– Photo by John Meiu
In a joint retirement party, Oakland County Probate Court Judge Elizabeth Pezzetti and Friend of the Court Referee Betty Lowenthal were saluted by scores of well-wishers on Wednesday, Nov. 16, during a gala gathering at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield Hills. Longtime friends and colleagues, Pezzetti and Lowenthal have worked in concert since 2001 and vowed to retire together when the time arrived. Pezzetti, a former attorney with Dickinson Wright, was appointed to the Probate Court in 2001 and twice has served as chief judge. Offering remarks in honor of Judge Pezzetti at the retirement salute were Linda Hallmark, chief judge of the Probate Court; Dickinson Wright attorney Ed Pappas, a past president of the State Bar of Michigan; her son, Thomas Pezzetti Jr., an attorney in Traverse City; and three of her grandchildren, Megan Pezzetti, and Isabella and Lizzy Cook. Lowenthal, who spent years as a successful family law attorney before joining the Friend of the Court in Oakland County, was honored at the event by four well-known members of the legal community. Presenting tributes to Lowenthal were Donald McGinnis, a past president of the Oakland County Bar Association; former state Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan; attorney Colleen Ronayne and her husband, Tom Ryan, a past president of the State Bar. Pictured at the November 16 party: (left to right) Judge Linda Hallmark, Lowenthal and Pezzetti, and attorneys Keri Middleditch and Elizabeth Luckenbach, members of the committee that organized the retirement event.
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