SPJ honors Herschel Fink with First Amendment Award
The Society of Professional Journalists named Detroit attorney Herschel Fink of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as one of three recipients of the 2010 First Amendment Award for his extraordinary efforts to preserve and strengthen media freedoms. Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald and David Cuillier of the University of Arizona School of Journalism were the other honorees.
The recipients will be recognized Oct. 5 during the President’s Installation Banquet at the 2010 SPJ Convention and National Journalism Conference in Las Vegas.
Fink’s 10 years of experience as a newspaper reporter and editor has given him special insight, understanding and credibility in dealing with media law issues. He is recognized by “Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business”as “a highly regarded First Amendment litigator with superlative knowledge of free speech issues.” He is also listed in “The Best Lawyers in America”under First Amendment law.
In his career, Fink fought to keep Detroit Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter out of jail for refusing to reveal sources. He also oversaw a Free Press freedom of information lawsuit that helped expose corruption by Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Fink co-authored the “Michigan Freedom of Information and Open Meetings Act” guidebooks published in 1989, 1993, 1997 and 2001 by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
He was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Michigan chapter of SPJ, the only time a lawyer has been honored. He has also taught media law at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Frank T. Mamat appointed WSU Adjunct Professor
Frank T. Mamat was recently appointed to Adjunct Professor for Labor Law by Wayne State University Law School.
Mamat is a shareholder and attorney in the Farmington Hills office of Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC . He is one of the nation's preeminent labor law attorneys and focuses his practice on complex labor issues, union matters, contract negotiations, unfair labor practice, ERISA and pension withdrawal liability issues ,and Federal and State OSHA matters.
Active and respected in his professional community, Mamat is a long-time member of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and is regularly selected for inclusion in the annual editions of Best Lawyers in America. He is also annually picked as one of the “Top 100 Labor Lawyers in the USA.”
Holiday Hours
The Wayne County Probate Court will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 6 and will reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 8 a.m.
The Wayne County Clerk’s Office will be closed Monday Sept. 6 in observance of Labor Day.
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