Raquel A. Salas, Avanti Law Group, Wyoming

Erika L. Salerno, Kreis, Enderle, Hudgins & Borsos PC, Kalamazoo

Namita Sharma, Brueggemann & Sharma PC, Kalamazoo

Elizabeth Wells Skaggs, Varnum LLP, Grand Rapids

Liisa R. Speaker, Speaker Law Firm PLLC, Lansing

For sponsorships and other event information, contact Charlene Boccaccio at (248) 865-3112 or [email protected].