Members of the bench gather for 10th Annual Judges Night

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 The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) hosted its 10th Annual Judges Night, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Byblos Banquet Hall in Dearborn.  

This year’s special guest speaker was U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gerald E. Rosen, Eastern District of Michigan.

The purpose of the annual ADC Judges Night is to recognize and honor local judges whose work in upholding civil rights has been exemplary.  This year the ADC presented its Guardian of Justice Award to Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny and Wayne County 20th District Court Judge David Turfe.

Among the judges and officials in attendance were (seated, left to right) ADC Advisory Board Chairman Shereef Akeel, ADC Regional Director/Sr. National Advisor Imad Hamad, Wayne County Circuit Court (WCCC) Judges Susan Hubbard, Margie Braxton, Charlene Elder, Lynne A. Pierce, and Kathleen M. McCarthy, and Oakland County 43rd District Court Judge Chuck Goedert; (second row, left to right) WCCC Judge Ed Ewell, Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Donna Milhouse, U.S. District Court Judge Marianne Battani, WCCC Referee Mona Youssef, WCCC Judges Linda Parker and Muriel Hughes, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gerald Rosen, U.S. District Court Judge George Caram Steeh, WCCC Judge Lita Popke, Magistrate Doraid Elder, and ADC Detroit Chapter President Zouheir Alawieh; (third row, left to right) WCCC Judges Connie Kelley, Eric Cholak, and Lawrence Talon, U.S. District Court Magistrate Charles Binder, Wayne County 17th District Court Judge Karen Khalil, Oakland County Circuit Court (OCCC) Judge Rae Lee Chabot, Wayne County 19th District Court Judge Richard Wygonik, WCCC Judges Wade McCree, Patricia Fresard, and Maria Oxholm, OCCC Judge Joan Young, and Magistrate Zenna Elhasan; and (back row, left to right) Magistrate Helal Farhat, WCCC Judges David Allen and Mark Slavens, Wayne County 20th District Court Judge David Turfe, Wayne County 21st District Court Judge Richard Hammer, Wayne County 19th District Court Judge Bill Hultgren, retired Judge Leo Foran, Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Kenneth J. King, WCCC Judges Chris Dingell and Kevin Robbins, Wayne County 36th District Court Judge Donald Coleman, WCCC Referee David Perkins, Wayne County 19th District Court Judge Mark Plawecki, WCCC Judges Ulysses Boykin, Tim Kenny, Gershwin Drain, and Virgil Smith (chief judge), and Wayne County 19th District Court Judge Mark Sommers.

Photos by John Meiu

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