For years Michigan has been one of the only States to recognize the common-law interest known as dower. Dower rights had come to be no more than a pitfall for unwary lawyers and laypeople. Dower gave married women only, a 1/3 life estate interest in all lands owned by...

On May 3, 2016, the Court of Appeals, in a published Opinion, agreed that Ms. Shensky’s client was not prohibited from filing a Petition requesting that she be appointed Guardian of a Minor. The Court agreed that a previous Order from a Canadian Court was only a tempor...

The 15th Annual Ford Freedom Awards were presented this May by Ford Motor Company and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Histroy. The Ford Freedom Award program celebrates and pays tribute to the lives and legacies of African Americans who have made treme...

On September 21, 2011, the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit (FHCMD)presented its Fair Housing Leadership Award to shareholder John Obee.  Mr. Obee has been a very active and successful FHCMD Cooperative Attorney and a member of the FHCMD Board of Directors s...