Cooley Law School professor and
two graduates to be honored with
Influential Women of the Law award
Cooley Law School Distinguished Professor Emeritus Marla Mitchell-Cichon, along with two Cooley graduates, have been selected to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2024 Class of Influential Women of the Law. A recognition ceremony will be held on Sept. 27, at Petruzzello’s in Troy.
Each year, the Women of the Law program honors 35 women attorneys and judges for their excellent work on behalf of the justice system and for their clients, their commitment to their communities, and their service to the profession.
In addition to teaching professional responsibility at Cooley, Mitchell-Cichon served as director of Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project, which she currently serves as counsel. Before joining the academia profession, Mitchell-Cichon served as a public defender for two years in Stark County, Ohio. In this role, she practiced extensively in criminal and poverty law. She has litigated cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Ohio Supreme Court, the Michigan Supreme Court, and trial and appellate courts in both Ohio and Michigan, and worked on legislative reform to improve the criminal justice system.
In addition to Mitchell-Cichon, Cooley graduates Amanda Barfield Fopma (2012, Marion Hilligan Class) executive partner at Secrest Wardle in Grand Rapids; and Valerie Anne Kutz-Otway (2010, Augustus B. Woodward Class), managing attorney at Chalgian & Tripp Law Office in Saginaw will be recognized during a recognition ceremony on Sept. 27, at Petruzzello’s in Troy.
Creditors Bar hosts golf outing September 16
The Michigan Creditors Bar Association will host its 2024 MCBA Golf Outing featuring lunch, golf, cocktail hour, and dinner on Monday, September 16, at Wabeek Country Club, 4000 Clubgate Drive in Bloomfield Hills.
The outing follows the schedule of:
• 10 a.m. - Registration and Driving Range Open
• 11 a.m. - BBQ Lunch
• Noon - Shotgun Start
• 5 p.m. - Social/ Cocktail Hour
• 5:30 p.m. - Dinner
Cost for the outing is $1,100 per foursome, $280 per individual, $45 for lunch only, and $85 for dinner only.
To register for the outing, visit https://mcba36.wildapricot.org.
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