Annual Bench Bar Culinary Challenge set for next month
Grilling for Good is back after two years of the pandemic. The 13th Annual Bench Bar Culinary Challenge will take place Tuesday, Aug. 16, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the home of Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly.
This charitable event features a cook-off between teams from the bench and bar. Proceeds benefit Alternatives for Girls and the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation’s scholarship fund.
This year, the teams consist of:
• Grilled from the Bench — Wayne County 38th District Court Judge Kathleen Galen, Macomb County 41B District Court Magistrate James McGrail, Oakland County Circuit Court Judges Yasmine lsshak Poles and Jacob Cunningham along with Michigan Court of Appeals Judges Kristina Robinson Garrett and Anica Letica.
• Grilled by the Hour — Mike Sullivan, Kari Melkonian, Theresa Asoklis, Kirsten Silwanowicz, Tanya Grillo, Geaneen Arends and Jennie Breitmeyer.
Tickets are $75 per person.
To register, visit https://womenlawyers.org and click on “events.”
Friend of the Court ADR webinar scheduled for August
The Michigan Judicial Institute, in collaboration with the Friend of the Court Bureau, will present the “Friend of the Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Training Webinar” Aug. 22-26 and Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Speakers will include Valentina Berishaj, attorney/clerical services director with Macomb County Friend of the Court.
To register, visit https://mjieducation.mi.gov and click on “events.”
Judge strikes 2018 GOP effort to attack minimum wage hike
LANSING (AP) — An effort by Republicans in the Michigan Legislature to weaken minimum wage and sick leave laws has been declared unconstitutional.
A judge threw out changes made late in 2018 as Republican Gov. Rick Snyder was near the end of his term and Democrats were preparing to take over top statewide posts.
Advocates had turned in enough signatures to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2022 and eliminate a lower tipped wage in the restaurant industry.
The Legislature adopted it in 2018 instead of letting voters have a say, which was a possible step. But lawmakers then returned a few months later and watered it down by a simple majority vote.
Judge Douglas Shapiro says lawmakers thwarted the will of the people.
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