Daily Briefs

 Holiday Hours

The Michigan Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, and the State Court Administrative Office will be closed for the holidays on Tuesday, December 24; Wednesday, December 25; Tuesday, December 31; and Wednesday, January 1, 2014.

The Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and SCAO will be open on Thursday, December 26; Friday, December 27; and Monday, December 30.
 
The Third Circuit Court Civil, Criminal and Family Divisions will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 25 in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

On Thursday, Dec. 26, Friday, Dec. 27 and Monday, Dec. 30, the court will be open for essential services only, including criminal arraignments, probation violation, failure to appear warrants, personal protection orders, parental waivers, and other emergency civil and family division matters. The County Clerk’s office will be open to accept civil and domestic relations pleadings and new case filings from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on those days.

The court will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 31 and Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, in observance of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, and will re-open on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The emergency procedure that is posted in the Detroit Legal News every Friday should be followed for any after-hour emergency matter.

The 36th District Court will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24, Wednesday, Dec. 25, Thursday, Dec. 26, Friday, Dec. 27, Monday, Dec. 30, Tuesday, Dec. 31, and Wed. Jan. 1, 2014. During the three days between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, the Civil, Traffic and Criminal Divisions will be open. Sufficient staff will be scheduled to accommodate the following services: Traffic — Ticket Fine Payments and Bond Postings;  Civil — Case Filings and Pleadings;  Criminal — Felony Arraignments and Preliminary Examinations.
 

 

McQuade to keynote anti-corruption seminar Jan. 16

 
The Detroit Midwest Regional Anti-Corruption Seminar will be held on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Masonic Temple in Detroit. The keynote speaker will be Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Other participants will include David Jaffe, General Counsel of Guardian Industries, David DuMouchel of Butzel Long, Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Editor of the Detroit News, and Professor Peter Henning of Wayne State University Law School. Cost is $25 and $15 for government employees, in-house counsel and law students.For more information, and to register, go to http://bit.ly/anticorruptionseminar.
 

5th Annual Tertzag Tribute Dinner Feb. 27

The friends and family of the Honorable Kaye Tertzag will host the Fifth Annual Tertzag Tribute Dinner on Thursday, Feb 27, at the Park Place Banquet Hall in Dearborn from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $40.00 and include dinner and an open bar. Attendees are encouraged to wear purple to the event.  Those wearing purple will be entered into a drawing for a door prize. Checks should be made payable to: Tertzag Tribute Dinner, LLC and sent to 412 Berwyn, Birmingham, MI 48009. For more information, contact  Kara Tertzag Lividini at 313-645-9511 or ktertzag@gmail.com. 

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