Bias Awareness & Inclusion Reception

Gail Altenburg and Nicholas Roumel

The WCBA held its 33rd Annual Bias Awareness & Inclusion Strolling Reception on Oct. 17, at Weber’s in Ann Arbor. The event was held jointly with the Vanzetti M. Hamilton Bar Association and Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Washtenaw Region. Keynote speaker Phil Black spoke on “Confronting our Bias’s: Trauma Informed Counseling for Lawyers”. The WCBA presented its Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” Award to Nicholas B. Roumel and the Vanzetti M. Hamilton Bar Association presented the Fredrick Douglas Racial Justice and Harmony Award to Hon. Arianne Slay. The event was sponsored by Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC; Hamilton, London & Davis, PLC; Logeman, Iafrate & Logeman, P.C.; Scott E. Munzel, P.C.; Roumel Law; and Varnum, LLP.


(l) - keynote speaker Phil Black; (r) - Lou Danner and Kate Sharkey



 Scott Munzel and Shalini Nangia